Kyushu

It was like waking up from a dream. Three decades of fishing flashed before me as I looked over the rail and locked eyes with the...

The cold season was just starting, so I pulled out my worn jacket from last year. I stick my hands in the pockets and find an old ...

The lush island of Yakushima boasts the nation’s highest annual rainfall, Kyushu's tallest mountain and is said to be inhabited b...

Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido is famous for amazing views, yet far south, the Aso area rivals its magnificence. Fro...

A towering pier, a concrete yellowish block under the evening sunshine; what a powerful view. The “Gunkan” (Battleship) Island was...

Nakatsu is a small city of 85,000 in Kyushu’s Oita Prefecture about halfway between the famous hot springs of Beppu to the ea...

Rising fuel prices, a declining fish population and diminishing returns conspire to against one of Japan’s living cultural treasu...

“Who needs a career when all you wanna do is go fishing?” That’s what I ask myself whenever I think about how disinterested I am ...