Kyushu Features

Kyushu Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Kyushu
  

  Diverse Cities: Fukuoka has free-wheeling nightlife, Nagasaki radiates old-world charm, Kumamoto's castle contrasts with traffic-heavy streets... read more

• August 9, 1945
  

  On August 9, 1945, two days after the blast at Hiroshima, Nagasaki fell victim to a second atomic bomb because of bad weather. The plane, named... read more

• On the Menu
  

  The most celebrated dish in Fukuoka is tonkotsu ramen, a strongly flavored pork-bone-based soup with extra-thin noodles, scallions, and strips... read more

• In the Footsteps of the "Last Samurai"
  

  As Tom Cruise publicly noted about his film The Last Samurai, it was not the character he portrayed, Nathan Algren, who was the true hero of... read more