KUMAMOTO CASTLE MAP Kumamoto Castle & Suizenji Jojuen Park (About 3H 30Mins) Described Information on This Map Will Be Changed Without Prior Notice

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Course① Sannomaru the second Parking Lot KUMAMOTO CASTLE MAP Kumamoto Castle & Suizenji Jojuen Park (about 3h 30mins) Described information on this map will be changed without prior notice. Former residence of Hosokawa Gyobu Hyakken Ishigaki Kenmotsudai Arboretum (temporally closed) KKR Hotel Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center Sannomaru the first Parking Lot Bouan Slope (Outside Only) Kumamoto City Museum KKR Hotel Kumamoto Prefectural Art Museum (Branch) Kato Shrine WC Walking route Sho-Tenshu Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto Kumamoto Castle Museum Kumamoto Dai-Tenshu Akazuno Gate Museum of Art Annex Station Wakuwakuza Station Kumamoto Museum and you can go to Ninomaru Park and Inui Turret Uto Turret Kumamoto 15 mins. 5 mins. 15 mins. 30 mins. the former residence of Kumamoto Kato Shrine from Johsaien on foot. Heizaemonmaru Hotel Castle by tram on foot by tram by tram Hosokawa Gyobu Daijingu Shrine Statue of Tani Tateki Great Gingko Tree Kumamoto Castle Suizenji Jojuen Park Gokoku shrine Takahashi Park Kumamoto Prefectural Statues of You can see VR (virtual reality) videos of Kumamoto Castle in Edo period Kumamoto Castle was built in 1607. This is a traditional Japanese garden. Fujisakidai Stadium Art Museum (main) Ninomaru Park Hon-maru Goten Grand Hall Imperial Restoration Heroes and some short plays. It has been closed due to the earthquake, You can enjoy tea at the special room Sukiyamaru Two-story hall Kumamoto Castle You can also enjoy ninja and kimono costuming experience (some plans need extra fee). but still the symbol of Kumamoto. (extra charge). Inari Shrine Niyo-no-Ishigaki Fujisakidai 1000-year-old Kumamoto Castle-Ninomaru Parking Camphor Trees ●Ninomaru rest place Course② Kumamoto Castle, Suizenji Jojuen Park & more (about 7h) souvenirs available WC Ninomaru Parking Lot Iida-maru Five story Turret Hitsujisaru Turret WC City Tram

Miyuki Slope Naga-bei (long wall) City Hall 15 mins. Hokke Slope Free shuttle bus route WC Kumamoto Kumamoto Castle / City Hall on foot Sakuranokoji City Hall Station 15 mins. 10 mins. 20 mins. Sakura-no-baba Johsaien (View place on 14th floor) Children’s Center WC 8:00-24:00 Walking Only Wakuwakuza Bagu Turret Weekday 8:30-22:00 by tram on foot on foot Tsuboi River Seiso Park Tourist Information Center Holiday 9:00-22:00 Kumamoto Castle Museum Wakuwakuza Kumamoto City Museum Kato Shrine Lunch at Sakura-no-baba Johsaien ？ (Sakura-no-baba Johsaien) (South Entrance only) 10 mins. Sakura-no-baba Parking Lot Nagabei Street You can see VR (virtual reality) videos of Kumamoto There are many exhibitions about Kiyomasa Kato is worshipped in You can find nice souvenirs and Children’s Center WC Castle in Edo period and some short plays. by Kumamoto Castle the history and nature of Kumamoto. Kato Shrine. restaurants here. Sakurano-no-baba Johsaien You can also enjoy ninja and kimono costuming Loop Bus You can also enjoy the planetarium You can see Uto Turret and Main Tower There’s tourist information center. Miyuki Bridge Statue of Kato Kiyomasa experience (some plans need extra fee). “Shiromegurin” (extra charge). of Kumamoto Castle up close here.

