Michino Eki (道の駅)
Michino Eki means Road Station in Japan.
This is created a safe, comfortable road traffc environment, and unique, lively spaces.
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Michino Eki provodes places for travelers to rest, they are intended to promote local tourism and trade.
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There are local shop where you can but local product such as agricultual products
(fruits, vegetaables, flowers etc. ) , seafood, snacks, souvenirs and other goods.
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Tel : +81-93-521-8897, Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Fukuoka selected by CNN as 19 best places to visit in 2019
Fukuoka-prefecture only in Japan is selected by CNN Travel as
one of the top 19 places to visit in 2019.
Capital of Fukuoka-prefecture is Fukuoka-city and one of several host cities for
the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Fukuoka is the gateway to the island of Kyushu.
The prefecture consists of Fukuoka-city, Kitakyushu-city, Yanagawa, Dazaifu, Itoshima
and other fascinating regions such as Munakata and Chikugo region.
It’s the perfect destination for those looking to go beyond the well-trodden destinations like Osaka,
Tokyo and Kyoto and see a new corner of Japan.
Location of Fukuoka-prefecture
The places introduced by CNN travel
Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden at the Mountain foot of Sarakura in Kitakyushu-city
and famous for its spectacularly presented, large numbers of wisteria flowers.
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Kokura Castle is one of the most famous land marks in Kitakyushu. The construction was commenced
in 1602 and spent 7 years to completed it.
Canal boat cruise can be enjoyed while experience the atmospheres of Japanese castle town and rural
Japanese life style. The estuary town facing the Ariake Sea through the Chikugo River and Yabe River.
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Historical place Dazaifu About 1300 years ago, in Dazaifu, there was a government office to manage the
entire Kyushu for a long period of 500 years at the present Dazaifu. There are numbers of historical sites
which reflect to the ancient history of Dazaifu.
Worship Deity of scholarship Shrine, Built on the site of grave of Sugawara Michizane, who is deified as
Tenjin-sama, or the Deity of scholarship. The shrine is the headquarter shrine of 12,000 Tenmangu shrines
in Japan.
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The Museum was opened in 2005 in Dazaifu-city next to Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, as Japan’s fourth national
museum after Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara.
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The gate way to Kyushu and is the biggest cosmopolitan city in Kyushu. Due to its location Fukuoka-city is
the great starting point for exploring Kyushu. Fukuoka-city has a long history as commercial town and castle
town, and prospered as important district to Asian Continent for many years. Now, Fukuoka-city is the
International bub of Kyushu, the nation’s fourth largest economic zone.
Fukuoka Chuo Wholesal fish Market
The Wholesale Market is open to the public on the second Saturday of every month as Citizens Appreciation day.
Time is from 9h to 12h. The Special event is the Tuna Cooking Show, don’t miss it.
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Food stalls “Yatai” is one thing to enjoy in Fukuoka. Despite a decline in recent year, there are said to be more than 160. The food stalls have all kind of food, but you have to try Hakata ramen, usually made
with white soup from pork bone and thin noodles.
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Kyushu short duration tous
Fukuoka-prefecture tour
・ Kitakyushu-city one-day tour
・ Kawachi Wisteria garden & Kitakyushu-city one-day tour
・ Kitakyushu / UNESCO Industry Revolution one-day tour
・ Yanagawa & Dazaifu one-day tour
・ Munakata & Fukutsu / UNESCO Sacred region one-day tour
・ Munakata, Oshiama & Okinoshima / UNESCO Sacred region one-day tour
・ Toho village, Asakura and Ukiha one-day tour
・ Yoshii & Yanagawa Hina doll festival one-day tour
・ Kurume & Yame region one-day tour
Kyushu long duration tours
・ 8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
・ 6 days North-West Kyushu tour
・ 6 days North-Eest Kyushu tour
Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897, Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Kawachi Wisteria garden & Kitakyushu one-day tour
The tour is the customized private tour traveled in Kitakyushu-city including
Kawachi Wisteria garden, operated during Kawachi Wisteria blossom period
from mid-April to mid-May depending on the Wisteria condition.
Location of Kitakyushu-city
Tour conditions
The tour is the private tour exclusively for your group.
・Minimum number : 2 person
・Maxum number : 8 person
・Tour date : please specify the date
・Chartered vehicle with English speaking driver is utilized
Itinerary
The suggested itinerary is shown below, however we can customized as per your requirement.
8:30 depart Fukuoka-city
lunch at Kokura
Kanmon Pedstrian tunnel : cross the Kanmon Strait on foot from Moji to Shimonoseki
Transfer to Kitakyushu-city using the Kanmon bridge
Back to Fukuoka-city
17:30 arrive Fukuoka-city
Where to visit
Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden at the Mountain foot of Sarakura in Kitakyushu-city
and famous for its spectacularly presented, large numbers of wisteria flowers.
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The first-class civil construction heritage.
The triggered the registration of UNESCO World Heritage, Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution
The Kawachi Reservoir was constructed for the industrial water supply to Yawata Steel Works.
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Must visit distination in Kitakyushu-city, Dr. Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physic
visited Moji in 1922, and he acclaimed that everything could see were ARTS
The exotic district of Mojiko-Retro. Moji-ko Port flourished following its 1889 designation as a
Special National Port for exporting coal and other products. Close to China, it served as a trading
port making an important contribution to modernization of Japan.
