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Pennants Shikoku
 KOTOHIRA-GŪ (Kotohira Shrine or Sanuki-no-Konpira-san), Kotohira, Kagawa Pref. (formerly Sanuki) 785 steps to main shrine, 583 steps to inner shrine, TOTAL 1,368 steps. It's the next most popular shrine after Ise Shrine and Izumo Taisha. (*At the website, the red-striped face changes expressions as you move your pointer over the menu.) |
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 NARUTO KAIKYŌ (Naruto Strait), between N.E. Shikoku and Awaji Island. (whirlpool video) |
 RITSURIN-KŌEN (Ritsurin Park), Takamatsu, Kagawa Pref.  |
 SETO-NAIKAI KOKURITSU-KŌEN (Seto Inland Sea National Park), between S.W. Honshu & Shikoku. (nautical chart) |
Pennants Kyūshū
 AOSHIMA, Nichinan-kaigan (Nichinan Coast) Quasi National Park, Miyazaki Pref.  |
 ASO-KUJU NATIONAL PARK, Kumamoto Pref. A group of five peaks are referred to as Aso-san (Mt. Aso), one of the world's largest calderas.  |
 BEPPU, Ōita Pref. There are eight major hot spring areas (the "Beppu Hatto"). (science article with hot spring photos)  |
  BEPPU, Ōita Pref.pennant bookmarks (originally part of a set) |
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 HIRADO CASTLE, Hirado Island, Saikai National Park, Nagasaki Pref. Hirado is known for its castle and the traditional jangara harvest dance. "Jangara" comes from the sounds of festival flutes, gongs, and drums. |
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 KODOMO-NO-KUNI (Children´s Land), amusement park, Miyazaki, Miyazaki Pref. |
| KUMAMOTO-JŌ (Kumamoto Castle), Kumamoto, Kumamoto Pref.  |
 NAGASAKI, Nagasaki Pref. Japan´s oldest church Ōura Tenshu-dō [Ōura Roman Catholic Church] is pictured. |
 NICHINAN-KAIGAN (Nichinan Coast), Nichinan-kaigan Quasi National Park, Miyazaki Pref. |
 SAIKAI NATIONAL PARK, Nagasaki Pref.  |
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SHIMABARA, Shimabara Peninsula  Someone stamped the back of the pack. |
 UNZEN KOKURITSU-KOEN (Unzen "Cloud Mountain" Amakusa National Park), near Nagasaki, Shimabara Peninsula. Japan's first national park. |
 UNZEN KOKURITSU-KOEN (Unzen "Cloud Mountain" Amakusa National Park), near Nagasaki, Shimabara Peninsula. Japan's first national park. |
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 This image of a "reverse" pennant is from a Japanese-language pennant site; it is not one of the ones we collected. |
Postcards Okinawa
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