10 mins. on foot

Free Guided Tour of Kumamoto Castle (Ninomaru~Kato Shrine) ■Reception/ Tourist Information Center Hotel (Sakura-no-baba Johsaien) 15 mins. 15 mins. 5 mins. ■Hours/ 9:00~15:00 (the tour takes in 1 hour) by tram by tram on foot (Operation time) Castle Loop Bus 14th floor of Kumamoto City Hall Suizenji Jojuen Park Kumamon Square Kamitori Arcade & Shimotori Arcade (Shopping & Dinner) 9:00-17:00 ■Charge/ Free (you can’t make reservation) Free shuttle bus Collapsed Damaged Restricted Area Shiromegurin bus stop *the last bus depart ■Closed/ Dec. 29~Jan.3 A whole view of Kumamoto Castle This is a traditional Japanese garden. You might be able to meet Kumamon. These are the biggest shopping streets in Kumamoto. Sakura-no-baba Johsaien（Bus stop) from Ninomaru WC Rest Room WC Multipurpose Toilet Free Wheel-chair Loaning *Only for a group of 1~8 persons can be seen from the 14th floor. You can enjoy tea at the special room Rare Kumamon goods are available. There are a department store, many famous brand *Runs every 15-20 min. *There are days when foreign language It opens also on weekends and (extra charge). stores and lots of restaurants. It will be late due to Nursing Room Locker Free Shuttle Bus Route holidays (free of charge). Ninomaru Parking lot the traffic jam. speaking guides are not available.

Restaurants Course③ Kumamoto Castle, Shrines & Shopping (about 6h 45mins)

農家れすとらんしのじの青柳和食瑞恵 Shinojino Aoyagi Mizue (Outside Only) Address/ 1-10-3, Shimotori, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 1-4-26 1F. Shimotori, Chuo-ku,Kumamoto City Address/ 2-26 1F. Ansei-machi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Tel/ 096-356-1029 Tel/ 096-353-0311 Tel/ 096-322-6973 Kumamoto Hours/ Weekdays 11:30～14:00（OS 13:30） Hours/ 11:30～14:00／17:00～22:00（OS 21:30） Hours/ 17:00～24:00 Station 5 mins. 15 mins. 17:30～22:30（OS 21:30） Closed/ irregular Closed/ irregular Sundays&Holidays 11:30～14:30（OS 14:00） on foot by tram 17:30～22:00（OS 21:00） Kitaoka Shrine Kumamoto Castle, Kato Shrine, Kumamoto Castle Inari Shrine Closed/ Year-end and new year holidays There are 2 big camphor trees. There are various shrines around Kumamoto Castle. This shrine is regarded as having It’ s good to see some shrines while seeing the castle. 五郎八本店菅乃屋上通店 YOKOBACHI the benefits of matchmaking and Kato Shrine has the benefit of victory and Kumamoto Castle Inari Shrine has the benefit of business. Gorohachi (main store) Suganoya Kamitori YOKOBACHI easy delivery of baby. Address/ 12-8 B1. Hanabata-cho, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 2-12 2F. Jyoto-machi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 11-40, Kamitori, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City 10 mins. on foot Tel/ 096-321-8568 Tel/ 0120-82-3558 Tel/ 096-351-4581 Hours/ 17:00～23:00（OS 22:00） Hours/ 11:30～15:00（OS 14:00） Hours/ 17:00～24:00 Closed/ Sundays(if Monday is a holiday, 17:00～22:00（OS 21:00） Closed/ None Monday) and irregular Closed/ 12/31、1/1 Don Quijote, 10 mins. Daikoku Drug 郷土・海鮮肥後の陣屋天草海まる寿司・活魚料理天草 on foot Tsuruya Department Store, PARCO, COCOSA Higo no Jinya Amakusa Kaimaru Amakusa Duty-free shops. You can enojoy shopping at Tsuruya Department Store, PARCO and COCOSA. Address/ 1-5-20, Shimotori, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 1-1-2, Ninomaru, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 13-23 1F. Hanabata-cho, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City It’s good to buy snacks, general goods and cosmetics. Tel/ 096-211-1414 Tel/ 096-319-5073 Tel/ 096-325-6444 Hours/ from Mondays to Thursday 16:00～23:30（OS 23:00） Hours/ 11:00～15:30／17:00～19:00 Hours/ from Mondays to Thursdays 17:00～24:00 Fridays, Saturdays and the days before holidays Closed/ 12/31 Fridays and Saturdays 17:00～2:30 16:00～24:00（OS 23:30） Closed/ Sundays (if Monday is a holiday, Monday) Closed/ Sundays Course④ Musashi Miyamoto (about 3h)

