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 waterfall is located near the source of Katsuki River. It’s 30 meters high. It is known for clear water, and said to live Sansyouo. In front of the fall, a Banryu maple tree grows naturally that lives more tha …

Shiraito waterfall…の続きを読む

  Make your own original Koishiwara-yaki pottery.  Koishiwara-yaki is a type of Japanese traditional pottery in Koishiwara. The history dates back to the 17th century, when the third Lord Kuroda Mitsuyuki (1628–1707 …

Pottery experience at Koishiwara…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                               HOME     Japanese industry at the end of 19th century was 200years behind.  After Mathew …

History of Industrial modernization…の続きを読む

  The Kitakyushu Manga Museum is located next to JR Kokura station. The museum is located on the 6th floor of Aru Aru City, a multi-floored shopping mall devoted to products and services for anime, manga, idol cultu …

Manga Museum and Aru Aru City…の続きを読む

  Stands on a hill guarding Hirado Port and the Hirado Strait, which used to be part of an important trade route between Japan and the Asian mainland. The original fortress was built in 1599 by the local Matsura Lor …

Hirado Castle…の続きを読む

  Set up in Hirado in 1609 as the base of operations of the Dutch East India Company in Japan. The building seen today is a warehouse which was originally constructed here in 1639 as part of the trading post, but to …

Dutch Trading Post…の続きを読む

  Kasuga Village and Mount Yasugatake is a Christian Pilgrimage site and is registered on the World Heritage as Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region.     This idyllic, remote village was refuge to …

Kasuga Village / Hidden Christian Site…の続きを読む

  The only remaining lenticular truss bridge in Japan  ( lens type truss bridge), located at the south side of Kawachi Reservoir and it was designed by Hisanori Numata and completed in 1926. This shape and color rea …

Minami Kawachi-bashi bridge…の続きを読む

  Built in 1910 on the east bank of the Onga River. It served, and still serves, to deliver  industrial water to Yawata via an 11.4 km pipeline. This supply is integral to the steel  production process and was neces …

Onga River Pump Station…の続きを読む