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  • Amakusa Shiro Memorial Hall
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    3.5
    83 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Pref. Kamiamakusashi Oyanomachinaka 977-1
    Near the beginning of the Edo period, Shiro Amakusa led a popular uprising fueled by faith that would become known as the “Shimabara Rebellion.” The “Amakusa Shiro Memorial Hall” introduces the conflict’s background and historical context in an easy-to-understand manner using powerful video footage and other materials. Come trace the origins of this epic struggle for freedom and peace.

    向かいに道の駅があり、そちらの観光協会で割引クーポンをもらえました。少し高台にあります。教会風の建物が素敵です。

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  • Roadside Station Kamiamakusa Sunpearl
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    3.5
    66 Reviews
    Transportation
    Kumamoto Pref. Kamiamakusashi Oyanomachinaka 11582-24
    This roadside station is on National Route 266 in central Oyano-machi. You can buy local seasonal produce and seafood from their specialty shop. The restaurant primarily serves fare made with local ingredients like seafood dishes and fried tonkatsu cutlet meal sets featuring Amakusa Bainiku brand pork. Bus parking is available, so it sees a lot of Oyano tourists.

    農産物は柑橘類中心で野菜もそこそこ売られてました。 土産品は近隣の道の駅でも見かけるような商品ばかりで目新しさは感じませんでした。 海産物は刺身がそこそこ充実しており売り場に並べられるとすぐに売れてしまうような感じでした。 客層は観光客と地元民が半々といった感じで地元民の台所になってるような道の駅という印象を受けました。

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  • Roadside Station Ariake “Rippleland”
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    3.5
    64 Reviews
    Transportation
    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Ariakemachikoutsura 1955
    This roadside station is on National Route 324 just as you're entering Amakusa City. Its shop has lots of items featuring octopus, a local specialty. Stop at the restaurant for a bowl of takoten-don, octopus tempura on rice. Its popular day-use hot spring facility Sazanami-no-Yu has a great view of the Ariake Sea. It also has its trademark tower and a playscape for the kids.

    建物から歩道橋を渡ると大たこのオブジェがあります、 前は海で眺めもとても良いです。休憩やランチにとても良いと思います

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  • Amakusa Rozariokan
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    4.0
    63 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Amakusamachioe 1749
    About 65 minute drive from the Amakusa Airport, or one minute walk from the Tenshudou Iriguchi bus stop. This museum houses a collection of valuable and rare objects related to the lives, culture, and faith of the underground Christians in Amakusa history. In addition to Maria kannon statuettes, the holy water urn used during funeral services, the ‘sutra-erasing urn’, which is a prefectural Important Cultural Property, on display, through videos, the history, nature, and underground Christians’ lives are introduced. The erstwhile mass is even a reenacted. This is experienced accompanied by ‘oratio’ sounds of prayer in a full scale diorama of a ‘hidden room’ especially built for secret worship services.

    市内に幾つかある天草の隠れキリシタン関連の施設の中で、関連資料が一番整理されて纏まっていると思います。 来館したらまずは15分の映像を見てから館内を見て回ると良いでしょう。

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  • Amakusa Collegio Museum
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    3.5
    39 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Kawauramachishirakikawachi 175-13
    "This history museum in Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture is popular with tourists. It provides the chance to learn about Amakusa from the 16th century onward and its interactions with European culture. There are a variety of exhibits including materials related to the Collegio missionary school, and a replica of the Gutenberg printing press brought back to Amakusa by the boys and others of the ""Tensho Embassy."" Apart from their permanent exhibition, they regularly hold planned exhibits."

    グーテンベルク印刷機を見たいと思って来館しましたがレプリカでした。本物はバテレン追放時に一緒にマニラかマカオに送られてしまったようです。 コレジヨ館ですが地元代議士の私物コレクションを引き継いで展示されていると自慢され、なんだかなぁという感じです。

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  • Tomioka Visitor Center
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    3.5
    15 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusagunreihokumachi Tomioka 2245-15
    This museum is located on the ruins of the Tomioka Castle's keep in Amakusa County's Reihoku Town. Tomioka Castle was built by Terazawa Hirotaka, who became the feudal lord of Amakusa in 1601. The turret and the Korai-mon Gate have been restored. The facility also distributes tourist information, including on the history and natural environment of the Amakusa region.

