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Kikuchi Valley

 

Enjoy short trekking in the Nature. Kikuchi Valley is located in Aso Kuju National Park.

Underground water flows out of the subsoil for 4km along the valley floor.

 


 

It is also called the Kikuchi water source and its water was selected as one of the 100 best

waters in Japan.


 

There are two routes to follow: a 30 minute and a 60 minute loop along the river bank and back

down the other side.

 


 

Kikuchi Valley is an ideal place for a summer resort. Also it has a walking trail, forest park and

wild bird park, etc.  Since over 50 kinds of wild birds are living in the valley, many people visit

for bird watching.

 


 

General information  

Address Ichihara, Kikuchi-city, Kumamoto-prefecture
Access

40 minutes by a vehicle from Aso-city

60 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city

1 hour and 40 minutes by a vehicle from Takachiho

1 hours and 50 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city

2 hours and 30 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city

Open hours 8:30 to 17:00
Admission fee JPY 100
Days closed No closing days

 

 

 

Nabegataki Watarfalls

 

Nabegataki Waterfall is a hidden tourist spot in Kumamoto prefecture, located just outside

Oguni town in Aso region. One of the area’s more well-known waterfalls. Looking like a

mini-Niagara.

 

  The hidden tourist spot

  in Aso region

 View from outside of the

 Waterfalls

 View from behind the

 Waterfalls


 

It is very unique waterfalls, you can actually climb behind the falls to see how the water has

carved out the rock over the year.

 


 

General information  

Address Kurobuchi, Oguni-cho, Aso-gun, Kumamoto-prefecture
Access

1 hour from JR Aso Station by a vehicle

Open hours 9:00 to 17:00
Admission fee JPY 300
Days closed December 28 to January 3

 

Mount Aso

 

The largest active volcano in Japan. Its peak is 1592 m above sea level. Its caldera is 25 km

across north to south and 18 km across east to west. The caldera has a circumference of around

120 km, although sources vary on the exact distance.  The central cone group of Aso consists

of five mountains: Mt.Naka, Mt.Neko, Mt.Taka, Mt. Eboshi, and Mt.Kishima.  Last major eruption

of Mt. Naka was in 1993.

 


 

Exploring Mount Aso

 

           Around Crater 

            Around Crater 

                Shrine on top


 

     Look down the Crater

                   Crater

                 Crater


 

      West side of Crater

        Central area of Crater

         East side of Crater


 

 

General information  

Address Aso-city, Aso-gun Takamoricho and Minami-Aso Village
Access

30 minutes by a vehicle from JR Miyaji Station

80 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city

60 minutes by a vehicle from Takachiho

2 hours and 10 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city

2 hours and 50 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city


 

Aso Shrine

 

Aso Shrine is popular as a god protecting worshipers from traffic accidents, and exorcism,

marriage, and learning. Aso shrine one of the oldest and most prominent shrines in Japan, 

and was built in 281 before accession of the 1st Emperor Jinmu.

 


 
The shrine is located in the center of the caldera of Mt. Aso and the caldera is known as
the largest in the world in which people are actually living.
 


 

Hiburi-shinji Festival

 


 

Aso Shrine after the Earthquake ( the Earthquake occurred on April 14, 2014)

 

Sep. 22, 2016


 

Nov. 03, 2018


 

Dec. 11, 2020


 

General information  

Address 3083-1 Miyaji, Ichinomiya-cho Aso-city, Kumamoto-prefecture
Access

5 minutes by a vehicle from JR Miyaji Station

1 hour by a vehicle from JR Kumamoto Station


 

Issingyo big cherry tree

 

Issingyo big cherry tree located in the caldera of Mount Aso and provide one of the most

beautiful cherry blossoms in Kyushu. Age : 400 years, height : 35m, branch tension: 26m.

 


 

Best season to see beautiful cherry blossoms is at the end of March to in the middle of April.

 


 

General information  

Address Oaza-nakamatsu, Minami-Aso-village, Aso-gun, Kumamoto-prefecture
Access

15 minutes walk from Nakamatsu Minami Aso Rail way station

40 minutes by a vehicle from Aso-city

60 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city

50 minutes by a vehicle from Takachiho

2 hours and 10 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city

2 hours and 50 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city


 

Aso Tourist Tram

 

Enjoy the magnificent scenery of Aso. The Minami Aso railway is a private railroad offering

a very scenic ride from Takamori to Nakamatsu in the south east of the caldera.

 


 
Lovely and magnificent scenery can be enjoyed on a pleasant 30 minute train ride.
 


 


 


 


 


 

General information  

Address 1537-2 Oaza-Takamori,  Takamori-machi, Aso-gun, Kumamoto-city

Access to

Takamori station

35 minutes by a vehicle from Aso-city

70 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city

40 minutes by a vehicle from Takachiho

2 hours and 10 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city

Operate day 

Saturday, Sunday, and National holidays

March 17 to April 8 
April 28 to May 6
July 21 to August 31 
Fare

One way JPY 790 ( between Takamori and Nakamatsu)

Round trip JPY 1,380


 

Kusasenri-ga-hama

 

The beautiful prairie of 785,000 square meter in the crater. Spreads in northern part of

Mt. Eboshi that is one of the Aso Five Mountains.

 


 

A big pond at its center and grazing horses round about make an idyllic scene.

 


 

Visitors can enjoy the various seasons from its vivid green summer to the fantastic silvery

winter, as well as riding horses and strolling around throughout the year.

 


 

General information  

Address Nagakusa, Aso-city, Kumamoto-prefecture
Access

20 minutes by a vehicle from JR Miyaji Station

70 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city

60 minutes by a vehicle from Takachiho

2 hours and 10 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city

2 hours and 50 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city


 

Shirakawa Fountain

 

Shirakawa suigen is the fountain to Shirakawa river that is one of the first class rivers of Japan.

 


 

The quantity of water that spouts with the sand at the bottom of the pond is approximately

60 tons per minute.

 


 


 

 

General information

Address Oaza-shirakawa, Minami-Aso-village, Aso-gun, Kumamoto-prefecture
Access

5 minutes walk from Shirakawa Suigen Minami Aso Rail way station

40 minutes by a vehicle from Aso-city

60 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city

50 minutes by a vehicle from Takachiho

2 hours and 10 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city

2 hours and 50 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city


 

Daikanbo

 

The perfect spot view the five peak of Mount Aso. The must visiting tourist spot in Aso, Daikanbo

literally means a big observatory peak. The circumference of the Aso caldera is about 130

kilometers. From the observation site, you can clearly see its conical shape. Early in the morning,

the clouds had spread out below us, and hung over the caldera as if they were a large sea.

 

  Over view from Daikanbo


              At the top
 
          Observatory place 

 

View from the top

 


 

General information  
Address Yamada, Aso-city, Kumamoto-prefecture
Access

25 minutes by a vehicle from JR Miyaji Station

80 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city

90 minutes by a vehicle from Takachiho

130 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city


 

Takamori Dengaku-no sato / Featured restaurant in Aso

 

Enjoy Aso beef and local cuisines.  The restaurant uses the old private house with thatched

roof built more than 200 years ago.

 

Aso beef and local cuisines in Aso can be enjoyed. Bake the meat and local ingredients with

charcoal at a Japanese traditional style fire place.

 


 

General information  

Address 2685-2 Oaza-Takamori,  Takamori-machi, Aso-gun, Kumamoto-city
Access

35 minutes by a vehicle from Aso-city

70 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city

40 minutes by a vehicle from Takachiho

2 hours and 10 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city

2 hours and 50 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city

Open hours

10:00 to 20:30

Days closed No closing day