Explore the History
of the Pacific
Historical sites of Kyushu
Nagasaki Peace Park,
Nagasaki, Japan
Kyushu 九州 is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands. This region is comprised of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima Prefectures. The Sea of Japan borders Kyushu to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the south and east. Kyushu is separated from the Republic of Korea by the Tsushima Strait.
The cities of Kyushu include Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Kurume, Miyazaki, Oita, Saga, and Sasebo, among others.
The second and last atomic bomb used in combat was dropped on Nagasaki. There is U.S. Navy base at Sasebo, which is also home to JMSDF Region Headquarters. JASDF Region Headquarters is located in Kasuga Air Base in Fukuoka. The JGSDF's Western Army is headquartered in Kumamoto.
Officially, the Ryukyu islands and Okinawa are included in the Kyushu region, but they have been separated on this website for ease of understanding. The Island chain stretches south-southwest from Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu toward the northeast tip of Taiwan.
Fukuoka Prefecture 福岡県
Official Fukuoka Travel Guide
The Museum Without a Roof
Battleship Breakwater Memorial Monument
Kitakyushu Environmental Museum
Mongolian Invasion Historical Museum
Bateiwa - Horshoe Rock (Mythical Japanese Historical site)
Kanmon Strait Live Museum
Kitakyushu museum of natural history
Excavated remains from Kokura Castle
Battle of Tsushima War Memorial
Shirashima Museum
Kyushu Railway History Museum
Higashida Museum Park - Space Labo
Detailed Kitakyushu City Guide
Cannon Fort Site (Windmill Observatory)
JASDF Kasuga Air Base
Bateiwa - Horshoe Rock (Mythical Japanese Historical site)
Other things to see in Fukuoka
World Peace Pagoda
Moji Castle Ruins
Hibikinada Breakwater (former IJN destroyer Hibiki)
Yahata Imperial Steel Works Former Head Office
Yahata Imperial Steel Works former Head Office Viewing Space
Higashida Blast Furnace No.1 Historic Square
Yahata Imperial Steel Works Repair Shop
Monument to those who died while working at Yahata Steelworks
Bust of Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Higashi Park
Emperor Kameyama Statue - Higashi Park
Miura Cave
Chikuzen Oshima Kanzaki Lighthouse
Battle of Tsushima War Memorial - Oshima Island
Community Center and Local History Museum - Oshima
Oronoshima Island
Remains of the Old Imperial Japanese Army Fort
Former Imperial Japanese Navy Outpost Ruins
Second Gunpowder Storehouse Site
Saga Prefecture 佐賀県
Official Saga Tourism
Saga University Art Museum
Former Koga Bank (Saga City Cultural Museum)
Birthplace of Japanese Tea 栄西禅師像
Saga Castle Ruins
Saga Prefectural Space & Science Museum
Muraoka Sohonpo Yokan Museum
Saga Prefectural Art Museum
Chiba Castle
Shiota River Port
Other things to see in Saga
Ruins of Seiri Koga's Former Residence
Gisukehira Cave
Nagasaki Prefecture 長崎県
Discover Nagasaki
Tsushima Local Promotion Association
JMSDF Sasebo Museum Sail Tower
Yoshiwara Ruins
Iwasaka Kannon Temple
Kamiya Ruins
Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. 4th Dock (former Imperial Japanese Navy Sasebo Naval Arsenal 7th Dock)
The Imperial Japanese Navy Sasebo Naval Defense Nakiri Jetty on Kuroshima Island
Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo
Uragashira Repatriation Memorial Peace Park
Nagasaki Peace Park