    ２月１８日に訪問 先週投稿しましたがまたまた反映されないので再度の投稿。 ここは富岡城本丸にある北櫓を利用しているセンターです。 高麗門、隅櫓、白壁とセットで復元されているので雰囲気は良いです。 高麗門にしめ縄がありますがこの地方では一年中しめ縄をするそうなんです。 そういうところも見てくださいね。 訪問日は武漢の肺炎が流行している昨今の事情で嶺北町民限定の公開でした。 残念ですが致し方ない...

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  • Amakusa Dolphin Cruise
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Itsuwamachifutae 4689-10
    Dolphin watching is a popular Amakusa tourist activity, and you can do it from this boarding point in Itsuwa-machi, Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Join a tour and you're almost certain to encounter schools of wild bottlenose dolphins. They also offer a plan that includes deep sea fishing along with dolphin watching. They don't mind if you bring your pet along.

    We went on a cruise boat to spot and watch wild dolphins at sea. We sailed for about 30mins before we caught sight of first dolphins. Then they were appearing everywhere. Quite a wonderful sigh to...

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  • Maruoyaki
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Kitaharamachi 3-10
    "A pottery studio founded in 1845 with an attached workshop and gallery. While the pottery has a long history, their work features modern designs to blend with contemporary life under a concept of ""vessels for daily use that enrich people's living spaces."" All of their pieces are masterfully created by hand without any machine-based mass production at all. The gallery's permanent exhibit features Maruo ware's work as well as pieces from other potters."

    特別丸焼きを購入したくてこちらに来たわけではなかったのですが、窯元なので、ちょっと見てみたいと思い立ち寄りました。値段は結構しました。観光地に窯元があると立ち寄るのですが、それぞれ風情があっていい感じですね。こちらも見るだけでしたが、ちょっと気分良かったです。

  • Myotoku-ji Temple
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Hondomachi Hontobaba 1148
    "Amakusa's first Zen Buddhist temple was founded in 1645. The temple tells about the history of Amakusa Christians. After the Amakusa Shimabara Rebellion, it was built to help settle the minds of the confused islanders and convert Christians to Buddhism. The main gate is sometimes called the Amakusa-no-Yomeimon. The writing on is plaque refers to ""spreading the teachings of Buddhism and defeating the heresy of the sect of Jesus."" In addition, the stone stairs on the approach to the temple are carved with crosses; as with fumi-e paintings (where suspected Christians were forced to step on sacred images to show they weren't believers) people would have to step on the crosses as they walked to the temple. A Koyasu Kannon statue on the grounds recalls Mary; a statue of the Bodhisattva Jizo, commonly called the ""Foreigner Jizo,"" is clearly Caucasian."

    It is a Zen temple in Amakusa, which was built after Amakusa Uprising to reactivate Buddhism. The main gate, which stands at the end of a long path, is very imposing. As the temple is on the top of...

  • Sakitsu Church
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    Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Kawauramachi Sakitsu 539
    "A Gothic style church reconstructed in 1934. The composed and dignified building has a spire with a crucifix on top. The chapel's floor is covered with tatami mats, which is rare in Japan. The ""hidden Christians"" from the hamlet of Sakitsu on Yokaku Bay maintained their faith for nearly 240 years in the face of intense persecution that started with the complete ban of the religion in 1638. Also known as the ""Church of the Sea,"" the whole fishing port area where it stands was selected as an Important National Cultural Landscape in 2011."
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  • Hondo Museum of History and Folklore
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Imagamashinmachi 3706
    A museum located about a 15-minute drive from Amakusa Airport. It displays a collection of sacred magatama pendants and iron swords excavated from the Tsumanohana Burial Mounds, a designated Prefectural Ruin. They also have exhibits of Amakusa folk implements, historical and archaeological materials, arts and crafts, and more. One of the highlights is a one-tenth scale diorama depicting life in those days. There are also special exhibits and lectures showcasing Kumamoto's traditional crafts and special exhibits designed to educate visitors about the history and folklore of Amakusa.

    I am a huge history lover and I had a free afternoon so I walked to this museum. There are two floors with displays on the life and history of Amakusa. NONE of it is translated. It wasnt busy so...

