35.Shochu Haka

Cultural Asset Data
Name | Shochu Haka |
Address | Hitoyoshi Kuma region ( Kumamoto ) |
Contact | 0966-22-2111 (front desk, Hitoyoshi City Board of Education) |
Misc | - |
These unique graves express the unique shochu culture of the Hitoyoshi Kuma region. They may be engraved with a posthumous name that reminds others of an individual who loved alcohol in life, or the gravestone itself may shaped like a shochu bottle or cup. At least ten different graves have been discovered in the region.