Enjoy traditional local and Yosakoi dances,ballads, or go
shopping forfarm produce inthis entertaining festival.

There are four golf courses in the city.
(In order of distance from Taku
Interchange Highway: Tenzan Country
Club North Course , Tenzan Country
Club , Taku Golf Club , & SagaClassic Golf Club. ) Please refresh
yourself within Taku s nature.

There are two routes that go
through Taku: Tenzan Route &Hachimandake Route. Hike up
the mountain and the view fromthe summit is beautiful. Maps areavailable at the City Hall, soplease feel free to use them.

With over 300 years of history, the Sekisai Festival commemorates Confucius ina Chinese style festival held twice ayear in the Spring (April 18th) andautumn (the fourth Sunday of October).
Come watch performances of court
music and ceremonial rituals of sacriﬁcial offerings made to Confucius, Yanzi,Tsengtzu, and Zishizi. In this ceremony,
Mencius's order consecrates sweet wine,almonds, chestnuts, Japanese parsley,vegetables, meat, bamboo shoots, rice
cake, etc. Chinese poems, collectednation wide, are read aloud.
After a celemony, a dance of sekisai
which is an entertainment of the Chinese tradition of a race is shown by thestudents of the local junior high schooland high school. Also has Mr. Zhao
Yong's Yang Harp performance, is ahighlight of the Fall Festival.

This is a park that is next to acity area. There are sports
grounds, such as running tracks
baseball ﬁelds near the park andhave a good time every season.
This park is also known for its
Sakura (Cherry Blossom) ﬂowers.

Huge Azalea Tree
(June 10, Sensyoji)
2000 Years Old Lotus(End of June to Middle of July Shoukouji, South ofTaku Confucian Temple)

Some families in Kishigawa,
Kitataku (northern Taku) still
make Sake Manju using
generational recipes and the
traditional methods. Varioustypes of manju. There arevarious types of manju

If you take awalk along
the Taku River,you will feel
relaxed. It is
the perfectplace for taking
a stroll. You
can see wild
birds, such

Their origins are traced back to theﬁrst year of the Meiji Period. These
special manju were given to visitors
who traveled to Taku. The 5typesof manju include: red bean paste,brown sugar, potato, and so on.

as the kingﬁsher.

The Three Cedar ofTaku Hachimanjinja
There are Three
CedarsinTaku Hachimanjinja.
They are estimated tobe about 720
yearsold.
The largest
trees in thePrefecture. They are 35meters high and5.15m in diameter.

Colored Leaves
From mid to end of November, Seikei Park, Takujinja
Sunﬂower(End of October, Shoukouji)Takujinja

Nishinohara Large Gracious Deity

Shoukouji

Takujinja
ShokoujiTaku Hachimanjinja
Manpukuji

Nishinohara Large
Gracious Deity

In 1570, Naganobu Ryuzoji founded
Shoukouji. There are the graves of theﬁrst and second generation teachers(father and son-Jian and Sissai Kawanami) of the Tougenshousha, and apond with what is said to be the world's
most ancient ﬂower‒a 2000-year
Lotus

Nishinohara Large Gracious Deity

Sensyouji

SenshojiTakujinja

Sensyouji

Taku Hachimanjinja

ShokoujiTaku Hachimanjinja

Taiheian Liquor
Warehouse
Museum
Nishinohara Large Gracious Deity

National and City

Important Cultural Assets

This beautiful park was built in natural surroundings during 1921-1925 byKoreyoshi Takatori, the coal baron of Taku. He donated the Kanotei andlibrary (only the archives remain) to the people of Taku village of thattime. With sakura blossoms in the spring and kohaku (foliage) in theAutumn, this park is always popular among locals.
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