Sights in Kanzaki, Saga

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• Kunenan

  

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  Former villa with a national scenic garden, famous for autumn leaves.

• Niiyama Shrine

  

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  Mountain shrine beside Kunenan with maples, camphors and cedars.

• Dr. Wani Memorial Park

  

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  Park honouring the Baekje scholar said to have brought kanji to Japan.

• Suisha no Sato Yugakukan

  

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  Recreated waterwheels in Niiyama, where about 60 once stood.

• Shimomura Kojin's Birthplace

  

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  Birthplace of educator and author Shimomura Kojin ("Jiro Monogatari").

• Yokotake Creek Park

  

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  Park preserving old creeks and a restored "kudo-zukuri" farmhouse.

• Nagasaki Kaido Kanzaki-juku & Kushida-gu

  

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  Former post town on the Nagasaki Kaido and its shrine.

• Ito Genboku's Former Home

  

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  Boyhood home of Ito Genboku, Dutch-learning physician to the 13th shogun.

• Jotoku-ji (Rhododendron Temple)

  

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  Temple with about 10,000 rhododendrons on the hill behind it.

• Mount Takatori Park & Shiraki Hydrangeas

  

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  About 2,000 hydrangeas blooming in early summer.