--- title: "Saga – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Saga from Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kumamoto: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Sagas are prose stories and histories…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/saga" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/saga.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/KotaKinabalu_Sabah_Taxi-waiting-for-passengers-01.jpg/1920px-KotaKinabalu_Sabah_Taxi-waiting-for-passengers-01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- ![Saga](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/KotaKinabalu_Sabah_Taxi-waiting-for-passengers-01.jpg/1920px-KotaKinabalu_Sabah_Taxi-waiting-for-passengers-01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Ancient Norse prose stories and histories # Saga Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. [Plan a trip to Saga](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Saga) [From Fukuoka](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Fukuoka&to=Saga) ## Every way there - Fukuoka → Saga Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/fukuoka-to-saga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Fukuoka&to=Saga) - Nagasaki → Saga Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nagasaki-to-saga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nagasaki&to=Saga) - Kumamoto → Saga Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kumamoto-to-saga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kumamoto&to=Saga) The field note What is in and around Saga, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Saga](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/saga) What Saga has - Yes Scheduled flights Saga (HSG), 9 km as the crow flies - Yes Trains and coaches Transitous carries 515 timetable feeds for this country, 99 with real-time; whether a train or coach stops here shows when you plan - No Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Yes Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - No Bike and scooter share no share feed known - No Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Yes: you can plan it here today · Not yet: we know a source but do not plan with it yet · No: no source we know of. 33.233°, 130.300° Get in ## Getting to Saga Saga Airport is small but has daily flights to Tokyo (Haneda) and Osaka (Itami). From the city it takes about 30mins by bus and costs ¥600. Buses also connect Fukuoka Airport to Saga (70 minutes, ¥1000). This option to travel via Fukuoka is much more practical for most travelers, because there are a wider variety of connections. Saga is a stop on the JR Nagasaki Line. 1. Saga railway station See ## Worth seeing 1. Saga Castle The original Saga Castle was built in 1608 by the Lord Nabeshima Naoshige. 2. Kono Park Kono Park is home to a lovely Japanese garden complete with teahouse called the Kakurin-tei sitting along the central pond. 3. Saga City History and Folk Museum A unique museum that features many preserved historic buildings. 4. Saga Balloon Museum A new museum all about hot air balloons and competitions. 5. Hizen Provincial Capital Ruins 6. Chikugo River Lift Bridge This bridge was part of a train line that is no longer used. Do ## Things to do 1. Remains of the JR Saga Line Take a bike ride on the converted railway. 2. Saga International Balloon Fiesta Eat ## Where to eat 1. Kira The restaurant that is famous for serving Saga beef (saga-gyu) dishes. 2. Kitajima Marubolo Kitajima sells marubolo and other sweets. How locals move ## Getting around Saga the local way - Get in It is the only airport in Saga prefecture, and as part of the airport utilization promotion measures (fare subsidy) by the prefecture and the local business community, it is possible to use a shared taxi between Kohoku Town and the airport (about 50 minutes, ¥1500). From [Wikivoyage: Kohoku](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kohoku), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-09. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Saga), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/saga, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt