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. 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 11 through April 3 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).

Chikugo Yoshii Hinadoll Festival…の続きを読む

  Hashima coal mining island is an artificial reclaimed island and the site of Japan’s first major undersea coal exploitation (1890) pioneered by Mitsubishi – and host to one of the world’s most extraordinary former mining communities. Hashima Island is located 3 km southwest of Takashima, and it was the success of Takashima that led Mitsubishi to purchase this island – both islands giving access to the same undersea coal deposit. Now Hashima is a ruin called “Gunkanjima”, so called after its resemblance to the silhouette of a battleship.

Hashima Coal Mine  /  Gunkan-jima island…の続きを読む

  The Giant Cantilever Crane is the first electric-powered crane of its type in Japan, imported from Scotland in 1909, which is the oldest surviving one in operation in the world. It can still lift a load of 150 tons and is used to ship heavy goods.

Giant Cantilever Crane…の続きを読む

  Number of traveller : 8 persons, all golfers Schedule : May 5 to 9, 2024  Transportation : Chartered bus Tour attendant : English speaking tour attendant  Where to visit :  Itoshima Sightseeing, Golf at Hisayama Country Club,   Golf at Dazaifu Golf Club   What our Customer have to say We had an enjoyable trip. Thank you, Masa-san. My friends from Eagle Golfers had confirmed their trip with you too.

5-Day Kyushu Private Golf Tour for Singa…の続きを読む

  The Former Pattern Shop has been registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.  The Former Pattern Shop was built in 1898 to produce wooden patterns for castings and is the oldest factory building in the shipyard. It is a two-storied brick building with a timber roof truss. There is a U-shaped rail on the ceiling to transport materials. The building was refurbished to the Shipyard History Museum in 1985 and is open to the public.

Former Pattern Shop / Shipyard History M…の続きを読む