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   Kokura Castle

   Kokura Castle is a five-story castle in Kitakyushu, Japan. A castle was first built at the current site in 1569.

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   Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum

   The Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum (松本清張記念館, Matsumoto Seichō Kinenkan) is a literature museum in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is dedicated to Seichō Matsumoto, who spent the first half of his life in Kitakyusyu.

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   Akama Jingū

   Akama Shrine (赤間神宮, Akama Jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

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   Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art

   The Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (北九州市立美術館, Kitakyūshū Shiritsu Bijutsukan) is located in Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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   Kawachi Wisteria Garden

   Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden located in Kitakyushu founded by Higuchi Masao. The garden contains over 20 kinds of wisterias in a 10,000m2 area.

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   Space World

   Space World was a theme park in Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, Japan. It had six roller coasters: Black Hole Scramble, Venus GP, Zaturn, Boogie-woogie Space Coaster, Titan Max, and Clipper.

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   Kōzan-ji Temple

   The Kinzan Kōzan-ji (金山功山寺) is a temple of the Sōtō school of Zen faction in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

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   Mekari Shrine

   Mekari Shrine (和布刈神社, Mekari-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.

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   Kyushu Railway History Museum

   The Kyushu Railway History Museum is a railway museum owned by JR Kyushu in Kitakyushu, Japan.

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    Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum

    Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum (下関市立考古博物館, Shimonoseki Shiritsu Kōko-hakubutsukan) opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1995.

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   Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History

   Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History (北九州市立いのちのたび博物館[自然史・歴史博物館], Kitakyūshū Shiritsu Inochi-no-Tabi Hakubutsukan (Shizenshi-Rekishi Hakubutsukan)) opened in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 2002.

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   Karato

   Karato (唐戸) is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, Japan. Located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is known for its fish market.

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   Kameyama Hachimangū

   Kameyama Hachimangū (亀山八幡宮, Kameyama Hachimangū) is a Shinto shrine located in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman.

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   Sumiyoshi Shrine

   Sumiyoshi Shrine (住吉神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Miyasumiyoshi neighborhood of the city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Nagato Province.

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   Buzenda

   Buzenda (豊前田, ぶぜんだ) refers to the downtown area of Shimonoseki City, Japan. It is located in the Shimonoseki Station area, and it is known as the most famous downtown area in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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   Fukuju-ji Temple

   Fukuju-ji (福聚寺) is an Ōbaku Zen temple in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Kōjuzan (広寿山).

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   Shimonoseki City Museum of History

   Shimonoseki City Museum of History (下関市立歴史博物館, Shimonoseki Shiritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan) is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 2016.

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   Ayaragigō Site

   The Ayaragigō Site (綾羅木郷遺跡, Ayaragigō iseki) is an archaeological site with traces of a Yayoi period settlement, located in the Ayaragi neighborhood of the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi in the San'yō region of Japan.

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   Shimonoseki City Art Museum

   Shimonoseki City Art Museum (下関市立美術館, Shimonoseki Shiritsu Bijutsukan) is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1983.

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    Awashima Shrine

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