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   Kumamoto Castle

   Kumamoto Castle (熊本城, Kumamoto-jō) is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was a large and well-fortified castle.

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   Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art

   Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art (熊本県立美術館, Kumamoto Kenritsu Bijutsukan) opened in the precincts of Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto, Japan in 1976. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.

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   Suizen-ji Jōju-en

   Suizen-ji Jōju-en (水前寺成趣園) is a tsukiyama Japanese garden located within Suizen-ji Park (水前寺公園, Suizen-ji Kōen) in the eastern part of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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   Katō Shrine

   Katō Shrine (加藤神社, Katō-jinja) is a shrine in Kumamoto Castle, Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan, in which daimyō or powerful territorial lord Katō Kiyomasa (1562–1611) is enshrined.

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   Daiji-ji Temple

   Daiji-ji (大慈寺), also known as Daijizen-ji (大慈禅寺), is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in Minami-ku, Kumamoto, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Dairyōzan (大梁山).

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   Mifune Dinosaur Museum

   Mifune Dinosaur Museum (御船町恐竜博物館, Mifune-machi Kyōryū Hakubutsukan) opened in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1998.

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   Fujisaki Hachimangū

   Fujisaki Hachiman-gū (藤崎八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū and Sumiyoshi Sanjin.

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   Honmyō-ji Temple

   Honmyō-ji (本妙寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect, Rokujōmon-ryū (六条門流), in Nishi-ku, Kumamoto, Japan. It is the most high-ranking temple of the sect in Kyushu.

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   Kitaoka Shrine

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    Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens

    Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens is a 24 acre (9.7 ha) zoo and botanical garden located in Higasi-ku of Kumamoto, Japan.

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   Takahashi Inari Shrine

   Takahashi Inari Shrine (高橋稲荷神社, Takahashi inari jinja) is a Shinto Inari shrine, dedicated to the worship of the kami Inari. It is located in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture.

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   Uto Castle

   Uto Castle (宇土城, Uto-jō) was a Sengoku period flatland-style Japanese castle located in the present-day Furushiro-cho neighborhood of the city of Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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   Kengun Shrine

   Kengun Shrine (健軍神社) is the oldest traditional shrine in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the 4 shrines of Aso Shrine group (Aso Shrine, Kohsa Shrine and Kohnoura Shrine).

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   Kamao Kofun

   Kamao Kofun (釜尾古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Kamao neighborhood of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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   Tsukawara Kofun Cluster

   Tsukawara Kofun Cluster (塚原古墳群, Tsukawara Kofun gun) is a group of Kofun period burial mounds, located in the Jonan neighborhood of Minami-ku in the city of Kumamoto, Japan.

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