Yanagi Machi Area

The former Nagasaki Highway in Yanagi Machi Area has a quiet historic atmosphere with old houses and buildings which were built in the Meiji and Taisho periods.

Nagasaki Highway: It was a 57 old miles (about 228 km) long highway from Tokiwa bridge, Kokura to Dejima, Nagasaki in the Edo period. It played an important role as the route on which to pass Western cultures and new technologies to Edo, the center of Japan, from Dejima, the only port open to the world. It was a very busy road with a lot of passers-by including Daimyo processions and the envoys from Holland. It was also called “Sugar Road.” Along the highway, the productions using sugar were developed.

The Saga City Cultural Museum (A Collection of Seven Historic Constructions)

English Official Site: https://www.sagarekimin.jp/en/

Former Koga Bank, Former Koga House, Former Ushimima House, Former Sansei Bank, Former Fukuda House, Former Morinaga House and Former Hisatomi House