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is the capital
city
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of
Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasak ...
, located on the island of
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...
,
Japan
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. Saga was the capital of
Saga Domain in the
Edo period
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, and the largest city of former
Hizen Province
was an old province of Japan in the area of the Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. It was sometimes called , with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo. The province was included in Saikaidō. It did not incl ...
. As of August 1, 2020, the city had an estimated population of 232,736 and a
population density
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of 539 persons per km
2. The total area is 431.84 km
2.
Saga is located in the southeast part of Saga Prefecture. After the 2005 merger the city became very long north to south, bordering the
Ariake Sea
The is a body of salt water surrounded by Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto Prefectures, all of which lie on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It is the largest bay in Kyūshū. Its deepest point is only about 50 meters (165 ft) deep, and ...
to the south and
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...
to the southeast and north. The northern half of the city contains the Sefuri Mountains. Saga can also be regarded as within the Greater Fukuoka metropolitan area, and by extension,
Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Metropolitan Area.
History
Municipal timeline
*April 1, 1889 - The modern
municipal system was established and the city of Saga is founded. At the same time, the current city region is occupied by 21
villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
from three districts.
**
Kanzaki District: Hasuike and Mitsuse.
**
Ogi District
was a district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 45,910 and a density of 478.98 persons per km2. The total area was 95.85 km2.
Former towns and villages
* Ashikari
* Mikatsuki
* O ...
: Kitayama and Nanzan.
**
Saga District: Higashikawasoe, Honjō, Hyōgo, Kamino, Kase, Kasuga, Kawakami, Kinryū, Kitakawasoe, Kose, Kuboizumi, Matsuume, Nabeshima, Nikita, Nishiyoka, Oseki and Takakise.
*June 6, 1899 - Kose changed the ''
kanji
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'' of its name.
*October 1, 1922 - Kamino was incorporated into Saga.
*November 3, 1935 - Hasuike was elevated to town status.
*March 31, 1954 - Hyōgo, Kase, Kose, Nishiyoka and Takakise were all incorporated into Saga.
*October 1, 1954 - Honjō, Kinryū, Kitakawasoe, Kuboizumi and Nabeshima were all incorporated into Saga.
*March 1, 1955 - Higashikawasoe and Nikita were merged to create the town of Morodomi.
*October 1, 2005 - The towns of
Fuji Fuji may refer to:
Places China
* Fuji, Xiangcheng City (付集镇), town in Xiangcheng City, Henan
Japan
* Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan
* Fuji River
* Fuji, Saga, town in Saga Prefecture
* Fuji, Shizuoka, city in Shizuoka Prefec ...
,
Morodomi and
Yamato
was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan.
Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan.
Japanese his ...
(all from
Saga District) and the village of
Mitsuse (from
Kanzaki District) merged with Saga. (population: 206,967 ; area: 355.15 km
2)
*October 1, 2007 - The towns of
Higashiyoka,
Kawasoe, and
Kubota
Kubota machine
is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, p ...
(all from
Saga District) were all incorporated into Saga. (population: roughly 240,000 ; area: 431.42 km
2) Saga District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Saga Castle
Standing out from many cultural assets is the plains castle within the city,
Saga Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is a ''hiraijirō'', a castle built on a plains rather than a hill or mountain, and is surrounded by a wall rather than being built above a stone base. Saga castle was home ...
. It is one of the rare castles in Japan surrounded by a wall rather than built on one. First built between 1591 and 1593, there was a fire in 1726. Renovated in 1728, there was yet another fire in 1835.
Nabeshima Naomasa
was the 10th and final ''daimyō'' of Saga Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan. His honorary title was '' Hizen-no-Kami'', and he was occasionally referred to as “Prince Hizen” in western accounts during the Bakumatsu period.
Biograp ...
, ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
'' of the
Nabeshima clan
is a Japanese samurai kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Nabeshima", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p.38 retrieved 2013-5-5.
History
The clan controlled Saga Do ...
