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Built in just five months in 1592 as Japan's second largest castle—Hideyoshi commanded two Korean invasions here with over 200 daimyo encamped nearby

The chief shrine of Karatsu whose November Kunchi festival features 14 lacquered hikiyama floats—guardian of Genkai Sea navigation since the Heian era

An ancient Sumiyoshi shrine on the Genkai shore—said to have been visited by Toyotomi Hideyoshi during his travels to Nagoya Castle in the Korean campaigns

The ichinomiya of Hizen enshrined on Kabeshima Island in the Genkai Sea—where ancient seafarers prayed to Tagirihime for safety on voyages to Korea and China

The massive forward base for the Korean invasions abandoned after Hideyoshi's death in 1598—a Special Historic Site with 130 daimyo encampment ruins and an adjacent museum

Founded in 740 to pacify the spirit of the slain Fujiwara no Hirotsugu—said to have been visited by Sugawara no Michizane on his way to exile at Dazaifu

One of Japan's three great morning markets with 400 years of history, a former outer port of Nagoya Castle famed for live transparent squid sashimi.

A 1993 prefectural museum adjacent to the ruins of the massive Nagoya Castle, where over 200,000 troops gathered for Hideyoshi's Korean campaigns.

A 10-minute ferry ride from Karatsu on Takashima Island—hundreds of thousands visit annually to pray for lottery wins at this Genkai Sea power spot

A museum displaying all 14 Karatsu Kunchi festival floats crafted in lacquer and gold leaf, each designated an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.