Best World Heritage Sites In Kyushu・Okinawa

Winter Event! A World Heritage Glover Garden's Illumination & The Night View Of NagasakiGlover Garden

Glover Garden was registered as a world heritage in 2015. In Christmas season, it's lit up and has different atmosphere than usual! You can see the night Nagasaki city illumination.◎Parking area is available near here. But its better for you to go to Oura Tenshu-dou Shita Station, then walk to Glover Garden. I took these photos in 2012, it has become more gorgeous now for such as projection mapping.

Rise and Fall, the Ruins that Recall Worker's Sprit at that time, Spotlighted Again as the World HeritageGunkanjima Island

The Hashima Island looks like a military ship. The ruins were the first apartments constructed of concrete in Japan and look weird now. But just the scenery of this World Heritage can recall worker's sprit in the coal mine at that time.

Breathtaking Panoramic View From The World HeritageKatsuren Castle

Even its decent figure standing on the mountain top is nice, the superb view from the 100meters high fascinates the traveler's hearts more than anything. In the castle site, you can enjoy virtual trip going back 600 years.

Great Nature Of Yakushima IslandYakushima Island

Yakushima Island registered as a world heritage site. I could enjoy trekking in the great nature completely surrounded with greens, which we can't experience in towns.

A Deep Red World HeritageShuri Castle

Ryukyu Kingdom's symbolic building. Its deep red gives a strong impression against the background of the blue sky in Okinawa. You must-see spot in Okinawa.

The Fantastic Illumination At A Munakata Taisha Nakatsu Shrine, A Birth Place Of Star Festival In JapanMunakata Taisha Nakatsu Shrine

Munakata Taisha Nakatsu Shrine is located at Oshima Island, and one of the elements of a world heritage 'Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region'. It's said to be a birth place of Star Festival legend in Japan, and during the festival, people are fascinated with the fantastic atmosphere in the precinct illuminated by bamboo lanterns.