Takeo City

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Takeo City is an intellectual cultural city where "Takeo Onsen," boasting a history of over 1,300 years, and modern lifestyles fuse beautifully. The symbol of the hot spring town, the vivid vermilion-painted "Romon Gate," welcomes visitors with a beauty reminiscent of the Dragon King's palace, and the smooth, skin-friendly waters deeply heal travel fatigue from the core. On the other hand, the town also shines as an advanced cultural hub, with spots like "Takeo City Library" gathering global attention for its modern architectural beauty and lifestyle concepts. Enjoy a journey to taste ultimate relaxation while your five senses are stimulated in Takeo, where prestigious history and sophisticated modern senses coexist comfortably.

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ととのう武雄【インバウンド編】

Takeo City

A Short Trip By JR KYUSYU BUS COMPANY（武雄編）

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佐賀県武雄市　桜の見どころ【馬場の山桜・円応寺・庭木ダムの桜】

Takeo City Tourist Association

ととのう武雄【女子編】

Takeo City

SAGA/Discover a whole new Japan (Imari,Takeo,Kashima,Tara)

Saga Prefectural Tourist Federation

Takeo City

Address: 805 Showa, Takeomachi, Takeo City, Saga Prefecture
Website: https://www.takeo-kk.net/
Operator: Takeo City Tourist Association

Takeo City Spots List

Takeo Onsen
OND HOTEL
Hyakken Kiln Site
Niwaki Dam
Takeo Onsen Hoyoumura
Kawachi Jirakansu
Takeo Shrine
Baba no Yamazakura
Geigi Transformation Experience, Takeo Onsen Entertainment Association
Shakyo Experience, Koya-ji Temple
Yabusame Experience, Takeo Yabusame Horseback Riding Club
Takeo Ware Pottery Experience, Kurokami-gama
Enno-ji Temple

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Takeo Onsen

Takeo Onsen is a prestigious and highly renowned hot spring destination representing Saga with a history of about 1,300 years, loved deeply by numerous master samurai and artists since ancient times. The hot spring town's symbol, the vivid vermilion-painted important cultural property "Romon Gate" built in the Taisho era, welcomes travelers with its brilliant appearance, and the moment you step inside, you are invited into a world of historical romance. The waters here feature a weak alkaline, highly gentle quality that fits smoothly on your skin, erasing daily stress and bodily fatigue from the deep core. Tour historic retro public...

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OND HOTEL

OND HOTEL is a sophisticated sauna and resort hotel designed for modern travelers, where Takeo's rich great nature and prestigious Takeo Onsen culture fuse in the best shape. Surrounded by the beautiful green of the forest, the stylish, high-end space features authentic wood-fired saunas to deeply sharpen your five senses and hot spring facilities luxuriously drawing the "waters for beautiful skin," providing an ultimate wellness experience. Spending time to deeply relax mind and body while listening to nature's sounds completely frees you from busy city schedules, beautifully filling your inner energy. Taste the latest luxurious healing in the traditional land...

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Hyakken Kiln Site

Hyakken Kiln Site is an exceptionally precious historical ruin from the earliest period between the late Muromachi period and the early Edo period, sleeping within the rich nature of Arita Town. Here, numerous valuable ceramic shards of early Imari and old Karatsu from before Arita ware was fully established have been excavated, vividly conveying the transitions of Japanese ceramic history to the modern era. Strolling slowly around the ruins wrapped in the deep forest's silence makes you completely forget busy city schedules, providing an intellectual and luxurious adult travel moment to immerse yourself deeply in the passion and stories of...

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Niwaki Dam

Niwaki Dam is a vast, serene, and hideaway-like artificial lake embraced by the rich, beautiful mountains of Takeo City. It is highly famous because, in spring, thousands of cherry trees bloom to fill the surroundings, weaving a breathtaking view where the pink scenery reflects beautifully on the lake surface. On the lake water, the lush green of surrounding trees and the blue sky are reflected like a mirror, and its quiet, mysterious landscape deeply heals the traveler's heart just by looking at it. In this place completely cut off from urban hustle and busy daily life, strolling while wrapped in...

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Takeo Onsen Hoyoumura

Takeo Onsen Hoyoumura (Hot Spring Health Village) is a supreme wellness area designed to luxuriously heal your mind and body, where Takeo's rich great nature and prestigious hot spring culture fuse comfortably. Surrounded by a beautiful lake and lush forests, the vast site features well-maintained walking trails and various recreation facilities, allowing you to experience the life force of great nature with your entire body while enjoying activities. Completely forgetting busy city schedules and spending time here while breathing the forest's clean air deeply into your lungs melts away daily stress, directly recovering your inner energy. It is a premier...

