Hot spring facilities, convenience stores, and supermarkets are all close by. Stylish space in a quiet residential area
Located in a residential area, the RV park also offers accommodations in a single house with simple but tasteful interiors, and the RV park facilities include shower rooms, washing machines, dryers, sinks, and washbasins. Rest rooms are available for free use, and coffee service is available. Convenience stores, supermarkets, and restaurants are within a 5-minute walking distance, and hot spring facilities are only a 5-minute drive away.
Basic information about Ishikura, an RV park in town
Balloon experience regardless of the weather! The first museum in Japan
Saga City is now known as the "City of Hot Air Balloons" for hosting the Saga International Balloon Fiesta, one of Asia's largest balloon festivals, every year in early November. The festival features more than 100 balloons soaring through the sky, attracting about 800,000 visitors to see the spectacular scenery. This facility allows visitors to experience the spectacle and learn about the mechanism of the balloons and the competition. Inside the museum, visitors can watch realistic balloon flight videos on a giant 280-inch screen and enjoy a simulated balloon piloting experience.
The iris is associated with nobility and was a favorite flower of the samurai class.
Located in Yamato Central Park, it is open to the public only during the iris blooming season. The 1 hectare park is planted with 40,000 irises of 100 varieties (Edo, Ise, and Higo types), and the best time to view them is from late May to mid-June each year. In addition to the iris garden, Yamato Chuo Park is also planted with zelkova trees, cherry blossoms, maple trees, hydrangea, azaleas, and azaleas, allowing visitors to enjoy flowers in each of the four seasons. There are also atmospheric facilities such as the Kankimon gate, Hatsumon gate, and pavilion, where visitors can relax and enjoy viewing the flowers.
address (e.g. of house)
3294 Oaza Kawakami, Yamato-machi, Saga City, Saga Prefecture
Only when irises are in bloom Adults 510 yen Elementary and junior high school students 300 yen
Business Hours
9:00-18:00 Flowering season from mid-May to mid-June.
Jukkaen
A different world of azaleas in spring and autumn leaves in fall! The remains of the Tono's villa are open to the public only during the season.
The garden was created over a period of 10 years on the former Nabeshima family villa site, a vast area of approximately 60,000 m2. Its name comes from the villa "Jukatei. There are 10,000 rhododendrons and 30,000 azaleas planted, and in spring, the entire garden is filled with flowers. In summer, fresh green foliage sprouts, in autumn the leaves turn red, and in winter they are covered with snow, creating a seasonal scene. Artificial waterfalls are also located here. Moreover, since the garden is landscaped utilizing the slope of the mountain, visitors can enjoy the three-dimensional beauty of the garden. From the pavilion on the hill, you can see the Ariake Sea and the flowers below. The garden, which looks as if it has been lavishly landscaped by a lord, allows visitors to forget about the time and take a rest.
address (e.g. of house)
244-11 Umeno, Yamato-cho, Saga City, Saga Prefecture
Adults 600 yen, Free for junior high school students and under
Business Hours
9:00-17:00
regular closing day
Open April-May and November during the fall foliage season; open throughout the season
Chikugo River Rising Bridge
An important cultural property of Japan recognized as a Mechanical Heritage site. The tallest elevating movable bridge in the East.
One of the world's most prominent elevating movable iron bridges over the Chikugo River at the border between Saga and Fukuoka Prefectures, and a National Important Cultural Property, it was opened in 1935 as the Chikugo River Bridge on the former Japan National Railways' Saga Line. The bridge is 507 m long, 30 m high, and is sandwiched between two steel pylons, the center of which rises to allow large ships to sail under it. When the elevator is not in use, the promenade is still in use. In 2007, the bridge was recognized as a Heritage of Machinery. The bridge is illuminated daily from sunset to 22:00.
History Museum of Sano Tsunetami and the Miezu Naval Station Site
Invisible World Heritage Site to be talked about Exploring the Naval Power of the Saga Clan at the End of the Edo Period
Miezu Naval Station Site is one of the components of the World Heritage Site "Meiji Japan Industrial Revolution Heritage". As the base of the Western-style navy of the Saga Clan at the end of the Edo period, naval education, repair of Western-style ships, and construction of Japan's first practical steamship "Ryoufumaru" were conducted here. Although the site was registered as a World Heritage site as remains that show the naval power of the Saga clan at the end of the Edo period, the remains have been buried, so visitors can see what it was like in those days through a VR scope. A full-scale model of the dry dock remains (part of the dry dock) excavated in 2011 can be seen at the History Museum. Sano Tsunetami was a samurai of the Saga Clan at the end of the Edo period and is considered one of the Seven Sages of Saga. He was a brilliant scholar and directed the production of the model of steamships and steam cars and the telegraph machine at the Miezu Naval Station. He also founded the "benevolent society" that later became the Japanese Red Cross Society. He also founded the "Benevolent Society," which later became the Japanese Red Cross Society, and provided aid to the wounded, both friend and foe, during the Civil War.
