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  • Saga has many places where you can experience fascinating Japanese culture, including pottery, shrines, sake breweries, hot springs, tea, and castles.
    Experience pottery making, visit a shrine, feel the history at Karatsu Castle, take a break at a sake or tea shop, and enjoy a blissful time at a hot spring inn.
  • 【Saga tradition: Yumino doll painting experience】

    This experience includes painting a pigeon whistle, a symbol of peace, and an owl, famous as a lucky charm.
    Owls are also known for bringing good luck with money because they can turn their heads around 180 degrees.
    It is an experience that can be enjoyed by everyone from children to adults.
【Venue】Takeo Products Center
【Access】About 5 minutes by car from Urari Takeo
【Capacity】Maximum number of children:1 person
【Participation Fee】・Pigeon Whistle:1,430 yen(Tax included)
・owl:1,980 yen(Tax included)
【Experience Date】every day(Please check on-site)
【Reservation Deadline】Three days before
【Benefits and Offers】You can take your painting home immediately after the experience.
【Time required】From 9:00 to 16:00(About 40 minutes)
【Notes】・Experience it at Takeo Onsen Products Center.
・Since paint will be used, please wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty.
  • 【Pottery Fragment Accessories / Herbarium ballpoint pen making experience】

    ・You can choose your favorite pottery fragments and make your own stylish and cute accessories.
    (brooch / Earrings / Earrings / Hair ties / hairpin / ring)
    ・This is a herbarium ballpoint pen making project that is a hot topic on social media.
    Please choose your favorite color pens and flowers,
    Why not try making a unique, one-of-a-kind item?
    ・You can also try your hand at coloring for an additional fee.
【Venue】Yoko Museum of Art
【Access】15 minutes by car from Urari Takeo
【Capacity】Maximum number of people:15 people / Maximum number of children:1 person
【Participation Fee】・Pottery Fragment Accessories:1,650 yen(Tax included)
・Herbarium ballpoint pen:2,200 JPY(Tax included)
・Coloring book:550 JPY(Tax included)
【Experience Date】every day(Closed on Wednesdays)
【Reservation Deadline】The day before
【Benefits and Offers】You can take home pottery fragment accessories and herbarium pens right away.
【Time required】10:00 to 17:00(Accessories/Ballpoint Pens:Approximately 30 to 45 minutes/ Coloring book:Approximately 15 to 30 minutes)
【Notes】Garden and museum admission fees:660 yen each(Tax included)
*Garden + Museum Set Ticket:1,100 JPY(Tax included)
(Free for junior high school students and younger accompanied by a guardian)
  • 【Experience matcha tea at Kyushu's only purely Japanese garden, Keishuen】

    This Japanese-style cafe is located in the 10,000m2 pure Japanese garden "Keishuen".
    You can experience matcha tea and experience traditional Japanese culture.
    You can enjoy a blissful moment sipping matcha green tea and delicious Japanese sweets on the veranda.
【Venue】Japanese Garden Keishuen
【Access】15 minutes by car from Urari Takeo
【Capacity】Maximum number of people:15 people / Maximum number of children:1 person
【Participation Fee】1,650 yen(Tax included)
【Experience Date】every day(Closed on Wednesdays)
【Reservation Deadline】The day before
【Benefits and Offers】Matcha and Japanese sweets
【Time required】10:00 to 17:00(About 40 minutes)
【Notes】Garden and museum admission fees:660 yen each(Tax included)
*Garden + Museum Set Ticket:1,100 JPY(Tax included)
(Free for junior high school students and younger accompanied by a guardian)
  • 【Learn how to make cedar carvings from the "Saga Meister"】

    Only 75 people in the prefecture who are recognized as capable of passing on their advanced skills and techniques are certified.
    Together with a "Saga Meister", you can create original works of art while learning about traditions and culture.
    There are opportunities to make your own original chopsticks, create floating postcards, and for small children, make key chains.
    You can post postcards with a stamp attached.
【Venue】Local or Urari Takeo(For 5 or more people)
【Access】30 minutes by car from Urari Takeo
【Capacity】Maximum number of people:7 people per group / Maximum number of children:5 people per group
【Participation Fee】・My Chopsticks / Floating Face Postcard:1,650 yen(Tax included)
・key ring:1,100 JPY(Tax included)
【Experience Date】Monday to Saturday
【Reservation Deadline】Three days before
【Benefits and Offers】Chopsticks / key ring / Floating Face Postcard
【Time required】10:00 to 18:00(About an hour)
【Notes】The experience can be conducted at the facility (Urari Takeo) with a minimum of 5 people per group.
  • 【~My Arita ware~ Pottery wheel experience/ Original painting experience】

    You can experience pottery wheel and choose your favorite item.
    You can create your own Arita ware while having fun painting it to your liking.
    First-time users may be confused at first,
    Under careful guidance, everyone from children to adults, regardless of gender, can enjoy the experience in a fun and enjoyable way.
【Venue】Toshiuemon Kiln
【Access】30 minutes by car from Urari Takeo
【Capacity】Maximum number of people:1 group of 8 people / Maximum number of children:1 person
【Participation Fee】By item:From 1,650 yen (tax included)
【Experience Date】every day(Closed on Wednesdays)
【Reservation Deadline】On the day of arrival
【Benefits and Offers】-
【Time required】From 9:00 to 16:00(About 20 to 30 minutes)
【Notes】It takes about one to one and a half months to bake.
*postage:Separate payment on site

【Printing experience】

  • Choose your favorite floral pattern from a wide variety of prints and press it onto the semi-dry base to create your own one-of-a-kind "Takeo ware."
    It may look easy, but it may be surprisingly difficult.
    You can experience it casually in a short time.
【Venue】Kameo Kiln
【Access】20 minutes by car from Urari Takeo
【Capacity】Maximum number of people:3 people / Maximum number of children:1 person
【Participation Fee】-
【Experience Date】Other than New Year's(1/1 to 1/3)
【Reservation Deadline】1 week prior
【Benefits and Offers】-
【Time required】9:00 to 17:00(10 minutes to 1 hour)
  • 【Natural illumination: Firefly viewing at Takeo Onsen Resort Village】

    At the Seseragi Promenade in Takeo Onsen Resort Village,
    They inhabit a total length of 750m every year from late May to mid-June.
    You can enjoy the flurry of about 10,000 fireflies.
【Venue】Urari Takeo guest room
【Access】Urari Takeo
【Capacity】Maximum number of children:2 people
【Participation Fee】-
【Experience Date】Late May to mid-June
After sunset to around 9:00 p.m.(30 minutes to 1 hour)
【Reservation Deadline】17:00 on the day
【Benefits and Offers】-
【Time required】From 17:00 on the day
【Notes】It may not be possible to view the display depending on the temperature and weather conditions on the day.