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Chiran Samurai residences
知覧武家屋敷

  • Historic Sites

The area of samurai residences with the hedges and stone walls of the Edo period remains unchanged.

The characteristic is its gardens with the beautiful stone walls.

At present, seven gardens which make a splendid view with the beautiful hedges are remained.

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 Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots

KYUSHU    [ Chiran ]

-Historic Sites 

Frankly, it is difficult to introduce the facility.Toward the end of World War Two, a kind of suicide attack that planes...

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 Hotarukan or Tomita Dining Hall

KYUSHU    [ Chiran ]

-Historic Sites  -Food 

It was a small dining hall next to the flying ground of the Special Attack Unit in World War II.It was a dining hall for...

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 Suishakarakuri

KYUSHU    [ Chiran ]

-Culture  -Recreational Facilities 

The waterwheel works are the mechanism puppet plays that perform the power of a waterwheel.It is a precious folk enterta...

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 Chiran Neputa Festival

KYUSHU    [ Chiran ]

-Festivals 

Seven fan-shaped Neputa with heroic pictures of samurai of 5 meters highand 4 meters in combat painted on their surfaces...

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 Chiran Tea Plantation

KYUSHU    [ Chiran ]

-Specific Nature 

Chiran is famous as a production area of Japanese tea, and there are a few hills on which tea plantation,the scenery of ...

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 Bandokorobana  Park

KYUSHU    [ Chiran ]

-Sea View 

Bandokorobana Nature Park is a pool-formed shore and a beauty spot on the reef zonewhere Mt.Kaimondake is seen over the ...

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 Sebira Park

KYUSHU    [ Chiran ]

-Sea View 

Sebira Park is located on the hill along the coastlineand is a superb view spot where tourists can see the most beautifu...

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 Kamafuta Shrine

KYUSHU    [ Chiran ]

-Shrines 

Though a small shrine, it is said that a wish comes true if the prayer can pray without dropping the cover of the pot.It...

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