Yanagawa Canal boat cruise is to board a small boat called the Donkobune and slowly go down the river skillfully maneuvered by a boatman with bamboo pole.  You will enjoy a leisurely cruise along the streets and h …

Yanagawa Canal boat cruise…の続きを読む

  Peace Fountain reminds us of the tragic scene unfolded shortly after America dropped the Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki at 11:02 am on Aug. 09, 1945. With the completion of the Peace Fountain on Aug. 3, 1969, a monument …

Peace Fountain at Peace Park…の続きを読む

The city once experienced the worst air pollution in Japan   Saw Dokai Bay turned into a “sea of death.” But it regained blue skies after overcoming its pollution problem by the efforts of city, companies as well as …

Environmental improvement history of Kiy…の続きを読む

  Kitakyushu-city is the World leading Environmental Future city, and blessed with spectacular and stunning nature. The city is the Industrial Innovation city greatly contributed to Japan’s Industrial modernization …

Study tours in Kitakyushu…の続きを読む

  Sensui-kyo is the ravine located in a place with an altitude of 900m of the foot in Mout Aso Nakadake, where a dynamic view of the Aso valley and northern part of Aso Caldera can look  down under their view.  &nbs …

Sensui-kyo ravine…の続きを読む

  Listed on National Scenic Landmark.  Built in 1697 as the villa of the Fourth Lord Tachibana Akitora.  At that time the region was called Hanabatake (Field of flower), so the villa was  named Ohana or Flower. The …

Ohana and Shotoen Garden…の続きを読む

  Yanagawa is the birthplace of renown poet Hakushu Kitahara, whose accomplishments  are marked by a memorial park and the many stone monuments bearing his works placed throughout the city.    The house harmoni …

Birthplace of Hakushu Kitahara…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                        HOME    The urban living area where you can enjoy a resort lifestyle full of fu …

Marinoa City Fukuoka…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                          HOME    The Kanmon Straits, separating Honshu and Kyushu, is a very busy waterway …

Kanmon Straits…の続きを読む

  The narrow chasm cut through the rock by the Gokase River. The nearly sheer cliffs lining  the gorge are made of slow forming volcanic basalt columns which resemble the scales of a dragon where the stone twisted a …

Takachiho Gorge…の続きを読む