KYUSHU, Japan – The little onsen ... the sacred and the everyday on these mountainous places. We head to summits for vistas of hidden Japan. And so we travel deeper into Japan each day.

If you read Kyushu's palms, you will find lines that run deep, telling vivid stories of Japan from a precious past ... on the outskirts of the city, is a place of pilgrimage for those seeking ...

MATSUURA, Nagasaki Prefecture—This city in northwestern Kyushu represents another municipality ... using a common meal eaten everywhere in Japan. But in Matsuura, the “Home of Aji Fry ...