Kikuchi To Kikuka-machi, Yamaga City To Hita Castle To Taio Ryumon Dam Okubo River Yahogatake To Aso Kikuchi City Map Trailhead Tatekado Bridge Kikuchi Castle was Kikuchi Tourist Association Yakushiyu Hazama 卍 Shogoji Temple built in the late seventh ne ●Kikuchi Castle Gyokushoji ●Onsen yli century by the Yamato Arch Bridge Mori-no-Ajidokoro Aso Sk Tel:0968-25-0513 uchi Court in defense against Temple Nakamura● Kik Image Takatsuka Ryumon Bridge Kikuchi ●Kikuchi the Silla‒Tang army. ● ◉Konomiya Dance Kannondo ● Character Burial Mound 卍 Country Club Keikokukan Koro-kun ● dedicated to ● Hoppukuji Temple 卍 ● Kasuga Shrine ● Kikuchi Tadanobu Kumabe● Sasaki Grape Farm ●Iwakura 133 ● Gorge Kikuchi Castle Historical Park / Tombs of A 650-year-old muku tree planted Seiryuso Nakamura Tourist Grape Onkosouseikan Tamekuni Kikuchi and Machikado Museum personally by Prince Kanenaga, who ●周 443-1 Kikuka-machi Yonabaru, Yamaga City 861-0425 Chestnut Farm Farm Shigetomo Kikuchi arrived in Kyushu as Seisei Shogun Ruins of● Kikuchi Gorge Tel: 0968-48-3178 Former sake (generalissimo who subdues the western Confucius Open: AM 9:30～PM 17:15 (Last entry: PM 16:45) brewery now used barbarians) ● “Mizuno Eki” Admission: Free as a rental hall. Shrine Shironoi ●History Museum Closed: Every Monday (or the following day when Monday is a holiday) and Kogenji Kikuchi December 25 to January 4 High School Sweet Shop 周●Ryokan Temple ● Kikuchi Shrine ●Shigemi Dangoya Kikuchi is the largest dairy Takanoya Sakaeya ●Igagurien To Horikiri producing area 卍 Waifu Ichibankan● ● 周● in Western . ●Shogun-boku Tree Ryokan Tactical command ●Public Gymnasium Kikuchi Statue of Motoemon Takagi● baton points toward off ●Multi-Purpose Grounds ●Taru-no-kura ● ● Ice Cream Sumikura Beika ● North Wide Area in the distant Dazaifu. ●Shiroyamaso 周 A delicious combination of ● Gosho-dori Takagi Headquarters Kikuchi One of the most famous fresh and pure milk and fruits! Family Residence Equestrian statue of spots for cherry blossoms in Hazamagawa Strawberries, melons and mango, and (Western-style building built in the ● Takemitsu Kikuchi Park Kumamoto Prefecture, dotted Kikuchi Matsubayashi River tasty local specialty products of yacon Birthplace of Aiko Tokutomi, Taisho period 1912 to 1926) with many monuments and Retro-kan● Noh Stage Dentetsu Bus● Citizens Plaza wife of novelist and philosopher stones engraved with literary and suiden burdock blend to create Matsukura (“Kikuchi Onsen Shimin Roka Tokutomi Footbath● Kikuchi Dream works. scrumptious ice cream. 18 Hiroba-Mae” Bus Stop) ●Kikuchi Kanko One way Family Residence Museum of Art One way (Sennen-no-kaze House) Bussankan Hakuryu Portable ● Kikuchi Onsen (), Kikuchi Jinrikisha Traditional performance art with ●Footbath ●Shrine Warehouse Tourist Information Office known for its effects to bring (human-powered rickshaw) 650 years of history, performed outbeautiful skin, has been ●Isshin Taxi (Kikuchi Tourist Association) Sharaku-no-kai during the Autumn Festival of selectedas one of Japan’s best (Ryokan Association) Shidashi Yumeya Yokomachi-dori Kikuchi Shrine. Izakaya 100 hot springs. Business hours: AM 10:00～PM 18:00 Goshi ● Kumamotodentetsu Sanrensho Izakaya Mutsugoro (Reservation required) Seika● ●Mochizuki Ryokan Kikuchi