OFFICIAL KUMAMOTO TOURISM GUIDE

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  • Kumamoto Castle

    Kumamoto Castle is known for being one of the three great castles in Japan. Also known as Ginkgo Castle, the castle was built by Kato Kiyomasa in 160…

    History/culture
  • Nabegataki (Nabegataki Falls)

    This is only 5 minutes from Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art by car. A coalition of willing locals have been preserving with every minimal amount of hum…

  • Kumamon Square

    Kumamon Square is the base of operations for Kumamon, the official Sales and Happiness Manager of Kumamoto Prefecture. This spot features a 360-degre…

  • Kurokawa Onsen

    Kurokawa Onsen, at an elevation of 700meters, is renowned as one of the most popular hot spring spots in Japan. Each Onsen Ryokan(inns) has different…

    Hot springs

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  • Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto

    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…

  • Wakuwakuza Kumamoto Castle Museum

    Wakuwakuza is a space where you can see, listen, touch, and be moved. This is a zone for discovering the history and culture that will make your visi…

  • Waita Onsenkyo

    Waita Onsenkyo is a group of hot spring spots such as Hagenoyu, Takenoyu, and Yamakawa Onsen. The superb view called “Okuaso no hito”, a secret hot s…

  • Sakuranobaba Johsaien

    Sakuranobaba Johsaien is a facility for tourism and cultural exchange.  It consists of “The Wakuwakuza History and Cultural Experience” and “The Saku…

  • Kumamoto Handicrafts Promotion Center

    From traditional crafts like Higo zogan, Kawashiri blades, and Higo tops, to contemporary art pieces such as stained glass and leather crafts, the Ku…

  • Shimada Museum of Art

    This museum standing in the midst of a bamboo forest serenity exhibits nearly 1,000 antique works of art on Samurai-class cultures from medieval to m…

  • Gokanosho Heike no Sato

    Gokanosho Heike no Sato is a themed facility that brings the legend of the fleeing Heike family to the present day. Centered around items related to …

  • Masonry Museum Sekisho-kan

    The Toyo Masonry Museum, or “Sekisho-kan,” is Japan’s first museum to showcase the unique skills and technology developed to build stone bridges. Sek…

  • Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art Chibajo Branch

    Having been renovated from an old prefectural library this distinctive, this modern-design structure is one of the works which participated in ”Kumam…

  • Sendan Todoroki Falls

    It is one of the best 100 waterfalls in Japan. Waterfall splashes falling from the 70 m high of the top of a massive rock is masculine and spectacula…

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