Day 8 Fukuoka-city
8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
A long history as commercial town and castle town, and prospered as important district to Asian
Continent for many years. Now, Fukuoka-city is the International bub of Kyushu, the nation’s
fourth largest economic zone. You can enjoy various things by selecting from the following.
Exploring Fukuoka-city by Fukuoka subway and local bus
Stay in Fukuoka-city, Western style Hotel, included breakfast
Dinner at Fukuoka-city, local specialty cuisines
Where to explore
Shopping and meals
Seaside Momochi is the water-front resort area, only a 15 minute drive from Tenjin in the centre
of Fukuoka-city. The park is surrounded by Fukuoka Tower and high rise contemporary buildings,
all of which help make a modern urban landscape.
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The complex facility for the wedding hall, shops and restaurants and is located in Seaside
Momochi Park.
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Historical places
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Japanese traditional Shopping Street where you can find a lot of Cool Japan. The entrance of the
shopping street is located next to Kushida Shrine. Approximately 130 shops built in the 400 metre
arcade. There are also souvenir shops including Hakata dolls, shops collected Hakata Gion
Yamakasa goods. Enjoy lunch, Hakata Ramen at the birth place of Nagahama Ramen.
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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, Dahlia, Sunflower, Cockspur coral tree Bougainvillea, Scarlet sage, Cosmos, Dahlia,
Autumn leaves, Scarlet sage, Japanese narcissus, Japanese camellia, Plum.
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The aquarium focuses on the aquatic life found around Kyushu. The main tank is a huge, 7 meter
deep pool filled with all different kinds of marine life including over 120 sharks of 20 different varieties.
There are also several outdoor tanks where you can experience feeding dolphins and sea lions.
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The sprawling, family oriented public park, located on a narrow peninsula across the bay from
central Fukuoka. The park is made up of several different areas including flower gardens, playgrounds,
an amusement park with ferris wheel, sports fields, a water park, a zoo and large open spaces and
lawns perfect for picnicking.
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The Japanese traditional Garden; it was originally built in the 1754 for Kuroda Tsugutaka who was
the lord of Fukuoka clan. You can feel Japanese traditional cultures and enjoy Tea Ceremony.
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Food stalls “Yatai” is one thing to enjoy in Fukuoka. Despite a decline in recent year,
there are said to be more than 160. The food stalls have all kind of food, but you have
to try Hakata ramen, usually made with white soup from pork bone and thin noodles.
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Day 7 Kitakyushu
8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
Itinerary
Leave Hotel in Beppu
Transfer to Kitakyushu by JR Limited express train from Beppu to Kokura
JR local train used for exploring in Kitakyushu
Visit Kukura Castle
Lunch Local cuisines
Exploring Moji
Higashida district UNESCO World Heritage
Stay at Kitakyushu, Western style Hotel,including breakfast
Dinner at Kokura
Kitakyushu’s landmark Kokura Castle. Fukuoka–prefecture only in Japan is selected by
CNN Travel as one of the top 19 places to visit in 2019. And the Photo of Kokura Castle is
used for introducing Fukuoka-prefecture. The Castle located within a walking distance of
JR Kokura Station.
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Lunch, local cuisines at Kokura
Dr. Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physic visited Moji in 1922, and he acclaimed that
everything could see were Arts. The exotic district of Mojiko Retro is visited by more than 2
million tourists a year. Moji-ko Port flourished following its 889 designation as a Special National
Port for exporting coal and other products.
It was built by the Mitsui Co., Ltd in 1921 as a reception centre and to provide accommodation for
VIP’s. Albert Einstein (1879-1955), one of the world’s most famous theoretical physicists, stayed
here during his visit to Japan with his wife in 1922.
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The shopping area in the Mojiko Retro district located by the sea. “Full of a romance market which
stir up forgetting contentment” is the direct translation of the concept Kaikyo Plaza is based on.
The area has a very romantic ambience and evokes feeling of nostalgia and contentment that will
never be forgotten.
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It is the only Station building that is designated as an Important National Cultural Property
together with Tokyo Station. Mojiko Station is a beautiful station built in the Renaissance
style and modeled on the Termini Station in Italy.
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Situated on the 31st floor of the high-rise apartment building “Retro Hi-Mart”. The 103 metre-high
observatory offers magnificent views of the Mojiko Retro district, the Kanmon-kyo Bridge over the
Kanmon Strait, as well as the Shimonoseki area.
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Japan’s modern steel industry was started as Yawata steel Works at Higashida district in 1901.
Since then, the Works greatly contributed to Japan’s industrial modernization. The three sites in
Higashida have been registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial
Only the Blast Furnace in the world which preserved as it was. The birth place where Japan’s
steel industry began in 1901. It contributed greatly to the development of the Japanese steel
industry and was used until 1972, and has been preserved just as it was.
