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  • Tsujunkyo Bridge

    Tsujunkyo Bridge is Japan’s largest stone-arch aqueduct bridge, and it was constructed in 1854 by a local official Yasunosuke Futa in Yabe. The struc…

  • Kumamoto Castle

    Kumamoto Castle is known for being one of the three great castles in Japan. Also known as Ginkgo Castle, the castle was built by Kato Kiyomasa in 160…

  • Hakkaku Tunnel

    Hakkaku Tunnel is one of the remains of Yuen Railway that once operated between Kumamoto City and Misato Town. The railway was closed in 1964, there …

  • Kajiyamachi-dori Street

    This street retains the charm of the castle town of Hitoyoshi, with its picturesque cobblestone paths and white-walled merchant houses. During the er…

  • Yatsushiro City Center for Folk Performing Arts Denden-kan

    Yatsushiro is brimming with festivals and performing arts. In the entrance hall, fun quizzes and pop-up books tell the stories of the Yatsushiro Myok…

  • Mandakoh

    The abandoned industrial compound of Mandakoh had once operated for the largest coal mine ever existed in Japan. From its opening in 1899 to the clos…

  • Masonry Museum Sekisho-kan

    The Toyo Masonry Museum, or “Sekisho-kan,” is Japan’s first museum to showcase the unique skills and technology developed to build stone bridges. Sek…

  • Taniozaki Bairin Park

    A plum blossom haven with a meditation stone linked to Miyamoto Musashi During the era when Kato Kiyomasa ruled over Kumamoto, this area was known fo…

  • Kokindenju no Ma

    Kokindenju no Ma is on the right as you enter the main gate of Suizenji Jojuen Garden. It was supposedly where Prince Hachijo Toshihito studied. The …

  • Shibasaburo Kitazato Museum

    Located at the birthplace of Kitasato Shibasaburo, a globally renowned medical scientist famous for his research on tetanus, this memorial hall was r…