, renovated it within two years and moved in. In 1874 it was a court building and a prefectural office. 1883 saw it become a junior school. The buildings were eventually replaced by modern school buildings.
Geography
Saga City is located in the southeast portion of
Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasak ...
. After the 2005 merger the city became very long north to south. It now borders the
Ariake Sea
The is a body of salt water surrounded by Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto Prefectures, all of which lie on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It is the largest bay in Kyūshū. Its deepest point is only about 50 meters (165 ft) deep, and ...
to the south and
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...
to the southeast and north. The northern half of the city contains the Sefuri Mountains.
Climate
Saga has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa'').The annual average precipitation ranges from about 1800 mm (71 in) in the city center to about 2400 mm (94 in) in
Mitsuse. The annual average temperature ranges from about 13 °C (55 °F) in Mitsuse to 17 °C (63 °F) in the city center.
Adjoining municipalities
![Saga city center 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Saga_city_center_1.jpg)
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Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasak ...
**
Kanzaki
**
Karatsu
is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Its name, formed from the Japanese word roots 唐 ''kara'' (China, or continental East Asia in general), and 津 ''tsu'' (port), signifies its historical importance as a ...
**
Ogi
Ogi may refer to:
People
* Adolf Ogi (born 1942), Swiss politician
*, Japanese football player
*, Japanese actress and politician
*Darko Ostojić (born 1965), nicknamed Ogi, Bosnian musician and actor
*, Japanese football player
*Ogi Ogas (born 19 ...
**
Taku
Taku may refer to:
Places North America
* the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia
** Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River
** the Taku Glacier, in Ala ...
*
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...
**
Fukuoka
is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...
***
Sawara-ku, Fukuoka
is one of the wards in Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Kyūshū, Japan.
Data
*Population: 213,178 people (as of January 1, 2012)
*Area: 95.88 square kilometers (the largest in Fukuoka-shi)
History
On April 1, 1889, Fukuoka-shi was founded. The n ...
**
Itoshima
**
Ōkawa
**
Yanagawa
is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
As of April 30, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 71,848, with 24,507 households and a population density of 934.55 persons per km². The total area is 76.88 km².
On March 21, ...
Education
Universities
:;National
*
Saga University
; abbreviated as or , is a national university in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. The university has five faculties with around 7,000 students. Its two campuses are in and .
History
The history of Saga University is complicated. The oldest Saga t ...
:;Private
*Saga Junior College
*Saga Women's Junior College
Senior High Schools
:;Prefectural
*
Chienkan High School
*
Koshikan Senior High School
*Saga
Commercial High School
*
Saga Higashi High School
*Saga Kita High School
*Saga Nishi High School
*
Saga Technical High School
:;Private
*Hokuryo High School
*Kōgakukan High School
*Saga Gakuen High School
*Saga Ryukoku
*Saga Seiwa High School
*Saga Girls' High School
Transportation
Air
There is one
airport
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inside the city of Saga,
Saga Airport
is an airport in the Kawasoe area of Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It also uses the unofficial name .
Saga Airport is located on the edge of the Ariake Sea, in what is best called a polder, 35 minutes from JR Saga Station by bus.
History
...
, located in the former town of
Kawasoe. Before the opening of Saga Airport,
Fukuoka Airport
, formerly known as Itazuke Air Base, is an international and domestic airport located east of Hakata Station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
Fukuoka Airport is the principal airport on the island of Kyushu and is the fourth busiest passenger ...
was the nearest airport. However, many people in Saga still use Fukuoka Airport due its greater number of routes and flights offered. There is an express bus which connects the two airports.
Rail
![JRKyushu Saga Station01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/JRKyushu_Saga_Station01.jpg)
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JR Kyushu
The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan and the JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait ...
**
Nagasaki Main Line
The , or simply Nagasaki Line, is a railway line owned by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) connecting Tosu Station in Saga Prefecture to Nagasaki Station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. There is a separate branch of this line from Kikitsu S ...
***
Igaya Station -
Saga Station -
Nabeshima Station -
Balloon Saga Station
is a railway station on the Nagasaki Main Line in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It is a seasonal station and is only operational during the Saga International Balloon Fiesta (held around the end o ...
