Kyushu is an island which is a combination of rice fields and active volcanoes however there are also cities to. Of course you would reach there by train! The Seven Stars train no less !  Which is a celebrity in is own right in Japan. One of the cities the Seven Stars takes you to is Nagasaki. If you wish ,you can visit the Atomic Bomb Museum here. Nagasaki these days is a flourishing city in its own right and has an amazing Prefectural art museum. You can take a bus from the train to one of Kyushu’s five peaks Mount Naka.