Map of Kuruma Tabi Park Kyushu RV Resort in Yanagawa
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Steamed eel in a steamer basket
Eel Cuisine Wakamatsuya
Kuruma Tabi Park Kyushu RV Resort in Yanagawa Area
Tachibana Residence, Lord of Yanagawa Domain, Gobana
The entire 7,000 tsubo site is a nationally designated scenic spot where visitors can enjoy Yanagawa's specialties.
The Tachibana family's residence, which ruled over 110,000 koku of the Yanagawa domain in the Edo period, is a sightseeing spot that preserves the lifestyle and culture of the past. The Tachibana Family Museum, which houses the arts and crafts of the Tachibana family from the time when they were lords of the Yanagawa domain to the time of the modern counts, is also available for visitors. The hotel is also a luxury ryokan where visitors can stay in a cultural asset building, and has a restaurant where they can taste Yanagawa's specialty, steamed eel, and a store that sells a wide variety of souvenirs.
Admission: Adults 1000 yen, High school students 500 yen, Elementary and junior high school students 400 yen
Business Hours
Tours 10:00-16:00 Meals 10:00-8:00 (Reservations required for private room use)
regular closing day
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays (Wednesdays are substituted if the day falls on a national holiday) Meals/Tuesdays (or the following day if the day falls on a national holiday)
The boatman's excellent tune is also pleasant. Tour around the moat built about 420 years ago.
Yanagawa is a watery town with a network of moats covering a total of 930 kilometers in a 4-kilometer radius. The river cruise in Yanagawa is also called "moat tour," as small boats take passengers through the moat that was built to form the castle town approximately 420 years before the construction of Yanagawa Castle. Visitors can enjoy a relaxing boat ride while gazing at the reflection of houses and greenery on the water as the boatman expertly handles the pole and plays his famous tunes. Currently, seven companies operate the boat tours, and some of them offer a course that includes a meal of Yanagawa's specialty, steamed eels. For information on boat companies, please visit the website of the Yanagawa City Tourist Association.
Touch the living testimony of a poet who left a significant mark on the 20th century.
Kitahara Hakushu (1885-1942) was a leading figure in the world of poetry and left behind many masterpieces that are still sung today, including "Dragonfly Glasses" and "Karatachi no Hana". His birthplace, which used to be a large sake brewery, now exhibits his writings, his belongings, and photographs. The first floor exhibits folklore materials and traditional crafts of Suigo Yanagawa, while the second floor divides Hakushu's life into five periods and introduces his great achievements and poetic works along with valuable materials.
Wishing for the healthy growth and happiness of girls.
Sagemon, a hanging decoration used for the Hina Festival in Yanagawa, consists of seven strands of string, each with seven different kinds of lucky charms such as cranes, turtles, and hammers, etc. The seven times seven gives 49 pieces, while the seven times seven gives 51 pieces. Two bright Yanagawa mari are added to the top of the string to make 51 pieces. In the past, when life was said to last 50 years, the wish was that a baby girl would live as long as possible. This Yanagawa marari was started by the koshimoto, or servants, of the Tachibana family, the former feudal lord of the Yanagawa domain.
At the time of Hina Matsuri (Girls' Festival), houses with girls in Yanagawa were opened to the public to display Hina ornaments and Sagemon ornaments. This became the "Yanagawa Hina Matsuri Sagemon Tour" and is held at Yanagawa Gohana and other places. Then there is the "Ohinasama Water Parade. A Gagaku (traditional Japanese court music) band, men and women dressed as male and female dolls, and young girls dressed in traditional Japanese costumes board a boat and slowly make their way down the river. The festival runs from February 11 to the first Sunday of April each year.
Giant Wisteria japonica
The wisteria trellis, covering an area of about 330 tsubo, is 300 years old. The purple flowers spreading overhead are a sight to behold.
The tree is over 300 years old. Located within the precincts of Nakayama Kumano Shrine, it has been carefully protected by the local preservation society and was designated as a natural monument of the prefecture in 1977. The wisteria trellis in the precincts of the shrine is approximately 330 tsubo. It is said that the origin of the wisteria trellis dates back to the late Edo period when "Man-san," a sake brewer, brought wisteria berries back from Osaka and planted them at his home. The wisteria is in full bloom from mid to late April, with wisteria flowers over 1 meter in height spreading overhead. The "Nakayama Grand Wisteria Festival" is held during the best time to view the wisteria, featuring lighting and a product exhibition. The festival attracts more than 100,000 visitors during the period.
9:00-16:00 (Nakayama Grand Wisteria Festival peddlers)
regular closing day
Mondays (or the following day if Monday is a national holiday), December 29 - January 3
Chikugo River Rising Bridge
The tallest elevating movable bridge in the East Let's walk on the bridge, designated as a National Important Cultural Property.
One of the world's most prominent elevating movable iron bridges over the Chikugo River and a National Important Cultural Property, it was opened in 1935 as the Chikugo River Bridge on the former Japan National Railways Saga Line. The bridge is 507 m long, 30 m high, and is sandwiched between two steel pylons, the center of which rises to allow large ships to sail under it. When the elevator is not in use, the promenade is still in use. In 2007, the bridge was recognized as a Heritage of Machinery. The bridge is illuminated daily from sunset to 22:00.
