Kunisaki Peninsula is a rural area located on the north-east side of  Oita-prefecture. It is especially popular for it’s onsen, and trekking, and the local cuisine can be enjoyed as well. Kunisaki peninsula began …

Kunisaki Peninsula, in Oita-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Aso is located almost in the center of Kyushu and boasts one of the world’s largest calderas, stretching 18 km east-west and 24 km north-south. It was created by four periods of explosive volcanic activity in anci …

Aso, in Kumamoto Prefecture…の続きを読む

  Nakamachi Church is located near JR Nagasaki Station which was constructed for Japanese Christians in 1986. The church was dedicated to the 16 Saints of Nagasaki (St. Thomas and the 15 Martyrs) in 1988, and the mo …

Nakamachi Church was constructed in 1986…の続きを読む

  Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, was martyred at Nishizaka in Nagasaki in 1637. He was canonized in 1987. A statue of St. Lorenzo was donated to Nakamachi Church, which is closely associated with him. …

St. Lorenzo Luiz martyred in Nagasaki in…の続きを読む

  Dr. 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 …

Dr. Albert Einstein visited Moji, Kitaky…の続きを読む

  Hiburi-shinji is the annual festival held at Aso Shrine in Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture. Hiburi-shinji is a Shinto ritual that signifies the wedding ceremony of the gods. When the deity of the Himegami wrapped in oak …

Hiburi-shinji at Aso Shrine…の続きを読む

  Akausi don is this rice bowl is made with luxurious Aso red beef called Akaushi raised in the nature of the magnificent green grasslands of Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture, and allows you to easily enjoy the delicious fl …

Akaushi don…の続きを読む

  Takamori dengaku is the local cuisine in Aso, which a dish created to make the sweet potatoes, which can only be grown in this region, more delicious and last longer. As part of Takamori’s culinary culture, it has …

Takamori dengaku…の続きを読む

  Takamori dengaku is a dish created to make the sweet potatoes, which can only be grown in this region, more delicious and last longer. As part of Takamori’s culinary culture, it has remained the same since t …

Takamori dengaku-mura…の続きを読む

  Wasshoi Million Summer Festival is one of the festivals representing Kyushu and  started in 1988 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the formation of the city and has more than one and half million spectators e …

Wasshoi Million Summer Festival…の続きを読む