NorthWest WaArita ware
Porcelain from Arita (Imari ware for export); one of Japan's great ceramic traditions.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
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Kyushu and Okinawa: onsen, food and travel directory
Prefectures
Fukuoka
Kyushu's lively gateway, famous for yatai food stalls and tonkotsu ramen.…
6 listings →Saga
Porcelain towns and silky onsen.…
5 listings →Nagasaki
A port city of hills and churches, shaped by centuries of trade with the outside world.…
6 listings →Kumamoto
Kumamoto Castle, Mt. Aso's huge caldera and Kurokawa's onsen.…
3 listings →Oita
Japan's onsen prefecture: Beppu's steam and Yufuin's calm.…
4 listings →Miyazaki
Mythic gorges, surf beaches and sunshine.…
1 listings →Kagoshima
An active volcano across the bay, sand baths and shochu.…
3 listings →Okinawa
Tropical islands with their own culture, food and long lives.…
8 listings →Listings in Kyushu and Okinawa
Arita ware (Arita town tourism)
Arita, birthplace of Japanese porcelain in the 1600s.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Awamori
Okinawa's distilled spirit, made from Thai-indica rice and aged in clay pots.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Beppu
Oita city with one of the world's largest volumes of hot-spring water, famous for its 'hells' and steam.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Beppu Jigoku Meguri
Tour of Beppu's colourful boiling 'hells' (for viewing, not bathing).
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Chinsuko shortbread
Crisp lard shortbread biscuits; Okinawa's classic sweet meibutsu.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Dazaifu Tenmangu
Shrine to the god of learning, famous for umegae mochi.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Fukusaya (castella)
Nagasaki castella sponge-cake maker founded in 1624.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Hakata Gion Yamakasa
July festival in Fukuoka ending in a dawn race carrying one-tonne floats.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Hakata mentaiko
Spicy cured pollock roe; Fukuya helped popularise this Hakata speciality.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Huis Ten Bosch
Dutch-style theme park town in Sasebo.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Ibusuki
Kagoshima seaside town known for sand baths.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Ichiran
Hakata tonkotsu ramen chain known for solo 'flavour concentration' booths.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Ippudo
Ramen chain founded in Fukuoka in 1985, known for tonkotsu ramen.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Kumamoto Castle
Great Kyushu castle being restored after the 2016 earthquakes.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Kurokawa Onsen
Kumamoto mountain village known for its rotenburo (open-air bath) pass.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Nagasaki castella
Portuguese-inspired sponge cake perfected in Nagasaki since the early 1600s.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Nagasaki tourism (Lantern Festival)
Official Nagasaki tourism site covering the winter Lantern Festival and more.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Naha tourism (Great Tug-of-War)
Official Naha tourism site covering the October Great Tug-of-War and other events.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Huge aquarium with whale sharks.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Orion Beer
Okinawa's hometown lager; the Nago factory offers tours when open.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Orion Beer (Nago factory)
Okinawa's local brewery with factory tours.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Sakurajima (Kagoshima City)
Active volcano across the bay from Kagoshima city.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Shuri Castle
Ryukyu Kingdom palace site, under reconstruction after the 2019 fire.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Takeo Onsen
Saga hot spring with a vermilion gate designed by Tatsuno Kingo.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Unzen Onsen
Nagasaki volcanic hot spring with steaming 'hells'.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Ureshino Onsen
Saga onsen town known for silky water and green tea.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
Yufuin Onsen
Oita onsen village at the foot of Mt. Yufu, with galleries and quiet ryokan.
Source: Official website · Verified 2026-10-15
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