Sushi is the most popular Japanese traditional cuisine in the world what we would like  serve you and made of vinegared rice, usually topped with other ingredients including fish (cooked or uncooked) and vegetables. …

Sushi…の続きを読む

  Kagura  A sacred song and dance for god, and is a Japanese word  referring to specific type of Shinto theatrical dance with roots  arguably predating those Noh. Once strictly a ceremonial art derived from kamigaka …

Kagura…の続きを読む

The Tea Ceremony follows a traditional ceremony of serving tea to guest, was  perfected in about middle of the 16th century. 【How to make the tea】 In the Tea Ceremony, powdered green tea called “matcha” …

Tea Ceremony…の続きを読む

Sumiyoshi-jinsha Shrine is a shrine deifies Sumiyoshi san deity, and is the  oldest Sumiyoshi-jinsha in Japan. it was built in 737.        The shrine is also one of the three bigge …

Sumiyoshi-jinsha Shrine…の続きを読む

  Kabuki, is one of Japanese traditional stage arts along with Nho   It is said to have originated in Kyoto with a woman named Okuni at the beginning of the 17th century. However, it is now performed only by ma …

Kabuki…の続きを読む

  Sake is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages made from fermented rice.   Today there are about 3000 manufacturers of refined Sake in Japan including  Fukuoka and Kyushu area. 　　　　   Sake is made with steamed ric …

Sake, Japanese alcoholic beverage…の続きを読む

  Waka is a style of verse usually containing thirty-one syllable in five lines. It follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern.          　 Waka is probably the oldest poetic style in Japan. In Heian period ( 784-1185) the …

Waka…の続きを読む

Beppu in Oita Prefecture is a popular hot spring town nestle at the foot  of volcanos, Mt. Yufu and Mt. Tsurumi.           Boasting more than 2,800 hot spring sources and …

Beppu Onsen resort…の続きを読む

Yabakei Region is a part of Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National  Park located in Nakatsu-city, Oita-prefecture. A grand gorge created through a lava plateau of the largest  scale in Japan by the&nbs …

Yabakei…の続きを読む

Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum near Kokura castle is a facility dedicated to the memory of one of the great writers in modern Japan, Seicho Matsumoto, who is a native of Kitakyushu.   Directions 　・A 10 minute walk …

Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum…の続きを読む