Plaza ●Café Chim Chim Kikuchi ● Fee: 3,000 yen (about one hour) On-matsubayashi Onoh 周 Fukudon Contact:080-4289-0837 ●Yamaguchi ● ● Delicious ingredients Fruits Shop Gokurakuji 卍 ● 卍 One way ●Tatemachi-dori grown in Kikuchi are served topped on Temple Sweet Shop a bowl of rice! Saishoji ● 卍 Kotobuki One way Temple Kumada ● Amatoya Sushihiro ● B-class gourmet dishes “Kikuchi Fukudon” Shokudo Kikunoya ●Moriyamaso Turtle shaped tomb of Take- have been created by skillful cooks who love Chuo-dori● Honten mitsu Kikuchi is located ●Harika ● Creative Cuisine 周 Kikuchi using ingredients from the fertile land Great camphor Himawari under a huge camphor tree Kikuchi Shop ● Sushi Shop Sen-no-Tsuki● ● and clear running streams and local agricultural Nakahara tree of Shokudo● Origin of Kikuchi whose root circumference ● Shougetsudo Tanoue Kikuchi and livestock products. Enjoy a tasty bowl of Myoreji Temple is more than 10 m. Footbath ● Tourist● Taxi Hot Spring Kikuchi’s home grown products. Hiyoke Western-Style ● ● Kikuchi ● ● Izakaya Izakaya Kirin ● (Protector against fire) 卍 Mansai Kobo Kanko Hotel● Kikuchi Danrinji ● Shunshokusaryo Jizo statue Izakaya ● 18 Central Hospital Temple The Kikuchi clan was the largest clan in and Ajitoya SHIN Muramoto Tarafuku Tomb of To Kikusui I.C. ● played active role mainly in the Kikuchi district from the ●Yakitori Yamaga Kikuchi offers a variety of fine to the late . Kikuchi Hot Spring District Takemitsu Kikuchi ● Business Hotel Toyo Inaka-an Kikuchi traditional sweets - Matsukaze The Kikuchi clan prospered and built the city of Kikuchi, and Yubeshi! Taking a tour of while pledging loyalty to the Imperial Court. Ramen ●Izakaya ● Horaikan ● ● ● the local sweet shops is fun and One way Kikumasa ● 卍 Oishi delicious! Izakaya Umezushi Chinese Restaurant 周 Ryuhotei Shokanji Honda Ryokan Temple One way Sengyo Association 卍 ● One way Keisen Ramen● Kikuchi Roadside Station Kikuchi ● Tofukuji Temple Shichijo Melon Dome Kikuchi Shopping Sweet Shop Grand Hotel Job Placement Post Office Higo Bank● Yoshinoya Sasanoya● ● Plaza Yume Kukan Office 〶 One way ● Konpira To Ueki I.C. 周 周 Shrine Shichijo Onsen Dome Kumamoto Bank ● 387 ● ● ● Uogata Fruits Shop Tsuiji-Ide ● 325 Commerce and Sakaegura Haraguchi ●Industry House ●Izakaya Sankaimaru Higo ● Seika Konomi Tomb of Welcome to Kikuchi Police Station Tawaraya ● Japanese-Style Yoshiyuki Kikuchi Kikuchi! ● Waifu ● ◎ Kikuchi City Hall Tsuiji-Ide Irrigation canal built by 387 Shofukuya ●Tsumura Elementary Restaurant Kiyomasa Kato and Kikuchi Medical Yuhodo School Mizutori Kikuchi Kikuchi City Eel Restaurant“Kikuman” ● Kikuchi Girl’s home to fireflies that 203 ● Association Cultural Hall High School light up the early Tomb of Dairinji Shop JA Kikuchi● Library Hospital 卍 ● summer night sky. Takeshige Kikuchi Temple Kikuchi Minami ● ● Junior High School Juttokuya Kikuchi Shop Laundromat● ● Kikuchi Onsen, One of Japan’s Best 100 Hot Springs Kikuchi Gorge Image Characters 325 Mippy and Moppy Goto Onsen● Brings out beautiful skin, while you feel warm and cozy 100 Yen Shop 菊 池 川 ● ● Since this hot spring first emerged from the ground in 1954, Kikuchi Onsen au● ●Canyon (Docomo) has enjoyed a continuous ample supply of 100% naturally heated hot spring 53 Cake Shop water. The23 