Yanagawa is known as 'Suigo', the water district with waterways ramified across the town like a mesh.
Punt tour on the waterway.
Unagi-kuyo-hi (eel memorial service monument) It seems memorial service mass is held for eels which has been eaten every year.
Stalls on the waterway
This punt is called 'donko bune'.
The tideland in Ariake Sea Its area is said to be approximately 40% of the tideland throughout Japan.
Mutsugoro, mudskipper of a kind of a goby family, is moving around on mud.
Mutsugoro can live on mudflat at a low tide.
video (11 sec) Mutsugoro moving on mud
Shichimen-so on Higashi-yoka Coast It's a halophyte which grows on the land covered with seawater at a high tide.
'Shichimen-so' was named from a turkey, 'Shichimen-cho'. Its color changes look like a turkey's face; green in summer, further red to purple in autumn.
Saga International Balloon Festa has been held just on the way.
It's held on paddy fields where the harvest has ended every autumn.
End of Yanagawa & Ariake Sea. return to List of scenic sites visited
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