(only in operation during the
Saga International Balloon Fiesta
The is held at the beginning of November every year in Saga Prefecture, Japan. In 2014 it took place between October 30 and November 3.
The fiesta is held just outside Saga City, along the Kase River. It has grown from a gathering of 5 hot air ...
) -
Kubota Station
**
Karatsu Line
The is a regional railway line in Saga Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It connects in Saga City to in Karatsu City, both in Saga Prefecture, Japan. The line was originally constructed to carry co ...
***Kubota Station
Road
*
Expressways
Expressway may refer to:
*Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic.
*Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road.
*Expressway, the fictional slide ...
**
Nagasaki Expressway
is one of the Expressways of Japan from Tosu to Nagasaki. It runs through the prefecture of Saga, and the southern half of the Nagasaki prefecture. The total length is 120.4 km.
History
* November 16, 1973, Tosu Interchange and Junctio ...
***Interchanges: Saga Yamato Interchange
***Other facilities: Kinryū Service Area
*
National highways
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**
Route 34
The following highways are numbered 34: for a list of roads numbered N34 : see list of N34 roads.
International
* AH34, Asian Highway 34
* European route E34
Australia
* Cox Peninsula Road (Northern Territory)
* (Sydney)
* Maroondah Highway (Vi ...
("Hokubu Bypass")
**
Route 207
**
Route 208 ("Nambu Bypass")
**
Route 263
***Toll section: Mitsuse Tunnel
***Yamato
Roadside Station
**
Route 264
**
Route 323
**
Route 444
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Australia
* Wilsons Promontory Road
Canada
*Manitoba Provincial Road 444
Japan
* Japan National Route 444
United States
* Interstate 444 (Unsigned highway, unsigned)
* Louisiana Highway ...
Attractions
Every fall Saga holds the "
Saga International Balloon Fiesta
The is held at the beginning of November every year in Saga Prefecture, Japan. In 2014 it took place between October 30 and November 3.
The fiesta is held just outside Saga City, along the Kase River. It has grown from a gathering of 5 hot air ...
" in the dry riverbed of the Kase River. A quarter of the visitors are from Saga. The number of visitors was about 15 million in 2005.
Hot air balloon
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, a capsule), which carries p ...
ists from many countries enter this event.
Kakurintei Tea House located in the grounds of
Kono Koen is a very quaint and picturesque Japanese
tea house
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overlooking a pond.
Saga Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is a ''hiraijirō'', a castle built on a plains rather than a hill or mountain, and is surrounded by a wall rather than being built above a stone base. Saga castle was home ...
(Also called the
Saga Castle Historical Museum) is the largest reconstruction of a wooden building in Japan, with a total floor space of 2500 square meters and the historical atmosphere of the Saga Castle main keep.
Famous People from Saga
*
Shigeo Shingo
was a Japanese industrial engineer who was considered as the world’s leading expert on manufacturing practices and the Toyota Production System.
Life and work
After having worked as a technician specializing in fusions at the Taiwanese railw ...
, an
industrial engineer
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who distinguished himself as one of the world's leading experts on manufacturing practices.
*
Hidenori Chiwata, a singer whose song カサブタ (Kasabuta / "Scab") was used as a theme song in the
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
Zatch Bell!
''Zatch Bell!'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' between January 2001 and December 2007, wit ...
.
*
Hanawa
is a Japanese singer and comedian raised in Saga City. He plays the bass guitar. He rose to fame in Japan for a comical song about Saga Prefecture and its oddities.
TV commercials
* Yukiguni Maitake bean sprouts
Sprouting is the natural ...
, singer and comedian. He released a CD about Saga city
*
Yasuko Matsuyuki
is a Japanese actress and singer signed to Stardust Promotion.
Biography
Yasuko Matsuyuki was born in 1972 in Tosu, Saga. In 1989, while she was in high school, Matsuyuki won a Non-no fashion magazine contest. After graduating from Tosu Comme ...