colorless, transparent water is alkaline, and maintained at roughly Laundromat● McDonald’s● This Shrine was founded by the 45 degrees Celsius. It is effective in bringing out beautiful skin, healing Softbank● Kikuchi clan and dedicated to “Mori-to-Yama” neuralgia, rheumatism, and other ailments. Because of the soft touch to skin The tomb of and moist feeling after taking a bath, it is also called the“beautiful skin hot Ruins of Kuninomiyatsuko Hayamikatama- spring” or“skin lotion hot spring,” which attracts Noritaka Kikuchi, no-mikoto (the god of Aso). many women and tourists. the first head of Kikunoike Stay at one of the the Kikuchi clan, ●Castle Kitamiya Ryokan Association member Shofukudo● is located here. Aso Shrine Bicycle Rentals (at tourist information office) lodging establishments. Roadside Station Economy saver“Hot Spring Tickets” Kikuchi Golf Center● Kyokushi Business hours: AM 10:00～PM 16:00 (Rentals accepted until PM 16:00. now on sale. Akahoshi ◉ Bicycles must be returned by PM 17:00.) ●Confucius Park ●Tamago-an Convenience Gas station Restroom Fee: Basic fee 100 yen + 100 yen/hour …store … … To Kyokushi, Kikuchi City ● ●Yakiniku Restaurant Ikkyu Contact: Kikuchi Tourist Association Tel.0968-25-0513 ●Roadside Station Sweet Tourist facility & Japanese-style Hot Traditional art & Hot spring To Kumamoto …Restaurant … shop … souvenir center … hotel … spring ◉… festival 周… tickets Shisui Youjou Ichiba To Ozu-machi and Kumamoto Airport 212 (General Incorporatedきよらカァサ Association) Kikuchi Onsen Kanko Ryokan Kikuchi Tourist Association温泉館きよら Association Tel.0968-25-0513 Tel.0968-25-2926 Kikuchi Wide Area Map with Useful Information http://www.kikuchikanko.ne.jp http://www.kikuchionsen.jp 満願寺温泉

Souvenirs and ❶ meals Kikuchi Keikokukan 八女市 40 Please visit us when you visit Kikuchi Gorge. 南小国町 Kikuchi Gorge ◎Address: 9 5026 Harufukaba, Kikuchi City A spectacular view of the gorge and its virgin forest ◎Tel: 0968-27-0052 Yame City Shukugamineo-toge You Come Takema Gorge Mt. Kunimi ◎Open: 13 Pass Kikuchi Gorge, the headwaters of the Kikuchigawa River, is covered by AM 8:30 ～ PM 17:00 a thick lush forest of natural broadleaf trees. The fresh water that ◎Closed: Otaki Falls 387 meanders through the forest forms rapids, deep pools and waterfalls of December to March みやま市 varying sizes. The streams and beautiful forest have created 3 Hyodo-toge Pass 4 Yatani Gorge magnificent and magical scenery. 18 The area along the gorge is a place that soothes the hearts of visitors Yahogatake all year round, where the murmur of streams and the sound of birds Roadside Station Shogoji Temple マゼノ渓谷 Kikuchi Gorge“Mizuno Eki” singing relaxes the mind and nurtures a dream: In summer, the cold ❷ Kahoku“Ogurigo” Arahira-toge 9 Pass Kikuchi Kogen clear streams (called a natural cooler), with an average temperature in We offer an assortment of agricultural products and souvenirs from Kumamoto. AUTOPOLIS 45 Country Club summer of only 13 degrees Celsius, are ideal for escaping the heat. In ◎Address: 小岱山 autumn, colored12 foliage reflected on the streams is spectacular. In spring, enjoy fresh green vegetation. In 2331-9 Shigemi, Kikuchi City Aira Kannon Kikuchi winter, ice coats tree branches in the forest. ◎Tel: 0968-27-1711 Ryumon Dam Country