Beppu’s most hyped attraction, Hell (Jigoku Meguri ) tour that is a collection of hot spring where the water bubbles forth from underground, often with unusual result.  Five of the hells are located in the Kannawa …

Beppu Hell tour, in Beppu, Oita-prefectu…の続きを読む

  Santo Domingo Church was built in Nagasaki in 1609 by the Dominican Father Francisco de Morales, using materials from a demolished church in Kagoshima.   The ruins of the church were discovered in 2002 during an a …

Santo Domingo Church, built in 1609…の続きを読む

  Located on the lower slopes of the Kirishima Mountain with a distant view over Kagoshima Bay and Sakurajima below.  The area is made up of over a dozen Onsen, of which the largest and best know is Maruo Onsen. Wit …

Kirishiama…の続きを読む

  This is the Japan’s first constructed Reflectance Furnace. In the late Edo period when the necessity of maritime defence increased, the Saga clan built the Tsukiji Reflectance Furnace for making cast iron-made Wes …

Tsukiji Reflectance Furnace, in 1850…の続きを読む

  The largest archeological remains in Japan.  Lie on the spacious hilly area in the north-eastern part of Saga. Remains of a ringed-dugout settlement presumably dating back to the 3rd century B.C. were unearthed th …

Yoshinogari Remains, the 3rd century B.C…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, in Fukuoka-city…の続きを読む

  Amakusa Gokyo or Amakusa five bridges, is a general term for five bridges which connects  from Misumi at the Udo peninsula to the Oyano island, the Nagaura island, Ikejima, Maejima, and Amakusa Kamishima, was buil …

Amakusa Gokyo, built in 1966…の続きを読む

  The 26 Martyrs Museum is dedicated to the 26 Christians who were executed here on February 5, 1597. They included both foreign missionaries and Japanese laymen. Missionary activities were prohibited at the time, a …

The 26 Martyrs Museum…の続きを読む

  The island of Okinoshima is located in the Genkai sea between Japan and Korea,  As even landing on the island has been prohibited, the strict taboos have preserved archaeological ritual sites on the island almost …

Okinoshiam and Associated site in Munaka…の続きを読む

  Hidden Christian sites in Nagasaki regions is registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage in 2018.  Japanese Christianity has a long history of continuing faith while coexisting with Japanese  traditional religion Shint …

Hidden Christian sites registered on Wor…の続きを読む