焼き鳥居酒屋憲Q百ダイニングカフェ彩お好み焼き・鉄板焼き大ちゃん Ken Q Hyaku Sai Daichan

Address/ 1-10-11 1F. Shimotori, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 1-1 14F. Tetorihon-cho, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 11-20 2F. Hanabata-cho, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Kumamoto Kotsu Center Tel/ 096-356-5075 Tel/ 096-328-2954 Tel/ 096-356-2905 Hours/ 18:00～3:00（OS 2:30） Hours/ 11:00～22:00 (15:00~17:30 Drinks only) Hours/ 17:00～24:00 Station 10 mins. Bus Terminal 30 mins. 20 mins. Closed/ irregular Closed/ Wednesdays, year-end and new year holidays Closed/ irregular by tram by bus by taxi & Reigando Cave, Gohyaku Rakan Shimada Museum of Arts 20 mins. This is a cave which is said that Musashi Miyamoto, the samurai, wrote Many exhibitions about Musashi on foot “Gorin no Sho (The Book of Five Rings)”. Miyamoto and more are held. There are a lot of stone Buddha statues (Gohyaku Rakan) on the way 黒龍紅熊本ラーメン専門店黒亭本店こむらさき上通中央店 to Reigando Cave. Kokuryuko Kokutei (main store) Komurasaki Kamitori Chuo

Address/ 2-5-7, Kasuga, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 2-1-23, Nihongi, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto City Address/ 8-16, Kamitori, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City Tel/ 096-353-0929 Tel/ 096-352-1648 Tel/ 096-325-8972 Tourist information Hours/ 11:00～15:00（OS 14:30） Hours/ 10:30～20:30（OS） Hours/ 11:00～16:00（OS 15:30） 17:00～24:00（OS 23:30） Closed/ the third Thursday 18:00～22:00（OS 21:30） Closed/ irregular Closed/ Year-end and new year holiday Kumamoto International Convention and Tourism Bureau Kumamoto Station Information Center Sakuranobaba Johsaien Information Center TEL.096-359-1788 TEL.096-327-9500 TEL.096-322-5060 Kamikumamoto Kurokamimachi Statue of Kato Kiyomasa Riddel and Wright Memorial Hall

↓ Kamikumamoto Memorial Museum of (Closed) (Closed) A Statue of Natsume Soseki the Fifth High School Mt.kinpou Honmyoji Temple Kamikumamoto Station 0 About 100m About 200m Kenritsutaiikukan-mae(Prefectural Gymnasium) Kumamoto University Honmyoji Temple Entrance Nishi no Musashizuka Prefectural Gymnasium Sakurayama Shrine & Shinpuren Museum A Honmyoji Temple Entrance

