[2025 Karatsu Attraction] Travel Guide for Former Karatsu Bank (Updated May)

#Domestic Travel Strategy Saga Prefecture is located in the northwest of Kyushu, facing the Genkai Sea and the Ariake Sea. It is an attractive region with rich nature, history, traditional crafts, hot springs, etc. If you are planning a trip to Saga, please read to the end and use it as a reference 🔸Area: Karatsu City, Saga City, Kanzaki Area ────────────────────── 🔸Time required: About 2 days ───────────────────── 🔸Transportation method: Train, walking ───────────────────── This time, we visited 8 spots 🔹Day 1 ❶ 10:00 Karatsu Shrine Start of sightseeing ↓ ↓ 🚶About 220m About 4 minutes ↓ ❷ 10:20 Former Oshima Residence ↓ ↓ 🚶About 250m About 5 minutes ↓ ❸ 10:40 Former Takatori Residence (No photography allowed inside the building) ↓ ↓ Ninomon outer moat, Kitanomon, stone wall road ↓ 🚶Approx. 750m, approx. 15 mins ↓ ❹ 11:20 Karatsu Castle ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 1.1km, approx. 20 mins ↓ ❺ 12:10 Former Karatsu Bank Tatsuno Kingo Memorial Museum ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 450m, approx. 10 mins ↓ ❻ 12:30 Float exhibition hall ↓ ↓ 🚃 From Karatsu to Hakata, approx. 55km, approx. 1.5 hours ↓ 15:00 Arrive at Hakata Hotel 🔹Day 2 ↓ 11:00 🚃 From Hakata to Yoshinogari Park Station ↓ Approx. 47km, approx. 40 mins ↓ 🚶 From Yoshinogari Park Station to Yoshinogari Historical Park ↓ Approximately 1.4km Approximately 25 minutes ❼ 12:05 Yoshinogari Historical Park ↓ 🚃 From Yoshinogari Park Station to Saga Station ↓ Approximately 14km Approximately 15 minutes ↓ 🚌 From Saga Station Approximately 2.5km Approximately 25 minutes ❽ 14:20 Saga Castle Ruins ↓ 🚌 Approximately 2.5km Approximately 25 minutes ↓ ↓ 15:30 Saga Station Picking out souvenirs °•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°• Karatsu Shrine 📍〒847-0013 3-13 Minamijounai, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture Oshima Residence 📍4-23 Minamijounai, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, 847-0013 Takatori Residence 📍5-40 Kitajounai, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, 847-0015 Karatsu Castle 📍8-1 Higashijounai, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, 847-0016 Former Karatsu Bank Tatsuno Kingo Memorial Museum 📍1513-15 Honmachi, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, 847-0047 Float Exhibition Hall 📍2881-1 Shinkomachi, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, 847-0043 Yoshinogari Historical Park 📍842-0035 1843 Tade, Yoshinogari-cho, Kanzaki-gun, Saga Prefecture Saga Castle Ruins 📍2-18-1 Jonai, Saga City, Saga Prefecture, 840-0041 #Domestic travel #Solo travel #Saga #Karatsu #Yoshinogari ruins

#DomesticTravelRecord Karatsu City is located in the northwest of Saga Prefecture and faces the Genkai Sea. Karatsu Kunchi, famous for the autumn festival of Karatsu Shrine, is registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. ✈︎ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ✈︎ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ✈︎ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ◼︎Karatsu Shrine An old shrine said to have been built in the Nara period, it enshrines the Sumiyoshi Sanjin and Kanda Souji. Long ago, when Empress Jingu was crossing the sea to the Three Kingdoms of Korea, she was unable to find her way by boat, so she prayed to the Sumiyoshi Sanjin and was able to safely achieve her goal. When she returned, she offered a mirror to the beach of Matsuura and made a prayer. ◼︎Former Oshima Residence The former residence of Oshima, which still exists in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, was built in the Meiji period near Karatsu. This is the former home of Oshima Kotaro, who contributed greatly to the modernization of the area. ◼︎Former Takatori Residence The residence of Takatori Koreyoshi (1850-1927), known as the owner of coal mines such as the Kishima Coal Mine, is located along the coast southwest of the main citadel of Karatsu Castle in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture. It was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan in December 1998. ◼︎Stone Wall Walking Trail A 2km long path of stone walls built during the feudal era that stretches west from Karatsu Castle. It's a walking trail ◼︎Karatsu Castle The first lord of the castle, Terazawa Shimanokami Hirotaka, was responsible for transporting troops and providing food supplies during the construction of Nagoya Castle and the invasion of Korea. He was also trusted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was given land, which led to the construction of Karatsu Castle. ◼︎Former Karatsu Bank Tatsuno Kingo Memorial Museum A historical building supervised by Tatsuno Kingo in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture. The former Karatsu Bank head office was completed in 1912. ◼︎Float exhibition hall An exhibition hall where all 14 floats used in the Karatsu Kunchi festival (held every year from November 2nd to 4th) are lined up ◼︎Tamatori Located in a corner of the complex KARAE Produced by chef Otsuka Hitomi, who also designs food spaces, this Japanese restaurant serves dishes made with Karatsu ingredients by chef Ito Mai on tableware by Nakazato Hanako of "monohanako" ◼︎HOTEL KARAE An art hotel on the 3rd floor of the complex KARAE where you can experience a trip that feels like living #SagaTrip #SagaTourism #Saga #Karatsu #DomesticTrip #SoloTrip #GirlsTrip

#DomesticTravelRecord Historical building supervised by Tatsuno Kingo in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture The former Karatsu Bank head office was completed in 1912 It was built at the request of Tatsuno Kingo, an architect from Karatsu who created Tokyo Station, and his classmate Oshima Kotaro, who was the driving force behind Karatsu's modern industry. At the time, the national project "Tokyo Station" was under construction, so the design of Karatsu Bank was entrusted to his beloved disciple Tanaka Minoru. Tanaka, taking into consideration that it was his master's hometown, adopted the "Tatsuno style" for the overall design of the building, and as an architect "Tanaka Minoru", he incorporated his own unique design using red brick-like tiles, etc. It continued to operate as a bank until 1997, and was donated to Karatsu City in the same year. Admission is free. It has a retro atmosphere and is a wonderful building. #Saga #SagaTourism #SagaTrip #Karatsu #HistoricalBuildings #Architecture #DomesticTrip #SoloTrip #GirlsTrip