KYUSHU
Fukuoka
To Do:
Ohori Park
Kushida-jinja shrine
Fukuoka Tower
Fukuoka Castle ruins
Canal City Hakata
Uminonakamichi Seaside Park
Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine
Momochi Seaside Park
To Eat:
yatai (food stalls)
Hakata tonkotsu ramen
mentaiko (spicy cod roe)
nagahama ramen
gyoza
motsu nabe (offal stew)
mizutaki (hot pot)
chimaki (rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaf)
ikinari dango (rice cake with sweet potato and red bean paste)
Saga
To Do:
Saga Castle Ruins
Yutoku Inari shrine
Yoshinogari Historical Park
Kiyomizu waterfall
To Eat:
yobuko ika (live squid sashimi)
Saga wagyu beef
ureshinocha (Saga tea)
onsen yudofu (hot spring tofu)
shishirian rice (Sicilian rice)
dagojiru (miso soup)
yude takezaki gani (boiled blue crab)
kankoi (koi fish sashimi)
Saga sake
warasubo (eel goby)
yokan (red bean jelly)
Nagasaki
To Do:
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Inasa-yama Park
Peace Park
Glover Garden
Suwa Shrine
Hashima Island
Dejima
To Eat:
kakuni (simmered pork belly)
sasebo burger
Nagasaki beef
guzouni (mochi rice soup)
tai meshi (sea bream with rice)
Nagasaki champon
Sara udon
toruko rice
castella
Kumamoto
To Do:
Kumamoto Castle
Suizenji Jojuen Garden
Josaien
Kato Shrine
Kumamon Square
Kumamoto Zoo and Botanical Gardens
To Eat:
basashi (horse sashimi)
Kumamoto ramen
ikinari dango (rice cake with sweet potato and red bean paste)
akagyu burger
karashi renkon (lotus root stuffed with mustard and miso paste)
taipien (vermicelli noodle soup)
chosen amen (similar to mochi)
Kuma shochu
Oita
To Do:
Oita Marine Palace Aquarium
Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden
Oita Prefectural Art Museum (OPAM)
Usa jingu
Harajiri Falls
Takegawara Onsen
Tanoura beach
To Eat:
toriten (chicken tempura)
ryukyu (sashimi with speceial shoyu sauce)
Kokonoe yume pork cutlet
gelato
Jigoku-mushiyaki pudding
Miyazaki
To Do:
Miyazaki jingu shrine
Udo Shrine
Takachiho Gorge
Miyazaki Heiwadai Park
To Eat:
chicken nanban
hiyajiru (cold miso soup)
kamaage udon
Miyazaki beef
mango
Miyazaki chicken (charcoal grilled chicken)
nanjakora daifuku (mochi with red bean paste)
hyuganatsu (similar to lemon and yuzu)
Kagoshima
To Do:
Sengan-en
Sakurajima
Kagoshima City Museum of Meiji Restoration
Yonohira Observation Deck
Mt Shiroyama
To Eat:
Kagoshima ramen
katsuobushi (bonito flake)
satsuma-age (fish cake)
Satsuma shochu
torisashi (chicken sashimi)
Satsuma-imo (sweet potatoes)
Kurobuta (black pork)
kibinago (silver herring)
Okinawa
To Do:
Shurijo Castle
Okinawa World
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
American Village
Cape Manzamo
Kokusai-dori
Peace Memorial Park
Ishigaki
Kouri Bridge View Point
To Eat:
agu pork
beni imo (purple sweet potatoes)
Okinawa soba
taco rice
goya champuru (bitter gourd stir fry with egg)
hirayachi (savory pancake)
rafute (pork belly)
Spam onigiri
mimiga (pig ears)
umibudo (sea grapes)
sukugarasu (pickled fish on tofu)
yushi dofu (soft tofu)
jimami dofu (peanut tofu)
tofuyo (fermented tofu)
abura miso
sata andagi (Okinawan donut)
chinbin (black sugar pancake)
chinsuko (oval cookies)
Okinawa ice cream
shikuwasa (green citrus fruit)