37. The Kyushu Region

The Kyushu Region is the southernmost region of Japan and stretches from the main island of Kyushu down to Okinawa. Join Jason and Paul as they discuss the many sights to see and things to do in the Kyushu Region!

Topics Covered:

• Mount Aso

• Kitakyushu: Kawachi Wisteria Garden — Kokura Castle — Kitakyushu Manga Museum — Aruaru City — TOTO Museum

• Fukuoka: Yatai (Food Stalls) — Castle Ruins — Ohori Park — Sumo Tournament — Canal City Hakata (Shopping Mall) — Shofukuji Temple — Uminonakamichi Seaside Park — Seaside Momochi — Hakata Machiya Folk Museum — Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine — Kyushu National Museum

• Oita: Beppu Onsen — Takasaki Mountain — Usuki

• Nagasaki: Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) — Nagasaki Peace Park — Mount Inasayama — Glover Garden — Suwa Shrine — Dejima — Huis Ten Bosch

• Kumamoto: Kumamoto Castle — Suizenji Jojuen Garden

• Miyazaki: Ikime Burial Mounds — Udo Shrine — Kaeda Valley — Obi Castle Town — Takachiho Gorge

• Kagoshima: Yakushima

• Okinawa: Naha — Kokusaidori Street — Shuri Castle — Former Japanese Navy Underground HQ — Fukushuen Garden — Churaumi Aquarium — Kerama Islands — Yaeyama Islands (Taketomi Island, Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island)