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Fukuoka Prefecture Saga Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture Oita Prefecture Miyazaki Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture 

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Yakushima Road Trip. © touristinjapan.com
Itineraries, Kyushu, Nature

Yakushima 1-day Road Trip (around the island)

by touristinjapanupdated on April 30, 2020January 18, 2021Leave a Comment on Yakushima 1-day Road Trip (around the island)

While Yakushima is known for it’s amazing hiking, it is also known for it’s many rainy days. If you run into a rainy day, or just want to rest your legs and experience more of Yakushima than the deep forests, then this 1-day road trip around the circumference of the island is just for you. …

Yakusugi Land, Yakushima Island. © touristinjapan.com
Kyushu, Nature

Yakusugi Land

by touristinjapanupdated on April 30, 2020January 11, 2021Leave a Comment on Yakusugi Land

Yakusugi Land is a designated Natural Recreation Forest on Yakushima island. The park is covered in dense virgin forest with rivers, mountainsides, enormous thousand-year-old Yakusugi cedar trees and has five amazing hiking trails. There are trails suitable for every level. The ancient forest in Yakusugi Land is known for it’s serene nature. The burbles of …

Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine, Yakushima Island. © touristinjapan.com
Kyushu, Nature

Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine

by touristinjapanupdated on April 30, 2020January 4, 2021Leave a Comment on Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine

Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine is probably the most popular destination in all of Yakushima. The park is known for it’s hiking trails through the deep and dark mountain forests, covered in moss and ferns, and home to the gigantic Yakushima cedar trees – some so large that the trail actually, physically, passes through the trees. The …

Jomon Sugi Cedar on Yakushima. Photo by Σ64. CC BY 3.0. Photo modified.
Kyushu, Nature

Jomon Sugi

by touristinjapanupdated on April 30, 2020December 28, 2020Leave a Comment on Jomon Sugi

Jōmon Sugi (縄文杉), an enormous and several thousand years old cedar tree, is one of the main attractions on Yakushima. The tree, which is located deep in the mountain forest of Yakushima, is considered to be the oldest tree in Japan, and one of the oldest in the world. The actual age is unknown, but …

Ohko Taki Waterfall, Yakushima © touristinjapan.com
Kyushu, Nature

Oko-no-taki Waterfall

by touristinjapanupdated on April 30, 2020December 21, 2020Leave a Comment on Oko-no-taki Waterfall

Oko-no-taki Waterfall (大川の滝) on the south-western side of Yakushima, is the tallest waterfall on the island. It is a spectacularly beautiful fall and has been included in the list of the 100 most beautiful waterfalls of Japan. Yakushima is home to more waterfalls than you can count, and at least a handful of really tall …

Nagasaki 1 day itinerary. © touristinjapan.com
Itineraries, Kyushu, Nagasaki

Nagasaki 1-day itinerary

by touristinjapanupdated on March 14, 2020July 13, 2020Leave a Comment on Nagasaki 1-day itinerary

Nagasaki City (population: 412,000), in Nagasaki Prefecture on the western side of Kyushu, is a city full of history. Across the world Nagasaki is known for being the second city ever to be hit by an atomic bomb. However, even before that time, Nagasaki was known world wide. For centuries this southern port city was the only place …

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Itineraries, Kyushu, Nagasaki

Nagasaki 2-day itinerary

by touristinjapanupdated on March 14, 2020July 6, 2020Leave a Comment on Nagasaki 2-day itinerary

Nagasaki City (population: 412,000), in Nagasaki Prefecture on the western side of Kyushu, is a city full of history. Across the world Nagasaki is known for being the second city ever to be hit by an atomic bomb. However, even before that time, Nagasaki was known world wide. For centuries this southern port city was …

Night View from Mount Inasa, Nagasaki. © touristinjapan.com
Attractions, Kyushu, Nagasaki

Mount Inasa, Nagasaki Night View

by touristinjapanupdated on March 4, 2020June 29, 2020Leave a Comment on Mount Inasa, Nagasaki Night View

Mount Inasa (Inasayama) is a small mountain located on the western side of Nagasaki City. It offers one of Japans 3 best night views, and is completely free. Mount Inasa is relatively close to downtown Nagasaki, and is easily accessible by a scenic ropeway. The 333 meter high Mount Inasa is located very near Nagasaki‘s …

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Attractions, Kyushu, Nagasaki

Megane Bridge, Nagasaki

by touristinjapanupdated on March 1, 2020June 22, 2020Leave a Comment on Megane Bridge, Nagasaki

Megane Bridge, also known as Spectacles Bridge or Meganebashi in Japanese is an old stone bridge which spans the Nakashima River in Nagasaki. The bridge is famous for resembling a pair of eyeglasses when it reflects in the water of the river below it. The Nakashima River cuts straight through Nagasaki, splitting the city in …

Kofuku-ji temple, Nagasaki. © touristinjapan.com
Kyushu, Nagasaki, Temples and Shrines

Kofuku-ji Temple

by touristinjapanupdated on February 19, 2020June 15, 2020Leave a Comment on Kofuku-ji Temple

Kofuku-ji (興福寺), located in Nagasaki’s temple town district, was the first Obaku Zen temple in Japan. It was established in 1620 by a Chinese priest, as a place to pray for the safety of seafarers. It’s Chinese architecture makes Kofuku-ji stand out among Japanese temples and shrines. When entering Kofuku-ji temple it will quickly be …

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