Saga, Saga
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Saga (佐賀市 Saga-shi) is the capital city of Saga Prefecture in Japan.[1]
Saga is in northwest Kyūshū.[2] Around 240,000 people live there.
History [change]
Saga developed around Saga castle of the Nabeshima clan.[1]
The city was the capital of Saga domain in the Edo period, and it was the capital of Hizen Province.[3]
Every fall it holds the Saga International Balloon Fiesta.
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Saga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 804.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Saga prefecture" at p. 804.
- ↑ Hildreth, Richard. (1907). Japan as it was and is, Vol. 2, p. 47.
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