Saga Balloon Museum

Bannaruck Tanjaphatkul 2 months ago

It is a best displayed museum.You can spend your time and walk around here, especially who have children in group don’t miss this place. I recommend!!!! In the museum there is simulation where you can try controlling a balloon. My sons love it so much. Furthermore, your tickets can be exchanged for coins to play Gachapon machine with 1 ticket/coin.

Oda Citrus 2 years ago

Amazing experience! The staff is extremely friendly and welcoming even with the language barrier. And the museum has interactive exhibits, hot air ballon flying simulator, vibrant movies and great photo spots! I would recommend this for anyone in the area.

Jackie Jane 3 years ago

There is an entry fee of ¥500 which you could purchase at the ticket machine before going into the museum hall. There’s a mini theater that you could watch a video montage of the yearly Saga Ballon Festival before going up to the first floor where you could learn all the history and events that led into the establishment of Saga Ballon Festival. There’s a multilingual digital guide for each sections that requires you to scan the QR code for you to read it. There’s also a mini hot air ballon stimulator that you can try. There’s a guide video and the staff is more than happy to help you out. There’s a souvenir shop that you could buy souvenirs, postcard, sweets, snacks and drinks. It’s an ideal place to visit for a day trip. You could either take the bus or walk for about 10-15 minutes from Saga Station. There’s a lot of shops and interesting places that you could discover when you walk or cycle along the streets going to Museum. It’s also close by to a few historical attractions places that you could easily have access too.

David Kellaway 5 years ago

The balloon simulator is the highpoint of this fairly humble museum, which basically traces the history of the annual balloon festival in Saga. There's little English but the staff do their best and there's a good cafe at the end. A brisk 15 minute walk from the station.

Philip Hall 5 years ago

Brilliant museum with some of the best interactive exhibits I've ever seen. You can try your hand a piloting a balloon, see the history of flight from the first balloons to space ships and have your face superimposed on the side of a balloon in a video screening.