Arita Promotes 400 Years of Porcelain with New Video
Arita have released a new video (below) promoting the 400th year anniversary of porcelain ceramics in Japan. The celebration will be held in 2016 and is sure to be a HUGE event […]
Category Archives: Saga Prefecture
Event Report: 1st Arita Porcelain Making Tour
As most of you probably know, one of my (very enjoyable) duties as a CIR here in Arita is to organize and guide tours for English-speaking foreigners in Japan. During […]
Discover Japan’s ancient past in Karatsu
The Japan Times have published an article highlighting some of the (sometimes forgotten) ancient history scattered across Kyushu and specifically in urban Karatsu where you can visit the birthplace of […]
Karatsu Featured in the Latest Edition of Fukuoka NOW! Magazine
Most of us living in Saga probably know how great our little prefecture is, but now it looks like maybe word is spreading further afield too! The March edition of […]
Saga teams up with Video Game
Saga Prefecture is teaming up with a video game in an unorthodox promotional exercise. Via the Anime News Network: To English speakers, “saga” typically means a tale of adventure and […]
SagaJET.com Revamped and Relaunched
SagaJET.com has been completely revamped to make it a more easily searchable, up-to-date, and useful resource for all new and current JETs. The biggest difference you’ll notice is that the […]
Michelin to Release Fukuoka + Saga Guide
Good news foodies, Micheln is to release its first Kyushu dining guide, focusing on Fukuoka and Saga: Michelin Japan announced on Jan. 28 the release of “Michelin Guide Fukuoka/Saga 2014 […]
Arita at the 町イチ村イチ Event in Tokyo
Hallo! Hannaです。 Have you heard of the event “machi ichi mura ichi”, that takes place in Tokyo every year, and where every time more than 300 towns and villages all […]
Saga Prefecture’s AKB48 video hits 2 million views
Saga Prefecture’s version of AB48’s Koi Suru Fortune Cookie (Love Fortune Cookie) has clocked up over 2million views on YouTube. Here’s the story from last year: Saga Prefecture lies in […]
Saga AJET Events Update No.1
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a fun and restful vacation and are settling into 2014! Just wanted to let you know about some upcoming events in January and […]
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