Inozaki and Battery Remains - Tsushima
Toya-jo Castle Ruins
Nikko Shrine and Nikko Jinguji Temple Ruins
Remains of Ino Tadataka's Residence
Remains of the Imperial Japanese Navy Sasebo Naval Guard Nakiri Battery on Kuroshima Island
Geihinkan Museum
Onadatasho Historical Site
Ishiharadake Forest Park (Ishiharadake Fort)
Special Submarine Base Ruins
Statue of Shinran Shonin
Sakiyama Ruins
Remains of the Sogi Hoshi residence
Sasebo City Guide
Remains of the Imperial Japanese Navy Sasebo Naval Defense Higashi Battery Facility on Kuroshima Island
Kanjiga Castle Ruins
Jinya Stone Storehouse
Sound Shower Museum
Tategami Weapon Warehouses 旧佐世保鎮守府 武庫倉庫群（立神煉瓦倉庫群）
Other things to see in Nagasaki
Statue of Shinran Shonin - Udogoe Park
Lookout at Kamishima-Cho
Giant Ako Tree - Kuroshima Island
Deguchi Family Monument - Kuroshima Island
Ishida（Fukue）Castle Ruins - Goto Island
Tomie Lava Cave - Goto Island
Ikeshima Coal Mine - Ikeshima Island
Tsushima
Fureai Dokoro Tsushima
Ruins of Ofunae
Tsushima Museum
Ruins of Kaneishi Castle
Kokubunji temple gate
Shiga No Hana Battery
The large cedar tree of Banshoin Temple
Ruins of Shimizuyama Fortress Ninomaru
Ruins of Shimizusan castle
Former Nariai-ji Temple grounds
Niso Burial Mounds
Kaneda Fortress Ruins
Imozaki and Battery Remains
Shima Sakon's Grave
Yakuma Tower
Giant Cycad of Tozu, Tsushima
Kamimizaka Fort
Reference site for Emperor Antoku's Sasu tomb
Tsutsusaki Lighthouse
Kanzaki Lighthouse
Golden Fountain
Special submarine base ruins
Kumamoto Prefecture 熊本県
Official Kumamoto Tourism
Kikuchi Takeshige Shrine
Shimada Museum
Nagabeta Seabed Road
Musashizuka Park
Chiba Castle (Musashi’s residence)
Jakushin's Camphor Tree
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art Chibajo Branch
Reigando Cave - Where Miyamoto Musashi spent the last year of his life
Other things to see in Kumamoto
Musashi statue that brings good luck
Kumamoto Prefectural Library Site Monument
Oita Prefecture 大分県
Discover Oita
Kifune Castle
Beppu City Art Museum
Museum of Shozo Ise
Jigoku Onsen Museum
Kitsuki Castle
Hells of Beppu
Hiji Castle Ruins
Oita Fragrance Museum
Other things to see in Oita
Seven Hells of Beppu
Miyazaki Prefecture 宮崎県
Miyazaki Prefecture Tourism
Tower of Peace
Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History
Keisei Shrine
Miyazaki Jingu
Miyazaki Castle Ruins 宮崎城跡
Oyodo River Study Center
Aya Castle
Miyazaki Cultural Promotion Associaton 生目の杜遊古館（宮崎市埋蔵文化財センター）
Other things to see in Miyazaki
Shimokitakata Tomb
瓜生野古墳案内板 - Uryuno Tomb
Ikume Tomb Group
Kagoshima Prefecture 鹿児島県
Kagoshima Official Travel Guide
Tourist Information Center
Shibuya Shigechika Gravestone
Togo Heihachiro Tomb
Statue of Ainoshin Togo
Miyama Bamboo Forest Road
Former Foreign Minister Togo Shigenori Memorial Museum
Bronze statue of Saigo Takamori's beloved dog, Tsun
Kagoshima City Tourist Guide
Buddha carved into living rock
Kosekiji Temple Ruins
Admiral Heihachiro Togo's Birthplace
Saigo Takamori's Birthplace
The tomb of Shozaemon Choso and Genpoami Murata
Reimeikan - Kagoshima History Museum and Fine Arts Center
Satsuma Students Museum
Sutra mound and Acala statue
Dodaira Kiln Site
Museum of the Meiji Restoration
Bronze Statue of Saigo Takamori
Marutake Armor Museum and Shop
Shimazu Toshihisa of Togo and those who died (built 1742)
Other things to see in Kagoshima
Statue of Heihachiro Togo - Tagayama Park
南瀬山之口の虚空蔵菩薩像 Statue of Kokuzo Bosatsu at Minami Yamaguchi