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Kokuzo Shrine 12

Kokuzo Shrine

Ekaterina Bespyatova

Kokuzo shrine is featured in the Engishiki, a thousand-year-old book from the Heian period. It's one of the oldest shrines in..

Kumamoto 1
Honmaru Goten Palace 6

Honmaru Goten Palace

Mandy Bartok

Kumamoto Castle's Honmaru Goten Palace showcases beautifully painted walls and screens, recently restored to their former glory..

Kumamoto
Manda Coal Mine

Manda Coal Mine

Yui Yamaguchi

The winds of modernization came to Arao with the onset of the industrial revolution. Its appetite for fuel culminated with the establishment..

Kumamoto 1
A weekend in Mifune 9

A weekend in Mifune

Bonson Lam

Mifune is old time Kumamoto. A place where time slows down. Where Persimmon trees sway in the breeze, and the soft sunlight caress..

Kumamoto