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Day 3a --- Visits to Kumamoto (熊本) |
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03-01-01 Pretty Japanese-style garden in front of our room |
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03-01-02 Three more shots of the garden A |
03-01-03 Three more shots of the garden B |
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03-01-01 A panoramic view of the garden |
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03-01-04 Three more shots of the garden C |
03-01-05 The hotel staff saw us off when we left for the next sightseeing spot |
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03-02-01 A Map indicating the spots we were to visit today: including: (A) Morning part --- (1) Shimabara Castle from which we took two pictures by the way (shown below); (2) Kumamoto Castle; and (3) the route in the sea along which we moved from Shimabara Port to Kumamoto (shown as the orange dotted arrow; see D03-03 for the details); and (B) Afternoon part --- (4) the railway route from Yatsushiro (八代) to Hayato (隼人) |
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03-02-02 A picture of the castle we took in rain on the bus |
03-02-03 A picture of the castle of the same view direction as that of the left, obtained from the street scene of Google Map |
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03-02-04 Another picture of the castle we took in rain on the bus from a different direction |
03-02-05 A picture of the castle of the same view direction as that on the left, obtained from the street scene of Google Map |
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03-02-06 A clean full view of Shimabara Castle (obtained from the wikippedia 2025/07/17); a briefing of the castle is as follows: (1) Location: Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture (2) Built: 1618–1624 (3) Famous for: Shimabara Rebellion, Christian persecution, unique architecture (4) Today: Rebuilt, open to the public as a historical museum: |
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03-03-01a Shimabara Port |
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03-03-01 The ferry ship we took |
03-03-02 A logo of the name of the ship seen by us |
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03-03-03 A look at part of Shimabara port |
03-03-04A sea scene seen on the way |
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03-03-05 A scene seen back at the direction of Shimabara Port on the ship, which includes the so-called "99 Islands" (a similar image as shown below, which was taken 25 years ago, was found from the following website, comfirming the title to be "99 Islands": https://web.mit.edu/pdill/www/japan1.html) |
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03-03-05a An image of "99 Islands" similar to the one taken by me shown above, obtained from the following website site: https://web.mit.edu/pdill/www/japan1.html) |
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03-03-06 A map showing the location of the image above in 03-03-05, which is the so-called "99 Islands" off Shimabara Port |
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03-03-06a The map of 03-02-01 is repeated here to show the sailing route of the ferry ship we took from Shimabara Port to Kumamoto Port (the orange dotted arrow; not the brown and blue dotted ones which indicate the railway trip conducted in the afternoon) |
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03-04-01 A full vew of Kumamoto Castle (熊本城) |
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03-04-02 In front of Kumamoto Castle |
03-04-03 Approacing the castle |
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03-04-04 Another full-vew image of Kumamoto Castle that was taken when we had lunch at a restaurant nearby (the castle is not recovered completely from the damage caused by an earlier earthquake) |
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03-04-05 Another view |
03-04-06 A model of the castle seen in the interior spave |
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03-04-07 A model of the roof structureof the castle that is a mythical creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp, called Shachihok (  : click to see the character enlarged ) |
03-04-08 The front of the castle model |
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03-04-09 The mascot of Kumamon seen everywhere in the city |
03-04-03 A street car seen on the way to the castle |
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