Things to Do in Kyushu, Japan
The volcanic south: active craters, some of Japan's best onsen, and gateways to the Ryukyu islands.
156 destinations across 7 prefectures
Festivals in Kyushu
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Places to Visit in Kyushu
Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
Portraits and Last Letters of 1,036 Army Special Attack Pilots
A museum on the site of the wartime Chiran airfield that displays the portraits, letters and will...
Hakozaki Shrine
The Hachiman Shrine with an 'Enemy Surrender' Plaque Over Its Gate
A large Hachiman shrine in Higashi Ward that calls itself one of Japan's three great Hachiman shr...
Michi-no-Eki Kashima
Ariake Sea mudflats on Route 207
Saga's first registered roadside station sits right on the Ariake Sea. At low tide the bay drains...
Michi-no-Eki Ukiha
Fruit country and a view over the Chikugo Plain
A hillside market on Route 210 in Ukiha, one of Fukuoka's main fruit-growing areas. Come for what...
Koshikijima Islands
Koshikijima Islands: Three Islands Joined by a Bridge, and Still Reached Only by Boat
Three inhabited islands about 45 km off western Kagoshima, joined end to end since 2020 by the pr...
Kyushu Natural Animal Park African Safari
Feeding lions from a caged bus on a plateau near Beppu
A large drive-through safari park with about 70 species and 1,400 animals along a 6 km road. Driv...
Kashiragashima Church
A Stone Church Its Congregation Quarried by Hand, on a Goto Island Once Left to the Sick
A sandstone church on Kashiragashima, off Nakadori island in the Goto chain, built from 1910 to 1...
Kuju Mountains
Kyushu's Highest Mainland Peak, Pink With Azaleas in Early Summer
A cluster of volcanic peaks on the Oita highlands whose top, Nakadake at 1,791 meters, is the hig...
Michi-no-Eki Aso
Aso produce and travel advice beside JR Aso Station
A roadside station on Route 57 right next to JR Aso Station, facing the five peaks of Mount Aso. ...
Michi-no-Eki Matsuura Umi-no-Furusatokan
Horse mackerel fry in the town that claims it
A fishing-port market on Route 204 in Matsuura, the city that calls itself the holy land of aji f...
Mount Karakuni
Kirishima's 1,700 m Summit, Next Door to an Active Volcano
The highest peak of the Kirishima range at 1,700 meters, with a summit crater about 900 meters ac...
Shikanoshima
The Island Where a Farmer Dug Up a Gold Seal Sent From China in 57 AD
A small island at the tip of the Uminonakamichi sandbar, joined to the mainland by a bridge since...
Hirauchi Kaichu Onsen
Yakushima's Sea-Rock Bath That Only Surfaces Around Low Tide
Two rock pools on the shore at Hirauchi, on Yakushima's south coast, where hot spring water rises...
Michi-no-Eki Harazuru
Fuyu persimmons at the gate to Harazuru Onsen
A farm market on Route 386 at the entrance to Harazuru Onsen, five minutes from Haki IC. Asakura ...
Michi-no-Eki Kamae
Yellowtail and dried fish at Oita's southern tip
A fishing-port station on Route 388 in Kamae, at the southern tip of Oita next to the Miyazaki bo...