Kujukushima Islands, located at the westernmost tip of the Japanese mainland in Kyushu, Sasebo, Nagasaki-prefecture. There are a picturesque scenic spot consisting of a complex ria coastline and 208 large and smal …

Kujukushima Islands, in Sasebo, Nagasaki…の続きを読む

  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 after his …

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

  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 …

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

  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