6 days North-East Kyushu tour
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At a glance
・Start and end of the tour is Fukuoka–city, please specify the place where you want
・Tour date : please specify the date
・Accommodation, to be selected from budget hotels to luxury properties
・Minimum number : 2 person
Where to Explore
Day 1 : Depart Fukuoka → Chikugo region, stay Harazuru Onsen
Day 2 : Okubungo ( Kokonoe, Bungo-ono, Takeda, stay Nagayu Onsen )
Day 3 : Yufuin and Beppu, stay Beppu
Day 4 : Kitakyushu, stay Kitakyushu
Day 5 : Kitakyushu, stay Fukuoka
Day 6 : Fukuoka, stay Fukuoka
Travelling route
Itinerary
Day 1 Chikugo region
Depart Fukuoka-city
Transfer to Chikugo region
Exploring Asakura
Shopping at Fujii Apiary
Lunch at Ukiha ; festured restaurant Shirakabe or Shogetsu
Exploring Uiha
visit Shochubrewery, Beniotome Syuzo
Stay at Harazuru Onsen Resort, Japanese style Hotel, incluuded dinner and breakfast
Dinner at Hotel : Japanese style kaiseki dinner included local speciality cuisines
Option : the following site can be arranged as an option.
Akizuki is a former Castle town located in northern part of Asakura. You can enjoy the harmony
of countryside landscape and former castle town scenery that makes the atmosphere like a time
of 400 years ago.
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Asakura is the only area in Japan to use water wheels for irrigation. The irrigation system used the
Triple Water Wheel was completed in 1760. The water is supplied from Yamada weir in Chikugo
through the canal to the Triple Water Wheel. And then the water distributed to each rice field by
Triple Water Wheel.
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Fujii Apiary
The apiary collecting honey while traveling with bees from Kagoshima to Hokkaido. The Apiary
was established in Asakura in 1909 and offers delicious Japanese milk vetch honey and acacia
honey, both of which have a deep and sophisticated taste.
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The authentic Japanese local restaurant. The chef who makes that cuisines also has experienced
the imperial family’s cook. The building is designated by Government as Traditional building at the
Conservation district in Ukiha-city. Japanese cuisines using best local ingredients that vary by season
can be enjoyed.
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Shogetsu, Eel restanrant
Chilugo region is one of the famous place for Eel cuisines along with Yanagawa. Shogetu is the
renown Eel restaurant located in Asakura along the Chikugo river side and established 70 years ago.
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Breath taking beautiful scenery harmonizes with the Shrine. Located at foot of Mino mountain
range, 130 m height from sea level. The 90 vermilion coloured Torii Gates stand on the 300
steps stairs is introduced you from bottom area to the Shrine main building.
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Shochu is a Japanese distilled beverage less than 45% alcohol by volume. The shochu of
Beniotome Shuzo is distilled from Sesame. The brewery can be visited and there is a tasting
corner. Let’s sample Chochu.
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Option
In the harvest time, the northern Kyushu boasts many area with beautiful fruit orchards. Fukuoka
is one of the leading fruit-producing prefecture in all Japan. The fruit production in Fukuoka is primarily
concentrated in the southern Chikugo region such as Ukiha, Asakura and Tanushimaru.
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Stay
A tranquil Onsen Resort near Fukuoka-city and is located on the banks of Chikugo River.
The quality hot spring is weakly alkaline and sulfur is mixed and has the effect of dropping
old horn and creating beautiful skin.
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Day 2 Okubungo ( Kokonoe, Bungo-ono, Takeda, Nagayu Onsen)
Itinerary
Leave Hotel at Harazuru Onsen Resort
Transfer Okubungo
Visit Kokonoe Yume Otsutihashi
lunch at Kokonoe : local cuisine
Visit Takara Hachiman Shrine
Exloring Bungo-ono and Takeda
Stay at Nagayu Onsen Resort , Japanese style Hotel, included dinner and breakfast
Dinner at Hotel : Japanese style kaiseki dinner included local speciality cuisines
Where to explore
Nature-blessed region at Ono River basin and the northern part is surrounded by Aso & Kuju Mountains
Okubungo region is located in south-east side of Oita prefecture, and consists of Takada, Kuju,
Bungo-ono, Kusu and Kokonoe.
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 at Kokonoe
Featured restaurant Nonohanano-sato, served local cuisine.
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Have you ever seen a wild white boar? The wild white bore at the Shrine has function as both
guardians and messengers for the deities at Shinto shrines. The white boars are thought to
bring happiness. After visiting the shrine, you should ask the cute boars for some good-luck
blessings.
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It is called Niagara Falls of Japan, In the Ogata River, running through the center of the Ogata plain.
The falls, 120 meters wide and 20 meters height, are selected as one of the best 100 falls in Japan.
Lava flows produced by the great eruption of Mt. Aso accumulated and chighreated Harajiri Falls.
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Great Castle wall construction, a magnificent view from the top. The Castle originally constructed
in 1185, and had been enlarged multiple times and eventually covered a widespread area on the
steep hills overlooking a river and all the surrounding countryside up to the Kuju mountain range
clearly visible in the distance.
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Stay
One of the most popular hot spring for foreign tourists, located at the foot of Kuju mountain
range in Oita-prefecture. The hot spring is known as one of the world’s top carbonate spring.
