Ceramic Kunchi float replica outside JR Karatsu |
Karatsu-jō across the Matsuura-gawa |
Stone bridge over the Chōda-gawa |
Statue of a Karatsu Kunchi Matsuri participant |
Restored turret on the Higo-bori moat |
Senma-bashi |
Former Head Office of Karatsu Bank |
San-no-maru Tatsumi-yagura and Yanagi-bori |
View down the old street off Tatsumi-yagura |
Chōda-gawa and surrounds |
Manhole depicting Karatsu-jō |
Toki-no Taiko |
Uzume-mon Hall |
Former Takatori Estate |
Japanese-style wing of the Takatori Estate |
Restored donjon of Karatsu-jō |
Ospreys flying above the castle |
City view from the Maizuru-bashi |
Maizuru-kōen and houses below |
Karatsu-jō's donjon from the Hon-maru |
Approaching the rebuilt castle tower |
Stone marker on the site of the old castle |
Karatsu skyline from the castle tower |
Machicolations on the donjon |
Looking down on a restored turret |
View over Niji-no-Matsubara beach |
Ospreys aflight in front of Anegonose |
Jonai-bashi with Karatsu-jō beyond |
Gofuku-machi shopping arcade |
Old stone lighthouse beside Hoto-sanbashi Pier |
Festival floats in the Hikiyama Exhibition Hall |
Whale-fish dashi |
Trio of Karatsu Kunchi dashi |
Gate into Karatsu-jinja |
Below the inner torii of Karatsu-jinja |
Omikuji draped around a shrine statue |
Arrival at the ruins of Nagoya-jō |
Pathway into the castle park |
Remnants of the Higashi-demaru, Nagoya-jō |
Distant Yobuko Bridge |
Grassy old wall overlooking the Sea of Genkai |
View over the former Ni-no-maru |
Atop the tenshu ruins |
View across the former walls to the Tenshu-ato |
Excavation tarps on the former Hon-maru |
Steps leading through the former Ōte-mon |
Corner of the San-no-maru ruins |
Walls at the edge of the San-no-maru |
Clock with Kunchi Matsuri float replicas |
Kunchi Matsuri float images below the JR line |
One open restaurant in the row |
Kunchi dashi painting on a vertical shop door |
Another door with a float image |
Aya-gama kiln |
Ochawan-gama Street |
Entrance to Nakazato Tarōemon kiln |
Ceramic statue in the Nakazato kiln garden |
Kindai Library |
Karatsu station detail |
Pinecone Godzilla outside Arpino Hall |