Seeing Japan Through a Train Window Japan Travel throughout Kyushu and also access to the shinkansen between Hakata and Kagoshima-chuo
Activities Route 45 and the Sanriku Coast Malcome Larcens Just on the edge of town is Kabushima (蕪島), until last year, there was
Culture Obi Town - the 'Kyoto of Kyushu' Iain Stanley city, the drive takes about an hour and from the popular seaside town of Aoshima
Food Nagayama Honten [Closed] Tom Roseveare tempura, ¥650 Chicken nanban from Miyazaki, ¥580 Satsuma-age fishcakes from Kagoshima
7 Culture Mizuakari Festival in Kumamoto [Closed] Justin Velgus Lanterns line the streets near Kumamoto Castle from Sakura-machi to Karashima Park.
Food Nick Stock [Closed] Japan Travel The hot dogs are the standout item, using chaminton pork from Kagoshima
Food Mizutamaya Cafe [Closed] Bonson Lam Yayoi Kusama’s sculptures which you will find in abundance in neighboring Naoshima
15 Culture Kabushima Peter Sidell Near Hachinohe in Japan's Aomori prefecture, Kabushima is a small rocky outcrop, home to a shinto shrine and a colony of 40,000 seagulls