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Head shrine of some 500 Aso shrines and first shrine of Higo Province, enshrining the twelve Aso deities beneath one of Japan's three great tower gates.

A 936m lookout on the Aso caldera rim named by journalist Tokutomi Soho, offering the finest panorama of the five Aso peaks.

The active crater of the world's largest caldera, venerated since antiquity as the divine body of the fire deity of Aso Shrine.

The inner shrine of Aso Jinja where the smoking Nakadake volcano is itself the deity, a primordial site of fire ritual and agricultural myth.

阿蘇の古社で、阿蘇神社より古い歴史を持つとされる

阿蘇中岳の火口原に広がる草原

阿蘇山麓の白水地区に鎮座する龍神社

A 1 km ancient crater turned grassland on Mt. Aso, grazed by cattle in summer and blanketed in snow in winter, one of Kyushu's iconic volcanic landscapes.