Fukuoka, on the southern island of Kyushu, is one of the first places in Japan where the cherry blossoms flower. This year they will start to bloom around 21 March, 2020.
Tsunoshima is a small island located between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, off the famous city of Shimonoseki, to which it belongs administratively.
Yahata was first a city in its own right, before forming in 1963, two small districts of the brand new city of Kitakyushu, on the island in the south-west of Japan.
Uminonakamichi Seaside Park is a huge family-orientated park in Fukuoka City, Kyushu, featuring a wide range of flora and fauna and a lot of fun attractions for children.
Imagine: pink cherry blossoms and yellow rapeseed fields in the spring, fuchsia bougainvilleas plants in summer, the rose-red cosmos in autumn, and camellias and daffodils to brighten the win
The term Kaido (街道) in Japanese means a road, especially the old main roads of the Edo period. Fukuoka prefecture was and still is a relay point of this ancient route.
Located in the southwest of Fukuoka prefecture, the city of Yanagawa, surrounded by hundreds of canals navigable in gondolas, is known as the Venice of Kyushu.
Saga Castle: read a guide to Saga Castle in Saga Prefecture in Kyushu which was the base of the Nabeshima clan during the Edo period of Japanese history.
Mojiko (Moji Port): read a guide to the historic Moji Port in Kitakyushu where the historic waterfront has many 19th century and early 20th century buildings.
