Sights in Makurazaki, Kagoshima

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• Makurazaki Cultural Center Nanmeikan

  

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  Wooden art museum in Katahirayama Park overlooking the East China Sea, displaying local and famous artists' works.

• Peace Prayer Observatory in Hinokami Park

  

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  Has a memorial monument for the Second Fleet, including battleship Yamato, bound for the Okinawa naval special attack.

• Makurazaki Station

  

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  Station completed in April 2013, Japan's only one built mostly with private donations including from citizens.

• Myoken Shrine

  

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  Officially Amenominakanushi Shrine, one of the area's oldest, with a stone said to grant wishes when touched.

• Minamikata Shrine

  

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  Rare side-by-side torii shrine enshrined by Shimazu Ujihisa, dedicated to Takeminakata and Yasakatome.