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
Suggested Itineraries
Places to Visit in Kyushu
Tokara Islands
Tokara Islands: Seven Inhabited Islands on One Village Ferry, Twice a Week
A chain of islands between Yakushima and Amami-Oshima that make up Toshima village, with people l...
Tokunoshima
Tokunoshima: Bullfighting, Amami Rabbits and Mountain Forest You Enter Only With a Guide at Night
A farming island in the Amami group, south of Amami-Oshima, split between three towns and known a...
Tsushima
Japan's Border Island, 49.5 km from Korea and 82 km End to End
A long, forested island in the strait between Kyushu and Korea, with a 7th-century border fort, a...
Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument
The Hill Where 26 Christians Were Crucified in 1597, Five Minutes from Nagasaki Station
The execution ground of the 26 Martyrs of 1597, now a park with a long bronze memorial, a small m...
Urakami Cathedral
The Cathedral Rebuilt 500 Meters from Nagasaki's Atomic Bomb Hypocenter
Nagasaki's Catholic cathedral, rebuilt in 1959 after the atomic bomb brought down the old brick c...
Yoronjima
Yoronjima: A White Sandbar That Shows Up Only at Low Tide
The southernmost island in Kagoshima Prefecture, about 23 km from the northern tip of Okinawa's m...