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History of Fukuoka Castle

Despite Fukuoka castle being one of the all time great castles of Japan (I’m a bit biased as I live

If you’re a fan of Japanese history as I am I strongly suggest you visit the National Museum in Sakura

Thankyou to the new people who have followed me. I hope you can enjoy Japan as much as I do.

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