↓ Former resindence of Hosokawa Gyobu Kyushu Tokai KUMAMOTO City

(Temporarily closed) がな登路山を University ら Kumamoto Dentetsu Railway り

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Prefectural Traditional (Monument only) ■ ■Route Inn Kumamoto Ekimae Art Museum(main) ! ● Crafts Center ● Kumamoto Station KUMAMOTO SHINTOSHIN PLAZA ❽ The Hosokawa Collection- Kumamoto Suizenji Park Suizenji Jojuen Park ❷ Gokoku Shrine Eiseibunko Gallery ❸ Namikizaka Street ■Toyoko Inn Kumamoto eki-mae Shiritsutaiikukan-mae Kumamoto Kumamoto Prefectural Ark Hotel (City Gymnasium) Prefectural Office Nihongiguchi Fujisakidai Ninomaru Park Kato Shrine Art Museum(branch) Kumamoto jyo-mae Asobigokoro Yulax Kumamoto Literature and ■Hotel Honjin Shogyokoko-mae Baseball Stadium Kumamoto Prefectural Tasakibashi History Museum Daniyamamachi Minami Kumamoto Kuwamizu / Shiminbyoin-mae Museum Art Annex Maruko Hotel (Municipal Hospital) Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto Chuo Hacchobaba Heisei Ninomaru Parking Lot Police Station Kengunko-mae Fujisakidai 1000-years-old Kumamoto Castle Zoological and Camphor Trees Botanical Gardens Entrance Lake Kami Ezu Ninomaru Parking Lot Kumamoto Hotel Castle Miyauchi Parking Lot Ninomaru Shirakawa Park Kengunkoban-mae Children’s Center Resting Room Kumamoto City Zoological Kumamoto & Botannical Gardens Kengunmachi Kumamoto ❾ Oaks Street Kumamoto ← Children’s Center Kumamoto Castle Hotel Castle Inari Shrine Wasuki Tsukasa Kan Fujisakidai-shita National Hospital Organization Sakura-no-baba Johsaien Kumamoto Prefectural Art Museum(main) Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center Kumamoto Medical Center Wakuwakuza KamitoriContemporary Arcade ❶ ❷ ❸ Kumamoto Sakura-no-koji Tel.096-288-5577 Tel.096-352-2111 Tel.096-324-4930 Sakura-no-baba Art Museum YMCA ? Tourist Information Center List of Tourist OPEN HOURS [March to November]9:00-19:00 [December to February ]9:00-18:00 OPEN HOURS 9:30-17:15(Entry until 16:45) OPEN HOURS 9:00-17:00 Johsaien City Hall Kumamoto CLOSED Differs depending on the shop ADMISSION FEE Free CLOSED Mon. (If it is a national holiday, the next day will be closed) CLOSED Mon. (If it is a national holiday, the next day will be closed) Urusanmachi ❶ Tetori Shrine ACCESS Year-end and New year holidays Year-end and New year holidays Kumamoto Castle / City Hall City Hall ❹ Bus stop: ”Sakura-no-baba Johsaien”(Kumamoto Catsle Loop Bus Urusanmachi Sakura-no-baba Johsaien Torichosuji ! “Shiromegurin”) Tram stop: ”Kumamoto Castle City Hall” ADMISSION FEE ※Permanent Exhibition Adults ¥270(¥190), ADMISSION FEE Admission fee for the Permanent Collection Hotel Nikko Kumamoto Facilities University students ¥160(¥120) Adults ¥200(¥140), University students ¥130(¥100) Kumamoto Castle Museum Wakuwakuza Tel.096-288-5600 Statue of PARCO Toyoko Inn Kumamoto-jyo Torichosuji ( ):Group rates Free admission for elementary, Jr.High and High School students. Free admission for elementary, Jr.High and High School students OPEN HOURS 9:00-17:30(Entry until 17:00) Kato Kiyomasa ! ACCESS Bus stop: ”Kumamoto Castle, Ninomaru Parking Lot” ACCESS Bus stop: ”KKR Hotel Kumamoto” ●〇￥ Tsuruya Suidocho As of January 31st, 2019. Subject to change. CLOSED 12/29～31 