Mount Sarakura is the best scenic spot in Kitakyushu-city. The height of the mountain is 622 meters from sea level. At the top you are presented with a magnificent and spectacular view of Kitakyushu. ​In 10 minutes, you can reach the summit  from the Cable Car Station using the Cable car and the Slope car.    We offer the most dynamic night view in the World. The dynamic city where one million people are living and working, is creating the beautiful Night view which you have never seen before. The night view from the mount Sarakura is chosen the three major Night View in Japan along with Nagasaki from Mount Inasa. The area of Night view is the largest in the World ; about 40km east to west and 10km south to north  And also the number of lighting to create the night view is the largest in the World. 

Mount Sarakura, in Kitakyushu-city, Fuku…の続きを読む

  Float Festivals including Tobata Gion Yamagasa inscribed on UNESCO Intangible Heritage List 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”.  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 highlight is the Chochin Yamagasa Contest held in Tobata Ward Office on Saturday night. The Nobori Yamagasa used during the daytime is dismantled, and the 10 metre-high  Chochin Yamagasa，with its 309 lanterns arranged in 12 tiers, is assembled and carried along in a race by dozens of young people crying  “yoitosa yoitosa”.

Tobata Gion Yamagasa, in Kitakyushu-city…の続きを読む

  Kokura Gion Daiko is a summer festivals in which the main attraction is the playing the drums. In 1958 the event was designated as an intangible folk cultural asset of Fukuoka prefecture. On July 1st the Kokura Gion Taiko Uchizome-shiki (the ceremony to inaugurate Taiko practice sessions) is held，and from that moment，Kokura’s exciting summer begins， with each town and company group striving to perfect its own Taiko performance ahead of the  Festival which is held from Friday of the third weel in July. A prominent feature of the festival are the dashi (decorated cart) parades through the town， carrying two drums，one at the front of the cart and one at the rear，with four drummers beating the Taiko in time to gongs called jangara, and reciting the phrase Yassa Yare Yare.  The highlights of the Festival which you should not miss are the Taiko Performing Contest held at Kokura Castle on July 16th; and the Taiko Performing Parade held at Komonji-dori street on Sunday of the third week in July.

Kokura Gion Daiko, in Kitakyushu-city…の続きを読む

  An annual festival in Nagasaki held on Chinese new year.  The festival has been started to celebrate a new year by Chinese who lived in Nagasaki, and it became the Nagasaki’s festival since 1994. More than 10 thousand lanterns are decorated at China town during the festival.

Nagasaki Lantern Festival…の続きを読む