History of Far East

Touring the island in a rented car (available at each port) will enable you to see a lot within two or three days -- Iki is, after all, only 17 km long and 15 km wide. Cyclists will have to limit themselves to one or two corners of the island, unless...

Shimazu Sukenaga Shimazu Hisatsune Tadamune Satsuma (薩摩国; -no Kuni) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu . Its abbreviation is Sasshū (薩州). During the Sengoku period, Satsuma was a fief...

Daimyo of Hyuga : North : Ito (1390-1572) /Tsuchimochi / Otomo the Christian (1572-1578/83) /Shimazu (1583-1587)/Takahashi South :Ito (1390- 1583)/Shimazu (1583-1587-1600) Battle of Kizakibara 1572 Ito Yoshisuke (hyuga) vs Shimazu Yoshihisa Matsuo Castle...

Daimyo of Bunzen : Moji/Kii (1525- 1560)/Otomo (1572-1587) Buzen (豊前国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan in northern Kyushu , which bordered on Bungo and Chikuzen provinces . Today the area is the eastern part of Fukuoka prefecture , including some...

Ancient time In the age of the ancient burial mounds, ancient style burial mounds are built in the area of Jyonan Town and the Uto Peninsula, and more burial mounds were built centering keyhole-shaped mounds in the areas in Aso Valley, Kikusui Town, and...

Daimyo of Bungo : Otomo (1390-1587) Bungo (豊後国; Bungo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in eastern Kyushu , which bordered on Buzen , Hyuga , Higo , Chikugo , and Chikuzen provinces . Today the area is Oita prefecture . History At the end of 7th century,...

Daimyo of Chikugo : Shoni (1390-1525) Ryûzôji Takanobu vs Shimazu (1560-1572)/Shimazu (1583-1587)/ Otmo (-> 1579) Chikugo (筑後国; Chikugo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka prefecture , on Kyushu...

Daimyô of Chikuzen : Shoni (1525)/ Akizuki Tanezane rebellion vs. Otomo (1545-1587) /Tachibana/Otomo (1572-1587) / Kobayakawa Chikuzen (筑前国; Chikuzen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu...

Daimyô of Hizen : Shoni (1390- 1550)/ Goto/Omura/ Arima /Ryuzoji (1560-1572) /Shimazu (1583-1587) /Nabeshima Hizen (肥前国; Hizen no kuni) was an old province of Japan which bordered on Chikuzen and Chikugo . Today the area is split into Saga and Nagasaki...