ADMISSION FEE Adults ¥300(¥240), 15 years and under ¥100(¥80) Hotel Mielparque (Kumamoto Catsle Loop Bus “Shiromegurin”) (Kumamoto Catsle Loop Bus “Shiromegurin”) Free Shuttle Bus Department Store ! Sakura-no-baba Johsaien Kumamoto Kumamoto City Ninomaru Parking Lot International Center ❹ Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto ❺ Kumamon Square ❻ Kumamoto City Museum ❼ Shimada Museum of Art ! Former Residence of ❺ Tel.096-278-7500 Tel.096-327-9066 Tel.096-324-3500 Tel.096-352-4597 NTT Hotel Sun Route Koizumi Yakumo OPEN HOURS 10:00-20:00(Entry until 19:30) OPEN HOURS 10:00-19:00 OPEN HOURS 9:00-17:00(Entry until 16:30) OPEN HOURS 10:00-17:00(Entry until 16:30) (1F: Kumamoto Prefectural Products Center) Kumamoto CLOSED Tuesday (If it is a national holiday, the next day will be closed) CLOSED 12/31~1/2 CLOSED Mon. (If it is a national holiday, the next day will be closed) CLOSED Tuesday (If it is a national holiday, the next day will be closed) Hanabatacho Ginza Street 1F:Kumamon Square Year-end and New year holidays ADMISSION FEE Free Year-end and New year holidays Year-end and New year holidays Kumamoto ADMISSION FEE Permanent Collection: Free ACCESS Tram stop: ”Suidocho” ADMISSION FEE Adults ¥400, University students and High School students ¥300, 15 years and under ¥200 ADMISSION FEE Adults ¥700(¥600), Comfort Hotel Kumamoto Shinshigai Green Hotel Special exhibitions:admission fees may wary Planetarium fee: Adults ¥200, University students ¥150, University students and High School students ¥400(¥300), bound for Kengunmachi Kumamoto Kotsu Center Hanabata Park (Suizenji Jojuen Park)→ ACCESS Tram stop: ”Torichosuji” High School students ¥150, 15 years and under ¥100 15 years and under ¥200(¥100) Shinmachi WC ACCESS Bus stop: ”Kumamoto Museum and the former residence of ACCESS Bus stop: ”Jikei Byoin (hospital) Mae” Kumamoto Chuo Bus Terminal Toyoko Inn Nagasaki Jiro Shimotori Arcade Hosokawa Gyobu”(Kumamoto Catsle Loop Bus “Shiromegurin”) Post Office Kumamoto Shinshigai The 14th Floor of City Hall bookstore Shinmachi Dormy Inn Kumamoto Natural Hot Spring Higomaru Furusato Shop Opening Hours with Weekdays 8:30-22:00 Senbabashi Richmond Hotel discount coupons Nest Hotel Kumamoto Karashimacho Kumamoto Shinshigai Holidays 9:00-22:00(The South Entrance is open.) Karashima Sun Road Shinshigai Waku Waku 1 Day Pass for Nishikarashimacho Park R&B Hotel Washington Street some sightseeing Dyeing and Hostel Kumamoto Tokyu Kumamoto Shimotori Waku Waku 1 Day Pass for... NAKASHIMAYA REI Hotel Sanko Bus, Toshi Bus, City Tram, Dentetsu Bus, Dentetsu Train and Castle loop bus Shiromegurin facilities Meihachibashi Toyoko Inn Kumamoto Higo no Satoyama Washington Hotel Plaza Gallery Kumamoto Kotsu Center mae Keitokuko-mae Mitsui Garden Hotel Kumamoto Riverside Hotel Kumamoto APA Hotel Kumamoto Super Hotel Lohas Kotsu-Center-Minami Kumamoto Hot Spring B Kitaoka Nature Park Gofukumachi Hotel Hokke Club Kumamoto (Closed) for central area of for all area of for Kumamoto Kawaramachi Kumamoto City ¥700(Adults only) Kumamoto City ¥900(Adults only) Prefecture ¥2,000(Adults only) The Kumamoto Chamber of Commerce & Industry Kumamotoken Seinen Kaikan ANA Crown Plaza Hotel Kumamoto New Sky Suizenji