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35.Shochu Haka

焼酎墓|日本で最も豊かな隠れ里 日本遺産人吉球磨【熊本県】

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Name Shochu Haka
Address Hitoyoshi Kuma region ( Kumamoto )
Contact 0966-22-2111  (front desk, Hitoyoshi City Board of Education)
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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.

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