Amakusa Tenku-no-Fune Hotel Dining Sandra Isaka Enjoy dining on gourmet Italian while staying at Amakusa Tenku-no-Fune, an amazing hotel located cliff side overlooking the i...
Sunset at Okoshiki Beach Takako Sakamoto Seeing Nagabeta Causeway and Okoshiki Mud Flats in Uto city was a dream come true, and it was as wonderful as I expected - ma...
Ninomiya Shrine Summer Festival Tristan Scholze Local neighborhood summer shrine festival in Imajuku, Fukuoka. Community gathering includes portable shrines, glowing paper l...
Food Hisami Mandy Bartok No need for a menu at Hisami in Kumamoto, where the chef and owner extraordinaire turns out a tasty daily lunch menu at barga...
Yusui Tunnel Park Christmas Lights Mandy Bartok Yusui Tunnel Park uses its 150 meter tunnel as the perfect place to hang decorated Christmas trees.
Activities Old Town Yamaga Mandy Bartok Old Town Yamaga's main street - the Buzen Way - retains the feel of the Edo Period with its whitewashed rice storehouses and ...
Culture Carp Streamers in Rural Saga Mandy Bartok See carp streamers from below on a riverboat "cruise" in rural Saga.
Yatsushiro Castle's Historic Ruins Mandy Bartok Dream of the feudal age on a walk through the grounds of the Yatsushiro castle ruins in southern Kumamoto Prefecture.
Irises at Shohinken Mandy Bartok Early June is the perfect time to catch irises in bloom at the Shohinken in Yatsushiro.
Gunkanjima Perspective - No. 1 Takako Sakamoto Gunkanjima, a candidate to become a World Heritage site, is a dramatic, uninhabited island that never ceases to fascinate me.
Gunkanjima: Undersea Entrance No. 3 Takako Sakamoto The history and metamorphoses of the 'Undersea Coal Mine Island', Gunkanjima in Nagasaki.
Shopping Kumamoto's Kyu-jogakko-ato Sandra Isaka Kumamoto's Kyu-jogakko-ato, a former girls' school-turned-retro cafe/shopping complex near Aso Shrine.
Culture Mizuakari Festival in Kumamoto [Closed] Justin Velgus Every year in October the Mizuakari Festival brightens the night with 54,000 lights. Lanterns line the streets near Kumamoto ...
Takamori Yusui Tunnel Park Ellery Smith A ten minutes walk from Takamori station on the Minami Aso line, the two kilometer long Takamori Yusui tunnel features summer...
Food Sakuramichi Mandy Bartok Set meals made from traditional Japanese ingredients are on offer at Sakuramichi, a restaurant tucked away in the corner of t...
