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Watermills in Asakura

You can see a beautiful triple watermill at Horikawa in Hishino, a small distance from National Road 386. It was constructed more than 200 years ago to irrigate the rice paddies at a higher elevation than the River Horikawa. It has been repaired a number of times and is still running strong today supplying irrigation to the paddies. There are also double watermills at Mishima and Kue. They operate from the middle of June until the middle of October, and they are well worth visiting.
* From Nishitetsu Amagi station, take the Nishitetsu bus for Haki. Get off at the Hishino bus stop (about 20 minutes form the station). It's a five-minutes walk from there.

Fuji-no-sato Park

In Fuji-no-sato Park at Kamitakaba Daijingu is a 100-years-old giant Fuji (wisteria) that is 2.7 meters at its roots and whose trellis covers 420 square meters. Its corolla extends to about 1 meter! The best time to visit it is from the middle of April to the beginning of May, when its light violet flowers are in full blossom.
* From Amagi Bus Depot, take the Nishitetsu bus to Awata. It's an 8 minutes walk from there.

Akizuki, Little Kyoto in Kyushu

Akizuki, the "Little Kyoto of Kyushu" or "Little Kyoto of Chikuzen", is the place visited by the greatest number of tourists to Amagi City. It is a historic capital town at the base of a sacred mountain, Koshosan. Akizuki's history began when Taneo Harada was awarded Akizuki-sho by the Shogunate at Kamakura. The castle ruins are said to date from the time of Akizuki Kuroda-han (in the Yedo era).
* From Amagi station or Bus Deport, take the bus to Kyodokan-mae. It's a 10 minutes walk from there.

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