We are a travel agency in Fukuoka specializing in Kyushu, Japan. This information is provided by Japan KYUSHU Tourist to support your journey.       Aso is located almost in the center of Kyushu and boasts one of the world’s largest calderas, stretching 18 km east-west and 24 km north-south. It was created by four periods of explosive volcanic activity in ancient times. The caldera is surrounded by an outer rim with a circumference of around 120 km. Within the Aso Caldera, there are the Aso Five Peaks, including Mt. Naka-dake—an active volcano where the crater can be viewed from the top. Daikanbo Peak, on the northern part of the outer rim, is a must-visit location offering panoramic views of the magnificent scenery, including the Aso Five Peaks and the serene, beautiful green plains below.      

Aso…の続きを読む

  Oshima Island located 11 km from Konominato Port in Munakata-city, and is the largest island in Fukuoka-prefecture. The population of the island is around 700. It takes 25 minutes by Oshima ferry and 15 minutes by Shiokaze ferry. There are two World Heritage Shrines, Munakata Shrine Nakatsu-gu and Munakata Shrine  Okitsu-gu Yohaishho, those Shrines are registered as Sacred Island Okinoshiam and Associated site in the Munakata Region. You can enjoy beautiful nature at any places where you visit including Windmil Observatory and Mitake Observatory.                       

Oshima Island…の続きを読む

  The Shimabara Peninsula is located on the eastern side of Nagasaki Prefecture. The peninsula is surrounded by three calm seas and boasts magnificent nature. You can find a unique landscape shaped by the volcanoes situated in the center of the peninsula.            

Shimabara Peninsula…の続きを読む

  Beautiful highland Onsen Resort situated Unzen National Park. The area was the first area to be designated as a National Park in Japan.  Whether you are taking in the stunning panoramic views from top one of the many peaks including Nita-toge Pass or looking up these volcanic  mountains or Fugen, you will marvel at the spectacular scenery.  As each season brings a vivid change to the appearance the face of Unzen you may wish to return again and again to enjoy the full range of rich variations.                    

Unzen…の続きを読む

  The Kanmon Straits, separating Honshu and Kyushu, is a bustling waterway with as many as 700 vessels of all sizes passing through each day. There are seven ways to cross the straits, including the 1,068-meter-long Kanmonkyo Bridge (exclusive to motor vehicles), the Shin-Kanmon Tunnel for Shinkansen bullet trains, the Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel for those crossing on foot, and various ferry services.      

Kanmon Straits, in Kikakyushu…の続きを読む

  This is a place related to the Kori-kuzure incident in Omura in 1657 in which a large number of hidden Christians were arrested. As many as 608 Christians were arrested, making it a rare and major incident in the history of Christian oppression. 411 Christians were beheaded, and 131 of them were martyred at Hokohara martyrdom place.     As a result of this incident, the Omura domain began implementing even stricter policies prohibiting Christianity. The believers have erected the monument to commemorate the martyrdom at this location.    

Hokohara martyrdom place in Omura…の続きを読む

  Kujukushima Islands, located at the westernmost tip of the Japanese mainland in Kyushu, are a picturesque scenic spot consisting of a complex ria coastline and 208 large and small islands. There are only four inhabited islands: Kuroshima, Takashima, Maejima, and Todomari Island, and almost the entire area was designated as the Saikai National Park in 1955. There is Kujukushima Islands pleasure boat, departing from Kujukushima Pearl Sea Resort.            

Kujukushima Islands…の続きを読む

  Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden at the Mountain foot of Sarakura in Kitakyushu City and famous for its spectacularly  presented, large numbers of wisteria flowers. The garden is opened to the public seasonally during the wisteria season which usually peaks around late April to middle of May.     The garden’s most prominent features are two, roughly 100 meter long tunnels made of wisteria trees of differing varieties and colors, ranging from white to dark purple.  

Kawachi Wisteria Garden…の続きを読む

  Kitaya is renowned Saka brewer in Yame. Kitaya was founded some 190 years ago during the Edo Era. The Sake is produced using high-grade rice if brewing quality rice of brewing cultivated in Fukuoka-prefecture. The Brewery can be visited and enjoy sampling Sake.        

Sake Brewery Kitaya…の続きを読む

  We are a travel agency in Fukuoka specializing in Kyushu, Japan. This information is provided by Japan KYUSHU Tourist to support your journey.                                    Shitan-yu is the old public outdoor bath with a thatched roof beside Kinrinko lake. The bathing here is mixed, as baths often were before the arrival, during the Meiji period (1869 – 1912), of American and Europeans who shames the Japanese into segregating their baths.     Around Shitan-yu         Kinrinko lake      Coffee restaurant      Floral Village  

Shitan-yu…の続きを読む