From Tokyo, flights to Kitakyushu take about two hours. From there, you can reach Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures by the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train.

Kyushu's culinary offerings are as diverse as its landscapes. The region is famed for its fresh seafood, particularly in cities like Kagoshima and Saga. Local specialities such as Karashi Mentaiko ...

A quarter of them are concentrated in the seven prefectures of the western island of Kyushu: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima. Fukuoka has the most in the country ...