Stands on a hill guarding Hirado Port and the Hirado Strait, which used to be part of an important trade route between Japan and the Asian mainland. The original fortress was built in 1599 by the local Matsura Lor …

Hirado Castle…の続きを読む

  The church is a Christian Pilgrimage site and was designed by Tetsukawa Yosuke, a famous architect of various churches in Nagasaki-prefecture, and built between December 1915 and October 1917. It is one of the lat …

Tabira Church…の続きを読む

  Set up in Hirado in 1609 as the base of operations of the Dutch East India Company in Japan. The building seen today is a warehouse which was originally constructed here in 1639 as part of the trading post, but to …

Dutch Trading Post…の続きを読む

  The cruise ship take you exploring Tachibana bay from Nagasaki port and landing on Hashima island. The site has been registered on UNESCO World Heritages as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution. Now Hashim …

Gunkan-jima island cruise…の続きを読む

  Ukiha blessed with nature where many orchards spread out at the foot of Mino mountain range. Yoshii, in the center of Chikugo flourished as a post town during the Edo period, and there a lot of Sake brewery which  …

Ukiha travel guide…の続きを読む

  The Onsen resort town where the Yunohana or Alum have been collected since more than 200 years ago.  Myoban means Alum in Japanese. Myoban is a geothermal area located at an altitude of 400 metre at the middle Gar …

Myoban Onsen…の続きを読む

  The largest shopping arcade in Kumamoto prefecture. The center of fashion and amusement where department stores and boutiques line up and also there are gourmet area where cafes and restaurants including local cou …

Shimo-tori Shopping Street…の続きを読む

  Ibusuki is an Onsen Resort that is famous for its sand baths, where bathers are buried in naturally heated sand.       Sand Bath Hall         Sand Bath, Kinko bay                  Sand Bath   The town en …

Ibusuki Onsen resort…の続きを読む

  Mount Inasa is one of the best view spot in Nagasaki. A 333 meter high mountain in close distance to JR Nagasaki Station. The summit can be reached by ropeway or car and offers great views over the city.  And also …

Mount Inasa…の続きを読む

  Sotome is located between Nagasaki-city and Saikai-city, and face to East China Sea.  During the ban on Christianity from 17 century to end of the 19 century, Sotome was home to communities of  “Hidden Christians” …

Sotome Pilgrimage sites…の続きを読む