Musashizuka Park
武蔵塚公園
This park is the most plausible burial site of swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, worth visiting for its historical significance.
What it is
- Burial site of swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645).
- Considered the most plausible of three possible sites.
- Musashi spent his last five years in Kumamoto.
What to see
- Bronze statue of Musashi at the entrance.
- Statue shows Musashi with his two trademark swords.
- Japanese garden is located within the park.
- A teahouse is also present in the park.
Getting there
- Located in the eastern part of Kumamoto city.
In detail
Of the three possible burial sites of swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) in Kumamoto, Musashizuka Park in the eastern part of the city of Kumamoto is considered to be the most plausible. Musashi spent the last five years of his life in Kumamoto under the patronage of the local lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586–1641) and Tadatoshi’s successor Hosokawa Mitsunao (1619–1650). According to legend, he was so loyal to the Hosokawa clan that he arranged to be buried standing upright in full armor and helmet in order to watch over them even in death. Since Musashizuka Park stands along the old road leading to Edo (current Tokyo), which the Hosokawa family would have traveled often, it makes better sense as a guard post than the other two possible locations for his grave. The park has a bronze statue of Musashi at the entrance armed with his two trademark swords. There is a Japanese garden and a teahouse in the park.
Text: 観光庁 地域観光資源の多言語解説文データベース. Reproduced unchanged. The notes above were written from that text by Japan Gems.
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