Youthpia Kumamoto Kitaoka Shrine ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kumamoto New Sky Restricted Area Gionbashi Castle loop bus Kumamoto City Tram 1 Day Pass Line A : Kumamoto Station(Tasakibashi)-Kengunmachi Smile Hotel Kumamoto Suizenji 228 THE NEW Hotel Kumamoto City Tram Only 1 Day Pass Line B : Kamikumamoto Station-Kengunmachi Shiromegurin Gionbashi List of Tourist Facilities Shinsuizenji Station Former Residence of Natsume Soseki ( ): Group rates As of January 31st, 2019. Subject to change. Castle Loop Bus (Shiromegurin) Adults ¥500 Children ¥250 Kumamoto Station Free Shuttle Bus Matsuya Bekkan 9:00~17:00(from Kumamoto Station) Shinsuizenji Time Kumamoto Station (Sakura-no-baba Johsaien ⇔ Ninomaru Parking Lot) ★ Ryotei Matsuya Honkan departs every 20~30 mins (one way fare: Adults ¥170 Children ¥90) Route Inn Kumamoto Ekimae ❽ Suizenji Jojuen Park Suizenji Tourist Information Center ? Tourist Information Center Kokubu KUMAMOTO SHINTOSHIN PLAZA Tel.096-383-0074 ★ ❽ Adults ¥150, Children ¥80 *with discount coupons for some sightseeing facilities OPEN HOURS [March to October] 7:30-18:00 (Entry until 17:30) ! Mini Information Center Fare (1F: /2F: Sightseeing・local information center) Suizenji Jojuen ● ● Hotel Kumamoto Terrsa (1day pass Adults ¥400, Children ¥200) [November to February] 8:30-17:00 (Entry until 16:30) Parking Lot ? Kumamoto Station CLOSED Open 7 days a week Park ●〇￥ Currency Exchange Suizenji Park Kumamoto Station (bus stop No.1) → ADMISSION FEE Adults ¥400(¥360), 15 years and under ¥200(¥180) Kumamoto Accomodation Gionbashi → Meihachibashi → Shinmachi → ACCESS Tram stop: ”Suizenji Park” Prefectural Office Available IC Cards Photo Spot Urusanmachi → Fujisakidai-shita → Kumamoto Kumamoto Shiritsutaiikukan-mae “Jane’s Residence” Home of Post Office Kotsu Center Bus Terminal (bus stop No.6) → ❾ Kumamoto City Zoological & Botannical Gardens (City Gymnasium) Kumamoto’s First Western Toyoko Inn Kumamoto eki-mae Tel.096-368-4416 Police Office Sakura-no-baba Johsaien → Kumamoto Castle, School Teacher (Closed) Ninomaru Parking Lot → Children's Center → OPEN HOURS 9:00-17:00(Entry until 16:30) Kumamoto Literature and History Museum ● CLOSED Mondays (except the 4th Monday of the month), 4th Tuesday of the month. Kumamoto Museum and the former residence Route If Monday (except the 4th Monday) and 4th Tuesday fall on holidays, the following of Hosokawa Gyobu → KKR Hotel Kumamoto Nihongiguchi weekday is closed. Year-end and New year holidays Shogyokoko-mae → Kumamoto Prefectural Museum Art Annex ADMISSION FEE Adults ¥300(¥240), 15 years and under ¥100(¥80) ACCESS Tram stop: ”Zoological and Botanical Gardens Entrance”(then 15 mins on foot) Hacchobaba → Kumamoto Hotel Castle → City Hall → Zoo area bus stop: ”Dosyokubutsuen (Zoological and Botanical Gardens) Mae” Yusennoyado Monohana Sakura-no-baba Johsaien → Kumamoto Kotsu Botanical Gardens area bus stop: “Dosyokubutsuen (Zoological and Botanical Gardens) Nishiguchi” → Center Bus Terminal (bus stop No.2) → The bound for Kengunmachi Yulax Kumamoto Chamber of Commerce & Industry Tasakibashi Asobigokoro → ANA Crown Plaza Hotel Kumamoto New Sky Hotel Honjin → Kumamoto Station ★: Entrance gate Suizenji Lake Ezu Park●

