More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Giravanz is the local soccer team in Kitakyushu that lay at the stadium in Kokura. Their mascot is a seagull named Wavy. Matsu Beach is on...

Space World Space World was a big amusement park in Kitakyushu built around the theme of space. It opened in 1990 on land that had formerl...

Arata Isozaki 1933 - 2022 The famous Japanese architect Arata Isozaki passed away on December 28th, 2022. Born in Oita, Kyushu, in 1933, he...

The Kanmom Straits, one of the entrances into the Seto Inland Sea, separate Honshu and Kyushu, and at its narrowest is only about 800 me...

Following a miserable and rainy fourth day, day 5 was back to glorious weather. I didn't have too far to walk today, just from Yahat...

For this years vacation I flew out of Fukuoka airport so was able to spend the day exploring a bit of Kitakyushu before my flight. First I h...