7 Culture Mizuakari Festival in Kumamoto [Closed] Justin Velgus Every year in October the Mizuakari Festival brightens the night with 54,000 lights. Lanterns line the streets near Kumamoto C..
Food Ura Cafe [Closed] Mandy Bartok Ura Cafe offers coffee, cake and all-day eats at a location a stone's throw from the Kyushu Expressway.
Culture HANA Stage Production 2026 Apr 11th - Apr 19th A uniquely immersive piece of festival theater is heading to Kyushu for the first time this spring. Warabiza's non-verbal stage..
Culture Kurume Music Festival 2026 Sunday - Mar 8th The Kurume Music Festival is a free outdoor music event that transforms the center of Kurume City into a walkable celebration of..
Activities Ebino Ikemeguri Nature Trail Tristan Scholze Hike through mountainside forests and around volcanic crater lakes in Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park.
13 Culture Tochoji Temple in Hakata Tony Mariani It is said that Tocho-ji temple in Hakata was dedicated to the Buddhist saint Kukai who built it in 806. The feudal lords of Fukuoka..
Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2026 Mid Jun The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred years:..