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YUNOTSUBO STREET
Street square and neighborhood to visit
This charming street, about one kilometer long, is a continuation of the ...Read more
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RANDONNÉE DU COL DE KAWACHI-TOGE
Natural Crafts
Kawachi-toge Pass is a popular hike for everyone. From the top of the pass, ...Read more
Hirado-Shima
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NAGASAKI NATIONAL PEACE MEMORIAL HALL
Memorial to visit
Nagasaki will forever be infamous for being the second and last city hit by ...Read more
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UDO-JINGU SHRINE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This shrine, painted in bright orange, allows visitors to discover a ...Read more
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MEMORIAL OF THE UNZEN MOUNTAIN DISASTER
Site of archaeology crafts and science and technology
This museum is both a place of remembrance and an educational space on ...Read more
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SANCHO-MACHI
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Sancho-machi is a charming district, lined with many old tea houses, which ...Read more
Obama
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TERUKUNI-JINJA SHRINE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This relatively recent shrine was erected in memory of the former daimyo of ...Read more
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NAGASAKI'S CHINESE DISTRICT
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The Chinese community, a priori confined like that of the Dutch, had ...Read more
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SHOFUEN GARDEN
Parks and gardens
The Shofuen is a park with a beautiful Japanese garden, in which a tea ...Read more
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YUSENTEI GARDEN
Parks and gardens
This site, built in 1754, was originally the secondary residence of Kuroda ...Read more
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UMINONAKAMICHI SEASIDE PARK
Parks and gardens
Between Hakata Bay and the Genkai-nada Sea, this park stretches about six ...Read more
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RAKUSUIAN GARDEN
Parks and gardens
A true haven of peace in downtown Fukuoka. This former villa transformed ...Read more
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SHIMABARA CASTLE
Monuments to visit
The castle was built in 1624. In 1637, 38,000 peasants revolted against the ...Read more
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SUIZENJI JOJUEN GARDEN
Parks and gardens
The park was designed in 1632 by Tadatoshi Hosokawa (1586-1641). One can ...Read more
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OJIKA ISLAND
Tourist office
This charming island, located off the west coast of Kyushu, offers a ...Read more
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MIFUNEYAMA RAKUEN
Parks and gardens
It took three years to create the garden of Shigeyoshi Nabeshima, 28th lord ...Read more
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HONMYO-JI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
Honmyo-ji Temple is a temple of the Nichiren School of Buddhism located on ...Read more
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KUMANO MAGAIBUTSU
Columns and statues to see
Behind Taizo Temple, there are two large Buddhas carved in the cliff. One, ...Read more
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SHIROYAMA OBSERVATORY
Natural Crafts
This natural lookout, located 120 m above sea level, was the scene of ...Read more
Kagoshima
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PEACE PARK
Museums
The park, located north of Hypocentre Park, commemorates the explosion of ...Read more
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GUNKANJIMA DIGITAL MUSEUM
Museums
With the huge screen and projection mapping, this museum takes you back to ...Read more
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SOFUKU-JI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
This Zen temple of the Ōbaku-shū sect was built in 1629. Its door is of ...Read more
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MEGANE BASHI
Museums
In Nagasaki city, a series of beautiful bridges with arches span the ...Read more
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KOSHIBYO SHRINE AND CHINA HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Museums
The Confucian shrine Kōshi-byō is a Chinese shrine dedicated to the ...Read more
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SHOFUKU-JI
Temple to visit
Located less than a kilometre north of the station, this Zen temple was ...Read more
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KOMYOZEN-JI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
This temple was built in the Kamakura period (13th century) in connection ...Read more
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THE KYUSHU CERAMIC MUSEUM
Museums
This museum, close to the center of Arita (on top of a hill), is an ...Read more
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MATSURA HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Museums
This history museum dedicated to the city and the Matsura family contains a ...Read more
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OBI CASTLE (OBI-JO)
Castles to visit
Only the ramparts remain today of the main castle of the Itō clan, which ...Read more
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MATSUO-NO-MARU
Places associated with famous people to visit
Formerly the private residence of the lord, it offers some singularities, ...Read more
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MIYAZAKI-JINGU
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This shrine is dedicated, like the one at Kashihara, to the emperor Jimmu, ...Read more
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YUFU-DAKE (1585 M)
Natural Crafts
The climb is completed in 1.5 hours. At the foot of Mount Yufu-dake, there ...Read more
Yufuin
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TAKEO CITY LIBRARY
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
Takeo Public Library is one of the most visited libraries in Japan. ...Read more
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MIYAZAKI HEIWADAI PARK
Parks and gardens
The interest of the park lies in the fact that it has brought together a ...Read more
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HAKATAMACHIYA FURUSATOKAN
Ecomuseum
This folklore museum, located near Kushida-jinja, traces the history of ...Read more
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KUMAMOTO CITY INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
Tourist office
Located south of the castle, near the Kumamotojō-mae tram stop, the ...Read more
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PORCELAIN GALLERIES
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
There are countless artisan galleries in the streets of Arita, displaying ...Read more
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YOBUKO MORNING MARKET
Markets
This small street market is specialized in seafood, especially squid. Its ...Read more
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NIJI-NO-MATSUBARA
Parks and gardens
Niji-No-Matsubara is more than 4 kilometers long and about 1 kilometer ...Read more
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YUTOKU INARI SHRINE
Religious buildings
This shrine, founded in 1867 by Nabeshima Naotomo, the wife of the local ...Read more
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MINEMATSU SAKE BREWERY
Crafts to discover
This brewery, founded in 1914, offers a guided tour and provides a video ...Read more
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CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ŌURA
Religious buildings
Built in 1864 in a gothic style by Bernard Petitjean, the church is ...Read more
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KUSHIDA-JINJA
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Located less than 10 minutes walk from Gion Station, this large shrine is ...Read more
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HIRADO DUTCH TRADING POST
Museums
This museum is a reconstruction of the Dutch trading post built in 1609 and ...Read more
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MONUMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN MARTYRS OF UNZEN
Religious buildings
Unzen Jigoku, the hell of Uzen, is the most famous site of the Unzen ...Read more
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ŌHORI-KOEN
Parks and gardens
This park is a real green lung in the heart of the city. Opened in 1929, ...Read more
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KARATSU CASTLE
Monuments to visit
The town's castle is a reconstruction dating from 1966, undertaken to ...Read more