Sights in Nishiki, Kumamoto

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• Tsuchiya Kannon

  

  Nishiki, Kumamoto · 0966-38-4419

  31st Sagara 33 Kannon stop, enshrining wooden Kamakura Sho-Kannon and late Heian Jizo statues.

• Nishiki Secret Base Museum

  

  Nishiki, Kumamoto · 0966-28-8080

  Museum at the former Hitoyoshi Naval Air Base, showing history panels, relics, and Zero fighter remains, plus underground tours.

• Shinguzen-ji

  

  Nishiki, Kumamoto · 0966-38-0251

  Southernmost Obaku Zen temple in Japan, with Six Kannon statues and autumn foliage.

• Kimoto Shrine

  

  Nishiki, Kumamoto

  On Hirakawa Iwanjo castle ruins; 13th lord Sagara Nagatsune enshrined Ichifusa Gongen's divided spirit here.

• Iwanjo Castle Ruins

  

  Nishiki, Kumamoto

  Local Hirakawa clan castle; after losing to the Sagara at Chishikibaru they took their lives inside.

• Arata Daio Shrine

  

  Nishiki, Kumamoto

  Late Edo shrine to Hirakawa Uemon Yoshitaka, said to have slain village vipers; prayer said to heal bites.

• Shaka Nyorai Statue of Arata Kannon Hall

  

  Nishiki, Kumamoto

  Late Heian wooden seated Shaka Nyorai in Arata Kannon Hall, with an inner inscription dated Hoen 7.