Ino Tadataka started surveying the land of Japan at the age of 56, and spent 17 years creating Japan’s first accurate map of Japan based on actual measurements. The map was completed in 1821, three years aft …

Accurate Japanese map completed by Ino T…の続きを読む

  In 1868, Meiji Restoration, the most important event in Japanese history, which heralded a new era of modernization in Japan.    This revolution restored the imperial rule to Japan after more than 250years of Toku …

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  In 1873, the Meiji government abolished the ban on Christianity. Believers who had been in hiding returned to Catholicism, and churches in various villages were built with a variety of designs that combined Japane …

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  In 1873, the Meiji government abolished the ban on Christianity. Believers who had been in hiding returned to Catholicism, and churches in various villages were built with a variety of designs that combined Japane …

Ban on Christianity was abolished in 187…の続きを読む

  Yaki curry is a local cuisine in Moji, Kitakyushu-city. Yaki curry latterly means baked curry and is curry with rice topped with cheese and/or egg heated in oven. The melted cheese and soft-boiled egg combine with …

Yaki curry, 焼きカレー…の続きを読む

  In 1858, Tokugawa shogunate concluded treaties of amity and commerce with United States, the Netherlands, Russia, Great Britain, France, and Japan, and allowed religious freedom in the foreign residence area in Na …

Religious freedom allowed in Nagasaki in…の続きを読む

  Cruz Sea is located in Hyuga, Miyazaki-prefecture. Your wishes come true here. The Cruz Sea is an area of ocean that appears to have a cross in it when viewed from an observatory. This cape is known as a ria coast …

Cruz Sea, in Hyuga, Miyazaki-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Sakura-jima Island is the symbol of Kagoshima. The smoke and steam rises almost every day from the active volcano Minamidake.  Formerly an island, it became connected with the Osumi Peninsula in 1914 when lava fro …

Sakura-jima island, in Kagoshima-prefect…の続きを読む

  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 …

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