New Year’s Holiay

We would like to inform that our office is closed from December 28 to January 5 2024

due to New Year’s Holiday.

December 28, 2024

Karato Fish Market, in Shimanoseki

Karato Fish Market, is a fish market in Shimonoseki establish in 1933, and the blowfish

trading volume is Japan’s highest. This market is not only the wholesale market of fresh

fishes taken in the sea around Shimonoseki but also the retail market for general consumers

of fishes, marine products and sushi.

Plenty of tourists including oversea people visit and enjoy shopping.

December 27, 2024

Chanpon, Japanese cuisine created in Nagasaki

Chanpon is a Japanese cuisine created in Nagasaki.

It was invented to provide a cheap and nutritious meal by the Chinese chef at Shikairo

restaurant in 1899 originally for Chinese students visiting Japan at that time, which is

a noodle dish made with chicken bone and pork bone soup and plenty of seafood and

vegetables from Nagasaki.

Now, it is one of the popular Japanes cuisine which you can eat any place in Japan.

December 26, 2024

Aso beef, the best meat in Kyushu

Aso beef is beef raised in the vast natural environment of Aso.

I think Aso beef is the most delicious beef in Kyushu, and the best way to eat it is

grilled over charcoal.

Eating Aso beef reminds me of the most delicious meat in the world I had in Argentina.

December 25, 2024

Takamori dengaku, local cuisine in Aso

Takamori dengaku is the local cuisine in Aso, which a dish created to make the sweet potatoes,

which can only be grown in this region, more delicious and last longer.

As part of Takamori’s culinary culture, it has remained the same since then, with the addition

of some ingredients.What we are particular about is that the condiments in Dengaku miso

are exposed to the sun and contain a lot of minerals that have been absorbed, making it

a dish that not only fills your stomach but also maintains your health by eating it.

December 24, 2024

Toilet history in Japan, learn at TOTO Museum

TOTO is the world’s largest toilet manufacturer established in Kitakyushu-city in 1917. 
The company is well-known in Washlet which is an innovative toilet seat that features an

integrated bidet. The sanitary ware manufacturing factory and you can learn Toilet history

in Japan at TOTO Museum in Kitakyushu-city.

December 23, 2024

My favorite Tonkotsu Ramen restaurant in Kitakyushu-city.

Tonkotsu Ramen is local cuisine, my favorite local restaurant is Nagahama Ramen

Tonpei, in Kitakyushu-city.

Tonkotsu Ramen made with white soup from pork bone and thin noodles. 

December 22, 2024

Eel restaurant in Kitakyushu-city

The most recommended local Eel cuisine is Steamed Eel that was born in Yanagawa 

more than 300 years ago. Rice seasoned with a special sauce is topped by grilled 

eel and thin shredded omelet, all of which is steamed in a bamboo steamer.

December 21, 2024

Yoshinogari Remains, in Saga-prefecture

The largest archeological remains in Japan.  Lie on the spacious hilly area in the north-eastern

part of Saga-prefecture. Remains of a ringed-dugout settlement presumably dating back to the

3rd century B.C. were unearthed there, and excavation is still underway at the site.

They are among the largest archeological remains in Japan.

December 20, 2024

Rice terraces in Hoshino village, Fukuoka-prefecture

The most beautiful stone-built rice terraces in Hoshino village are those in Hirouchi and Uehara.

These rice terraces won the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Award in the “Beautiful Japanese

Village Landscape Contest” in 1994, and were selected as one of the “100 Best Rice Terraces in

Japan” in 1999. The 425 terraces and 137 steps (230m difference in altitude) spread over an area

of ​​about 12.6 hectares, and the beautiful staircase pattern follows the shape of the mountain.

December 19, 2024