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Seiwa Okawa Course

  • 6km
  • 130min

Experience Bunraku Culture in the Great Japanese Countryside

Seiwa Bunraku, a style of performance using puppets, got its start 160 years ago when the locals received a set of puppets and learned how to control them. Experience the true countryside of Japan, together with the members of the Seiwa Bunraku Preservation Society and the local farmers living their quiet lives amid the traditional white-walled warehouses of Seiwa.

Start point

Seiwa Bunraku-Mura Roadside Station

Ohira 152, Yamatocho, Kamimashikigun

Access
Car 25 min by car from Kyushu Chuo Expwy Yamato-Nakashima Nishi IC
Course map

Yes (for purchase)

Contact Us

Name Yamato Footpath Association (Yamato Town Hall Yamanomiyako Sozo Division)
Address Hamamachi 6, Yamatocho, Kamimashikigun
Tel 0967-72-1158
Fax 0967-72-1080
Mail shokan@town.kumamoto-yamato.lg.jp
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