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Seien-Sisha Ruins
- Address
Oita-ken, Hayami-gun, Hiji-machi Minami-megari
- Parking lot
- Parking available around Saien-Seisha Ruins for approximately 5 vehicles (no bus parking)
- Access
- * When coming from Beppu:
Turn left at National Highway 10 / Sekinoe Interchange. Turn right at the junction at APU (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
towards Fujigatani Waste Center.
Go past the Waste Center and you will hit the road for Yamaga. Take a left at Mekariguchi Bus Stop Interchange.
* When coming from Kitsuki:
Turn right at National Highway 10 / Sekinoe Interchange.
Head for the Hayami Interchange and turn left at the T junction opposite the Interchange.
Keep on going past Miniamihata elementary school. Take a right at Mekariguchi Bus Stop Interchange.
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Seien-Seisha was a small private school opened in 1842 by renowned scholar Banri Hoashi, one of the three sages of Bungo.
It is said that at the school's peak there were around 130 students.
Where the school once stood, there is now a monument which was put up in the Meiji period by local people in praise of Banri.
The monument reads, 'Banri Hoashi Teacher, Seien-Seisha Ruins'.
Nearby the monument,there is a seperate monument listing the names of those who were involved in the project, starting with the leader of Minamihata village at the time.