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Itinerary
Leave Hotel at Nagayu Onsen Resort
Dinner at Beppu Onsen town, local speciality Cuisines
Option
Mount Tsurumi
Jigoku Mushi kobo
Onsen Hoyo land
Where to explore
Graceful Onsen Resort located in the Yufu basin surrounded by Mount Yufu and Tsurumi
One of the most popular among ladies and International tourist visits to here are increasing.
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 JR Yufuin station.
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Lunch at Yufuin
Yufumabushi
Yufumabushi is a local cuisine which serves really nice BUNGO Beef. But surprisingly, the way they
serve beef is not BBQ or SUKIYAKI style that are seen in most cases, but “Yufumabushi ” style which
we rarely see for beef dish.
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Local gourmet restaurants
There are many kind of restaurants and cafes around Kinrinko lake and at the Yunotsubo Avenue,
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The popular hot spring town nestle at the foot of volcanos, Mt. Yufu and Mt. Tsurumi. Boasting more
than 2,800 hot spring sources and flowing rate of nearly 137,000 kiloliters per day.
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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Options
Soaring 1375 metres into the sky, Mount Tsurumi is a breath taking mountain overlooking Beppu
that offers some decent hiking, rare flora and outstanding vistas. Visitors can take a ropeway 800
metres up and revel in being surrounded by acres of rolling greenery. You can see as far as the
Kuju Mountains, a famous mountain range that runs between Oita and Kumamoto-prefectures.
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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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Enjoy local specialty cuisines in Oita-prefecture
Bungo Beef, Seki Aji & Seki Saba, mackerels, Oita fugu, blowfish
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Day 4 Kitakyushu-city
Itinerary
Leave Hotel in Beppu
Transfer to Kitakyushu-city
Lunch at Featured restaurant
Higashida district UNESCO World Heritage
Dinner at Kokura
Stay in Kitakyushu-city, Western style Hotel, included breakfast
Option
Where to explore
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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Kokua Castle Garden made at the former site of lord’s guest house, located next to Kokura Castle.
This garden consists of a Japanese garden and a lord’s house, a building of the style of Japanese
domestic architecture. In this garden, not only can you see Japanese traditional architecture,
but also enjoy the Tea Ceremony at the Experience Zone.
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Lunch, local cuisines at Kokura
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
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. The 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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Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden at the Mountain foot of Sarakura and famous for its
spectacularly presented, large numbers of wisteria flowers. The garden is opened to the public
seasonally during the wisteria season which usually peaks around late April to middle of May.
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Manga Museum is located next to JR Kokura station. The museum is located on the 6th floor
of Aru Aru City, a multi-floored shopping mall devoted to products and services for anime, manga,
idol culture, and cosplay fans, a kind of Harajuku in miniature.
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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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Sushi restaurant
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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 5 Kitakyushu-city
Itinerary
Leave Hotel in Kitakyushu-city
Exploring Moji
Lunch at Moji
Transfer to Fukuoka-city
Stay at Fukuoka-city, Western style Hotel, included breakfast
Dinner at Fukuoka-city, local speciality Cuisine
Transfer to Fukuoka–city
Stay in Fukuoka-city, Western style Hotel, included breakfast
Dinner at Fukuoka-city, local speciality Cuisines
Option : the following sites can be arranged as options.
Where to explore
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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Only the place in the world ! You can cross the strait on foot. The Kanmon Strait, separating
Honshu and Kyushu, is a very beautiful and busy waterway with as many as 700 small and
large ships a day passing through it. the Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel, which enables people to
cross on foot.
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Lunch, local cuisine to be selected from the following
Kawara Sobe
Kawara soba is a local cuisine which Soba noodles and meat are cooked together on a Kawara
(stone roof tile) and dipped into a special sauce when eating it.
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Yaki curry
Yaki curry latterly means baked curry and is local cuisine in Moji which is curry with rice topped
with cheese and/or egg heated in oven. The melted cheese and soft-boiled egg combine with
the spicy curry to enhance its flavour even more.
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Hiraodai Karst Plateau & Caves
One of the three largest karst plateau in Japan. It is located in south-eastern part of Kitakyushu-city.
At altitudes between 400 and 600 meters above sea level and stretching 6 km from north to south
and 2 km from east to west.
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The first-class civil construction heritage completed in 1927, the triggered the registration of World
Cultural Heritage of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution. The Kawachi Reservoir was
constructed for the industrial water supply to Yawata Steel Works. The dam was constructed at the
Okura River and upper stream of the dam was expanded and making the 7milion cubic metre reservoir.
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Day 6 Fukuoka-city
Itinerary
Leave Hotel
Exploring Fukuoka-city
Lunch : local cuisine in Fukuoka-city
Stay in Fukuoka-city , Western style Hotel, includedbreakfast
Dinner at Fukuoka-city, local speciality Cuisines
Where to explore
Has 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 hub of Kyushu, the
nation’s fourth largest economic zone. You can enjoy various things by selecting from the
following.
Shopping and meals
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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 high rise 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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The urban living area where you can enjoy a resort lifestyle full of fun and entertainment.
There is a large shopping mall, a sports equipment store, a car accessories store, an interior
design shop, a baby specialty mega store, some restaurants, a Ferris wheel, and many
amusement attractions.
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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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