13 Kagoshima Ohara Festival Jocelyn Yu The Ohara festival happens every year, on the 2nd & 3rd of November. Citizens of the whole city gather and just dance on the ...
Accommodation HOTEL MYSTAYS Fukuoka-Tenjin-Minami Lester Goh Enjoying a central location just five minutes from major tourist sites in all directions, HOTEL MYSTAYS Fukuoka-Tenjin-Minami...
Gunkanjima Awarded UNESCO Status Peter Sidell The Japanese island of Hashima, also known as Gunkanjima or "Battleship Island", has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritag...
7 Arao Rice Planting Festival in Photos Mandy Bartok Kick off the rice planting season in Kyushu at the Arao Rice Planting Festival.
8 Irises at Lake Kagurame Mandy Bartok See waves of purple irises in bloom every June at Lake Kagurame outside of Beppu.
11 Nostalgia for the Western Sea Masayoshi Hirose Nostalgic Amakusa Islands in the western sea never cease to draw me back again and again.
Food Pain au Levain Mandy Bartok Pain au Levain is arguably one of Kumamoto's best bakeries, tucked out in the eastern part of the city just off the Kyushu ex...
Activities Kawachi Wisteria Tunnels Tristan Scholze The wisteria tunnels and surrounding gardens of Kawachi Fuji-en draw flower enthusiasts from around the world each spring to ...
Culture Carp Streamers in Rural Saga Mandy Bartok See carp streamers from below on a riverboat "cruise" in rural Saga.
11 Mt. Takagi in Late Winter Tristan Scholze Mt. Takagi in late winter makes for a pleasant drive or stroll among the grassy mountainsides of Aso's volcano caldera. Inclu...
