Kawara soba is a local cuisine which Soba noodles and meat are cooked together on a Kawara (stone roof tile) and dipped into a special sauce when eating it. It is said that the hints were obtained from the time wh …

Kawara Sobe, 瓦そば…の続きを読む

  Obi Castle Ruin is located in Miyazaki-prefecture. The moss-covered stone walls, broad stone steps in front of the Ote-mon main gate, moat ruin, and old samurai residences all bring back the past. The Matsuo-no-Ma …

Obi Castle Ruin…の続きを読む

  Kanmonkyo bridge is the suspended bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan’s four main islands. On the Honshu side of the bridge is Shimonoseki and on the Kyushu side is Kitak …

Kanmonkyo bridge built in 1973…の続きを読む

  A dish made of wheat flour batter with eggs, vegetables, meat, seafood, noodles, and other desired ingredients added to it and grilled on a griddle. Eat with a special sauce, green seaweed, and dried bonito flakes …

Okonomiyaki, お好み焼き…の続きを読む

  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. There …

Fukuoka Castle Ruins…の続きを読む

  Aso possesses the world’s largest Caldera with 18km west-east and 24 km north-south, created by 4 times of explosive volcanic activity in the ancient time, 3 million years ago. Surrounding the caldera is the world …

Onsen resorts in Aso…の続きを読む

  They were very tired from walking 58km the day before, so they only walked 5km this day.    The route of this day was from Yamamoto to Tokusue, and stay at Tokusu.

26 Saints Pilgrimage route on February 0…の続きを読む

  Karato Fish Market, is a fish market in Shimonoseki establish in 1933, and the blowfish trading volume is Japan’s highest. This market is not only the wholesale market of fresh fishes taken in the sea around Shimo …

Karato Fish Market established in 1933…の続きを読む

  Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden at the Mountain foot of Sarakura in  Kitakyushu-city and famous for its spectacularly presented, large numbers of wisteria flowers. The garden is opened to the public se …

Kawachi Wisteria Garden, in Kitakyushu-c…の続きを読む

  Christian missionary activities in Japan began after Francis Xavier came to Hirado in 1550. The Jesuit missionaries who accompanied Francis Xavier carried out missionary activities in Hirado, Omura, Nagasaki, Goto …

Beginning of Japanese Christianity in 15…の続きを読む