Kyushu is Japan’s third-largest island, and yet hardly anyone I know has been. It’s a total shame, because the region is ...

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Japan’s sidewalk restaurants, known as “yatai,” have almost entirely disappeared—except in Fukuoka, where they’ve undergone a ...

HITA, Japan -- Hita, located in the northern part of Kyushu Island's Oita prefecture, is a pleasant provincial town with glimpses of nearby hills and modest mountain peaks. It is a well-watered ...

SAGA -- A Japanese language school for international students has opened at a long-established inn in Saga Prefecture in southwestern Japan's Kyushu region, offering young university graduates ...

Instead, it is in Fukuoka City on Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu. Japanese reactions to the news of Nintendo Fukuoka’s opening on X included many congratulatory messages as well as ...