The peaceful Sotome, the setting of Endo Shusaku’s novel Silence. Sotome area of Nagasaki city has an abundance of natural beauty in its sea, mountains and rivers. It also is blessed with a unique history and cult …

Endo Shusaku Literary Museum…の続きを読む

  Santo Domingo Church was built in 1609 by Dominican Father Francisco de Morales in Nagasaki after demolishing a church in Kagoshima. However, five years later, the church was destroyed due to the ban on Christiani …

Santo Domingo Church, built in 1609…の続きを読む

  Nokonoshima, in the middle of Hakata Bay Beautiful flowers can be enjoyable throughout the year. Rapeseed blossom, Cherry blossom, Livingstone daisy Poppy, Rhododendro, Marigold, Hydrengea, Plumed cockscomb, Dahli …

Nokonoshima Island, in Fukuoka-city…の続きを読む

  The 26 Martyrs Museum is dedicated to the 26 Christians who were executed here on February 5, 1597. They included both foreign missionaries and Japanese laymen. Missionary activities were prohibited at the time, a …

The 26 Martyrs Museum…の続きを読む

  Ino Tadataka started surveying the land of Japan at the age of 56, and spent 17 years creating Japan’s first accurate map of Japan based on actual measurements. The map was completed in 1821, three years after his …

Accurate Japanese map completed by Ino T…の続きを読む

  Yaki curry is a local cuisine in Moji, Kitakyushu-city. Yaki curry latterly means baked curry and is curry with rice topped with cheese and/or egg heated in oven. The melted cheese and soft-boiled egg combine with …

Yaki curry, 焼きカレー…の続きを読む

  Kawara soba is a local cuisine which Soba noodles and meat are cooked together on a Kawara (stone roof tile) and dipped into a special sauce when eating it. It is said that the hints were obtained from the time wh …

Kawara Sobe, 瓦そば…の続きを読む

  Obi Castle Ruin is located in Miyazaki-prefecture. The moss-covered stone walls, broad stone steps in front of the Ote-mon main gate, moat ruin, and old samurai residences all bring back the past. The Matsuo-no-Ma …

Obi Castle Ruin…の続きを読む

  A dish made of wheat flour batter with eggs, vegetables, meat, seafood, noodles, and other desired ingredients added to it and grilled on a griddle. Eat with a special sauce, green seaweed, and dried bonito flakes …

Okonomiyaki, お好み焼き…の続きを読む

  Fukuoka Castle was built by feudal lord Nagamasa Kuroda in Fukuoka-city in 1601 and was called Maizuru castle.  Part of stone wall and canal, and the Tamon tower are still left intact as they were back then. There …

Fukuoka Castle Ruins…の続きを読む