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Yoshinogari – Historical Yayoi Park, Saga, Kyushu

Yoshinogari is a a large moated town from the Yayoi Period (300BC-300AD). The Yoshinogari Yayoi ruins were found in 1986

For about a year I have wanted to visit Hara Castle ruins. I first heard of Hara castle when I

Spring is here and it’s car show season in Japan. I haven’t done this before but I’m going to showcase

I have been to the Sapporo Beer factory a few times but the mission was always to eat as much

I visited Akizuki castle ruins last Thursday. It was a nice drive from Fukuoka. The region of Asakura city quite

Scanning photos today I found another early map of Fukuoka. I think I took this in the archaeology center in

A statue of Shiro Amakusa. The young Christian rebel who rose up and led a rebellion against the Tokugawa Shogunate.

I have been living in Fukuoka city now for about a year and I’m slowly learning more about this great

A few years ago I wrote about the history of Kendo. I recently updated the post and submitted it as

During the ‘isolation period’ of Japan also known as the Edo Period a few nations were still allowed to trade

While I was living in Kumamoto one of things I really wanted to do is visit the cave Musashi Miyamoto

History of the Japanese Tea Ceremony Drinking of green tea was known in China from the fourth century. Tea plants

I’m delighted to let you know that I am now writing articles for http://www.taiken.co. This is a link for my

A couple of weeks ago I visited Raizan Sennyoji in Itoshima. Itoshima is a nice little country suburb a little

Miyamoto Musashi Died On June 13, 1645. Considered one of the greatest samurai of all time, Miyamoto Musashi’s reputation has