Sights in Kashima, Saga

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• Yutoku Inari Shrine, Garden & Museum

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-62-2151

  One of Japan's three great Inari shrines, founded in 1687; about 3 million visitors a year.

• Higata Koryukan Nanami

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-60-5028

  Mudflat centre at Michi-no-Eki Kashima with a touch pool and mini aquarium.

• Hizen-Hama-shuku

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-69-8004

  Old post and port town on the Tara road, a national preservation district.

• Hizen-Hama-shuku Sake Brewery Street

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-69-8004

  Brewery street in the Hamanaka-machi Happongi-shuku preservation district.

• Former Norita Family House

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-69-8004

  Early-19th-century samurai house with a thatched "kudo-zukuri" roof.

• Tanjo-in

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-62-3402

  Temple founded in 1405, birthplace of the monk Kakuban (Kogyo Daishi).

• Yutoku Monzen Cherry Trees

  

  Kashima, Saga · 080-1532-3240

  Cherry trees at the entrance to the shrine approach.

• Asahigaoka Park

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-63-3412

  Cherry-blossom park on the site of the Kashima domain castle; the Otemon gate survives.

• Hydrangea Garden (Nakakoba Dam Lakeside Park)

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-63-3412

  7,000 hydrangeas with a festival in mid-June.

• Thatched houses of Minami-Funatsu, Hama Shozu district

  

  Kashima, Saga · 0954-69-8004

  Three thatched houses in the port-town part of the Hizen-Hama preservation district.