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 Kumamoto Castle Restoration Update Yui Yamaguchi Kumamoto City Government is planning to complete reconstruction of the outside of the castle tower by March 2021. It will be ...
8 Shopping Hitoyoshi Onsen Bussankan Yui Yamaguchi Drop in to Hitoyoshi Osen Bussankan, where you can purchase Hitoyoshi's local produce such as Kuma-jochu and green tea, as we...
Area Kumamoto City Ignatius Koh Kumamoto City brims with history with Kumamoto Castle, standing since the 13th century, located here. Along with Himeji and M...
Activities Unzen Amakusa National Park Bonson Lam The Unzen-Amakusa National Park is located between Nagasaki and Kumamoto, in the south western island of Kyushu. Framed on t...
6 Culture Katashiwa Inari Shrine Bonson Lam The shrines made be dressed with black banners and the maidens warming the crowds with sake, but do the sparrows and crows kn...
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...
Area Amakusa Ignatius Koh Amakusa is a set of islands made up of two larger ones called Kamishima and Shimoshima and numerous smaller ones. It is fille...
