Historic Walls Await🏯
by vjt
Sep 26, 2025
| A Green Fairy Tale, Encountering Kyushu. 🌊 Kyushu is divided into Northern Kyushu and Southern Kyushu
👉 Northern Kyushu includes Fukuoka, Beppu Yufuin, Kokura Mojiko Port, Nagasaki, Saga, Kumamoto Amakusa Aso, and Yanagawa, featuring more scenic and cultural attractions.
👉 Southern Kyushu is centered around Kagoshima, extending to various surrounding islands and Miyazaki, focusing on natural landscapes.
🌋 Must-Visit Attractions
🔸 Fukuoka
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine: A sacred site for academic prayers, with stunning plum gardens in spring.
Canal City Hakata: A shopping and entertainment complex with breathtaking nighttime light shows.
Itoshima Sakurai Futamigaura: A must-visit spot for its white torii gate and "married couple rocks" at sunset.
🔸 Kumamoto
Kumamoto Castle: One of Japan's three great castles, showcasing black walls and stone ramparts with a Sengoku-era vibe.
Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine: The filming location for "Hotarubi no Mori e," featuring a mystical forest trail.
🔸 Oita Prefecture
Beppu Hell Hot Springs: A tour of eight spectacular hot springs (like Blood Pond and Sea Hell), with combo tickets for savings.
Yufuin (Yufuin Onsen): A hot spring town with Kinrin Lake's morning mist, inspiring Miyazaki's fairy tales.
🔸 Aso Region
Aso Volcano: Hike around an active crater or horseback ride on Kusasenri Grassland.
Aso Volcano Museum: Learn about geological activity and disaster prevention.
🔸 Other Highlights
Kagoshima Sakurajima Volcano: Take a ferry to witness volcanic smoke up close.
Nagasaki Huis Ten Bosch: A European-themed amusement park with romantic nightscapes.
Takachiho Gorge: Boat through the canyon, where waterfalls and myths intertwine.
🍣 Kyushu Cuisine
🔸 Fukuoka: Hakata ramen🍜, motsunabe (offal hot pot), mizutaki (chicken hot pot)
🔸 Saga: Saga beef, Ureshino tea
🔸 Nagasaki: Castella cake, seafood champon, Sasebo burger🍔
🔸 Oita: Bungo beef, Nakatsu fried chicken
🔸 Kumamoto: Horse meat dishes, Kumamoto ramen🍜
🔸 Miyazaki: Miyazaki beef, charcoal-grilled jidori chicken
🔸 Kagoshima: Kagoshima black pork, Satsuma cuisine
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