Originally two cities - the merchant's quarter of Hakata and the Samurai quarter of Fukuoka - modern Fukuoka is the biggest city of Kyushu. The modern shopping center is dominated by the golden IMS building in Tenjin area, and the Nakasu area is one of the best in Japan for experience of nightlife.

Although their waters display the mystical cobalt blue color of the ocean, the Hells of Beppu are actually a series of almost-boiling (98°C) hot springs created by an eruption of Mount Tsurumi. The Hells of Beppu Course is a popular Beppu tourist attraction that introduces visitors to eight unique hot springs or hells, including the umi jigoku ("sea hell"), chinoike jigoku ("blood pond hell"), and tatsumaki jigoku ("spout hell").

The Aso-Kuju National Park is in the middle of Kyushu between Beppu and Kumamoto and is not to be missed. Mount Aso is actually five volcanoes, of which the highest is Mount Takadake (1,592m), in the world's largest caldera (128km in circumference). Although one of the peaks, Mount Nakadake, is highly active, there is a ropeway to its summit. The peaks rise out of a landscape of green meadow that cover the floor of the caldera, creating an atmosphere that is at once bucolic and primeval. The ropeway runs from Aso-zan Nishi ropeway station, which is 40 minutes from Aso town by car.

Located on the southern coast of Kyushu, Kagoshima was for 29 generations（ almost 700 years） rules by a single clan, the Shimazu. The Shimazu bequeathed to the city its loveliest attraction, the 17th-century Iso-teien Garden, with the sea and Mount Sakurajima as a backdrop. Kagoshima is also a city of rich history; Because of its relative isolation at the southern tip of Japan, far away from the capitals of Kyoto and Tokyo, Kagoshima has developed an independent spirit through the centuries that has fostered a number of great men and accomplishments.