Sights in Mifune, Kumamoto

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• Yase Spectacles Bridge

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto · 096-288-1226

  Longest stone bridge in the prefecture at 62m, built in four months in 1855.

• Myokenzaka Park

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto · 096-282-1607

  Site of fierce fighting in the Satsuma Rebellion, Japan's last civil war, also famous for cherry blossoms.

• Nanataki Falls

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto · 096-282-1607

  About 40 meters high and 30 wide, falling in seven tiers, released once each May and called a phantom falls.

• Yoshimuta Spring

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto

  Spring yielding 13,000 tons daily, chosen among Kumamoto's 100 famous waters and fed by forest groundwater.

• Shiroyama Park

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto · 096-282-1226

  Park on castle ruins of Mifune lord Kai Soun, overlooking the town and famous for spring cherry blossoms.

• Mifune Town Gallery

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto · 096-282-1226

  An 1802 townhouse among the prefecture's oldest, kept on Mifune's former main street and used for events.

• Mifune Town Dinosaur Museum

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto · 096-282-4051

  Dinosaur museum with Kyushu's largest skeleton displays, including 19 full-body skeletons and an open lab.

• Brook Statue

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto · 096-282-1226

  Musician Brook statue in Mifune, installed in fiscal 2020, cheering recovery with music students.

• Monzen River Mekagami Bridge

  

  Mifune, Kumamoto

  Stone single-arch bridge 7.6m long and 2.7m wide, built in 1808 after repeated floods.