Located in a mixed-use building in the heart of Kumamoto's downtown, this urban art museum offers a variety of spaces for art appreciation. Alongside the main exhibition gallery, which hosts special exhibitions, visitors can explore the Nobumichi Ide Gallery, the Home Gallery which doubles as an art library, a Media Gallery, and the Kids Factory, a workshop space designed for children. The museum is equipped with tactile paving for the visually impaired, is free of steps, and features braille signage, wheelchair-accessible elevators, and a nursing room, making it an art museum in line with universal design principles to ensure that art is accessible and enjoyable for everyone.
Kumamon Square is the base of operations for Kumamon, the official Sales and Happiness Manager of Kumamoto Prefecture. This spot features a 360-degre…
Stretching 586 meters at a width of 10.9 meters, this bustling arcade street is home to around 170 shops, including restaurants, boutiques, jewelry s…
Shimotori arcade is the biggest shopping arcade in Kumamoto, which is 510m in length, 15m in width. With an air of openness and brightness, departmen…
Having been renovated from an old prefectural library this distinctive, this modern-design structure is one of the works which participated in ”Kumam…
Founded in 1934, Korantei is a long-established popular chinese restaurant, which offers Kumamoto's local specialty "Taipien", a noodle dish that con…
This restaurant dishes using local ingredients, such as “Akaushi”, “Basahi”, and rice cooked in earthenware pots with rice produced locally. It is lo…
Goto Bettei is a horse meat-specialized restaurant at the back of Kumamoto City Hall. The extensive menu includes basashi(sliced raw horse meat), ste…
Ichiza is a izakaya, Japanese dining bar that serves a variety of dishes on the Kaminoura Street. They serve regular izakaya menu such as fried fish …