If Japan is on your list to visit, you should consider visiting the southwestern region of Kyushu. It includes the neon-drenched cityscapes of Fukuoka and Nagasaki, the bubbling hot springs of Beppu, ...

Kyushu is the third-largest island in Japan and is located in the southwestern part of the country. It is one of the four main islands of Japan, along with Honshu (where Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Japan’s southernmost main island, Kyushu, is a land deeply connected to ...

Kyushu is Japan’s third-largest island, and yet hardly anyone I know has been. It’s a total shame, because the region is packed with endless greenery, steamy hot springs, terraced rice fields, and ...

One February afternoon, I pulled on rubber boots and followed the writer and photographer Prairie Stuart-Wolff into a weed-choked gully not far from her rural home in northern Kyushu, the southernmost ...

JR Kyushu has started a special train decorated with Super Mario characters. The "Super Mario Train" runs between Hakata Station in the city o･･･ ...

Cultural Crossroads, is a 10-day, nine-night easy walking journey through two historic west Kyushu prefectures long known as ...

Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) has begun operating a train decorated with characters from Nintendo Co.'s popular ...

Japan's Kyushu Railway Company, or JR Kyushu, said Monday that it will withdraw from the passenger ship business operated by a subsidiary. The business is run by JR Kyushu Jet Ferry, which covered up ...