Kokua Castle Garden made at the former site of Shitayashiki (lord’s guest house) located next to Kokura Castle. This garden consists of a Japanese garden and a daimyo yashiki  (a lord’s house), a building of the S …

Kokura Castle Garden…の続きを読む

  Issingyo big cherry tree located in the caldera of Mount Aso and provide one of the most beautiful cherry blossoms in Kyushu. Age : 400 years, height : 35m, branch tension: 26m.     Best season to see be …

Issingyo big cherry tree…の続きを読む

  Kinrinko lake is the landmark in Yufuin. Hot water gushes from the bottom of the lake, and hot steam rises from its surface on a cold day. The lake is located at the end of the town’s main walking route, abo …

Kinrinko lake…の続きを読む

  Aso Shrine is popular as a god protecting worshipers from traffic accidents, and exorcism, marriage, and learning. Aso shrine one of the oldest and most prominent shrines in Japan,  and was built in 281 before acc …

Aso Shrine…の続きを読む

  The first-class civil construction heritage, the triggered the registration of World Cultural  Heritage of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution  The Kawachi Reservoir was constructed for the industrial wat …

Kawachi Reservoir…の続きを読む

  Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki is the place of Martyrdom of 26 Japanese Saints. The 26 Martyrs of Japan were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597. The Twenty-six Christians, includ …

Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan…の続きを読む

  The world’s only Confucian shrine built outside China by Chinese hands. First built in 1893 by Chinese residents of Nagasaki with the support of the Ch’ing Dynasty government, the shrine was designed to serve as a …

Confucius Shrine…の続きを読む

  Yanagawa Sagemon Festival is one of the most beautiful and very unique Japanese traditional Festival in Kyushu.  The festival is held from February 11 through April 3 in Yanagawa.  Hina dolls are displayed by fami …

Yanagawa Sagemon Festival…の続きを読む

  Beppu’s most hyped attraction, Hell (Jigoku Meguri ) tour that is a collection of hot spring where the water bubbles forth from underground, often with unusual result.  Seven of the hells are located in the …

Beppu Hell tour…の続きを読む

  Fukuoka Castle was built by feudal lord Nagamasa Kuroda in Fukuoka-city in 1601 and was called Maizuru castle.  Part of stone wall and canal, and the Tamon tower are still left intact as they were back then.   &nb …

Fukuoka Castle Ruins…の続きを読む