8 Culture Japanese Garden Rakusui-en, Hakata Nicole Bauer It was a rainy day and we had the garden all to ourselves. I loved it. It was like being in our own private garden, with all ...
Food Goya Specialty Soup Curry Stacey Lin This Kagoshima-based soup curry franchise delivers hearty and mouth-watering Japanese soup curry from Hokkaido.
Culture Yakushima Culture Village Center Peter Sidell On Japan's rainforest island Yakushima, the Environmental Culture Village Center is a one-stop information center and exhibit...
Culture Shinrin Park Bradford Pomeroy Massive, diverse, and rife with gorgeous scenery, Shinrin Koen is the definitive public park.
16 Activities Mt. Io in Kirishima Tristan Scholze Barren rocky volcanic landscape is the highlight of this Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park hike.
13 Accommodation Kamigoto 6: Hotel Margherita Takako Sakamoto The resort hotel Margherita on Kami-Goto Island reopened in 2012. It was renovated to look like a cloister, to match the isla...
Accommodation Minshuku Umikawa, Yakushima Peter Sidell Close to Miyanoura port on Japan's Yakushima rainforest island, Minshuku Umikawa is a comfortable, convenient and inexpensive...
16 Activities A Spring Hike in Mitsuse Tristan Scholze Spring flowers and new green shoots forth in this nature walk in the village of Mitsuse, near Fukuoka City. Photographs taken...
Food Café Notch Tristan Scholze Café Notch brings together home cooking and healthy local products in a beautiful log cabin set in a mountainside village.
8 Accommodation Deluxe Suite at Hotel JAL Kumamoto Takako Sakamoto The Presidential Suite room at Hotel Nikko Kumamoto has a great view of Kumamoto Castle.
