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The Tankō Bushi originated at Miike Mine, Kyushu, Japan. Tankō Bushi (炭坑節) is a Japanese folk song. Despite the term "fushi/bushi" found in its name, the rhythm is in swung, ondo style. It is a song about coal mining, and it refers to old Miike Mine in Kyūshū (Tagawa City).
The Ibusuki no Tamatebako service was introduced on 12 March 2011, coinciding with the full opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen. A third car, KiHa 140-2066, was modified and added to formations at weekends and busy seasons from 24 March 2012.
Ōita Prefecture (大分県, Ōita-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. [2] Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km 2 (2,448 sq mi).
Shimazu Toyohisa (島津 豊久, July, 1570 – October 21, 1600) or Shimazu Tadatoyo, son of Shimazu Iehisa and nephew of Shimazu Yoshihiro, was a Japanese samurai who was a member of the Shimazu clan. He was also the castle lord in command of Sadowara Castle. [1] He served in the Battle of Kyushu (1587) under his uncle against the Toyotomi ...
After the end of World War II, renowned dancer Tsai Jui-yueh returned from Japan to Taiwan, where she choreographed a modern dance piece “We Love Taiwan—Our Beautiful Island” on the ship while listening to “Taiwan—Our Beautiful Island.” [3] Later, musician Tyzen Hsiao arranged the song for the flute, oboe, clarinet, vocals, and piano while also modifying the lyrics of the second ...
The contract chipmaker’s new chip plants on the southern island of Kyushu have been instrumental in driving up land prices by 33.3%, Bloomberg cites Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport ...
The Nagasaki dialect (Japanese: 長崎弁 Nagasaki ben) is the name given to the dialect of Japanese spoken on the mainland part of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. It is a major dialect of the wider Hichiku group of Kyushu Japanese, with similarities to the Chikuzen (including Hakata) and Kumamoto dialects, among others. It is one ...
Moji-ku (門司区) is a Japanese ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963. It faces the city of Shimonoseki across the Kanmon Straits between Honshū and Kyūshū. The ward's area is 73.37 km 2. It had a population of 114,754 as of 2000.