Samurai was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan. The Samurai Houses in Shimabara along the old Samurai street nearby Shimabara Castle were built in 18th century.     Three samurai ho …

Samurai Houses…の続きを読む

  Samurai street lined with stone walls and a spring water canal running down the center commemorates the old samurai section of Shimabara. Three Samurai houses have been restored and opened as exhibits.   &nbs …

Samurai Street…の続きを読む

  Nokonoshima, in the middle of Hakata Bay Beautiful flowers can be enjoyable throughout the year. Rapeseed blossom, Cherry blossom, Livingstone daisy Poppy, Rhododendro, Marigold, Hydrengea, Plumed cockscomb, Dahli …

Nokonoshima Island…の続きを読む

  Blast Furnace is a Steel plant for making the pig iron from iron ore and coke. Higashida No.1 Blast Furnace is only the Blast Furnace in the world which preserved as it was.  The birth place where Japan’s st …

Higashida No.1 Blast Furnace…の続きを読む

  Kyushu National Museum was opened in 2005 in Dazaifu-city next to Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, as Japan’s fourth national museum after Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara. Dazaifu is the place where played important role as a …

Kyushu National Museum…の続きを読む

  The festival is held on the first Sunday of March. Kyokusui-no-en is a Japanese traditional ceremony held at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine on the first Sunday of March, a purification ceremony on a winding stream, is perform …

Kyokusui-no-en at Dazaifu Shrine…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                          HOME    Typical Japanese market, known as “the kitchen” in Kitakyushu-city.  …

Tanga Market…の続きを読む

  Kokua Castle Garden made at the former site of Shitayashiki (lord’s guest house) located next to Kokura Castle. This garden consists of a Japanese garden and a daimyo yashiki  (a lord’s house), a building of the S …

Kokura Castle Garden…の続きを読む

  Issingyo big cherry tree located in the caldera of Mount Aso and provide one of the most beautiful cherry blossoms in Kyushu. Age : 400 years, height : 35m, branch tension: 26m.     Best season to see be …

Issingyo big cherry tree…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                         HOME    One of the most beautiful shrine in Kyushu, and is surrounded by fores …

Kirishima Shrine…の続きを読む