Nagamine is known for its excellent rice production and features a gently spreading plain. From the summit, you can enjoy sweeping views of Suo-Nada, the Kunisaki Peninsula, and on clear days, even...

Takkiri Valley is a gorge where pure water flows over a massive monolith formed by Yabakei lava. The approximately 2-kilometer path leading to the 27-meter-high Otobi Waterfall at the end of the va...

Located at the foot of Komekami Mountain in Ajimu Town, Usa City, this site features columnar giant stones, each standing 2 to 3 meters tall, aligned in a deliberate arrangement and pointing skywar...

Called a “living fossil,” the Japanese giant salamander is the world’s largest amphibian with a body over 1-meter long. They became known after Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold shipped a Japanes...

Gokuraku-dori is a small path between Higashi Honganji and Nishi Honganji Yokkaichi Betsuin, an area that flourished as a temple town of Kyushu Gobo.

Two wooden Kannon statues are enshrined in a cave.

Sadaki Itonaga donated the cost to build this pagoda as well as many artworks to his hometown. The pagoda was built in 1983 and is open to the public for free of charge.

Sada Shrine is a mysterious shrine known to the locals of Ajimu Town in Usa City. The main hall and the torii gate, renovated in 1864, have been in use for more than 150 years. Remains of a reverbe...

Tokoji Temple was founded in 1362 as part of the Rinzai School of Buddhism. It is said to have then been rebuilt from ruins in the later 17th century after being destroyed in the war. Since that ti...

Higashi Honganji Betsuin, a temple of the Shinshu Otani-ha, and Nishi Honganji Yokkaichi Betsuin, a templeof the Jodo Shinshu Honganji School, are adjacent to each other. The main hall of the Higas...