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The Destroyed Buddhas of Satsuma
In 1868 every temple in the province was abolished and every monk laicised - the most thorough destruction in Japan; what survives was hidden.
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Burial Mounds of Osumi
Southern Kyushu has its own burial type - a shaft dug down and a chamber cut sideways, found nowhere else.
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Tsuboya Pottery Museum
A kiln found during construction was left in place and built around, shown underground beneath the galleries.
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Himeyuri Peace Museum
Founded by the surviving students themselves, who gathered the testimony and wrote the wall texts in their own words.
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Yaeyama Museum
Yaeyama's everyday objects, including a sabani boat - built not with nails but sewn together.
OkinawaMuseumsNaha
Trade and Craft of the Ryukyu Kingdom
A palace bell declares the kingdom a bridge between all nations by ship - and its crafts arrived along those same routes.
Mie
Mie Prefecture Forestry Research Institute
The prefecture's forestry research institute. It studies the cultivation of Owase cypress.
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Murata Manufacturing Head Office and Nagaoka Plant
Murata Manufacturing in Nagaokakyo. It carries out research and development of electronic components.
Kyoto
Kyoto University Katsura Campus Engineering Research Base
Kyoto University's Katsura Campus. It carries out research in materials, chemistry and engineering.
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Kyoto University Museum
The Kyoto University Museum. It holds 2.5 million specimens and is among the largest at any university in Japan.
Saga
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Tosu Research Base
A research base in Tosu. It studies technology for having medicine absorbed through the skin.
Saga
Saga Prefectural Fruit Tree Experiment Station
The prefecture's fruit tree experiment station. It develops mikan varieties.
Saga
Saga Prefectural Ariake Fisheries Promotion Center
The prefecture's Ariake Fisheries Promotion Center. It studies nori and the Ariake Sea.
Hyogo
Sysmex Technopark
Sysmex in Kobe. It makes blood testing instruments and carries out research and development.
Hyogo
Supercomputer Fugaku
Fugaku in Kobe. A supercomputer with computing performance at the world's highest level.
HokkaidoMuseumsHokkaido
Ikeda Town Grape and Wine Research Institute (Ikeda Wine Castle)
Municipal wine begun by Ikeda Town in 1963. The town bred its own hybrids with wild mountain grapes that withstand cold damage.
Hokkaido
Hokkaido Research Organization Industrial Research Institute
A public testing and research institute of Hokkaido Prefecture. It provides manufacturing technology to companies.
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TDK Technical Center
TDK's technical center. It carries out research and development of electronic materials.
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Chiba University Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences
A Chiba University center in Kashiwa. It studies horticulture and environmental health.
Wakayama
Wakayama Prefecture Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center Fruit Tree Experiment Station
The prefecture's fruit tree experiment station. It studies varieties of mikan and persimmon.
Wakayama
Wakayama Prefecture Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center Ume Research Institute
The ume research institute in Minabe. It specializes in research on ume cultivation. It is rare even nationally.
Wakayama
Wakayama Prefecture Forestry Experiment Station
The prefecture's forestry experiment station. It also deals with ubame oak, the wood used for binchotan charcoal.
Wakayama
Kyoto University Shirahama Aquarium
The Kyoto University Shirahama Aquarium in Shirahama. Its strength is its exhibits of invertebrates.