Seiro-mushi refers to a cooking technique in which food ingredients are put into a bamboo basket used for steaming through water vapor from below     At Yufuin Kagura, Seiro-mushi is prepared with large …

Seiro-mushi, Yufuin Kagura…の続きを読む

  Soaring 1375 metres into the sky, Mount Tsurumi is a breath taking mountain overlooking Beppu that offers some decent hiking, rare flora and outstanding vistas.      Visitors can take a ropeway 800 metre …

Mount Tsurumi…の続きを読む

  Let’s meet wild Dolphins. Approximately 300 wild Dolphins live in the sea between the Shimabara Peninsula and Amakusa.           The dolphin watching cruises have become increasingly popular for all ages, esp …

Dolphins watching cruise…の続きを読む

  The most recommended activity at Takachiho Gorge is riding the river that flows down the base of the gorge on a rental boat. The spot you can see waterfalls and the columnar shaped valley together is rare in the w …

Takachiho Gorge boat riding…の続きを読む

  Enjoy Aso beef and local cuisines.  The restaurant uses the old private house with thatched roof built more than 200 years ago.   Aso beef and local cuisines in Aso can be enjoyed. Bake the meat and local ing …

Takamori Dengaku-no sato / Featured rest…の続きを読む

  The Onsen resort town where the Yunohana or Alum have been collected since more than 200 years ago.  Myoban means Alum in Japanese. Myoban is a geothermal area located at an altitude of 400 metre at the middle Gar …

Myoban Onsen…の続きを読む

  Main street in Yufuin located at the foot of mount Yufu. The avenue is started near JR Yufuin Station and connected to Kinrinko lake. Through Yunotsubo Avenue, it takes about 30 minutes on foot from JR Yufuin Stat …

Yunotsubo Avenue…の続きを読む

  Floral Village is the amusement facility that recreated the street of the Cotswolds region in England, which was also used as the location for Harry Potter. Cute owls welcome you in OWL’s FORESR.     You …

Yufuin Floral Village…の続きを読む

  During the period of the Southern and Northern Courts (1337-92), the Arima family ruling the Shimabara Peninsula constructed a castle named Hinoe-jo. The 14th lord, Harunobu (1567-1612) was a Christian daimyo and …

Hinoe Castle Ruins…の続きを読む

  Unzen is a beautiful highland Onsen Resort situated Unzen National Park. Unzen was  the first area to be designated as a National Park in Japan and then the area has been developed as Onsen Resort for both tourist …

Unzen trekking…の続きを読む