The world’s only Confucian shrine built outside China by Chinese hands. First built in 1893 by Chinese residents of Nagasaki with the support of the Ch’ing Dynasty government, the shrine was designed to serve as a …

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                                                                                                                                          HOME    The first Chinese style temple in Nagasaki. Shortly after the constru …

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  Yanagawa Sagemon Festival is one of the most beautiful and very unique Japanese traditional Festival in Kyushu.  The festival is held from February 11 through April 3 in Yanagawa.  Hina dolls are displayed by fami …

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                                                                                                                                        HOME    A large commercial facility along Murasaki river and next to Kokura Cas …

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  Pope Francis visited Nagasaki on November 24, 2019, and calls for a ‘world without nuclear weapons’ at the Ground Zero.     Disastrous War must not be repeated. The plutonium atomic bomb expl …

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  Beppu’s most hyped attraction, Hell (Jigoku Meguri ) tour that is a collection of hot spring where the water bubbles forth from underground, often with unusual result.  Seven of the hells are located in the …

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  Fukuoka Castle was built by feudal lord Nagamasa Kuroda in Fukuoka-city in 1601 and was called Maizuru castle.  Part of stone wall and canal, and the Tamon tower are still left intact as they were back then.   &nb …

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                                                                                                                                               HOME    After the Tokugawa Shogunate banned Christianity, non-Christian …

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  The largest seated wooden image of Buddha in Japan. Tochoji temple was founded in 806 by Kobo-daishi Kukai and it is the oldest temple of the Shingon sect in Japan that  Kobo-daishi set up.  It is also known as “T …

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                                                                                                                                        HOME    Kanmonkyo Bridge is the suspended bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a …

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