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Kawachi Jirakansu

Kawachi Jirakansu is a secret, mysterious nature spot hidden within the peaceful and beautiful countryside landscapes of Takeo City. The surroundings are wrapped in lush forests and pure, clear air, allowing you to completely step away from the digital busyness and hustle of the city from the moment you enter, feeling the slow flow of calm time. Beautiful traditional Japanese landscapes spread out in each season, and spending time leisurely strolling while sensing nature's breath gently loosens mind-body tension, bringing supreme healing. Touch the unpretentious blessings of nature carefully protected by local people, and experience an exceptional heart-enriching, hideaway-like retreat...

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Takeo Shrine

Takeo Shrine is a prestigious and ancient shrine filled with deep faith and a sacred atmosphere, said to hold the oldest history in Takeo City. Deep within the sacred bamboo forest spreading behind the main hall, the grand "Great Camphor of Takeo," said to be over 3,000 years old, solemnly soars, and its overwhelming life force deeply shakes the traveler's soul. Standing before this great camphor tree, a deep emotion and weight of Earth's history beyond words press upon the heart, letting you feel a strong energy that blows away daily small worries in an instant. In the silence where...

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Baba no Yamazakura

Baba no Yamazakura (The Mountain Cherry Tree of Baba) is a stunning solitary cherry tree said to be over 100 years old, quietly standing on a hill within the peaceful countryside landscape of Takeo City, well worthy of being a national natural monument. In spring, the vivid yellow of surrounding canola flowers, the blue sky, and the pale pink of the mountain cherry tree weave a perfect contrast, fascinating travelers from all over the world like a beautiful masterpiece painting. Its figure standing with dignity in great nature grants visitors deep emotion and the nobility of life force. Away from...

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Geigi Transformation Experience, Takeo Onsen Entertainment Association

The Geigi (Geisha) Transformation Experience, provided by the Takeo Onsen Entertainment Association, is an exceptional experience program where you can learn the prestigious Karyukai (traditional geisha world) culture of Japan with all five senses in Takeo Onsen, where traditional history breathes. Under the kind guidance of professional dressing masters and traditional geigi artists, you can apply authentic beautiful kimono and makeup, and experience the basics of traditional dances and gestures. Rather than just watching, actually wearing Japan's traditional beauty allows you to feel the sophisticated aesthetic sense and delicate spirit of hospitality that Japanese people have highly cherished. Away from...

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Shakyo Experience, Koya-ji Temple

The Shakyo (Sutra Copying) Experience at Koya-ji Temple is an exceptional program where you can experience a supreme mental detox time to deeply face your own mind within a prestigious temple surrounded by rich nature. Within the solemn main hall drifting with history, copying the sutra word by word with care while wrapped in the pleasant aroma of ink deeply relaxes your brain and mind from the deep core. In an environment completely cut off from busy city schedules and digital society's noises, simply moving the brush quietly melts away daily stress, letting you feel your inner peace align. It...

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Yabusame Experience, Takeo Yabusame Horseback Riding Club

The Yabusame (Horseback Archery) Experience, provided by the Takeo Yabusame Horseback Riding Club, is an extremely special experience to touch the history and spirit of "Yabusame," which is a traditional Japanese martial art and a sacred Shinto ritual. Through touch with beautiful horses and the kind guidance of experienced instructors, you can learn the spirit of Bushido (the samurai code) and the horse-riding wisdom handed down since ancient times. Rather than just enjoying horse riding, experiencing the dignified tension of unifying mind and body to aim at a target challenges your own limits and directly releases your inner energy. Away...

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Takeo Ware Pottery Experience, Kurokami-gama

The Takeo ware Pottery Experience at Kurokami-gama is a wonderful program where you can feel the history of ceramic pottery that Japan proudly presents to the world and artisans' passion with your skin, set in a beautiful studio embraced by Takeo's rich great nature. Under the kind guidance of skilled artisans, touching the earth, which is a blessing of the soil, and spinning the pottery wheel to shape things with your own hands activates your five senses, filling you with the pure joy of craftsmanship. Completely away from the city's digital daily busyness, the time spent concentrating while surrendering yourself...

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Enno-ji Temple

Enno-ji Temple is a highly prestigious ancient temple filled with deep silence and the scent of history, located in Takeo City. Especially in spring, a beautiful cherry blossom tunnel decorates the approach, and along with early summer fresh green and vivid red leaves in autumn, the traditional Japanese emotions of each season gently heal the visiting traveler's heart. The solemn precinct where historical architectural buildings and stone Buddhas stand completely shuts out urban noise and digital busyness from the moment you step inside, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Strolling leisurely while listening to only...

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