Hasetsu (/Karatsu), Kyushu, Japan

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Crunchy Roll: Anime vs. Real Life Hasetsu
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Karatsu Historical Port: Japan-Korea-China (Language +2 basic)

Karatsu, Saga
Karatsu Kunchi
Hamatama, Saga Beach
Ice Castle: Iizuka Ice Palace

Travel Guides
Karatsu Wiki Travel
Karatsu Travel Guide
Lonely Planet: Karatsu
Fukuoka Now: Karatsu Getaway
Into Japan Official Guide: Karatsu/Yokubo Area

Hightlights/Points of Interest
- Karatsu Castle (Castle & Park)
- Nagoya Castle (Museum & Castle)
- Hoto Shrine
- Saga Prefectural Shrine (Museum & Architecture)
- Nijinomatsubara (Hamburgers & Seaside Resort)
- Kazenomieruoka Park
- Karatsu Shrine
- Kagamiyama (Mountaineering, Camping, Park, Outdoor Rec)
- Matsuura Riverside Park
- Takatori Residence
- Kawamura Museum
- Tashima Shrine
- Ochionsententoko Hot Springs
- Shikinooka Park
- Mt. Hachiman
- Enichi-ji Temple
- Shishiozanmyohoji
- Kagamiyama Park
- Takagushi Hot Spring

Trip Advisor Highest 10
1. Karatsu Castle (***)
2. Nijno Matsubra
3. Former Takatori House
4. Nagoya Castle Ruins
5. Kagamiyama Observatory
6. Yobuko Ohashi
7. Hikiyama Exhibition Hall (***)
8. Previously Karatsu Bank
9. Yobuko Morning Market (***)
10. Nanatsugama

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Comments

What a Great Idea, Yuuri! Let's Go to the Spring Festival!

[yuri_plisetsky]

Kasasagi Morning Market (based on Yobiko Morning Market) - Sunday morning street market, combined with a little spring festival sponsored by a local shrine and the Hasetsu business owners' association

- Cherry blossom decorations all over the damned place

- Usual market stalls selling fresh fish and other products, including tofu, miso paste, fruits/veg, and household goods

- Street food vendors selling treats:
-- Grilled squid on a stick
-- Sakura mochi (pink-tinted sweet rice cakes filled with red bean paste wrapped in salted/pickled cherry leaves)
-- Manjuu (steamed buns with sweet red bean paste)
-- Cheap greasy yakisoba
-- Kara-age (fried chicken bites)
-- Takoyaki (fried octopus dumplings)
-- Black sesame soft-serve ice cream (yes this is a thing and it's delicious, it tastes toasted and nutty)
-- Taiyaki (fish-shaped waffle cakes filled with red bean paste)

- Plenty of people with sandwich signs promoting businesses, handing out tissue packets and flyers with logos on them or discount coupons. Businesses might include local hotels/ryokan with banquet rooms (like Yu-topia), martial arts or sports facilities (like the Ice Castle), car and bicycle repair shops, travel/tourism companies offering tour packages to Hawaii or Australia.

- A local politician or two, a mayor or prefectural representative or the like, working the crowd

- A tombola type game of chance, where you turn a handle on a wooden box and a red or white ball comes out. White balls get something cheap like a sticker or a paper fan; the red ball wins a free all-you-can-eat squid dinner at a local seafood restaurant.

- Middle and high school girls in white and red shrine maiden outfits walking around, encouraging people to visit the shrine and buy good-luck charms

- Small stage with local performers from the nearby middle and high schools (a wind quintet, a women's choir, a traditional dance group, an enthusiastic after-school club band with too many guitar players)

- For the kiddies, a guest on-stage appearance by the beloved Red Racer from the ongoing sentai series Galactic Driver Zuttoranger (i.e., a poorly paid actor in red spandex and a face-obscuring helmet, whose gymnastic/fighting moves are not the best) who fights a rubber-costumed monster from the evil Galactic Formula Z Empire. (Yuuri would not be expected to know what exactly is going on, but he can guess the plot based on the overdubbed vocals coming through the sound system and how a nice young lady is standing by with a microphone, encouraging the kids to cheer for the hero.)

- Other chaos as necessary