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 Tokug …

Meiji Restoration in 1868…の続きを読む

  Michino-eki means Road Station in Japan and provides places for travellers to rest, they are intended to promote local tourism and trade.        There are local shops such as agricultural products (fruits, ve …

Michino-eki, 道の駅…の続きを読む

  The eel cuisine created in Yanagawa. The grilled eel is placed on the rice sprinkled with special sauce and steamed in a bamboo steamer.     Each restaurant has own special sauce.  

Eel cuisne, Unagino seiro-mushi, 鰻のせいろ蒸し…の続きを読む

  26 Christians arrested in Kyoto who were consisted of 20 Japanese, 4 Spaniards, 1 Mexican, and 1 Portuguese. They were forced to walk barefoot to Nagasaki for about a month. On February 5, 1597, all 26 Christians …

26 Saints are the first martyrs in Japan…の続きを読む

  In 1596, the Spanish ship San Felipe, heading from the Philippines to Mexico, washed ashore on the Tosa-Urato coast due to a typhoon. Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi confiscated the ship’s vast cargo. At that time …

Causes of the Martyrdom of 26 Saints…の続きを読む

  Kentoshi is the Japanese envoy to China during the Tang Dynasty, and was held 20 times from 630 to 894. The purpose was to collect the advanced technology, political system, and culture of the Tang Dynasty, as wel …

Kentoshi, envoy to Tang Dynasty from 630…の続きを読む

  Gyudon is a Japanese dish in which thinly sliced beef and onions are simmered in sweet and spicy sauce such as soy sauce and placed on top of a bowl of rice.     The menu on the photo is Gyudon, shijimi kai ( …

Gyudon, 牛丼…の続きを読む

  The Chikugo Plain, where spreads along the Chikugo River basin, is the most prosperous agricultural region in Fukuoka-prefecture. In particular, Asakura, Ukiha, and Tanushimaru are cultivated with a wide variety o …

Fruits picking in Chikugo region, Fukuok…の続きを読む

  The Edo period began in 1603 by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu who won the Battle of Sekigahara and lasted for 260 years until 1868. The Tokugawa shogun granted territory to feudal lords throughout Japan and   controlled …

Society of Edo period from 1603…の続きを読む

  The most beautiful village in Japan. Located in the south-eastern part of Fukuoka Prefecture, and east side of Yame-city, at altitudes between 200 and 1,000 metres above sea level. As 84 percent of the village is …

Hoshino village, in Yame…の続きを読む