Activities in Arita: Climbing Mt Kurokami
Hallo 🙂 Hannaです。 On a beautiful day in April I decided to climb Mt. Kurokami again (I already climbed it 2 times since I have come to Arita). The mountain […]
Category Archives: Saga Prefecture
2011 Saga City Newsletters (2011年市報さがの記事)
Hey guys! Alex here! 皆さんこんにちはアレックスです。 Here are the Saga City Newsletter articles I wrote in 2011. Enjoy! 2011年に書いた市報さがの記事を投稿します！どうぞゆっくりとご覧ください！ :0) If you click on each picture to see “Full Size Display” to […]
Saga AJET Events Update No.2
Hello Everyone! I hope this update finds you happy and adjusting well to the new school year and spring season. The months of May and June have a bunch of […]
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 […]
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 […]
