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Castle · Kumamoto · Kyushu

Kumamoto Castle

Known as the Black Castle, Kumamoto Castle is famed for its stone walls and architecture, and is open to visitors again after earthquake restoration.

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Kumamoto Castle

Known as the Black Castle, Kumamoto Castle is famed for its stone walls and architecture, and is open to visitors again after earthquake restoration.

Kumamoto

Festival

Hifuri Shinji Fire Swinging Ritual

Each spring at Aso Shrine, priests perform the Hifuri Shinji fire-swinging ritual, a mesmerizing ceremony rooted in ancient agricultural tradition.

23 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetAso · Kumamoto

Illumination

Kumamoto Tanabata Lantern Festival

A festival centered on the release of approximately 3,000 sky lanterns creating one of Japan's largest lantern displays, with performances and food.

15–16 Aug 2027Exact date not confirmed yetKoshi · Kumamoto

Festival

Yatsushiro Myoken Matsuri

A 390-year-old procession through Yatsushiro in Kumamoto, listed by UNESCO, with a turtle-serpent beast and nine canopied floats carried to a riverbank.

22–23 Nov 2027Yatsushiro · Kumamoto

Shrine

Aso Shrine

Shrine said to date back over 2,000 years, honoring a grandson of Emperor Jimmu and joining Shinto practice with worship of Mount Aso's sacred crater.

Aso · Kumamoto

Shrine

Aoi Aso Shrine

Shrine dedicated to three protective deities founded 1,200 years ago as a guardian of the Hitoyoshi-Kuma basin and Mount Aso region.

Hitoyoshi · Kumamoto

Museum

Amakusa Shiro Museum

A Kamiamakusa museum about the Shimabara-Amakusa Uprising and Amakusa Shiro, the sixteen-year-old who led it, told through documents and film.

Kamiamakusa · Kumamoto

Museum

Amakusa Christian Museum

Run by Amakusa City since 1966, the museum tells the story of Christianity in Amakusa and the Shimabara-Amakusa Uprising led by Amakusa Shiro, aged sixteen.

Amakusa · Kumamoto