Sights in Yamae, Kumamoto

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• Mae River and Yamada River Area

  

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  Fireflies dance in the quiet Mae and Yamada river basins from mid-May to early June.

• Maruoka Park

  

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  Panoramic view of the Hitoyoshi-Kuma Basin, with 300 cherries, 50,000 azaleas, an April azalea festival, and a campsite.

• Yamada Daio Shrine

  

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  Three halls and one stone torii are national Important Cultural Properties; the shrine was built in 1405.

• Kassenmine Kannon

  

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  12th stop on the Sagara 33 Kannon pilgrimage, built in 1198 and said to aid competitions.

• Koji-in

  

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  Oldest temple in Kuma District, with 365 steps, eight Bishamonten images, and an Azuchi-Momoyama wooden pagoda.

• Yamae Village History and Folklore Museum

  

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  Museum using local cedar, showing excavated stone tools, pottery, folk tools, and Ikkoshu paintings.

• Eleven-Faced Kannon Statue of Shiroyama Kannon-do

  

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  Eleven-Faced Kannon commissioned by a Sengoku Sagara lord, cherished for generations, permanently shown at Yamae Village museum.

• Nagatome Sagara Clan Castle Group

  

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  Yamada Castle and Takajo, built by Nagatome Sagara descendants of Sagara Yorichika before moving to Hitoyoshi Castle.