Sights in Asagiri, Kumamoto

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• Okadome Kofuku Station

  

  Asagiri, Kumamoto · 0966-45-7220

  Japan's only active station named Happiness, with a nostalgic building, happiness-themed goods, and a dining space.

• Tenshi no Mizu Park

  

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  Spring park chosen among Kumamoto's 100 famous waters, with irises, hydrangeas and fireflies.

• Shiragadake Senbo Observatory

  

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  Said to be named because summit rime ice resembles an old person's hair, overlooking Kirishima and Kuma.

• Miyahara Kannon

  

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  29th Sagara 33 Kannon stop. Main hall is prefectural, inner altar national, both important cultural properties.

• Uefukada Kannon

  

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  20th Sagara 33 Kannon stop. Main hall enshrines Sho-Kannon holding Amida, and Fudo Myoo.

• Nagamine Kannon

  

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  21st Sagara 33 Kannon stop enshrining Amida and Nyoirin Kannon, said to aid safe childbirth.

• Uchiyama Kannon

  

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  19th Sagara 33 Kannon stop. Hall on a 1154 temple site was rebuilt in 1968.

• Kakui Kannon

  

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  22nd Sagara 33 Kannon stop. Its Eleven-faced Kannon is a town-designated important cultural property.

• Akitoki Kannon

  

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  30th Sagara 33 Kannon stop. Said to be Juho-ji's Sho-Kannon, unveiled at spring and autumn equinoxes.

• Tanimizu Yakushi

  

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  One of Japan's seven great Yakushi. The secret Buddha is shown on set days; moonlight water is used for healing.

• Sue Aso Shaka Hall

  

  Asagiri, Kumamoto · 0966-45-7226

  Shaka hall built in a cemetery, grave opened in late Heian, rebuilt in 1973; once Byodo-ji's private hall.

• Kamite Kannon

  

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  22nd Sagara 33 Kannon stop, also called Iwadate Kannon. Sho-Kannon is believed to protect children and pregnant women.

• Shofuku-ji Ruins Bishamonten Standing Statue

  

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  Eight prefecture-designated statues. Colored single-block camphor Bishamonten is 242.8 cm, among the prefecture's largest, late Heian style.

• Saien Kofun Group

  

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  Late-6th-century round tombs; excavated items are national Important Cultural Properties shown at Kumamoto Museum.

• Shofuku-ji Related Heritage Sites

  

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  Sue clan family temple protected by Sagara clan since Sengoku times. Among the prefecture's largest late-Heian wooden Bishamonten statues.

• Yamagami Hachiman Shrine

  

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  Built in Azuchi-Momoyama times by the Sagara clan to memorialize the destroyed Kamimura clan. Students restored the hall from 2006.

• Uemura Sagara Clan Heritage Sites

  

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  Castle ruins and graves of the Uemura clan, who inherited the Sagara main line in the Sengoku period.

• Shiraga Shrine

  

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  Uemura Sagara clan shrine descended from Aoi Aso Shrine, prayed to for safe childbirth and rain.

• Tanimizu Yakushi-do

  

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  Hall rebuilt by the Sagara after the Uemura fell; said founded in the Muromachi period as their family temple.

• Okadome Kumanoza Shrine

  

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  Founded by third Hitoyoshi Sagara lord Yoritashi in late Kamakura to repel Mongol invaders and pray for national stability.

• Fukata Daio Shrine (Fukata Aso Shrine)

  

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  Built to pacify a Hirakawa heir's spirit after Sagara destroyed the clan; now jointly enshrined at Fukata Aso Shrine.

• Fumoto Castle Ruins

  

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  Kamakura-period Uemura mountain-castle ruins in Asagiri, with about 100 maples peaking around mid-November.