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First Head Office of the Steel Works / UNESCO World Heritage
Built in 1899, ahead of production facilities. It is an architectural fusion of Japanese and European
design, a two story red brick building with bilateral symmetry and a central dome set in a Japanese
tile roof.
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Kitakyushu is the dynamic city where one million people are living and working, is creating the
beautiful Night view which you have never seen before. he night view from the mount Sarakura
is chosen the three major Night View in Japan. The area of Night view is the largest in the World ;
about 40km east to west and 10km south to north and also the number of lighting to create the
night view is the largest in the World.
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The most dynamic night view in the World
Dinner at Kokura
Ekikara sanjippo yokocho
The place is located on the ground floor of JR Kokura Station. There are 8 restaurants where
local cuisines can be enjoyed.
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Tanga Yatai
At night time, food stalls called Yatai open in the square in front of Tanga Market. Here you can
try delicious oden (a stew made from various ingredients) and ramen.
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Day 6 Beppu
8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
Beppu is one of the most famous Onsen resort in Japan. The popular hot spring town nestle
at the foot of volcanos, Mount Yufu and Mount Tsurumi. Boasting more than 2,800 hot spring
sources and flowing rate of nearly 137,000 kiloliters per day, Beppu is considered a paradise
of hot springs famous for high therapeutic effects.
Itinerary
Leave Hotel in Yufuin
Transfer to Beppu by JR train
Exploring Beppu by the use of local bus
lunch : Jigoku Mushi kobo
Stay at Beppu
Where to explore
lunch
Jigoku Mushi kobo
Jigoku Mushi, literally “hell-steaming” is a unique cooking method found in Beppu. The ingredients
such as vegetables, seafood and meals are cooked using the steam from natural hot spring.
You can operate the steam cookers all by yourself and you can cook whatever you want.
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Sea Hell, it resemble of sea, this 200 metre deep, cobalt blue pond of boiling water emerge
1200 years ago after a volcano explosion.
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Oniishi shaving Head Hell, large and small bubble of hot gray mud that boiling up here look
like the shaven head of monks.
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Day 5 Yufuin
8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
A beautiful and tranquil Onsen resort representing Kyushu. Yufuin is located about 15 km
west of Beppu and is spreading in the Yufu basin at the mountain foot of Yufu. Onsen resort
life can be enjoyed at the beautiful and tranquil place harmonized with nature in the basin of
mountain hill area.
Itinerary
Check out Hotel
Private car is utilized from Kurokawa Onsen to Yufuin, through Yamanami high-way
Visit Kokonoe Yume Otsurihashi
Lunch at Yufuin Kagura
Exloring Yufuin
Stay Yufuin
Where to explore
The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Japan and the 2nd longest in the World Splendid
and beautiful view from the thrilling suspension bridge over the Naruko river valley.
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Lunch
Seiro-mushi is prepared with large bamboo baskets in front of diners.
Featured by the enriched flavor with warmth and fragrance of the cypress basket (seiro).
Live the lively, hot spring steam-like, “Jigoku steams” (literally hell’s steams) dishes right in
front of you with the traditional local taste of Beppu, Oita-prefecture.
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Main street in Yufuin located at the foot of mount Yufu. The avenue is started near JR Yufuin
Station and connected to Kinrinko lake. Through Yunotsubo Avenue, it takes about 30 minutes
on foot from JR Yufuin Station to Kinrinko lake. There are 70 shops, gift shop, galleries, curiosity
item shops as well as cafes.
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Floral Village is the amusement facility that recreated the street of the Cotswolds region in
England, which was also used as the location for Harry Potter. Cute owls welcome you in
OWL’s FORESR. You can enjoy strolling, gourmet and shopping with beautiful flowers in
the Village, and there is Alice in Wonderland shop here.
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One of landmark in Yufuin. Hot water gushes from the bottom of the lake, and hot steam rises from
its surface on a cold day. The lake is located at the end of the town’s main walking route, about a
kilometer and a half from the Yufuin station.
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Stay
Yufuin
A beautiful and tranquil Onsen resort representing Kyushu. Yufuin is located about 15 km
west of Beppu and is spreading in the Yufu basin at the mountain foot of Yufu. Onsen resort
life can be enjoyed at the beautiful and tranquil place harmonized with nature in the basin of
mountain hill area.
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Day 4 Aso
8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
Aso gives a lot of unforgettable experiences. The active volcano Mount Aso and world’s
largest caldera offer a lot of excitements. And numerous unforgettable experiences in
the rural area can be made including Onsen, variety of sports and local cuisines.
