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Mojiko Retro Observatory
2023/09/30
Kitakyushu travel guideSituated on the 31st floor of the high-rise apartment building “Retro Hi-Mart”. The 103m high observatory offers magnificent views of the Mojiko Retro district, the Kanmon-kyo Bridge over the Kanmon S …
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Kaikyo Dramaship
2018/06/20
Blog, Kitakyushu travel guideShaped like a ship, is the core facility of the Mojiko Retro District and offers a dramatic introduction to the history of the straits as well as the nature and culture surrounding it. Hanging in the open air betw …
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Nabegataki Watarfalls
2023/09/24
Aso travel guideNabegataki Waterfall is a hidden tourist spot in Kumamoto prefecture, located just outside Oguni town in Aso region. One of the area’s more well-known waterfalls. Looking like a mini-Niagara. The hi …
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Kanmon Pedestrian tunnel
2023/09/30
Kitakyushu travel guideOnly the place in the world ! You can cross the strait on foot. The Kanmon Strait, separating Honshu and Kyushu, is a very beautiful and busy waterway with as many as 700 small and large ships a day passing thr …
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Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine
2023/09/14
Dazaifu travel guideThe Shrine dedicated to the deity of learning, many Japanese visit the Shrine to pass the examination successfully. Built on the site of grave of Sugawara Michizane, who is deified as the Deity of scholarship. The …
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Oura Cathedral
2023/09/20
Nagasaki travel guideThe Cathedral is one of the significant Christian Pilgrimage site in Japan. Established 1865, this church is officially known as “Oura Cathedral, the Church of 26 Martyrs.” It was built by the French …
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Suwa Shrine
2023/09/20
Nagasaki travel guideThe complex of building and gardens comprising Suwa Shrine nestles on a shaded stretch of hillside overlooking the heart of Nagasaki-city. The shrine was founded in the wake of ban of Christianity in the early 17t …
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Mitsui Club
2023/09/30
Kitakyushu travel guideDr. Albert Einstein who awarded Nobel Prize in Physics stayed here. It was built by the Mitsui Co., Ltd in 1921 as a reception centre and to provide accommodation for VIP’s. It is now designated as an important c …
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Blue Wing Moji
2021/10/09
Kitakyushu travel guideHOME This bridge, made in 2003, is the only pedestrian draw bridge in Ja …
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Nagasaki Kunchi
2022/01/15
JapanNagasaki Kunchi is one of big-three festival in Japan, held on October 7 to 9 at Suwa Shrine. The festival features Chinese dance including Ja-odori (Snake dance), this time dancing all around the city but especially at …