We were standing in the open, wood-paneled kitchen of Mirukashi Salon, a hyper-seasonal culinary retreat set in the hilly countryside of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands.

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 ...

Kyushu is a region where the traditional skills of kenjutsu – Japanese swordsmanship – remain deeply embedded, with more dojo (practice halls) for kendo than anywhere else in Japan.

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 ...

Tucked away in the mountain range of the Saga Prefecture, on the western island of Kyushu, Ureshino is home to some of Japan’s most coveted onsens, run by more than 30 hotels and ryokans ...

Different localities have their own unique flavors. Western Japan's Kyushu region is known for its distinctly sweet soy sauce, which has a surprisingly recent history. Japan has more than 1,000 ...