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  • Amakusa Pearl Line (Amakusa Itsutsubashi)
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    Kumamoto Kamiamakusa Oyano-Matsushima
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  • Oe Catholic Church
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    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Amakusamachioe 1782
    Approximately a five-minute walk from the Tenshudo Iriguchi bus stop, this church was the first built in Amakusa after the ban on Christianity was lifted. The current building was built in 1933 with the private funds of the French missionary Father Garnier who dedicated his life to spreading Christianity in Amakusa. A building with Romanesque architecture, the church with beautiful white walls is a symbol of Christianity in Amakusa to this day. There are statues of Father Garnier and the Virgin Mary on the premises. It is also known for being visited by five poets such as Yosano Tekkan.
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  • Amakusa Christian Museum
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    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Funenomachi 19-52
    This museum that exhibits Christian relics from Amakusa and archaeological materials is located a 15-minute drive from Amakusa Airport. It explains the history of Christianity in Amakusa centered on the Shimabara Rebellion through easy-to-understand exhibits divided into four zones. You can see about 200 items such as the battle flag of Shiro Amakusa, one of the world's three great military flags designated as an important cultural property of Japan, weapons used in uprisings, plates with crucifixes or other Christian items to prove non-belief from the time when Christianity was suppressed, and Maria Kannon (a statue of the Bodhisattva Kannon worshipped by Japanese crypto-Christians as an avatar of the Virgin Mary) that recall the lives of hidden Christians.
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  • Ushibuka Sea Station (Ushibuka Port)
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    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Ushibukamachi 2286
    This Umi-no-Eki sea station facility on National Route 266 is popular with tourists visiting adjacent Ushibuka Port. Their specialty shop has a large fish tank full of migratory varieties. They sell seasonal fresh seafood and prepared seafood products, and their restaurant features the bounty of the sea. There's also a ferry ticket office and the Ushibuka Kaisaikan, Fisheries History Gallery.
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  • Goshoura Cretaceous Museum
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    Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Goshouramachi Goshoura 4310-5
    A museum at Goshoura Port. It has exhibits with fossils including dinosaurs, ammonites, and shells found in Goshoura and the wider Amakusa region. Goshoura has been selected as one of the Geology 100 selections of Japan. The museum operates across the whole island and runs field trips and fossil hunting programs as they can be found throughout the island. The Geopark is dotted with highlights like sea walls dating from the Cretaceous period and dinosaur footprints on Benten Island. The museum also rents hammers that can be used at the nearby fossil excavation site.
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  • Takabutoyama Lookouts
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    Kumamoto Pref. Kamiamakusashi Matsushimamachiamura
    This observation platform is in Kamiamakusa City. The nationally designated scenic spot overlooks Unzen-Amakusa National Park and the islands of Amakusa Matsushima. You can also see the first to the fifth bridges that connect the Amakusa Islands. There are 30 cherry trees on the hilltop around the lookout, so there are lots of visitors in spring when the flowers are in bloom.
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  • Mt. Senganzan Lookout
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    Kumamoto Pref. Kamiamakusashi Matsushimamachiaitsu
    This observatory is in Kamiamakusa City. Designated a National Cultural Property and Place of Scenic Beauty, it has a view of the Amakusa Islands and the five bridges that connect them. You can see the Ariake Sea to the west, the Yastsushiro Sea to the east, and even out to Mt. Aso on clear days. Around the lookout are both wild mountain cherry trees and ones that have been planted. It's a popular spot when they're in bloom.
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  • Koyoji Temple
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    Kumamoto Pref. Kamiamakusashi Matsushimamachiaitsu 2856
    This temple is in Unzen-Amakusa National Park, part of Kamiamakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture. It's the twenty first temple on the Kyushu pilgrimage to 33 sites sacred to the bodhisattva Kannon. It's well known for its Matsushima-Jiko Kannon image that's said to help believers maintain a clear mind as they age. The head priest plays guitar while delivering his sermons. These have become quite popular and even draw tours from beyond Kyushu.
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  • Amakusa Matsushima Observation Deck
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    Kumamoto Pref. Kamiamakusashi Matsushimamachiaitsu 5986
    This 20-meter high lookout is near Matsushima Bridge, one of the five bridges connecting the Amakusa Islands. It has a view of the five bridges, seasonal island scenery, and even the Shimabara Peninsula and Mt. Unzen on clear days. It's also a great spot to catch the sunset and has been chosen as one of Japan’s 100 best sunset destinations. Since there's a parking lot, it's easy to stop off while you're driving by.
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