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Kawachi Wisteria Garden in 2015. Kawachi Wisteria Garden (Japanese: 河内藤園 Kawachi fujien) [1] is a private garden located in Kitakyushu founded by Higuchi Masao. [2] The garden contains over 20 kinds of wisterias in a 10,000m 2 area. [3]
Construction of Kokura Castle began in 1602 and was completed in 1608. It was the property of the Ogasawara clan (from Harima) between 1632 and 1860.. The castle burnt down from a fire in 1837, with parts of it rebuilt in 1839. [1]
Kyushu has a land area of 36,782 square kilometres (14,202 sq mi) and a population of 14,311,224 in 2018. [ 5 ] In the 8th-century Taihō Code reforms, Dazaifu was established as a special administrative term for the region.
The US-based Sukiya Living magazine (formerly Journal of Japanese Gardening) has awarded the Adachi Museum its highest honor – most beautiful traditional garden – for more than 20 years running.
Constructing Buddha statues out of stone is widely practiced in Buddhist areas in Asia. These images can be divided into three broad types: Magaibutsu (磨崖仏, literally "polished-cliff Buddha"), bas-relief images carved directly into a cliff face, movable independent stone Buddhas carved from cut stone, and Buddhas carved inside rock caves, The Usuki images can be classed as Magaibutsu.
Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県, Kumamoto-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. [2] Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 (as of 1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 7,409 square kilometres (2,861 sq mi).
Saitobaru Kofun Cluster (Japanese: 西都原古墳群) is a group of three hundred thirty three kofuns or tumuli in Saito city, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. This is one of the largest kofun groups in Japan, and the largest group in Kyushu situated on a 70-meter hill composed of diluvium .
Some animals, such as lions, need beautiful, full manes to attract females. Others, like the bower bird, build elaborate nests , and the peacock spider performs a showy dance to attract its mate.