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Photo: Pekachu, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Kono Park is home to a lovely Japanese garden complete with teahouse called the Kakurin-tei sitting along the central pond. The southern end contains a small amusement park for children.
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佐賀バルーンミュージアム
A new museum all about hot air balloons and competitions. It has interactive exhibits and a small theatre.
佐賀市歴史民俗館, sagashi rekishi minzokukan
A unique museum that features many preserved historic buildings. Visitors can enter the buildings and learn about the families that lived there and in turn learn more about the history of Saga City.
佐賀城
The original Saga Castle was built in 1608 by the Lord Nabeshima Naoshige. The castle suffered repeated fires over the centuries before eventually being torn down. One of the gates survived all of this and has been listed as an Important Cultural Property. In 2004 the castle's honmaru palace was rebuilt. It is now the Saga Castle Museum of History. It offers excellent free English audio guides.
佐賀インターナショナルバルーンフェスタ Saga Intānashonaru Barūn Fesuta
佐賀線跡,徐福サイクルロード
Take a bike ride on the converted railway. Bikes can be rented conveniently close to Saga Station. You may need a map to get your way to the entrance of the bike trail, but after that it's a quiet ride southeast under sakura trees, past the remains of old train stations, that leads you straight to Saga's arguably most famous structure, the Chikugo River Lift Bridge.
肥前国庁跡, hizen kokuchō ato