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JR’s “Seven Stars in Kyushu” Luxury Sightseeing Train
The Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) is planning to launch a new luxury train service in October 2013 known as “Seven Stars in Kyushu.” They are referring to it in English as a “cruise train,” and much like a cruise … Continue reading
Posted in Kyushu, On Travel, Sightseeing
Tagged cruise, Fukuoka, Japan, Japan blog, JR, Kyushu, Kyushu blog, luxury, prefecture, rail, railroad, railway, Seven Star, Seven Stars, sightseeing, tour, tourism, tourist
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The Old Canals of Yanagawa
The former castle town of Yanagawa is most popular for its canal boat tours, during which guests are guided through a portion of the town’s remaining 470 km (292 mi.) of canals in poled donko-bune boats. Parts of this town … Continue reading
Posted in Near Fukuoka, Sightseeing
Tagged Ariake, blog, boat, canal, castle town, Fukuoka, garden, guide, historic, history, Japan, Nishitetsu, O-hana, Ohana, old, ride, river, Shotoen, sightseeing, Tachibana, tour, tourism, Yanagawa
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Gunkanjima: Nagasaki’s “Battleship Island” Ghost Town
Ghost towns are powerful spectacles. Because built environments are strong symbols human life, it is disconcerting to see a town completely abandoned, thrown away as if it were nothing–a fully built urban environment completely devoid of the residents it once … Continue reading
Posted in History/Culture, Kyushu, Sightseeing
Tagged abandoned, apocalyptic, Battleship Island, bay, boat, city, coal, dangerous, Fukuoka blog, ghost island, ghost town, guide, Gunkan jima, Gunkanjima, ha shima, Hashima, history, island, Japan, Kyushu, Kyushu blog, mine, miner, Mitsubishi, must-see, Nagasaki, Nagasaki City, Seaman Shokai, ship, sightseeing, tour, tourism, town, travel, typhoon, urban
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