Japan Highlights

Editor's Choice: Japan Highlights

Explore Kyushu’s diverse landmarks, from the UNESCO-listed Oura Catholic Church and Glover Garden in Nagasaki to the modern architecture of the Kyushu National Museum. This selection features the Dutch-themed Huis Ten Bosch, the expansive wisteria tunnels of Kawachi Garden, and the 400-year-old stone-walled Tsuzura Rice Terraces. Coastal highlights include the marine life at Uminonakamichi and Pearl Sea Resort, alongside the authorized Moai statue replicas at Sun Messe Nichinan and the brick-built Tabira Church.

Editor's Choice: Japan Highlights — Karte

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Canal City

Canal City Hakata is a large shopping and entertainment complex in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Glover Garden

Glover Garden is a park in Nagasaki, Japan, built for Thomas Blake Glover, a Scottish merchant who contributed to the modernization of…

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Oura Catholic Church

The Oura Church or Oura Cathedral, officially the Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan, is a Catholic minor basilica and co…

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Huis Ten Bosch

Huis Ten Bosch is a theme park in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan which recreates the Netherlands by displaying life-sized copies of old Dutch…

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Marine World Uminonakamichi

Opened in 1989, this marine world features 70 aquariums full of marine animals and plants.

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Kyushu National Museum

The Kyushu National Museum opened on October 16, 2005, in Dazaifu near Fukuoka—the first new national museum in Japan in over 100 years,…

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Kawachi Wisteria Garden

Private garden featuring two 100-meter-long wisteria tunnels with over 20 species of flowering vines that typically bloom between late April and early May.

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Tsuzura Rice Terrace

Historic site featuring approximately 300 terraced rice fields supported by 400-year-old stone walls in the mountains of Ukiha.

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Tabira Church

Red brick Catholic church completed in 1918 and designed by architect Tetsukawa Yosuke. It is designated as a National Important Cultural Property.

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Sun Messe Nichinan

Coastal park featuring seven authorized Moai statue replicas, reconstructed with permission from Easter Island's elders to overlook the Pacific Ocean.

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Kujukushima Pearl Sea Resort

Marine resort featuring the Umi Kirara aquarium, dolphin performances, and boat tours through the 208 islands of the Kujukushima archipelago.