Saga International Balloon Festival

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Visit Japan's ancient heart through temples, gardens and festivals and marvel at the calm beneath the manic tempo of Japanese society.

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Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine (35.22 km)

Built as a combined grave and shrine to Michizane Sugawara, a celebrated 9th Century scholar, poet and politician, Dazaifu Tenmangu is a large square...
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (38.21 km)

'The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is the only museum in the world that systematically collects and exhibits Asian modern and contemporary art. The works...
Unzen (50.04 km)

The notorious Unzen is the volcano that on June 3 1991 killed the daredevil husband and wife team of Maurice and Katia Kraft, two famous...
Kumamoto Castle (63.34 km)

'Completed in 1607, Kumamoto Castle is massive -- it took 7 years to build. It was constructed under the direction of Kato Kiyomasa, a great warrior...
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (68.19 km)

Before the bomb Nagasaki was Japan’s first city of ship building a free port and the background for Puccini’s ‘Madame Butterfly’. Around 80,000...
Aso Town Fire Festival, Kumamoto Prefecture (80.55 km)

Every march the town holds a fire festival in which the hill sides are burnt. A kanji symbol ('fire') is also burnt on a hill. This kills pests and...
Aso (84.08 km)

Aso is the world’s largest active volcanic caldera, 24 km across, and one of Japan’s major tourist attractions. The active central cone of Naka-dake...
Inro Bijutsu-kan (Inro Museum) (86.57 km)

'Small, exquisitely-decorated medicine boxes called "inro", and their "netsuke" toggles, are among Japan's finest works of art....
Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village (86.57 km)

'A "must" for visitors interested in the traditional local lifestyle, this village is a remarkable example of conservation of buildings,...