Club Selected as one of Japan’s best 100 forests for forest bathing, Japan’s best 100 ◎Open: Aira-tobikazura 205 Kikuchi Gorge is designatedas a 大観峰 AM 9:00 ～ PM 18:00 remarkable waters, Japan’s best 100 waterfalls, Japan’s best 100 water Kumamoto Natural Recreation catchment forests, Kumamoto’s best 100 greenery scenic areas, Kumamoto’s (Varies depending on season.) Kikuchi Aso Skyline Forest. best 100 natural scenic areas, and Kumamoto’s best 100 new scenic areas. ◎Closed: Open daily except when otherwise noted. 6 3 18 Kikuchi City New facility: Athletic Park 45 212 a Mori-no-Ajidokoro Nakamura ❶ 田中城跡 Yamaga City Mizunomichi Kikuchi Keikokukan Uchinomaki Accommodations and Hot Spring Facilities ❸ Kikuchi Kanko Bussankan ❷ Onsen 133 Kikuchi Gorge Hanaasobi Aso City Kikuchi Kanko Hotel 0968-25-2111 Hirayama Onsen Nichirinji Temple 9 37 Kikuchi Gorge Serving delicious foods from nature-rich Kikuchi. 18 Sozugawa 387 ◎Address: 4 Fudogan “Mizuno Eki” Kikuchi Grand Hotel 0968-25-3111 新大牟田駅 南関I.C Anzu-no-oka River Spring Kirari 1273-1 Waifu, Kikuchi City Nagomi-machi 195 Rocks ◎Tel: 0968-25-5477 Kikuka Onsen Igagurien Shiny Village 149 Kikuchi Sasanoya 0968-25-4000 Culture Sports 201 Roadside ◎Open: Donguri Village 329 AM 8:30 ～ PM 18:00 Obusan Burial Mound Center 175 Station Aso Mochizuki Ryokan 203 Milk Road 0968-25-2185 (Sunday morning market AM 7:30 ～ ) Chibusan Burial Mound Kumairi Onsen Kikuchi Castle Historical Park ◎Closed: 201 339 Shiroyamaso 0968-25-2400 December 31 443 Ipponmatsu Park 29 Yachiyoza Theater Kikuchi Kanko Bussankan Seiryuso 0968-24-2155 南関町 Mikawa Onsen Plaza Five Kikuchi Shrine Cocco-Farm Tamago-an Furusato Koryu Center ❸ ❹大牟田市5 Yamaga Onsen Mizube Plaza Kamoto Kikuchi Onsen Mt. Kuratake Cuddly Shironoi Ryokan 0968-25-1188 Dominion Cocco-Farm’s market selling fresh eggs and farm4 produce Sakaeya Ryokan 0968-25-4171 Birthplace of 325 Iwamoto Entsuji Temple ◎Address: Ancient Burial Mound Takamori Saigo’s 57 291077 Morikita, Kikuchi City 16 ancestors ❺ Horaikan 0968-25-2703 ◎Tel: 0968-24-0007 Museum 37 Shiki-no-Sato Kyokushi ◎Open: Roadside Station“Shichijo Melon Dome” ❾ Miyabaru 139 Moriyamaso 0968-25-2705 Bussankan: AM 10:00 ～ PM 20:00 Kaou Bussankan 53 Kikuchi Restaurant: AM 11:00 ～ PM 20:00 Onsen 23 Mt. Aso Road Golf Center Mt. AsoAso Road ◎Closed: Nagomi Farm Kikuchi Business Hotel 0968-24-3181 ❹ Hinohara Campsite Volcano January3 1 and 2 ❻ Cocco-Farm Tamago-an Aso Monkey-Showman Ueki Museum Iwakura (Kikuchi Gorge Kikusui I.C. Onsen Shichijo Onsen Dome Theatre Hot-Spring Hotel) 0968-27-0026 29 Eiraku Maekawa Spring Kunosato Roadside Station ASO Farm Land Kunosato ❺ Roadside Station Shichijo Melon Dome 55 119 3 23 0968-25-7123 Kikuchi Green Road ❽ Kusasenrigahama “Kyokushi” Kyokushi Village Aso High Land Museum Park Shichijo Onsen Dome Take a bite out of some fresh fruits and vegetables and have some rest. 53 Nonoyu 0968-26-4800 Kikusui Romankan Naga Fureai Center 299 Yunotani Onsen 小岱山◎Address: Higo House Airport Hotel Kumamoto 306 Shichijo-machi Okada, Kikuchi City Village Tonkararin 37 Chestnut Farm Chukaku Industrial Park 096-294-1111 314 4 387 Kumamoto Chuo Ozu-machi Hot Spring Center ◎Tel: 0968-25-5757 Country Club Winas ◎Open: 6 Toyomizunoyu Confucius Park Honda Goto Onsen 0968-25-1020 Bussankan: