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阿蘇中岳火口
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The crater of Mount Nakadake on Aso. Access is restricted according to volcanic activity.
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Kamishikimi Kumanoza Shrine
阿蘇エリア
A shrine in Takamori, its cedar-lined approach set with 97 stone lanterns.
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Shirakawa Water Source
阿蘇エリア
A spring in Minamiaso, among Japan's hundred fine waters, yielding 60 tonnes a minute.
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Komezuka
阿蘇エリア
A hill about 80 metres high in Aso, formed by an eruption some 3,300 years ago, with a dip at its top.
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Takamori Yusui Tunnel Park
阿蘇エリア
A park in Takamori, where you walk a tunnel built around the groundwater that welled up during railway works.
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Waita Onsenkyo
阿蘇エリア
A hot-spring district in Oguni at the foot of Mount Waita, with geothermal steam rising all around.
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Hagenoyu Onsen
阿蘇エリア
A hot spring at 760 metres in Oguni, with four inns and private baths.
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Ikeyama Suigen
阿蘇エリア
A spring in Ubuyama, among Japan's hundred fine waters, ringed by trees over 200 years old.
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Mount Kishima
阿蘇エリア
One of the five peaks of Aso, 1,321 metres, with a maintained path that beginners can climb.
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Aso Farm Land
阿蘇エリア
A theme park in Minamiaso built around the theme of health.
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Kusasenri Observatory
阿蘇エリア
A lookout over Kusasenrigahama, taking in the grassland and its pools.
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阿蘇神社
阿蘇エリア
A shrine in Aso, head shrine of the Aso shrines nationwide, with over 2,000 years of history.
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Kuratake Shrine
天草エリア
A shrine on the 682-metre summit of Mount Kuratake, the highest in the Amakusa islands, where safety at sea is prayed for.
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Yushima (Dango-jima)
天草エリア
An island about four kilometres around off Kamiamakusa, the scene of shogunate negotiations with foreign powers in the Edo period.
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Dolphin Watching
天草エリア
An activity off Itsuwa in Amakusa, where some 200 wild dolphins live.
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Sakitsu Village
天草エリア
A fishing village in Amakusa where the faith was kept during the ban on Christianity; part of the World Heritage property.
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Shimoda Onsen
天草エリア
A hot spring in Amakusa, with a legend that an egret healed its wounds here some 700 years ago.
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Nishibira Tsubaki Park (Laputa Tree)
天草エリア
A park in Amakusa where some 20,000 wild camellias grow.
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Amakusa Gokyo
天草エリア
Five bridges joining mainland Kyushu with Amakusa, opened in 1966.
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Catholic Sakitsu Church
天草エリア
A church in Amakusa built in 1934, at the heart of the World Heritage village of Sakitsu.
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Oppai-iwa
天草エリア
A strange rock in Amakusa, shaped by the force of the waves.
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Amakusa Shiro Museum
天草エリア
A museum in Kamiamakusa on the Shimabara-Amakusa uprising and Shiro Amakusa.
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Ushibuka Haiya Bridge
天草エリア
An 883-metre bridge in Amakusa, crossing the water above Ushibuka fishing port.
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Tsujishima
天草エリア
A small island off Amakusa, in waters where dolphins are seen.
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