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Sights in Yamaga, Kumamoto
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Kumamoto Prefectural Decorated Tumulus Museum
Japan's only prefectural museum specializing in decorated tombs, designed by Tadao Ando, with finds and workshops.
Yamaga Lantern Folk Craft Museum
Built in 1925 on the Buzen highway, showing Yamaga lanterns and Yamaga Onsen history, with a wheelchair ramp.
Yachiyoza and Yumegura
Working playhouse built in 1910 and a national Important Cultural Property; Yumegura displays its costumes and props.
Takema Gorge
Gorge with unusual named rocks, waterfalls including Kinbara Falls, trails, a suspension bridge, and a campground.
Yadani Gorge
Gorge with a thrilling water chute, hiking, fishing, river play, and an on-site nature campground.
Bansho Rice Terraces
Rice terraces in Bansho, Kikuka, selected among Japan's 100 best, famous for mid-September spider lilies.
Fudo Rock
Roughly 80-meter-high rock on a gentle hill, with Yamaga views and a nearby Kyushu walking trail.
Omiya Shrine Lantern Hall
Shrine to Emperor Keiko; Yamaga lanterns from the mid-August festival are displayed for a year in the Lantern Hall.
Meditation Forest Park
Peaceful riverside park where 10,000 irises bloom, with a 300-year-old Suiten-gu water deity shrine.
Sagara Kannon (Sagara-ji Temple)
Japan's largest seated wooden Kannon at Sagara-ji, revered for safe birth, conception, and matchmaking.
Kikuchi Castle Ruins
Late 7th-century mountain castle ruins spanning an area 12 times Tokyo Dome, with 67 building sites and a museum.
Katoda Higashibaru Archaeological Site
Large late Yayoi to early Kofun settlement with over 100 dwellings and rare bronze and iron artifacts.
Chibusan Kofun and Benkei-ga-ana Kofun
National historic tombs; Chibusan is known as the breast deity, and Benkei-ga-ana is closed to visitors.
Iwahara Futagozuka Kofun
One of the prefecture's largest keyhole tombs, the center of a national historic tomb group in a green park.
Kiyoura Memorial Hall
Memorial to Kiyoura Keigo, Kumamoto's first prime minister, displaying his life, writings, belongings, and photos.
Yamaga City Museum
Museum of archaeology, history, and folk materials from the Kikuchi River basin, in a history park.
Nichirin-ji Temple
Temple known for the Ako ronin hair-relic tower, a famed gate bell, 200 cherries, and 35,000 azaleas.
Airatobikazura
Evergreen vine over 1,000 years old, a national special natural monument, with grape-like reddish-purple flowers.
Ancient Lotus Garden
About 20 lotus varieties, including 2,000-year-old Oga lotus, bloom from late June to mid-August.
Kuginohana Falls
Little-known Yamaga waterfall with emerald water, called Kahoku's Niagara, wider after rain, beautiful spring through autumn.