Mifuneyama Fall Foliage Festival

• When: November 1 to December 3, 17:30 to 22:00
• Where: Mifuneyama Rakuen, Takeo City
• Cost: 600 yen

Drum Tao

• When: December 8, doors open at 18:15
• Where: Saga City Culture Hall
• Cost: Tickets are 7500 yen, 6500 yen, or 5000 yen depending on type
• Flier

Yuutoku Inari Shrine Fire Ceremony

• When: December 8, 20:00~
• Where: Yuutoku Inari Shrine, Kashima City

Reverberatory Furnace Festival

• When: December 9, 14:30~ (cannon blast at 16:00)
• Where: Saga Shrine parking lot, Saga City

2017 SAGA Balloon Challenge Series, Round Two

• Details: Includes a market and balloon rides (500 yen) for the first 200 people
• When: December 10, 7:00~
• Where: The Balloon Saga Station area (the train doesn’t stop here), Saga City

Hatten Shrine Fire Ceremony

• When: December 21, 17:30~
• Where: Hatten Shrine, Ureshino

Hatten Shrine Ceremony

• When: December 22, 11:~
• Where: Hatten Shrine, Ureshino City

Yuusa Inari Shrine Fire Ceremony

• When: December 26, 17:00 to 21:00
• Where: Yuusa Shrine, Shiroshi Town

Yuutoku Inari Shrine Year End Ceremony

• When: December 31, 16:00~
• Where: Yuutoku Inari Shrine, Kashima City

New Year’s Countdown

• When: December 31, 23:00~
• Where: Yuyuu Plaza (湯遊広場)

New Year’s Porcelain Lanterns

• When: December 31, 23:00~
• Where: From downtown Arita to Touzan Shrine

Taku Confucian Temple Ohitaki

• When: December 31 to January 1
• Where: Taku Confucian Temple (拓聖廟)

Yuutoku Inari Shrine Year End Ceremony

• When: December 31 from 16:00
• Where: Yuutoku Inari Shrine, Kashima City

Matsuoka Shrine Fire Ceremony

• When: December 31, 18:30~
• Where: Matsuoka Shrine, Kashima City

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