Kyushu travel notes (Summer 2019)
Travel notes I used to plan a trip around Kyushu in 2019.
- Kagoshima Trip – some nice drone movies: http://kagoshima-trip.jp
- Hyperdia – Train timetables – http://www.hyperdia.com/
- Japan Rail Pass: https://www.der-japan-rail-pass.de/pass-regional/kyushu/all-kyushu-area-pass/bestellung
Destinations
Saga
- Yutoku Inari-jinja Shrine. Saga Station, take the JR Kamome to Hizen-Kashima Station (20min), then bus Yutoku Inari-jinja (10min). https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/755/
Karatsu
- Karatsu castle
Nagasaki
Miyazaki
https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/353/
KOJ distance: 2:20 train timetable
Things to see:
- Aoshima – the cat island
- Heidawai Park
- Takacho
- Awato Imano Shrine
Sekinoo Falls
Somewhere between Kagoshima and Miyazaki. https://goo.gl/maps/aVTZmjQzswtPjRYK7
- https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/497/
- Nearest train station: Takarabe.
Nichinan
- https://www.japan.travel/en/destinations/kyushu/miyazaki/nichinan/
- Official city guide: https://www.kankou-nichinan.jp/english
- Obi – Kyoto of Kyushu (town)
- Obi Town is an old castle town that used to be home to some of Japan’s most powerful figures when Miyazaki was a big player in Japan.
- Udo-jingu Shrine (鵜戸神宮) Shrine: https://goo.gl/maps/VUkzN9XLUoMRdCTFA
- Amano Iwato-jinja Shrine
Hyuga
http://www.hyuga.or.jp/sightseeing?hl=en
- Umagase. Nippo Quasi National Park (日豊海岸国定公園). https://goo.gl/maps/D9pEyAvBTQ4ca6NcA
- Kanegahama beach 金ヶ浜海水浴場 : https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/622/
- Omi Shrine (大御神社)
- Okuragahama Beach
Koshikijima
- Drone videos http://kagoshima-trip.jp/be-en/1/
- Sightseeing Spots: https://matcha-jp.com/en/3981
- Nagame no Hama – a 4km long narrow beach – https://goo.gl/maps/HBPXP7noEAeQDVxXA
- Cliff and Unusual Rock Cruise – http://www.koshikijima.net/cruise/kanoko.html
- Sebi Kannon Mitaki (Waterfall and temple):
- Ferry plan :
- How to get there: https://veryjapanese.jp/kyushu/koshiki-islands/
- Bus: http://koshikijima.net/bus/bus-kami.html
- Electric bike rental: https://koshiki-tours.co.jp/959/
Ibusuki
- Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/ssG5jeDENj8xQdjq5
- Unagiike (lake)
- Ikedaike (lake)
Fukuoka
- Nanzoin Temple: Jumbo-Jet sized reclining Buddha statue. 21-min train ride from Fukuoka. https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/2167/
- Futamigura Beach
- Oronoshima
- Daisetsuzan National Park https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/650/
- Itoshima (beach): https://jw-webmagazine.com/little-known-heavenly-beach-in-japan-9c5848e6f05e/
- Fukuoka beach guide: https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/fukuoka-beach-guide/
Oita
Amami
- Tokunoshima (an island)
- Okinoerabujima (an island with some limestone caverns): https://matcha-jp.com/en/3865
Temples
- https://shunkoin.com
- https://medium.com/@ellenlouisefreeman/zen-meditation-retreats-japan-1dbdc7eeca4f
- https://terahaku.jp/
- https://www.japan.travel/en/guide/august/
- https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-guides/japan-travel-tips/
Beaches
- Iki (50 min with a ferry from Fukuoka): https://www.ana.co.jp/en/jp/tastesofjapan/kyushu/0019.html
- Beaches in Kyushu: http://www.japan-tour.jp/en/leisure-information/18139