The Sacred Island Okinoshiam and Associated site in the Munakata region  Because Okinoshima has long been an object of worship, public access to the island is strictly limited. The Okinoshima landscape has been pr …

Munakata Shrine Okitsu-gu Yohaisho…の続きを読む

  The Shrine is part of the World Heritage that the Sacred Island Okinoshiam and Associated site  in the Munakata Region has been registered on the World Heritage in 2016. Nakatsu-gu, one of the three shrines that c …

Munakata Shrine Nakatsu-gu…の続きを読む

  The ferry  to Oshima Island.from Konominato port. It takes 25 minutes by Oshima ferry and 15 minutes by Shiokaze ferry Fare for a adult : JPY 560 (one way)        Konominato Port           To Oshima Island   …

Oshima Ferry…の続きを読む

  Selected as a beautiful place of the real world 10.   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 wi …

Kawachi Wisteria Garden…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                          HOME    Kitaya is renowned Saka brewer in Yame. Kitaya was founded some 190 y …

Sake Brewery Kitaya…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                          HOME    Ginnoka, one of the recommended Japanese restaurant. The restaurant G …

Featured Japanese restaurant in Yame…の続きを読む

  The main exhibit room displays a few letters and other items of kamikaze pilots who died in battle. One case has photos of about 50 kamikaze pilots from Tachiarai Air Base and includes the following information on …

Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum…の続きを読む

  Yame is a rural tranquil region of Japanese tea cultivation and the traditional crafts manufacturing and is located in the southern part of Mino mountain range. Yame grew in size after the merger with Kurogi town, …

Yame travel guide…の続きを読む

  The Shimenawa is the biggest in Japan. Surprisingly, weight is 3ton, with 2.6m diameter and 11m length. Shimenawa is the thick, twisted, straw rope. It was believed in ancient days that a Shimenawa had the power t …

Miyajidake Shrine…の続きを読む

  The site has been registered on the UNESCO World Heritage as the Sacred Island Okinoshiam and Associated site in the Munakata Region    The Tomb Group in Fukutsu City comprises the tombs of the Munakata clan, …

Shinbaru-Nuyama Mounded Tombs…の続きを読む