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Grasslands of Aso
A thousand years of deliberate burning keeps this caldera in grass - a landscape that exists only because people maintain it.
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Kikuchi Gorge
Rain that fell on Aso resurfaces here; light through the canopy and the water compose differently each season.
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The Kuma River
One of Japan's three swiftest rivers; the 2020 flood reshaped its valley and reopened the question of how close to live.
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Terraces of South Aso
Rice fields on a caldera floor, watered by the springs that surface all across it.
Ashikita
Shiranui of the Yatsushiro Sea
On one night of the lunar calendar a mirage lines the sea with fires - recorded since antiquity, and the source of a place name.
Amakusa
Porcelain Stone Quarries of Amakusa
White quarry faces cut into the hills; the porcelain of Arita is made of stone carried away from here.
Uto
Great Camphors of Uto
Thousand-year camphors in shrine precincts; Kyushu keeps an unusual number of these giants.
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Aso Caldera Rim
From the rim the whole 25-kilometre caldera falls into one view - scale itself becoming the landscape.