Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Kyushu
Japan's third-largest island, a volcanic land of Mt Aso, Beppu hot springs, Fukuoka and Nagasaki's trading history.
- Formation
- volcanic arc; Mt Aso caldera, Kirishima volcanic chain, Sakurajima
- Population
- 12.8M
- Water
- Pacific Ocean
- Access
- easy
Every required movement
The passage
to Kyushu.
Fly to Fukuoka (FUK) or Kagoshima (KOJ); Sanyo/Kyushu Shinkansen from Honshu; ferries from Osaka, Korea (Busan).
- 01Fukuoka Airport (FUK)
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
JR Kyushu Jet Ferry (Busan-Hakata); Meimon Taiyo Ferry (Osaka-Kitakyushu).
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
Japan visa-exemption for many nationalities.
Schedule or condition may change · verify
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What the chart cannot hold
What becomes visible when you follow mt aso caldera beyond the familiar map?
Southernmost of Japan's four principal islands and considered a birthplace of Japanese civilization. Industrial north around Kitakyushu-Fukuoka contrasts with the volcanic resort landscapes of the south.
Ancient Tsukushi/Na state with early continental contact; nine Ritsuryo provinces (the 'nine provinces'); Satsuma and other great domains in the feudal era; gateway for Portuguese trade at Nagasaki; heavy WWII damage (Nagasaki atomic bombing 1945).
Field ledger
The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 32.80° N · 131.00° E
- Sovereignty
- Japan · part of country
- Nearest mainland
- Honshu across the Kanmon Straits (bridge/tunnel link); ~200 km to Korea via Tsushima Strait
- Best recorded window
- March-May (spring), October-November (autumn).
- Permits / entry
- Japan visa-exemption for many nationalities.
- Languages
- Japanese
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