AM 9:00 ～ PM 18:00 Roadside Station Tarutama Onsen Koheiji Temple Roadside Station 49 Mt. Aso Road 蓮華院誕生寺奥之院Restaurant: AM 10:00 ～ PM 16:00 Ueki I.C. 325 “Ozu” Kumamoto Jigoku Onsen Yakushiyu Onsen 0968-24-6003 ◎Closed: Shin-Tamana Station 3 ❼“Shisui” Youjou Ichiba Bunkanomori Iwato Gorge Year-End and New Year holidays Airport Hotel 57 Kumamoto Tawarayama Iwatonosato Bypass 16 309 55 Mitori Kannondo 325 荒尾市 蛇ヶ谷公園 Goshi City Hohi Line Taxi ❻ Shichijo Onsen Dome Tabaruzaka Ononosensui Semicon Techno Park 30 207 Kikuchi Kanko Taxi 0968-25-1151 Accommodations where you can relax, feel warm and cozy Park Park 28 U Palace ◎Address: Kagoshima Line Kikuyu Taxi 玉名温泉 Ueki-machi Benten Country Park 0968-25-4188 962-1 Shichijo-machi Hayashibaru, 30 Sanfurea Kikuchi City 341 Asobonosato Kugino ◎Tel: 0968-26-4800 Nishihara-mura Isshin Sogo Taxi 0968-36-9685 ◎Open: 37 長洲町 AM 10:00 ～ AM 7:00 next morning 316 Hanaguri-Ide Facilities: Riverside Park, Moenosato ASPECTA Golf Course barbecue site, hot spring, Kikuyo-machi swimming pool Tamana City Kikuchi Country Club 0968-27-1121 １ Gyokuto- Aso Kumamoto Airport Kikuchi Kogen Country Club 0968-27-1111 ❼ Roadside Station Shisui Youjou Ichiba machi Kyushu Shinkansen 443 Kumamoto Chuo Country Club 096-293-3300 A theme park of Chinese culture and Confucian philosophy Kokutai Road ◎Address: Techno Research Park 3393 Shisui-machi Toyomizu, Foodpal 337 Kumamoto I.C. Kikuchi City Y-BOX Kumamoto 【Legend】 ◎Tel: 0968-38-6100 ◎Open: 57 Bussankan: AM 9:00 ～ PM 18:00 Hot spring Disability-accessible Souvenir Sightseeing Restaurant ◎Closed: restroom center spot Year-End and New Year holidays Oama Onsen Kinpozan 3 36 1：138,000 Prefectural Mashiki 0 3km Park Fujisaki Kumamoto ❽ Roadside Station Kyokushi Village Fureai Center Honmyouji １ Hachimangu Kuko I.C. A station full of attractions and hospitality Temple Shrine ◎Address: Required Time and Access 1886 Kyokushi Kawabe, Kikuchi City Kumamoto City Grandmesse Kikuchi Dream Museum of Art ◎Tel: 0968-37-3719 Kumamoto Prefectural Office Kumamoto ◎Open: Castle Bussankan: AM 9:00 ～ PM 18:00 The museum has a tourist information desk. There are Restaurant: AM 11:00 ～ PM 21:00 Kikusui Route 325 Aso City permanent exhibition rooms where the history of Kikuchi and (Last order: PM 20:00) JR Suizenji Park I.C. Route 325 Route 57 ◎Closed: Kumamoto Kumamoto profiles of people from Kikuchi are introduced, a gallery and a 40min Year-End and New Year holidays 60min 501 Station Station corner where you can enjoy hands-on experience in stone paintings and other activities. Route 53 Kikuchi Route 325 ❾ Shiki-no-Sato Kyokushi Ueki I.C. 30min City Route 443 ◎Address: 30min Route 387 Aso Escape and take a break from the urban hustle and bustle, and forget about time. 1273-1 Waifu, Kikuchi City 60min ◎Address: 28 Kumamoto ◎Tel: 0968-23-1155 Route 325 2934-10 Kyokushi Fumoto, Kikuchi City 40min ◎Tel: 0968-37-3939 ◎Open: Route 57 Airport ◎Open: Onsenkan (Hot spring facility) AM 9:00 ～ PM 18:00 Kumamoto AM 10:00 ～ PM 21:00 (Last entry: PM 20:00) (AM 9:00 ～ PM 17:30 Station AM 10:00 ～ PM 17:00 Kumamoto Petting zoo: December to February) I.C. ◎Closed: Thursdays *The facility may be closed on other days during some months. Please contact the facility for details. As of March 31, 2015