Culture Chikugo Sake Festa 2025 Oct 11th - Oct 12th The two-day Chiguko Sake Festa celebrates the area's longstanding sake culture, and attendees can enjoy tasting and comparing..
Culture Kurume Ueki Festival 2026 Late Feb - Mid Mar The Kurume Ueki Festival includes a number of local vendors gathering together to exhibit and sell 100,000 plants in approximately..
Culture Sumo Practice in Dazaifu Isamu Yoneda Hidden behind Dazaifu's main sites, is a lesser known one where men train their special art everyday to the point of brutal..
Historical Shofuku-ji Temple in Hakata Tony Mariani Shofuku-ji Temple is the first home of Zen Buddhism in Japan, as well as the starting point for tea.
Culture Kurume City Cosmos Festival 2025 Late Oct Held in October each year, the Kurume City Cosmos Festival is one of the region's most popular autumn events. A stretch of the..
Culture Yawata Steel Works Jaclynn Seah Visit a UNESCO World Heritage site and learn about the role Kitakyushu played in Japan's rise in modern industrialization
Culture Kokura Castle Complex Tristan Scholze Kokura, the center of Kitakyushu, boasts Kokura Castle, the castle's Japanese Garden, a major shopping mall, a market, and several..
Culture Discover Kyushu Lisa Wallin Discover the natural and cultural wonders of Kyushu. Find out what makes the prefectures Saga, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto,..
