7 Culture Cycling in Kinokura Bonson Lam Who would have thought that Kumamoto is the adventure capital of Kyushu? Here you can go snowboarding and earlier in the same...
Culture Kikuka Winery Marche 2025 Kim Bergström Taking place throughout Golden Week (April 29th through to May 5th), the Kikuka Wine Festival celebrates this much-loved beve...
Culture Taka-ashi-gani - The Japanese Spider Crab From Southern Japan Diego Mastromatteo The Japanese spider crab is an exceptional and little-known creature, but like many other unique species, it is at risk and n...
7 Culture The Quiet Oasis of Ashikita Taylor Bond Ashikita is an agricultural municipal located 90 minutes outside of Kumamoto City. The town is famous for its sweet citrus an...
Culture Tateyama Shoten Kathryn Wortley Boasting more than 140 years of history, Tateyama Shoten in Kumamoto Prefecture’s historic city of Hitoyoshi suits tea aficio...
Culture Kumamoto Castle Restoration Update Yui Yamaguchi Kumamoto City Government is planning to complete reconstruction of the outside of the castle tower by March 2021. It will be ...
6 Culture Katashiwa Inari Shrine Bonson Lam The shrines made be dressed with black banners and the maidens warming the crowds with sake, but do the sparrows and crows kn...
Culture Kitakinokura Yotsumiya Shrine Bonson Lam The shrine is located in Mifune, a land of rice fields, wheat and other crops, framed by high mountains and the odd grain sil...
12 Culture Kokuzo Shrine Ekaterina Bespyatova Kokuzo shrine is featured in the Engishiki, a thousand-year-old book from the Heian period. It's one of the oldest shrines in...
Culture Shimomiya Shrine Ekaterina Bespyatova Shimomiya Shrine in Aso might seem small and unremarkable, but it's home to a unique Shinto ritual that is classified as Impo...
