Culture Miniature Life Exhibition: Kumamoto Kim Aspecial exhibition taking place at the Kumamoto Contemporary Art Museum looks at works from Kumamoto-born Tatsuya Tanaka, a ...
Culture Kitakinokura Yotsumiya Shrine Bonson Lam The shrine is located in Mifune, a land of rice fields, wheat and other crops, framed by high mountains and the odd grain sil...
Culture Moomin: The Art and The Story Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Kumamoto City Museum of Contemporary Art looks into the art and the story behind the...
Culture Shimomiya Shrine Ekaterina Bespyatova Shimomiya Shrine in Aso might seem small and unremarkable, but it's home to a unique Shinto ritual that is classified as Impo...
Culture Suizenji Sakura Illuminations Bonson Lam Suizenji is in an historical part of Kumamoto City. So old, that in 1636, Lord Hosakawa chose this site to build his garden, ...
13 Culture Shirakawa Fountainhead Ekaterina Bespyatova The Shirakawa Fountainhead in one of the famous fresh water springs of Japan and the source of Shirakawa river that runs thro...
9 Culture Kyushu's Suizenji Gardens Steve Morton Kyushu's tranquil Suizenji Garden offers the perfect blend of man-made beauty within a natural looking landscape
Culture Manda Coal Mine Yui Yamaguchi The winds of modernization came to Arao with the onset of the industrial revolution. Its appetite for fuel culminated with th...
Culture Japanese Mascot Characters Amanda Ho Meet the cute, adorable, quirky characters only found in Japan.
Culture Yamaga Winter Lantern Festival Mandy Bartok Yamaga displays illuminated paper umbrellas and and bamboo candles on winter evenings in February.