Itinerary
Check out Hotel
Travel to Aso from JR Kumamoto station to Higo-ozu station by a Limited express train, 30 minutes
Private car is utilized from JR Higo-ozu for exploring Aso rejion
Lunch at Takamori Dengaku–no sato
Daikanbo
Stay at Kurokawa Onsen
Where to explore
Tourist Tram Minami Aso Rail Way
Enjoy the magnificent scenery of Aso. The Minami Aso railway is a private railroad offering
a very scenic ride from Takamori to Nakamatsu in the south east of the caldera. Lovely and
magnificent scenery can be enjoyed.
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Enjoy Aso beef and local cuisines. The restaurant uses the old private house with thatched roof
built more than 200 years ago. Bake the meat and local ingredients with charcoal at a Japanese
traditional style fire place.
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The beautiful prairie of 785,000 square meter in the crater spreads in northern part of Mt. Eboshi
that is one of the Aso Five Mountains. A big pond at its center and grazing horses round about
make an idyllic scene.
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The largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world. Its peak is 1592 m
above sea level. Its caldera is 25 km across north to south and 18 km across east to west.
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The perfect spot view the five peak of Mount Aso. Daikanbo literally means a big observatory peak.
The circumference of the Aso caldera is about 130 kilometers. From the observation site, you can
clearly see its conical shape.
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Stay
The most popular Onsen resort in Aso region, located on the northern side of Mount Aso. Widely
known for its open-air baths, it is one of the best places to enjoy the atmosphere of old town in Japan,
more than 20 Japanese style accommodations and gift shops standing in a row along the river.
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Day 3 Kumamoto
8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
Kumamoto is the third largest city in Kyushu with a population of 740,000.Must visit place is
Kumamoto Castle listed on the three great castle in Japan.
The city is situated roughly in the center of Kumamoto-prefecture, is the government and
economic center of the prefecture. From the early 17th century to the end of the 19th
century, Kumamoto was prosperous as a castle town. The Shira-kawa River and its branches
run through the downtown area around Kumamoto Castle. Therefore, the city is called “City
of Forest and Fresh Water.”
Itinerary
Check out Onsen Ryokan
Transfer to Shimabara port from Unzen by a Shimatetsu bus, 30 minutes
Travel to Kumamoto from Shimabara port to Kumamoto port by a Kumamoto ferry, 30 minutes
Transfer to Kumamoto Castle from Kumamoto port by Sanko bus
Exploring Sakurano-baba Josaien and Kumamoto Castle
Stay at Kumamoto , Western style Hotel, included breakfast
Dinner at Shimo-tori Shopping Street , local specialty cuisines
Where to explore
Transfer to Kumamoto from Shimabara by a ferry
Two ferries are operated form Shimabara to Kumamoto–city
Kyusho Ferry : operated by Kyusho Ferry, 60 minutes ride
Ocean Arrow : operated by Kumamoto Ferry, 30 minutes ride.
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Josaien is located in Sakurano-baba, at the foot of Kumamoto Castle, one of Japan’s three major
castles. It is a popular tourist attraction designed to enhance the appeal of the old castle town and
convey to visitors the food, history and cultural traditions of the region from Kumamoto Castle, a
symbol of the Kumamoto-city.
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The Castle is one of the three great castles and one of the 100 best places in Japan to view cherry
blossoms. Due to the Earthquakes in 2016, the Castle have heavy damages and many of Castle
buildings were destroyed. After that the restoration activities are being performed as fast as possible
and now Kumamoto Castle can be seen from the outside of the moats surrounding the castle.
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Stay
Kumamoto near Shimo-tori Shopping Street
The largest shopping arcade in Kumamoto–prefecture, the center of fashion and amusement
where department stores and boutiques line up and also there are gourmet area where cafes
and restaurants including local cousin restaurants opened daytime and night time.
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Day 1 Nagasaki
8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
Nagasaki-city has many oversea countries cultures and the significant Japanese histories
like no other areas. The fascinating Nagasaki-city has been created since Japan began exchanging
with foreign countries during the National isolation period. In addition to above features, the
geographical conditions are creating fascinating tourism.
Itinerary
Welcome to Fukuoka
Our staff meet you at tour starting place such as the airport or Hotel and provides all the information
needed the tour, and then take you to JR Hakata station.
Self-guided tour start from JR Hakata station
Transfer to Nagasaki by JR Limited express train from Hakata to Nagasaki, 2 hours
Exploring Nagasaki, Tram is used for the following sites
Visiting Peace Park
Lunch at China town
Stay Western style hotel in Nagasaki-city
visit Mount Inasa
Where to explore
Established in 1955 near the Ground Zero where the Atomic bomb was dropped at 11:02 am
on Aug. 09, 1945. Peace Memorial Ceremony is held in front of the statue on August 9 every
year and the Mayor of Nagasaki makes the “Nagasaki peace declaration” for the whole world.
