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Yamaga Toro
Dancers balance lanterns made only of washi and paste on their heads. They are dedicated at Omiya Jinja.
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Museum of Decorated Tumuli
Half of Japan's painted tomb chambers are in Kyushu and most of those in Kumamoto - abstract circles and triangles drawn in the 400s.
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Chibusan Tomb
Geometric patterns and figures painted on the chamber wall; two circles read as breasts gave the tomb its name.
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Yamaga Lanterns
Shrines and castles built from paper and paste alone - hollow, frameless, and light enough to dance with on the head.
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Kutami Persimmon-Tannin Fans
Paper toughened with persimmon tannin - insect-proof, water-resistant, and darkening with use.
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Yamaga Streets
A post town whose street of shops and bathhouses still centres on its theatre.
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Kikuchi Fortress
A mountain fort raised after a defeat abroad, against an invasion that never came; its octagonal tower is rebuilt.
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The Buzen Highway
The road between Kumamoto and Kokura; its post towns keep enough houses to read the highway's scale.