Kyushu's smallest prefecture, Saga is located on the northwest corner of the island, bordered by the Genkai Sea and the Tsushima Strait to the north and the Ariake Sea to the south.
The City of Saga, the Towns of Morodomi, Yamato and Fuji and the Village of Mitsuse are planned to be merged to form the new City of Saga on 1 October 2005, which will then supplant Karatsu as the prefecture's largest metropolitan area.
The Merger Council of Saga, Morodomi, Yamato, Fuji and Mitsuse (in Japanese)
Saga Prefecture -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Saga Prefecture (佐賀県; Saga-ken) is located on (The southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields) Kyushu (A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water) island, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
The capital is the city of (A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account) Saga.
The Towns of (additional info and facts about Nakabaru) Nakabaru, (additional info and facts about Kitashigeyasu) Kitashigeyasu and (Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted) Mine were merged to form the Town of Miyaki.
Hunting Gaijin(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Two random high school girls I was sitting in McDonalds in Saga City eating my "Bigu Macu seto" when two random high school girls sat down with me and started talking to me. At the time I was feeling very lonely and just wanted some conversation, and here they were.
We talked about a bunch of superficial things (how old we are, where I'm from, do I have a boyfriend/brother/sister/dog/cat, and what do I think of Japan), but it was so refreshing to see such curiosity from two very brave girls.
Omachi kids I haven't met many of the students I'll have, but everyone I've met so far have bent over backwards to know me. They'll ask me to pose for a picture with them, sing karaoke with them, or try to talk with them.
Learning to cope part two:(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
My stop for Omachi is 5 stops from Saga, with usually a switch of trains in Hizen Yamaguchi, which is one stop from Omachi.
Anyway, the second weekend I was here, I went to a meeting in Saga City, then to dinner at a beer garden on the roof of a hotel, then to Swaggys, a popular hangout with the JETs owned and operated by this guy from Australia.
I thought to myself that I had been mistaken, and rode for three more stops before I got off and asked the conductor, who spoke not a word of english, but I gathered that I was supposed to change trains in Hizen Yamaguchi and was on the wrong train since I had not.
Ariake, Saga(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ariake (有明町; -chou) is a town located in Kishima District Saga Japan.
As of 2003 the town has an estimated population of 8 890 and a density of 271.37 persons per kmandsup2.
Designed with a casual fit and easy-going ties to hold it in place, the slipcover goes on and comes off in a sna...
www.freeglossary.com /Ariake,_Saga (313 words)
Saga - Yellow Pages(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Online yellow pages of Saga provide a unique opportunity to reach consumers at the very moment they are seeking a source for just the product or service you offer in Saga.
Unlike their print counterpart, online yellow pages of Saga provide a dynamic advertising vehicle suitable for running promotion-based advertising campaigns that are highly engaging, interactive and measurable.
It is basically a business directory of Saga, listing local businesses and having advertisements from local and foreign companies.
Omachi - Yellow Pages(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Online yellow pages of Omachi provide a unique opportunity to reach consumers at the very moment they are seeking a source for just the product or service you offer in Omachi.
Unlike their print counterpart, online yellow pages of Omachi provide a dynamic advertising vehicle suitable for running promotion-based advertising campaigns that are highly engaging, interactive and measurable.
It is basically a business directory of Omachi, listing local businesses and having advertisements from local and foreign companies.
Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Saga Prefecture(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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A man used a judo throw to scare off a bear that attacked him while he was picking mushrooms on a Nagano Prefecture mountain Monday afternoon, police said Tuesday.
At around 3:50 p.m., Keiichi Yamaguchi, 63, a resident of Matsuda, Kanagawa Prefecture, was picking mushrooms on a mountain in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, when an Asiatic fl bear suddenly attacked him, police said.
The bear bit Yamaguchi on the hand and left thigh and he responded by hitting it on the nose and in the stomach.
Essays in Philosophy -- Saito(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
To give a few examples, there are "Saga Hakkei" (eight scenic places of Saga - an area of Kyoto), "Omi Hakkei" (eight scenic places of Omi - an area near Kyoto), "Kanazawa Hakkei" (eight scenic places of Kanazawa - an old city on the Japan Sea coast).
Indeed there were some people who thought that the scenic value of these three places was overrated.
Omachi Keigetsu, for example, confesses his disappointment at finally seeing Ama-no-Hashidate in "Miyazu in Tango," included in Meiji Kiko Bungaku shu (Anthology of Travel Literature from Meiji Period), Vol.
What could actually be "drawn" about the phenomenon of Japan as the world's strongest animation power, by the endless saga " Pompoko" about raccoons-werewolves in the genre of kind of ecological thriller?
In Japan, animated saga "Heisei Tanukigassen Ponpoko" has amassed a phenomenal $ 31.5 million in 40 days on 200 screens.
The Ichikawa Municipal Zoo can be reached by bus or on foot from Omachi Station on the Hokuso Line.