The museum exhibits a number of photograph that depict the devastation caused by atomic
bomb showing the lead-up to this tragic day, the history of the development of nuclear arms
and our desire for peace.
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The plutonium Atomic bomb exploded about 500m over the central monument at 11:02 a.m. on
August 9, 1945. The most part of Nagasaki was destroyed, and a tremendous number of lives
were lost. And about 70,000 of Nagasaki’s 240,000 residents died instantly, and up to 60,000
were injured.
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Completed in 1955, ten years after the Atomic bomb. The 9.7 meter high statue sitting on
a 4 meter tall pedestal, made by renown sculptor Kitamura Seibo. The raised arm points to
the threat of nuclear weapons and the out-stretched arm symbolizes peace.
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Nagasaki China town at shinchi is one of the big three china town in Japan. There are about 50
Chinese restaurants and many Chinese sundries shops in there.
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Oura Cathedral / UNESCO World Heritage Hidden Christian sites
The Cathedral is one of the significant Christian Pilgrimage site in Japan. Established 1865, this
church is officially known as “Oura Cathedral, the Church of 26 Martyrs.” It was built by the French
priest Bernard Petitjean of Fier who had been dispatched by the Foreign Missionary Church of
Paris to dedicate prayers to the 26 saints martyred on Nishizaka hill.
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Glover Garden / UNESCO World Heritage Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution
Located on Minami-Yamate hill in Nagasaki-city, Glover Garden has nine Western style buildings.
The Glover’s Residence built in 1863 and is Japan’s oldest wooden Western–style building
has been registered on UNESCO World Heritages as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.
The elegant scenery of Nagasaki harbor view from Glover Garden can be enjoyed.
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Dejima was the fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki where was used as a Dutch
trading port and it was only open gateway to Europe during Japan’s National isolation of Edo
period from 1641 until 1853. At that time, many European technologies and cultures were
introduced here through Dutch.
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It is a 333 meter high mountain in close distance to JR Nagasaki Station. The summit can be
reached by ropeway or car and offers great views over the city. And also, the magnificent night
views from Mount Inasa are ranked among Japan’s three best night views.
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Day 2 Nagasaki & Unzen
8 days Northern & Central Kyushu tour
Hashima is a ruins now called “Gunkanjima”, so called after its resemblance
to the silhouette of a battleship, the cruise ship take you exploring Tachibana bay from
Nagasaki port and landing on Hashima island.
Unzen is a beautiful highland Onsen resort in Shimabara peninsula situated Unzen National
Park. The first area to be designated as a National Park in Japan and then the area has been
developed as Onsen resort for both tourist Japanese and foreigner. Even now, many tourist
from all over the world are visiting here for enjoying Nature.
Itinerary
Check out Hotel
Lunch at Nagasaki Wharf
Transfer to Isahaya by JR Limited express train from Nagasaki to Isahaya, 14 minutes
Drive to Unzen via Nita pass by a chartered taxi
Check-in Onsen Ryokan, Japanese style accommodation
Walk around Unzen Onsen town and Unzen Jigoku
Dinner at Onsen Ryokan
Where to explore
Gunkan-jima island cruise / Hashima Coal Mine
Hashima coal mining island is an artificial reclaimed island and the site of Japan’s first major
undersea coal exploitation pioneered by Mitsubishi. Hashima Island is located 3 km southwest of
Takashima. The site has been registered on UNESCO World Heritages as Sites of Japan’s Meiji
Industrial Revolution. Now Hashima is a ruins called “Gunkanjima”, so called after its resemblance
to the silhouette of a battleship.
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Elegant international & domestic tourist harbour. Made up of around 20 unique shops and
restaurants lined up at the water front, offering various choices such Japanese, Western,
and Italian cuisine, to beauty salons, outdoor shops and more.
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One of the best scenic spot in Unzen. At any time of the year the natural scenery of Nita Pass
in Unzen is magnificent. Azaleas, green leaves, brilliant autumnal tints of maples and silver frost
represent each season of the year.
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Jigoku, means Hell, is the number one attraction of Unzen with a peculiar smell of sulfur emitted
from the springs, and with white smoke rising from the ground over a wide area. This is a striking
reminder that Unzen Volcano is still very much alive.
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Stay
There are 17 Hotels and Ryokan (Japanese style accommodation) around Unzen Jigoku.
rom every hotel, beautiful scenery which changes by season can be enjoyed.
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Unzen
