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

Located in Yame city, Fukuoka prefecture, the 600-year-old Kurogi no Ofuji wisteria tree has so many flowers it even warrants its own festival. The namesake Yame Kurogi Wisteria Festival takes ...

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.

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 ...