, singer and actress known for her glamorous and sophisticated personality. She is mentioned in Hanawa's song as being one of the celebrities that won't admit being from Saga. She moved away from Saga at the age of 19 to be a model.
* Yuna Katsuki (born Yohei Matsuyuki), singer and musician, of Lazy Knack, RED, The Flare, and Candelars, and also the younger brother of Yasuko Matsuyuki. He freely admits being from Saga, unlike his sister
Yuna's Official WebsiteHe moved to Tokyo at the age of 16.
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Egashira 2:50, a comedian
*
Noriko Nakagoshi
is a Japanese actress.
Biography
Nakagoshi debuted as a model for '' ViVi'' magazine in 1999. She began acting the same year, making her acting debut as Midori Sato in the show ''Tengoku no Kiss''. Her acting attracted her great attention and fro ...
, an actress
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Ikumi Yoshimatsu
is a Japanese actress, stunt woman, book author, opinion leader, social activist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2012 in Okinawa. It was Japan's first Miss International win in the 52-year history of the pageant.
In 2014, she ...
,
Miss International 2012
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Rikako Sakata
is a Japanese actress and model who is affiliated with Ever Green Entertainment.
Biography
In April 2006, Sakata won the Grand Prix at the exclusive model audition for the fashion magazine, '' Love Berry'', the same year on June 1, she became a ...
, actress known for
Miu Kazashiro in
Kamen Rider Fourze
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the thirteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-second overall. It began airing on September 4, 2011, the week following the conclusion of ''Kamen Rider OOO'' ...
*
Saburō Sakai
was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace (''"Gekitsui-O"'', ) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28–64 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to official Japanese records, but his autobiography, ''Samura ...
, Japanese
naval aviator
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Naval aviation is typically projected to a position nearer the target by way of an aircraft carrier. Carrier-based a ...
and
flying ace
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Economy/Industry
In the areas surrounding the city, the agricultural industry focuses on planting grains that make use of water. The fishery centers on
seaweed cultivation using the
Ariake Sea
The is a body of salt water surrounded by Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto Prefectures, all of which lie on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It is the largest bay in Kyūshū. Its deepest point is only about 50 meters (165 ft) deep, and ...
.
Originally one of the largest rice-producing areas, a large farmland has been converted it into a vegetable field in response to changes in the environment surrounding agriculture. In terms of industry, the terrain is facing the Ariake Sea, but since it is a shallow area where large vessels cannot navigate, heavy industry has not developed much. In addition, in the first half of the 20th century, coal and prefecture western flourished because there was not much competition.
On the other hand, the food industry and the textile industry have developed throughout the late 20th century. Although the food industry is still strong, the textile industry has been the main industry since the 1970s. However, since the 1990s the automobile parts industry has been growing due to the accumulation of automobiles and parts industry in northern
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...
.
Although it is located at the prefecture capital and the service industry accounts for a large number of employees, the shipping industry in commerce is not particularly large compared to other cities of the same size. Currently, three large suburban commercial facilities with a sales floor area of 50,000 m
2 are in competition with each other, and there is an unbalanced demand for supply.
The number of companies with head offices and main offices in the city is the largest in the prefecture, but it is not that much compared to the neighboring prefectures. There is also the tendency of branch offices to be in urban cities, which is often prefecture capitals.
In terms of percent by industry, the tertiary industry exceeds 70%, but it is the lowest among the seven prefectures of Kyushu. The proportion of secondary industries is small, while the proportion of primary industry is relatively high. (Census data: October 1, 2005)
Twin towns – sister cities
Saga is
twinned with:
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Cussac-Fort-Médoc
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Fort Médoc in Cussac-Fort-Médoc, together with several buildings in nearby Blaye, was listed in 2008 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as p ...
, France
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Glens Falls
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, United States
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Lianyungang
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, China
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* Warren County, Georgia
* Warren County, Illinois
* Warren County ...
, United States
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Yeonje (Busan), South Korea
References
External links
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About the Hagakure the Castle
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