Guzoni is said to created during the Shimabara Rebellion of 1637. When Christians were fought under the leadership of Amakusa Shiro, they brought various ingredients such as rice cake, fishes and vegetables, and m …

Guzoni restaurant Himematsu-ya, in Shima…の続きを読む

  The unique Somen nagashi in Tosenkyo ravine in Kaimon open throughout the  year serving cold Somen noodle that swim in the revolving container.  

Somen nagashi, in Ibusuki…の続きを読む

  Somen is a kind of noodle which is made by wheat and is usually eaten by dipping style. Somen nagashi is the way of eating Somen with waterslide traditionally made by bamboo like as video below. Nagashi means flowing.

Somen nagashi, in Takachiho…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. Bake the meat and local ingredients with charcoal at a Japanese traditional style fire …

Takamori Dengaku-no sato, in Aso…の続きを読む

  The chef who makes that cuisines also has experienced the imperial family’s cook. The restaurant Shirakabe is in the former merchant’s building constructed in 1928.  Japanese cuisines using best local ingredients …

Authentic Japanese restaurant, Shirakabe…の続きを読む

  Seiro-mushi is prepared with large bamboo baskets in front of diners. Featured by the enriched flavor with warmth and fragrance of the cypress basket (seiro). Live the lively, hot spring steam-like, “Jigoku steams …

Seiro-mushi, Kagura, in Yufuin…の続きを読む

  Imamura Cathedral is located in Tachiarai, Fukuoka-prefecture. A Christian group was born in this region in the late 16th century. When Christianity was banned, I continued my faith as a hidden Christian. The twin …

Imamura Cathedral, in Fukuoka-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Imamura Cathedral is located in Tachiarai, Fukuoka-prefecture. A Christian group was born in this region in the late 16th century. When Christianity was banned, I continued my faith as a hidden Christian. The twin …

Imamura Cathedral, in Fukuoka-prefecture…の続きを読む

  In 1873, the Meiji government abolished the ban on Christianity. Believers who had been in hiding returned to Catholicism, and churches in various villages were built with a variety of designs that combined Japane …

Ban on Christianity was abolished in 187…の続きを読む

  There are over eighty thousand Shinto shrines in Japan, and they represent the oldest architectural style in the country. Shinto is a religion unique to Japan. Respect for land and nature is its basic premise. Usu …

Shinto shrine…の続きを読む