*with discount coupons for some sightseeing facilities ↓Yatsushiro / Kagoshima ↑ ↑ North Area Aso Area To Hita IC ↑ To Kusu IC To Yuhu, Beppu 387 212 Yamanami Highway Kumamoto Prefecture Aso Area Map Tsuetate Onsen 11 Nabegataki Falls Kitazato Sibasaburo Museum Sakamoto Zenzo Museum

Michinoeki (Roadside Station) 387 Michinoeki (Roadside Station) Yu Station Mt. Kuju Seseragi Kyo Kamitsue Kurokawa Onsen Oguni Product Promotion Center 442 387 Piramitto (souvenir shop) 40 Sanai Rest House Higotai Park Fukuoka Pref. Auto Polis Ikeyama Spring Saga Pref. ♨ Oshitoishi no Oka Ubuyama Onsen 45 Oita Pref. 40 Tsuetate Onsen Kikuchi Castle 12 Aso Daikanbo Shop Kikuchi Gorge 45 Kumamoto ♨ 387 Kikuchi Gorge Sky Line Viewpoint Nagasaki Pref. Pref. North Area Waita Onsen Area Roadside Station Daikanbo Viewpoint 11 Michinoeki (Roadside Station) Hirayama Onsen Kikuchi Onsen 212 Miyazaki Pref. ♨ ♨ Mizube Plaza Kamoto El Patio Ranch Ubuyama Farm Nankan IC ♨ Kurokawa Onsen Hanaasobi Garden Ota Onsen and Restaurant ♨ Uchinomaki Onsen Michinoeki (Roadside Station) Yamaga Onsen Aso Nature Land Namino 339 → Kagoshima Pref. ●Yamaga ♨ Kikusui IC Aso and Uchinomaki Onsen Aso Shrine bound for Oita city Arao Sta. ♨ Kabutoiwa Viewpoint Michinoeki (Roadside Station) Aso 57 ♨ Kikuchi Onsen ♨ Ueki Onsen Aso Sta. Tamana Onsen Shintamana Sta. Out of Service Ueki IC Aso Area 57 JR Hohi Line Cuddly Dominion Tamana Sta. Futae Road Aso Mo-mo Farm Higo-Ozu Sta. 23 Farm Land ♨ ♨Minamiaso Onsen Area (Takehara Farm) Oama Onsen Monkey Showman Mt. Komezuka Central Area Tateno Sta. ♨ Nakamatsu Sta. Theater Yoh Shomei Aso Highland Museum Park Takamori Onsen Milk Road Kumamoto IC Aso Volcano Museum Aso-Kumamoto Air Port Takamori Sta. 149 111 Mashiki-Kumamoto Air port IC Michinoeki (Roadside Station) Ōzu 299 Kumamoto Sta. Mt. Nakadake 57 Kusasenri Koike-Takayama IC Minamiaso-Shirakawasuigen Sta. JR Hōhi Line 265 JR Misumi Line JR Hōhi Line 443 Mifune IC Higo-ozu＝Aso ）（ Minamiaso Railway Kamishikimi-Kumanoimasu Out of Service ） Tateno＝Nakamatsu Yamato-Nakashimanishi IC 225 Shrine Minamiaso Railway Out of Service Aso-Kumamoto Air Port

Central Area （ Uto Sta. 325 Hakusui Takamori Onsen Kugino Onsen Onsen Tsuki-Mawari Park National Park Resort Central Area 28 Moe no Sato Kyukamura Minami-Aso Amakusa Area Kyūshū Shinkansen 28 Matsubase IC Michinoeki (Roadside Station) 325 Takamori Don No Sugi Misumi Sta. Asobouno-Sato Kugino 28 28 Takamori Yūsui Tunnel Park Misumi Port Uki-Hikawa-Smart IC Rakuno Mother’s Kugino Soba Dojo Amakusa Area ♨ Aso Milk Farm Kamiamakusa Onsen Area Shirakawa Spring ASPECTA 325 -Hondo: Ou JR Kagoshima Line ima t of Service Shinyatsushiro Sta. Green Road Minamiaso → ush ats bound for Takachiho Gorge M ♨Matsushima Port Yatsushiro IC Ariake Onsen Yatsushiro Sta. Hondo Port Amakusa-Takarajima Line Amakusa Air Port ♨ South Area Hinagu IC Hinagu-Onsen Sta. ♨ Aso Shrine Hondo Onsen Access to Mt. Aso (from Kumamoto City) This shrine is regarded as having the Hinagu Onsen ♨ benefits of matchmaking. There are many shops in the shrine town. Tanoura IC Kumamoto City (Romon Gate has been under reconstruction Shimoda Onsen due to Kumamoto Earthquake in 2016.) Hours/ 6:00-18:00 Ashikita IC Kyushu Odan Bus Kyūshū Expressway Yamabiko Bus JR Hohi Line Close/ Open 365 days (reservation required by the day before) Tel/ 0967-22-0064 Amakusa Area Yunomae Sta. Higo Ozu Sta. Aso Volcano Museum (Kusasenri) ♨ Kyushu Odan Bus Yunoko Onsen Yamabiko Bus You can see Mt. Aso crater through Hitoyoshi IC South Area (reservation required by the day before) the camera that is set up by the crater. Hitoyoshi Sta. There is a beautiful greenfield, Minamata Sta. Shinminamata Sta. Hitoyoshi● Aso Sta. Kusasenri, and you can enjoy walking ♨ and horse riding (closed in winter). ♨ Hitoyoshi Onsen Hours/ 9:00-17:00 (Entry until 16:30) Local Bus Aso Crater Line Admission Fee/ Adults ¥860, Elementary school students ¥430 Yunotsuru Onsen Close/ Open 365 days Tel/ 0967-34-2111 Kusasenri Aso Kazan Hakubutsukan Mae

