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 :
  • https://www.koshikisho.co.jp/application/files/7515/5286/7673/2019.3.pdf
  • https://www.koshikisho.co.jp/timetable
• 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