April 7, 2009 - 8:35 am by Him in Others
The Oita Prefectural skyline has long been dominated by a range of mountains in the west of the prefecture that wind their way down the spine of the nation’s southernmost main island of Kyushu which, when balanced against the drop-off of the ocean to the east of the island and the natural wonders that area [...]
April 16, 2008 - 2:39 pm by jason in Food, Others
I think I’ve found a new favourite city in Japan. Sapporo’s snow festival was great, Kyoto is beautiful, Tokyo is exciting and Yokohama has my favourite baseball team.
But Nagasaki seemed like a great place to live. There’s great food (though this is true of just about every city in Japan) - try the Saraudon for dinner in [...]
December 27, 2007 - 6:38 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Others, Travel
This is the world largest Torii (Shinto Shrine Gate), in Chijiwa of Nagasaki prefecture, East end of Kyushu, where Onsen (hot spring ), food, and nature is all so wonderful !
Torii gate is decorated in New Year celebration style.
This is the normal style :>
More information here (Japanese, but with many images)
Access
From Hakata Station (Fukuoka) , [...]
November 2, 2007 - 3:17 pm by akko@hakata in Others
Several stations from Nagasaki Station (JR) by Shimabara Line, you’ll arrive at Unzen-Shimabara area.
Obama onsen (hotspring) near Unzen is `Sea side hotspring’ with the hottest hotspring of 100 degree centigrade, and plenty of hotspring, 15,000 tons of hotspring per day !
On the sea hotspring.
The best way to enjoy Obama Onsen is to stay Ryokan(Japanese inn) [...]
September 12, 2007 - 5:10 pm by akko@hakata in Others, Travel
At the west-end of Japan, you’ll have an amazingly beautiful and unique view of Kuju-ku-shima (Kuju-ku means 99 and shima means islands, but there’re actually 208 islands, including mere rocks!), which is called Saikai Pearl Sea Resort!
What you can do here is,
1. Pearl-picking
Choose one of the pearl oysters,
Carefully, pick up the pearl.
Now the pearl [...]