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Only the place in the world ! You can cross the strait on foot.
The Kanmon Strait, separating Honshu and Kyushu, is a very beautiful and busy waterway with
as many as 700 small and large ships a day passing through it.
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Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897 , Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Tour results
We are offering various types of tours, and the tour results up to now are shown links below.
Tailor-made tour Study tour Golf tour
Yanagawa Sagemon Festival in 2019
Yanagawa Sagemon Festival is one of the most beautiful
and very unique Japanese traditional Festival in Kyushu.
The festival is held from February 11(Mon.) through April 3 (Wed.) in Yanagawa.
Hina dolls are displayed by families with girls to pray for safe growth of their children,
in Yanagawa, in addition to Hina dolls, colourful “Sagemon” are displayed.
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Each display of “Sagemon” represents parents’ wishes for their girls to grow into beautiful, strong,
and proud women.
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Location of Yanagawa
Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
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Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Kyokusui-no-en at Dazaifu Shrine
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Vermilion-lacquered cups full of sake are set afloat down the stream.
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a Japanese poem called waka, and write it down on a strip of fancy paper.
When the cups reach the participants, they drink the sakeand hand the paper strip and cup over
to an attendant.
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The ceremony has its origin in a historical fact that Ono-no-Yoshifuru, an elder brother of a
noted-calligrapher Ono-no-Tofu, held a ceremony to appease the soul of Michizane Sugawara and
to beguile tedious hours in a rural life.
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Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897, Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Cherry Blossom season 2019 come soon
Cherry Blossom forecast in 2019 as of Jan. 24 said that the Blooming season of
this year will be earlier than normal year.
Featured Cherry Blossom Spots
Blossom Season of each preecture in Kyushu
First Bloom | Full Bloom | |
Fukuoka-prefecture | March 22 | April 1 |
March 25 | April 5 | |
Saga-prefecture | March 25 | April 2 |
Nagasaki–prefecture | March 24 | April 2 |
Kumamoto-prefecture | March 24 | April 2 |
Miyazaki-prefecture | March 24 | April 2 |
Kagoshima-prefecture | March 27 | April 4 |
Should you need further information please feel free to contact us.
Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897, Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Chikugo Yoshii Hinadoll Festival in 2019
Hina matsuri, also called Doll’s Festival or Girls’ Day, is a special day in Japan.
Celebrated each year on 3 March.
A platforms covered with a red carpet-material are used to display a set of ornamental hina dolls,
representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the
Heian period.
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It is an occasion to pray for the well-being and prosperity of girls. It is thought that the festival has its roots
in an ancient purification ceremony, in which dolls were floated down the river, taking all of the girls’ bad
luck with them.
Yoshii-machi, Ukiha-city Hina doll Festival
from February (Mon.) 11 through April 3 (Wed.)
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Main Hina dolls are displayed at Shirakabe Avenue district, where the river is lined by attractive former
warehouses, all with traditional wood and white plaster exteriors. The doll displays of Ukiha usually
feature two types of dolls: okiage (paper cut-outs covered in cotton and wrapped in fabric) and hakobina
(dolls in individual display cases).
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General information
Address | Yoshii-machi, Ukiha-city, Fukuoka-prefecture |
Access |
50 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city 45 minutes by a vehicle from Dazaifu-city 60 minutes by a vehicle from Yanagawa-city 90 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city |
Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897, Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Taiwanes TV drama / Brave to Love
The Taiwanes TV drama was filmed in Kitakyushu-city & Shimonoseki-city.
Originally, Asunaro Hakusho (あすなろ白書Asunaro White Paper”) is a Japanese manga series
by Fumi Saimon that was serialized in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Spirits.
It won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1992.
In 2019, the manga was adapted into a Taiwanese drama titled Brave to Love
(Chinese: 愛情白皮書; pinyin: Ai Qing Bai Pi Shu) starring Kingone Wang, Ting-hu Zhang, Gingle Wang,
Edison Song, Sylvia Hsieh and Andy Wu.
It will broadcast in Taiwan on Taiwan Television (TTV) (台視) in March 2019.
The drama was filmed in Kitakyushu-city and Shimonoseki-city
Where to film
Takami Shrine
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Kokura Castle
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Mojiko
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Wakato Bridge
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Shimonoseki
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Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897, Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Tobata Gion Yamagasa
Tobata Gion Oo-Yamagasa is one of the most exciting summer festivals in
Kitakyushu.featival
The Festival is registered on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016.
The festival has a lot of energy and is very dynamic as is the case with festivals such as the
Hakata Gion Yamagasa,with young men wearing the happi (festival costume) and hachimaki
(head band), carrying the Yamagasa (festival float) and walking around the town shouting
“yoitosa yoitosa”.
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What is remarkable is the way the character of the Yamagasa changes from daytime,with the
Nobori Yamagasa (festival floats with flags); to nighttime,with the Chochin Yamagasa
( festival floats with lanterns).
The Nobori Yamagasa used during the daytime is dismantled,and the 10 metre-high Chochin
Sugawara Shrine and Nakabaru Hachimangu Shrine.
Should you need further information please feel free to contact us.
Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897, Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Baked Eel
the eel to heighten its flavor.
is broiled over a charcoal fire while being dipped several times in a
special sauce.
rice wine.