Yanagawa City in Fukuoka Prefecture is a town that once prospered around Yanagawa Castle. Its defensive moats have been ...

If you’re burnt out on the Tokyo–Kyoto–Osaka tourist circuit and craving something less overrun, Fukuoka is a breath of fresh ...

Marigolds in full bloom are seen at Nokonoshima Island Park as an employee tends to the flowers, in Fukuoka's Nishi Ward on June 6, 2021. (Mainichi/Minoru Kanazawa) =Click/tap photo for more images.

The shrub, with its often fuzzy evergreen leaves and funnel-shaped flowers, is a fixture of private ... from subtropical Fukuoka to temples in the middle of Tokyo to the mountains of Hokkaido.

A purification pool in the temizuya building at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture is filled with hydrangea until June 16. The stone basin, at 6 meters in width and 2 meters in height ...

(Mainichi/Junko Adachi) KURUME, Fukuoka -- The man who planted banana ... had clusters of green fruits above reddish-purple flowers. The tropical plants, managing to survive despite being in ...