Seiro-mushi refers to a cooking technique in which food ingredients are put into a bamboo basket used for steaming through water vapor from below     At Yufuin Kagura, Seiro-mushi is prepared with large …

Seiro-mushi, Yufuin Kagura…の続きを読む

  Let’s meet wild Dolphins. Approximately 300 wild Dolphins live in the sea between the Shimabara Peninsula and Amakusa.           The dolphin watching cruises have become increasingly popular for all ages, esp …

Dolphins watching cruise…の続きを読む

  Enjoy Aso beef and local cuisines.  The restaurant uses the old private house with thatched roof built more than 200 years ago.   Aso beef and local cuisines in Aso can be enjoyed. Bake the meat and local ing …

Takamori Dengaku-no sato / Featured rest…の続きを読む

  During the period of the Southern and Northern Courts (1337-92), the Arima family ruling the Shimabara Peninsula constructed a castle named Hinoe-jo. The 14th lord, Harunobu (1567-1612) was a Christian daimyo and …

Hinoe Castle Ruins…の続きを読む

  Unzen is a beautiful highland Onsen Resort situated Unzen National Park. Unzen was  the first area to be designated as a National Park in Japan and then the area has been developed as Onsen Resort for both tourist …

Unzen trekking…の続きを読む

  Symbol of Shimabara peninsula, Mount Unzen. Located at the centre of Shimabara peninsula, in Nagasaki-prefecture. Consist of 9 mountains, the highest is Heisei-sinzan (1483 m) formed  by volcanic explosion from 19 …

Mount Unzen…の続きを読む

  Japan’s oldest public golf course.  Opened in 1913, the oldest public course in Japan, and second oldest golf course after the Kobe Golf Club, which opened in 1903. Moreover, Unzen has been designated as Japan&#82 …

Unzen Golf Course…の続きを読む

  Onsen Resort facing to Tachibana bay. Located at western foot of Mount Unzen, and consist of Shimabara peninsula Onsen Resort long with Unzen Onsen Resort and Shimabara Onsen Resort.  About 30 Hotels and Japanese …

Obama Onsen…の続きを読む

  Shirakawa suigen is the fountain to Shirakawa river that is one of the first class rivers of Japan.     The quantity of water that spouts with the sand at the bottom of the pond is approximately 60 tons …

Shirakawa Fountain…の続きを読む

  Shitan-yu is the old public outdoor bath with a thatched roof beside Kinrinko lake. The bathing here is mixed, as baths often were before the arrival, during the Meiji period (1869 – 1912), of American and Europea …

Shitan-yu…の続きを読む