Takamori (高森町, Takamori-machi) is a town located in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It's at the foot of Mount Aso, located southwest of the huge caldera. It has been on the list of the most beautiful villages in Japan since 2013. {Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine. The spiritual depth of this shinto shrine is amazing - buried in the heart of a cypress forest, you must climb the 260 steps of a stone staircase to access it. A path dotted with a hundred toro, stone lanterns covered with green moss, helps create a mythical atmosphere, mysterious and calm, to help you find inner peace.The area inspired the animated film Hotarubi no mori e (literally "Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light"). You will also find the Hogetoiwa/Ugetoiwa - a huge rock with a 10 meter-large natural hole, it's an iwakura, a sacred rock and believed to bring success as you approach its entry.
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