Travelling around Kyushu 九州旅行へ

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This was my recent trip to Kyushu with my good Korean friend Mr Kang! Pictures are of Mount Aso and Sakurajima (2 of Japan's most active volcanoes), Miyazaki prefecture beaches and mountain scenery, Cape Toi, San Messe (Japan's copied version of the the famous Easter Island statues which despite being really tacky has become a World Heritage Site?!!), Kojima (famous island with monkeys that swim and wash their food before they eat it - quite extrodinary), 　内之浦　Uchinoura Space Centre (apparently they have sent rockets to Mars from here - according to the English leaflet which was 9 years out of date!), 高千穂　Takachio Gorge, 平和公園宮崎市 Peace Park (熊本県 Kumamoto Prefecture) and a few places along the way (random stop off points). If anyone is considering coming to Japan, then this is probably one of the most beautiful areas that I have visited and I would highly recommend a visit. The sunset at 都井岬　Cape Toi was breathtaking but 10 minutes after those pictures were taken the heavens opened and unfortunately the small festival that was being held there was called off. The best way to explore Kyushu is by car - it took us around 10 hours to drive down to Sakurajima and we spent most of our time on the road, but it was a great trip and I would like to go back again. Thank god for my new car! Enjoy...