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The Kokura Gion Festival 2024
AnonymousThe Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
Kokura Castle is a castle in Kitakyushu, Japan. It was built by Hosokawa Tadaoki starting in 1602, with construction completed in 1608. [Wikipedia]
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The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
Kokura Castle is a very placid fortification, sitting in pleasant park and garden in the middle of Kitakyushu.
Kokura Castle is a fixture of the tourist's itinerary to Kitakyushu. Spend some time on the castle grounds and explore the many treasures the area has to offer.
Kokura, the center of Kitakyushu, boasts Kokura Castle, the castle's Japanese Garden, a major shopping mall, a market, and several festivals.
Lose yourself in Japanese traditional culture in a traditional kaiyū-shiki-teien, or pond-stroll garden.
Authentic kyudo, the Japanese martial art of archery, in all its finery at Kokura Castle
Master kyudo, or Japanese archery, practitioners at Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu.
The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
Hotel near Kokura Station. Surrounded by historical sights such as Kokura Castle and Kokura Castle Japanese Garden. Great location for tourists visiting Kitakyushu.
Asano is a business hotel located less than five minutes from Kokura Station in Kitakyushu. Convenient for visiting Kokura Castle and Kokura Castle Japanese Garden.
If you're a meat lover, the Shokuniku Festival in Fukuoka is an event you shouldn't miss. Billed as the largest meat-based event in all of Kyushu, the festival is set to include a variety of delicious dishes that attendees can try.
Located in the hills south of Kitakyushu, the Kawachi Fujien is best known for its two 100-meter-long wisteria tunnels through which you can walk. Numerous species are shown here, which are as diverse as white or dark purple The garden is open to the public twice a year: once during the wisteria season in spring and once in autumn. In spring in particular, the garden's main season falls during the so-called Golden Week, during which many Japanese people go on vacation. As a result, the garden can get full very quickly. So you should definitely have enough time with you to be able to discover everything in peace. In addition to the tunnels, there are also numerous trees that together form a huge roof of hanging flowers. A vantage point at the top of the hillside garden offers a beautiful view of the sea of wisteria and the surrounding valley, which is also known for its bamboo groves.
Historic sites as well as sculpted and natural beauty prevail, day or night, in this city of around a million people.
Daijiro Morohoshi (1946 -) is a Japanese manga artist who is well-known for science fiction themed comic strips and pieces based on folklore. A special event at the Kitakyushu Manga Museum commemorates 50 years since Morohoshi's debut, and looks at his wide-ranging works.