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Best Hotels Near Omoromachi Station | Naha’s New Town
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Best Hotels Near Omoromachi Station | Naha’s New Town

Omoromachi is Naha's new town β€” big malls, the duty-free T Galleria and the excellent Prefectural Museum, six…

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Best Hotels Near Kokubu Station | Kirishima’s Shrine-and-Volcano Gateway
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Best Hotels Near Kokubu Station | Kirishima’s Shrine-and-Volcano Gateway

Kokubu is Kirishima city's hub β€” gateway to the great vermilion shrine, the volcanic highland trails and some…

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Best Hotels Near Sadowara Station | The Samurai Suburb
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Best Hotels Near Sadowara Station | The Samurai Suburb

Sadowara keeps the lanes and temples of a 30,000-koku samurai domain β€” now a Miyazaki commuter stop near…

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Best Hotels Near Nakatsu Station | Karaage Capital & Fukuzawa’s Castle Town
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Best Hotels Near Nakatsu Station | Karaage Capital & Fukuzawa’s Castle Town

Nakatsu is Japan's karaage capital β€” a castle town on the Fukuoka border with Fukuzawa Yukichi's old home…

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Best Hotels Near Torichosuji Station | Kumamoto’s Castle-Arcade Crossing
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Best Hotels Near Torichosuji Station | Kumamoto’s Castle-Arcade Crossing

Torichosuji is Kumamoto's centre β€” the tram crossing where the castle boulevard meets the great arcades. The city's…

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Best Hotels Near Suizenji Station | The Garden Quarter
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Best Hotels Near Suizenji Station | The Garden Quarter

Suizenji is the quiet JR stop serving Kumamoto's great strolling garden and the Ezuko lakeside β€” a green,…

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Best Hotels Near Shinchi Chinatown Station | Nagasaki’s Old Port Quarter
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Best Hotels Near Shinchi Chinatown Station | Nagasaki’s Old Port Quarter

Shinchi Chinatown is Nagasaki's old port quarter β€” champon lunches, Dejima's Dutch island, Glover Garden's villas and the…

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Best Hotels Near Urakami Station | Nagasaki’s Peace Quarter
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Best Hotels Near Urakami Station | Nagasaki’s Peace Quarter

Urakami is Nagasaki's northern quarter β€” the Peace Park, the Atomic Bomb Museum and the rebuilt cathedral β€”…

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Best Hotels Near Karatsu Station | Castle Bay & the Kunchi Floats
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Best Hotels Near Karatsu Station | Castle Bay & the Kunchi Floats

Karatsu is Saga's castle-by-the-sea β€” famous for the roaring Kunchi float festival, transparent Yobuko squid and a five-kilometre…

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Best Hotels Near Kiyama Station | Ancient Ramparts on the Commuter Line
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Best Hotels Near Kiyama Station | Ancient Ramparts on the Commuter Line

Kiyama is a Fukuoka commuter town that happens to guard a 7th-century mountain fortress β€” an easy hillwalk…

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