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Kumamoto Castle
A castle built in 1601 by Kiyomasa Kato. One of Japan's three great castles, still being repaired after the earthquake.
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Reigan Cave
A cave in Kumamoto City, held to be where Musashi Miyamoto wrote The Book of Five Rings from 1643 to 1645.
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Kato Shrine
A shrine within Kumamoto Castle honouring Kiyomasa Kato, sited where the keep is well seen.
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Okashi no Kōbai Kumamoto Station Store
A confectioner in Kumamoto Station, selling sweets that represent the prefecture.
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Kamishikimi Kumanoza Shrine
A shrine in Takamori, its cedar-lined approach set with 97 stone lanterns.
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Aso Shrine
A shrine in Aso, head shrine of the Aso shrines nationwide, with over 2,000 years of history.
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Kuratake Shrine
A shrine on the 682-metre summit of Mount Kuratake, the highest in the Amakusa islands, where safety at sea is prayed for.
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Sakitsu Village
A fishing village in Amakusa where the faith was kept during the ban on Christianity; part of the World Heritage property.
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Catholic Sakitsu Church
A church in Amakusa built in 1934, at the heart of the World Heritage village of Sakitsu.
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Amakusa Shiro Museum
A museum in Kamiamakusa on the Shimabara-Amakusa uprising and Shiro Amakusa.
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Heitate Jingu Shrine
A shrine in Yamato, keeping traditions from the age of the gods and an old form of worship.
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Eino Tsurugi Shrine
A shrine in Uki, said to date from 713, honouring a god of the sea.
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Ukishima Shrine
A shrine in Kashima founded in 1001, honouring a married pair of deities and seeming to float on the water.
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Tamana Onsen
A hot spring in Tamana, a weakly alkaline simple spring, clear and colourless.
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Yamaga Onsen
A hot spring in Yamaga, with several springs about the city, the oldest going back to the 13th century.
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Yunotsuru Onsen
A hot spring in Minamata with about 700 years of history, long used as a cure resort.
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Yatsushiro Castle Ruins
A castle site in Yatsushiro, completed in 1622, with stone walls and moat remaining.
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Kuma River Boat Ride
A wooden-boat descent of the Kuma River, one of Japan's three fastest, with over a century of history.
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Hitoyoshi Castle Ruins
A castle site in Hitoyoshi, the seat of the Sagara for about 700 years, one of Japan's hundred fine castles.
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Aoi Aso Shrine (National Treasure)
A shrine founded in 806, whose halls, dating from 1610, are a national treasure.