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Higanbana 彼岸花 Spider Lily Viewing

Higanbana 彼岸花 Spider Lily viewing After a long, hot summer the arrival of the spider lillies in mid September heralds the beginning of autumn. The tall stalks and dramatic bright red blooms seem to shoot up out of nowhere appearing around paddy fields, embankments and verges.  The flowering season is short lasting only 2 or […]

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Senjoukawara swimming spot 千畳河原

Summers in Japan are hot and humid so heading to a river to splash around or take a swim is one of the best ways to cool down and stay sane. Unfortunately, though there are plenty of rivers around it can be really difficult to find a safe swimming spot with clean water, parking and

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Kikuchi Gorge and Kurokawa Onsen Tour

Kikuchi Gorge & Kurokawa Onsen Tour relax and explore the countryside of Kyushu… Kikuchi Gorge The Kikuchi Gorge and Kurokawa Onsen Tour is an ideal day trip to enjoy two of the best things about Kyushu; its hot springs and beautiful nature. A relaxing but also energising day, not only hot spring and nature lovers, but

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Ideventure – a thrilling water ride

Ideventure – take a thrilling and peaceful ride down the rice farming irrigation canals of Kikuchi. What is it? Ideventure is a great summer activity and it’s unique to Kikuchi Town, difficult to describe it is best to simply see it for yourself, take a look: The crazy idea of taking an inflatable kayak down a narrow and fast flowing irrigation channel

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ancient burial mounds

Kumamoto Ancient Burial Mound Museum 熊本県立装飾古墳館

Ancient Burial Mound Museum The Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound museum in Yamaga celebrates the many and various decorated tumuli of Kumamoto.  A tumulus is an ancient burial mound, there are approximately 200,000 of these burial mounds scattered  over Japan all dating back from 400 to 700 AD. The era when these tumulus were built

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Kikuchi Onsen 菊池温泉

The waters of Kikuchi Onsen hotspring resort are famed for their healing and beautifying properties. Surprisingly the onsen, also known as Waifu Onsen, was only discovered 60 years ago, the local myth states that a wise, old man called Mr Murakami was told the location of the hot spring by a white dragon in a dream. The hot springs are mainly situated in

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