Somen nagashi, Yamanotera Yukyo

 

Shimabara is famous for Somen noodles in Kyushu.

You can enjoy Somen nagashi at local restaurant, Yamanotera Yukyo.

Address : Fukae, Minami Shimabara-city, Nagasaki-prefecture.

Aso five mountains

 

Aso five mountains is located in the Caldera where is 25 km across north to south

and 18 km across east to west.

Aso five mountains consists of 5 mountains ; Mt. Neko (1,433m) , Mt. Taka (1,592m) ,

Mt. Naka 1,506m) , Mt. Eboshi (1,337) , and Mt. Kishima (1,326m). 

Mt. Naka is the largest actice volcano in Japan.

You can see the Crater from the top, depending on the wether condition.

 

Mt. Naka, active volcano

Around Crater	Around Crater	Shrine on top
Look down the Crater	Crater	Crater
West side of Crater	Central area of Crater	East side of Crater

Other 4 mountains

Aso five mountan roal

 

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General information  

Hiburi-shinji at Aso Shrine

 

Hiburi-shinji is the annual festival held at Aso Shrine in Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture.

Hiburi-shinji is a Shinto ritual that signifies the wedding ceremony of the gods.

When the deity of the Himegami wrapped in oak branches and leaves arrives,

the parishioners all celebrate by lighting torches made from grass and waving

them around.

A ring of flames swinging heroically colors the Shrine at night, and the whole area

is enveloped in a fantastical atmosphere.

After Hiburi-shinji end, spring comes to Aso.

Takamori dengaku-mura

 

Takamori dengaku is 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.

We hope you will enjoy Aso with traditional slow food while sitting around the hearth,

coating the ingredients grilled over natural charcoal with miso, and talking with others.

Yoshinogari Remains, the 3rd century B.C.

 

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

part of Saga. 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.

Wasshoi Million Summer Festival

 

Wasshoi Million Summer Festival is one of the festivals representing Kyushu and  started in 1988

to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the formation of the city and has more than one and half

million spectators every year. 

Nagasaki Kunchi

 

Nagasaki Kunchi is one of big-three festival in Japan, held on October 7 to 9 at Suwa Shrine.

The festival features Chinese dance including Ja-odori (Snake dance), this time dancing all

around the city but especially at Suwa Shrine. History of the Festival, after Christianity was

harshly suppressed in Nagasaki in 1624, a festival was dedicated to Suwa Shrine, the guardian

god of local people. It is believed that Suwa Shrine festival called “Nagasaki Kunchi” and danced

were offered to shrine with cooperated of local people in 1634.

Martial art, Karate

 

Karate is a martial art developed in the Okinawa, Kyushu, and is art of self-defense 
that use no weapons and relies instead on three main techniques; arm strike, 
thrusts and kicks.

A distinction is made between offensive and defensive tourniquets, which 
are modified according to the position of one’s opponent. Today karate 
becomes popularity for self-perfection, for cultural reasons, for self-defense 
and as a sport.

Azaleas at Sensuikyo gorge

 

Sensuikyo gorge is located at an altitude of approximately 900 m at the northern foot of Mt. Aso.

From there you can see the north side of the caldera and the outer rim of caldera.

At Sensuikyo gorge, approximately 50,000 azaleas called Miyama-kirishima bloom all at once,

painting the area pink.

Kusasenri-ga-hama, in Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture

 

The beautiful prairie of 785,000 square meter in the crater. Spreads in northern part of

Mt. Eboshi that is one of the Aso five Mountains.

A big pond at its center and grazing horses round about make an idyllic scene.

Visitors can enjoy the various seasons from its vivid green summer to the fantastic silvery

winter, as well as riding horses and strolling around throughout the year.