Obi Castle Town
The most intact feudal castle town in Kyushu — locals call it the "Little Kyoto of Kyushu." Samurai estates, merchant quarters, and a pine-lined castle approach are preserved in a town that has barely changed since the Edo period.
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Obi is nicknamed the 'little Kyoto of Kyushu' — an extraordinarily well-preserved castle town with samurai residences, white walls, and stone-paved lanes. Obi chicken (chicken nanban) was invented here — try it at the original Ogiya restaurant. The Matsuo-no-Maru garden inside the castle grounds has excellent reconstructed samurai living quarters.
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