The sprawling, family oriented public park located on a narrow peninsula across the bay from central Fukuoka. The park is made up of several different areas including flower gardens, playgrounds, an amusement park with ferris wheel, sports fields, a water park, a zoo and large open spaces and lawns perfect for picnicking.              

Uminonakamichi Seaside Park…の続きを読む

  The aquarium focuses on the aquatic life found around Kyushu. The main tank is a huge, seven meter deep pool filled with all different kinds of marine life including over 120 sharks of 20 different varieties. There are also several outdoor tanks where you can experience feeding dolphins and sea lions.          

Marine World Uminonakamichi…の続きを読む

  The time-honored Japanese garden. The Japanese traditional Garden; it was originally built in the 1754 for Kuroda Tsugutaka who was the lord of Fukuoka clan. You can feel Japanese traditional cultures and enjoy Tea Ceremony.        

Yusentei Garden…の続きを読む

  The most historical and traditional local shopping street in Hakata. The entrance of the shopping street is located next to Kushida Shrine. Approximately 130 shops built in the 400 metre arcade.     There are also souvenir shops including Hakata dolls, shops collected Hakata Gion Yamakasa goods, restaurants included Ramen shop where the birth place of Nagahama Ramen.   On the weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, various events are held at the Event square.      

Kawabata-dori Shopping Street…の続きを読む

  The museum is a Christian Pilgrimage site shows History of Christianity in Amakusa and Shimabara Rebellion which was a peasant uprising agaist bakufu’s persecution of Christians under the leadership of Amakusa Shiro in 1637.      

Amakusa Shiro Memorial Hall…の続きを読む

  Tomioka Castle was built in 1602, one year after Terasawa Shimanokami hirotaka came to Amakusa. Although Amakusa ruled by proxy for Terasawa from Tomioka Castle, he revelled with his army in the Shimabara Rebellion in 1637. After the rebellion, Yamasaki Kainokami Ieharu ruled from the castle, and which was restored and enlarged to its present form.       

Tomioka Castle Ruins…の続きを読む

  Sakitshu is a Christian Pilgrimage site and has been registered on UNESCE World Heritage as Hidden Christian site Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region. A Gothic-looking church is located on a cove of a fishing village. In 1934, a French priest Augustin Halbout MEP purchased the premises of the former village headman and built a wooden and concrete finished church, with Tetsukawa Yosuke’s design and construction. He placed the altar at the very site where fumie or a test to ensure non-allegiance to Christianity had been conducted.    

Sakitsu Church…の続きを読む

  Amakusa, is located in a southern part of Kumamoto, and consists of Shimo-jima,Kami-jima and many other islands varied in size.   Connecting the islands of Amakusa with the inland of Kumamoto via the Uto Peninsula are Amakusa Gokyo or Amakusa Five Bridge.     Amakusa cruise You can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Amakusa from the sea on a cruise.           Dolphins watching cruise Approximately 300 wild Dolphins live in the sea between the Shimabara Peninsula and Amakusa. The dolphin watching cruises have become increasingly popular for all ages, especially because it is possible to see the dolphins so close that you could almost touch them.      

Amakusa cruise…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.        During the period of the Southern and Northern Courts (1337-92), the Arima family ruling the Shimabara Peninsula constructed a castle named Hinoe-jo. The 14th lord, Harunobu (1567-1612) was a Christian daimyo and refurbished his castle into a large scale which had gardens, a tea arbor and many rooms.     There remain stone walls around the site of the front gate. A recent survey reveals that the construction materials including the stone steps were diverted from tombstones in Buddhist grave-yards which the lord had demolished. The fact indicates the religious situation in those days when Christianity was flourishing. In 1982, the location of the ruined castle was designated as a National Historic Site.    

Hinoe Castle Ruins…の続きを読む

  The Church is a Pilgrimage site and is the oldest Catholic Church in Amakusa and was one of the first churches built right after the ban on Christianity was lifted. The Romanesque-style architecture and the chalky white structure was rebuilt in 1933 by a French missionary priest named Father Garnier using his own money and contributions from local Christians living in the area.    

Oe Cathedral Amakusa…の続きを読む