KYUSHU<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Japan’s Southern Gateway<\/p><\/h2><\/div>
Kyushu sits closer to the Asian continent than to Tokyo, and that geography shaped everything. The oldest Japanese myths are set here. The first contacts with China, Korea, Christianity, and Western science all passed through this island. From Fukuoka’s urban energy to the volcanic interior of Kumamoto, the island-scattered coasts of Nagasaki, and the ancient forests of Kagoshima, the further south you travel, the more you feel the imprint of cultural exchange with the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>History & Heritage<\/h4><\/div>According to Japan’s oldest myths, it was here, on the peaks of Kirishima, that the grandson of the heavenly gods descended to earth, beginning the lineage that would become the imperial line. Dazaifu in Fukuoka served as the ancient gateway for diplomacy and trade with the Asian continent. From the arrival of firearms and Christianity in the sixteenth century to Nagasaki’s Dejima, Japan’s sole window to the West during the closed-country era, Kyushu absorbed the outside world so that the rest of Japan could learn from it. In the nineteenth century, it became the engine of the nation’s industrial modernization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Culture & Craft<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Culture & Craft<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Landscape & Adventure<\/h4><\/div>Mount Aso in Kumamoto contains one of the world’s largest inhabited calderas, where around 50,000 people live and farm the plains inside its rim while active craters vent steam above open grassland. Sakurajima in Kagoshima rises from the sea with frequent eruptions. Nagasaki holds Japan’s greatest number of islands with a coastline of rias, peninsulas, and island clusters. The Goto Islands, Iki, and Tsushima combine ancient forests with clear water, while Kujukushima’s 208 islands form one of the region’s most celebrated seascapes. Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, holds ancient cedar forests among the most distinctive in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Places to Stay<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
Japan’s Southern Gateway<\/p><\/h2><\/div>
Kyushu sits closer to the Asian continent than to Tokyo, and that geography shaped everything. The oldest Japanese myths are set here. The first contacts with China, Korea, Christianity, and Western science all passed through this island. From Fukuoka’s urban energy to the volcanic interior of Kumamoto, the island-scattered coasts of Nagasaki, and the ancient forests of Kagoshima, the further south you travel, the more you feel the imprint of cultural exchange with the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>History & Heritage<\/h4><\/div>According to Japan’s oldest myths, it was here, on the peaks of Kirishima, that the grandson of the heavenly gods descended to earth, beginning the lineage that would become the imperial line. Dazaifu in Fukuoka served as the ancient gateway for diplomacy and trade with the Asian continent. From the arrival of firearms and Christianity in the sixteenth century to Nagasaki’s Dejima, Japan’s sole window to the West during the closed-country era, Kyushu absorbed the outside world so that the rest of Japan could learn from it. In the nineteenth century, it became the engine of the nation’s industrial modernization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Culture & Craft<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Culture & Craft<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Landscape & Adventure<\/h4><\/div>Mount Aso in Kumamoto contains one of the world’s largest inhabited calderas, where around 50,000 people live and farm the plains inside its rim while active craters vent steam above open grassland. Sakurajima in Kagoshima rises from the sea with frequent eruptions. Nagasaki holds Japan’s greatest number of islands with a coastline of rias, peninsulas, and island clusters. The Goto Islands, Iki, and Tsushima combine ancient forests with clear water, while Kujukushima’s 208 islands form one of the region’s most celebrated seascapes. Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, holds ancient cedar forests among the most distinctive in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Places to Stay<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
According to Japan’s oldest myths, it was here, on the peaks of Kirishima, that the grandson of the heavenly gods descended to earth, beginning the lineage that would become the imperial line. Dazaifu in Fukuoka served as the ancient gateway for diplomacy and trade with the Asian continent. From the arrival of firearms and Christianity in the sixteenth century to Nagasaki’s Dejima, Japan’s sole window to the West during the closed-country era, Kyushu absorbed the outside world so that the rest of Japan could learn from it. In the nineteenth century, it became the engine of the nation’s industrial modernization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Culture & Craft<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Culture & Craft<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Landscape & Adventure<\/h4><\/div>Mount Aso in Kumamoto contains one of the world’s largest inhabited calderas, where around 50,000 people live and farm the plains inside its rim while active craters vent steam above open grassland. Sakurajima in Kagoshima rises from the sea with frequent eruptions. Nagasaki holds Japan’s greatest number of islands with a coastline of rias, peninsulas, and island clusters. The Goto Islands, Iki, and Tsushima combine ancient forests with clear water, while Kujukushima’s 208 islands form one of the region’s most celebrated seascapes. Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, holds ancient cedar forests among the most distinctive in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Places to Stay<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Culture & Craft<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Landscape & Adventure<\/h4><\/div>Mount Aso in Kumamoto contains one of the world’s largest inhabited calderas, where around 50,000 people live and farm the plains inside its rim while active craters vent steam above open grassland. Sakurajima in Kagoshima rises from the sea with frequent eruptions. Nagasaki holds Japan’s greatest number of islands with a coastline of rias, peninsulas, and island clusters. The Goto Islands, Iki, and Tsushima combine ancient forests with clear water, while Kujukushima’s 208 islands form one of the region’s most celebrated seascapes. Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, holds ancient cedar forests among the most distinctive in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Places to Stay<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
Kyushu’s craft identity is inseparable from fire, clay, and the influences that arrived by sea. Arita in Saga produced Japan’s first porcelain in the seventeenth century; its white-and-blue ware shaped the aesthetics of European ceramics that followed. Hakata-ori silk weaving and Satsuma Kiriko cut glass represent the same exacting tradition in different materials. Festivals here run at a different intensity: Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a flat-out race; Nagasaki Kunchi blends Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch influences into a single procession. In Takachiho, all-night kagura performances re-enact the myths of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Landscape & Adventure<\/h4><\/div>Mount Aso in Kumamoto contains one of the world’s largest inhabited calderas, where around 50,000 people live and farm the plains inside its rim while active craters vent steam above open grassland. Sakurajima in Kagoshima rises from the sea with frequent eruptions. Nagasaki holds Japan’s greatest number of islands with a coastline of rias, peninsulas, and island clusters. The Goto Islands, Iki, and Tsushima combine ancient forests with clear water, while Kujukushima’s 208 islands form one of the region’s most celebrated seascapes. Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, holds ancient cedar forests among the most distinctive in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Places to Stay<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
Mount Aso in Kumamoto contains one of the world’s largest inhabited calderas, where around 50,000 people live and farm the plains inside its rim while active craters vent steam above open grassland. Sakurajima in Kagoshima rises from the sea with frequent eruptions. Nagasaki holds Japan’s greatest number of islands with a coastline of rias, peninsulas, and island clusters. The Goto Islands, Iki, and Tsushima combine ancient forests with clear water, while Kujukushima’s 208 islands form one of the region’s most celebrated seascapes. Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, holds ancient cedar forests among the most distinctive in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Places to Stay<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Food & Cuisine<\/h4><\/div>Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Places to Stay<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
Kyushu’s food reflects an island that has always traded with the world. The region is one of Japan’s foremost producers of premium beef, pork, and chicken, all raised on volcanic soil. Shochu, distilled from sweet potato in Kagoshima, barley in Oita, and rice in Kumamoto, defines the drinking culture of the south. Fukuoka’s yatai street stalls remain one of the last surviving examples of open-air food culture in a major Japanese city. Hakata’s tonkotsu ramen is now one of Japan’s most globally recognized regional dishes, joined by Nagasaki’s champon and Kumamoto’s garlic-rich variant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Places to Stay<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture<\/p>\n<\/div>
Where Doing Nothing Becomes the Greatest Luxury.<\/p><\/h3><\/div>
An island of ancient shrines and hot springs that have flowed for fifteen centuries. Twelve rooms, each with a private open-air onsen opening onto the sea.<\/p>\n
\u30fb12 Rooms \u2014 All with private open-air onsen baths
\n\u30fbIsland Gastronomy \u2014 Iki seafood, Iki beef, Genkai Sea bounty
\n\u30fbOceanfront \u2014 Outstanding bay views from every room
\n\u30fbWellness \u2014 Onsen, all-hand spa treatments with local ingredients, fitness gym<\/p>\n
Michelin 5 Pavilions (2019) \u00b7 Member of Design Hotels & Marriott Bonvoy<\/p>\n
Access: 30 min by air from Nagasaki Airport | 70 min by jetfoil from Hakata Port (Fukuoka) *Complimentary transfers (advance reservation required)<\/p>\n<\/div>
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