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【Introduction of collaboration project of Karatsu City x popular content】

◆ Handsome Sengoku x Karatsu City
"Karatsu's Journey with a Handsome Sengoku Warlord" stamp rally
A limited-time stamp rally project with Sengoku warlords visiting famous places in Karatsu.
You can enjoy drawn visuals and limited benefits while visiting six locations in the city, such as Karatsu-jo Castle and historical buildings.
This is a collaboration that can only be experienced here, combining the history of Karatsu with the world view of the "handsome Sengoku".

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[Gofuku's Marriage|Gofukumachi Shopping Street] JCC POP UP Gallery ~Skin care to meet while traveling from local materials~

"Karatsu Style JCC Pop-up Gallery" deals with skin care products that make use of the materials nurtured by the culture of Karatsu.
Cosmetics that incorporate the gentleness of nature and local feelings will color the time of your trip more abundantly.
Please spend a special time with yourself during your stay.

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Taiyosha Sightseeing Strawberry Garden

In a barrier-free design park, anyone from small children to elderly people and wheelchairs can enjoy strawberry picking with peace of mind.
The popular varieties "Sagahonoka" and "Ichigo-san" born in Saga Prefecture are cultivated.
"Sagahonoka" is characterized by gentle sweetness and modest acidity, and has a white flesh and a fresh taste.
"Ichigo-san" has a gorgeous aroma and elegant sweetness, and has a firm flesh and a delicious meal.
Please enjoy seasonal strawberries to your heart's content with your family and friends.

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Underwater Torii of Daio-jinja Shrine

Taracho faces the Ariake Sea, which is considered to be a "town where you can see the gravitational force of the moon" because the difference between tide level when it is full is up to 6 meters.
The three torii "Uminaka Torii" built between Oojinja and Okinoshima are power spots of fantastic beauty that appear when the tide rises and sinks into the sea when the tide rises. .

• Nature and Landscape
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Forest of Environmental Art

◆Forest of Environmental Art
It is a private forest of about 10ha located on the southwest slope of Sakureiyama, Itsuki-cho, Karatsu City.
Located on the hillside of Mt. Sakurei, you can enjoy beautiful autumn leaves every year.

• Nature and Landscape

Local experience-based activity reservation site

Departing from Ureshino Onsen Station / Takeo City Private Sightseeing Taxi Karatsu Course Hoto Shrine (Takashima) + Guide to Fish Village! The taste of Saga's squid dishes

A chartered sightseeing tour where you can enjoy fresh seafood with Karatsu, a seaside town. We will also guide you to the lucky prayer "Hoto Shrine" including the lottery winning prayer!

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Karatsu / Yobuko Sightseeing & Activities Introducing the Best Selling Ranking

Karatsu, a city where trade with the continent has flourished since ancient times, has a castle town centered around Karatsu-jo Castle. Even now, it is an area full of emotions, where you can still see the long-established stores that have left the name from Edo, Ishigaki, Horigo, and Edo.
Let's stretch your foot to the charming Karatsu area!

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A holiday where you can see the calm nature of Karatsu and think about the ancient romance

A holiday where you can see the calm nature of Karatsu and think about the ancient romance

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Yobuko Asaichi-dori - while old and now-

On the morning market street, about 200 meters, there are plenty of fresh seafood, processed products, and local vegetable stalls. It is a morning tradition unique to Yobuko, where you can enjoy price negotiations with cheerful aunts.
In recent years, shaved ice shops using fashionable craft beer and local fruits have also appeared, and it is evolving into a spot where tradition and newness are fused. I would like to introduce the popular morning market spot.

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Sogama

◆Sogama
"Sogama" is a potter's 40th anniversary this year, founded in 1984.
It is the only potter in Arida that produces pottery using kneading techniques, which color porcelain soil and make a dough combined like a puzzle in a mold.

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Kagamiyama Observation Deck

◆Kagamiyama Observation Deck Kagamiyama is a mountain at an altitude of 284m, and boasts a superb view overlooking the country's special scenic spot, Nijino Matsubara, Karatsu Bay, and the island shadows of Iki, Nagasaki Prefecture. The 4 km road leading to the summit of Kagamiyama is popular as a great drive course.

• Nature and Landscape

Nanatsugama

◆Nanatsugama
Designated as a national natural monument, it is a scenic spot where basalt is made by the erosion of the waves of the Sea of Genkai.

• Nature and Landscape

Hoto-jinja Shrine

◆Hoto Shrine It has become famous as a shrine that wins the lottery, and now attracts 200,000 worshipers from all over the country every year.

• History and Culture

Yutoku Inari-jinja Shrine

◆Yutoku Inari-jinja Shrine
This shrine is one of Japan's three largest Inari shrines along with Fushimiinari and Kasama Inari. Approximately 3 million people visit annually for prayers such as rich harvest, thriving business, prosperity of home luck, satisfaction of fishing, traffic safety, etc.

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Yobuko Asaichi

◆Yobuko Asaichi
Yobuko's morning market, which has been opened since the Taisho era, is one of the three major morning markets in Japan.
Stalls are lined up on the morning market street, which is about 200m, and fresh seafood, processed products, vegetables, etc. are sold. It is a morning specialty unique to Yobuko, where the voice of a cheerful stall aunt and price negotiations are also fun.

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Hamasaki Gion Yamakasa (held on July 26 and July 27, 2025)

◆This is a Gion festival and Yamakasa event dedicated to Suka Shrine (Gionsha), which is held every year on Saturdays and Sundays immediately after the sea day in July, which is enshrined in the precincts of Suwa-jinja Shrine in Hamatama-cho, Karatsu City.
The Hama area is a big catch, the east area is a thriving business, and the west area is a 15-meter-high yamakasa that prays for the harvest of five grains goes around the town with a music consisting of flutes, drums, and shamisen.

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East beach beach

◆East beach beach
A beach stretching along the Niji no Matsubara, one of Japan's three largest Matsubara in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture.
You can enjoy swimming while watching the coastline with white sandy beaches and lush pine forests.

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Karatsu-jo Castle

◆The cherry blossoms in full bloom in late March Karatsu-jo Castle are in full bloom in late April. From the castle tower, you can enjoy the magnificent scenery of the Genkai Nada and Nijinomatsubara, and the calm scenery of Karatsu.

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Seeing waterfall

◆A waterfall in return
It is one of the top 100 waterfalls in Japan, and one of the best waterfalls in Japan. Cherry blossoms in spring, deep green in summer, and autumn leaves in autumn color each color the waterfalls, and hydrangea in June is particularly impressive.

• Nature and Landscape