BokenJapanSights in Isa, Kagoshima
Isa · Kagoshima · 10 places
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Sogi Falls Park
Falls 210 meters wide and 12 meters high, with towering rocks, spring blossoms, and autumn foliage.
Koriyama Hachiman Shrine (Shochu Graffiti)
National Important Cultural Property; 1559 graffiti is Japan's oldest shochu writing, tied to Okuchi's claim as birthplace.
Kedoin Family Residence
Mid-Edo Satsuma rural samurai house, estimated around 1653; National Important Cultural Property since 1975.
Mount Takaguma
Northeast of the Okuchi Basin, this city overlook was a fierce 1877 Satsuma Rebellion battlefield.
Okusogochi Gorge
Cool 500-meter gorge northwest of Okuchi, with over ten waterfalls and virgin forest.
Tadamoto Park
Hilltop park overlooking the city, with about two kilometers of cherries lit by a thousand lanterns.
Sogi Power Station Ruins
Power station ruins 1.5 kilometers downstream from Sogi Falls, still strongly showing the Meiji era.
Hakozaki Shrine Main Hall and Attached Palace
Main hall regarded as early Muromachi; a prefectural important cultural property and national registered tangible cultural property.
Former Fuke Elementary School
Wooden school in Isa's northernmost district, closed in 1979 and open to visitors with a borrowed key.
Ota Red Spider Lilies (Isa City)
Rice-field banks near Koriyama Hachiman Shrine bloom red with spider lilies for about 500 meters in early autumn.