We finally made it back to Japan for the first time since 1993! Timed to coincide with peak Cherry Blossom, we were fortunate with the weather - the only rain at night or while driving between destinations. First image is a map of Kyushu with most places on the trip identified. Some of the captions have links in. Our first stop was Yakushima, and then a clockwise roundtrip from Kagoshima through Kumamoto/Aso, Saga/Arita, Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima. The background music is from the CD of Beatles played by a Koto ensemble (see image 77)
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