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Honshu
KOKURA
Exploring Kyushu Katsumoto O-shima Nakama Kitakyushu
Iki Island
The northern tip of Kyushu is separated from Honshu Gonoura Nogata Suo-nada
only by the narrow Kanmon Straits, less than one SANYO SHINKANSEN NIPPO LINE Yukuhashi
kilometer (half a mile) wide in parts. The island’s mild Iizuka Tagawa Buzen
climate and geothermal character has created a land FUKUOKA FUKUOKA Nakatsu
Kunisaki
of undulating green countryside, ancient volcanic Yobuko Itoshima Kasuga Onojo USA Peninsula Kunisaki
cones, lava spills, hot-spring resorts, and lush, Karatsu DAZAIFU
subtropical vegetation. Amagi Hiko-san
1,200 m
SAGA Kitsuki
Hirado Matsuura NAGASAKI EXPRESSWAY Ogori ONTA
Taku
Hirado Island KURUME Hita OITA EXPRESSW A Y BEPPU
SAGA POTTERY Imari YOSHINOGARI
TOWN TOUR Saga Kurogi Oita
Takeo Okawa YUFUIN
KYUD AI LINE
Sasebo YANAGAWA Yame
NAGASAKI Kashima Ariake- Kuju-san Inukai Tsukumi
1,791 m
kai Yamaga USUKI STONE
Arikawa Omuta Mt Daikanbo OITA BUDDHAS
Matsubara Arao Kikuchi 940 m
G o t o - r e t t o Nakadori hanto Omura Isahaya SHIMABARA Tamana Koshi MOUNT ASO Taketa Saiki
Island
Narao
PENINSULA
Nishi-Sonogi-
Takamori Sobo-san
1,757 m
NAGASAKI Mount Unzen KUMAMOTO
1,486 m
East Uto TAKACHIHO
Fukue Fukue
Island China Kuchinotsu Misumi Hinokage
Sea KUMAMOTO Gokase-gawa
Nomo-zaki Nobeoka
Yatsushiro Kunimi-dake
Hondo 1,739 m
Kyushu-sanchi
Amakusa Hyuga
Islands KYUSHU EXPRESSWAY
Ichifusa-yama
Yunomae 1,727 m
Tsuno
Ushibuka
Minamata
Hitoyoshi
Naga-
shima Saito Takanabe
Izumi Okuchi HISATSU LINE MIYAZAKI
Akune Ebino Kobayashi
KIRISHIMA Miyazaki
NATIONAL
PARK MIYAZA KI EXPRE SS WAY
View over the rooftops of the historic port of Nagasaki
Sendai
Kajiki Kirishima
KYUSHU SHINKANSEN
Sights at a Glance y Mount Aso Koshiki Kushikino Miyakonojo
1 Kokura u Takachiho Island KAGOSHIMA
2 Usa i Nichinan Coast Hioki SAKURAJIMA VOLCANO Nichinan NICHINIAN
COAST
3 Beppu o Kirishima National Park
4 Yufuin p Kagoshima Tarumizu
5 Usuki Stone Buddhas a Sakurajima Volcano Kaseda KAGOSHIMA Shibushi Kushima
6 Fukuoka s Chiran Shibushi-
7 Dazaifu d Amami Island Key CHIRAN Kagoshima- Kanoya wan
wan
8 Kurume Expressway Satsuma-
hanto
9 Onta Tour Major road Makurazaki Ibusuki Uchinoura
0 Yanagawa w Saga Pottery Towns Tour Other road
q Yoshinogari Ruins Yamagawa
e Nagasaki pp244–7 Main railway Osumi-hanto
r Shimabara Peninsula Minor railway
t Kumamoto Border
For hotels and restaurants see p306 and pp334–6
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