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

  Yanagawa is the birthplace of Steamed Eel.  The most recommended local cuisine is Steamed Eel that was born in Yanagawa more than 300 years ago. Rice seasoned with a special sauce is topped by grilled eel and thin …

Eel cuisines in Yanagawa…の続きを読む

  Let’s sample Chochu at Beniotome Shuzo.  Shochu is a Japanese distilled beverage less than 45% alcohol by volume. Typically shochu contains 25% alcohol by volume, which is weaker than whisky or standard-strength v …

Shochu Brewery…の続きを読む

  Yoakejaya, Japanese restaurant using local delicacies of the Ariake Sea. Yanagawa is facing to Ariake Sea where many fresh and unique fishes are caught. Yoakejaya is serving Japanese cuisine using local delicacies …

Seafood restaurant in Yanagawa…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

  Local Japanese Cuisines cooked by the best chef in Chikugo region. The chef who makes that cuisines also experienced the imperial family’s cook. Japanese cuisines using best local ingredients that vary by season c …

Japanese restaurant, Shirakabe…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