Towards Takeo Onsen

Towards Takeo Onsen

What? The Kyushu Olle Takeo (九州オルレ武雄コース) walking course leads you around Takeo town (武雄市) and its surr...

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Nothing to Do in Saga...?

Nothing to Do in Saga...?

What? Saga (佐賀市) is little known even in Japan, apart from its International Balloon Festival held ev...

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Karatsu Walking Course

Karatsu Walking Course

What? The Kyushu Olle Karatsu course (九州オルレ唐津コース) is a walking course of approximately 11 kilometers ...

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Yoshinogari - Ancient Settlements

Yoshinogari - Ancient Settlements

What? Yoshinogari Historical Park (吉野ヶ里歴史公園) is a huge park encompassing a large archeological excavat...

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Prison Life in Abashiri

Prison Life in Abashiri

What? The Abashiri Prison Museum (博物館網走監獄) is the only museum of its kind in Japan. The prison was con...

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Mount Oe - There where Demons Reside

Mount Oe - There where Demons Reside

What? Mount Oe (大江山) is a series of peaks in the small village of Oe, now fully incorporated in Fukuch...

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Takarazuka

Takarazuka

What? Takarazuka (宝塚) is a city most famous for its all-female musical theater troupe. Take any line ...

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The Rolling Hills of Soni Highland

The Rolling Hills of Soni Highland

What? Soni Kogen (曽爾高原) is a man made highland deep inside Nara Prefecture (奈良県). The high season is...

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Mount Yamato Katsuragi

Mount Yamato Katsuragi

What? Mount Yamato Katsuragi (大和葛城山) is a 959 meters high mountain in the Kansai area. It is most famo...

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Naoshima Art Mecca

Naoshima Art Mecca

What? Naoshima (直島) is one of those places that nobody ever heard of 10 years ago. Now it figures in p...

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Nagasaki Kunchi - Festival Fever

Nagasaki Kunchi - Festival Fever

What? Nagasaki (長崎) is a port city located in the west of Kyushu (九州), making it one of the nearest pl...

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Gunkanjima - Industrial Revolution Out of Control

Gunkanjima - Industrial Revolution Out of Control

What? Gunkanjima (軍艦島) – officially called Hashima (端島) – is an island off the coast of Nagasaki (長崎)...

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