5 Sights in Shingu, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Shingu, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Shingu. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Mt.Tachibana

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Mt.Tachibana ぱちょぴ / CC BY-SA 3.0

Mt. Tachibana is a 367.1 m high mountain that straddles the towns of Shingu and Hisayama in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City. It is close to the city and is popular as a mountain blessed with nature such as giant camphor trees, along with Mt. Mikazuki in the south. Mt. Tachibana is also known as the ruins of the medieval Tachibanayama Castle (Tachibana Castle).

Wikipedia: 立花山 (JA)

2. Kumano Hayatama Taisha

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Kumano Hayatama Taisha (熊野速玉大社) is a Shinto shrine located in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, on the shores of the Kumanogawa in the Kii Peninsula of Japan. It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the UNESCO World Heritage site "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". The three Kumano Sanzan shrines are the Sōhonsha of all Kumano shrines, lie at between 20 and 40 km of distance one from the other and are connected by the pilgrimage route known as "Kumano Sankeimichi" (熊野参詣道).

Wikipedia: Kumano Hayatama Taisha (EN), Website

3. Sopia Shingu

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Sopia Shingu is a municipal public facility located in Shingu Town, Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture. In 1997 (Heisei 9), the basic plan was examined, and it was opened in June 2001 (Heisei 13) with the aim of becoming a base for cultural promotion in Shingu Town and northern Fukuoka Prefecture, and as a facility for wide-area use. The number of users in 2013 (Heisei 25) is 161,419.

Wikipedia: そぴあしんぐう (JA)

4. Shingū Castle

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Shingū Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Shingū, southern Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Shingū Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Mizuno clan, hereditary karō of Kishū Domain. Its ruins, along with the clan cemetery for the Mizuno clan, were designated a National Historic Site in 2003. The castle is also called the Tankaku-jō (丹鶴城) or the Okimi-jō (沖見城).

Wikipedia: Shingū Castle (EN)

5. 相島積石塚群

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The Ainoshima Stone Tumuli is a Kofun period necropolis, located on the island of Ainoshima in the town of Shingū, Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2001.

Wikipedia: Ainoshima Stone Tumuli (EN)

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