Local Bus Aso Crater Line

NTT BP FREESPOT Asosan Nishi Sta. 1. Select Wi-Fi 1. Select Wi-Fi How to Use 2. Open Browser 2. Open Browser Mt. Aso Loop Shuttle Bus or 30 mins on foot 3. User Registration 3. User Registration 1. Select your language, review the terms of service, and click “Access the internet here.” 1. Choose the method of registration (e-mail address or social media account) 2. Choose the method of registration (e-mail address or social media account) Registration by e-mail Registration by social media Mt. Aso Crater 3. Input the necessary information, agree to the terms of service, and click “continue.” 2. Mail authentication system. The mail 2. SNS which chooses and uses "SNS Account adress which can be received at the place authentication system" is chosen. I log in 4. Review the security information and click “confirm.” is input, and [transmission] is chosen. to SNS with directions of a screen. You can’t see the crater when the situation of Daikanbo FREE Wi-Fi Registration by e-mail Registration by social media 3. 4 digits of password which is indicated on a 3. Registration is completed and it can be volcano and weather gets worse. Daikanbo is the famous viewpoint 5. Open the registration confirmation e-mail 5. Connect to Wi-Fi by logging into the social received mail is input to password entry field. connected now to the internet. to see beautiful Mt. Aso. for Everyone ! and click the URL to connect to Wi-Fi. media account. (Example using Facebook URL http://www.aso.ne.jp/~volcano/ Selective registry completes [transmission], You can see all mountains of Mt. ✓ Smartphones, Tablets below.) and it can be connected now to the internet. Aso (Mt. Aso has 5 mountains) here. ✓ Connect to the Internet! *You will be disconnected after three hours. However, there is no limit to the number of times *As a Guest Account, you can use Wi-Fi without user registration. It is available for ten minutes every three hours. Shop ✓ kumamoto-free-wifi you can connect. *Your account must be set to allow emails from the domain “freespot.com”. Hours/ 8:30-17:00 Tel/ 0967-32-3856 57 (North Area) (South Area) Amakusa Misumi West Port Yamaga Hitoyoshi Bound for Hakutake Denshogura ↑Bound for Hitoyoshi IC (World Cultural Heritage) ↑ Buzen-kaidou Parking lot 17 Amakusa Mura (Free parking lot for tourists) Yachiyo-za Exchange Center Kami-Amakusa 266 Product Hall Amakusa Shiro Museum Yachiyo-za Theater ae Yunom Sun Pearl →To Dolphin Watching Yumekogura ad ilro Oniike Port Yamaga Bus Center Ra ima L’isola Terrace Amakusa Amakusa Visitor Center (Yachiyo-za Museum) wa agosh Tomioka Castle Tourism Association of ga To K a → Kamada Jozojo 324 Amakusa Pearl Center um ine Ripple Land Yamaga Hot Springs K l Kajiyamachi-dori Street Kyushu Olle Kongo-joji Temple tsu (soy sauce & miso factory) sa Road Station Ariake Starting Point Matsushima Boat Cruise Hi Reihoku Town Hall Yamaga R Sea Cruise Yunohata Park SL Turntable & J Torikai Brewery Yamaga Lantern Chuo Hospital 54 Pearl Line Kankou Museum (Foot spa) Hitoyoshi Locomotive Train Garage Yamaga Fuchita Brewery Sumioka Amakusa Airport 324 (Tourist Information Center) Folk Toy Factory 445 389 Police Station 325 Amakusa City Hall Matsushima Onsen Onsen Plaza mae Amakusa Christian Museum Railway Museum 266 Sakura-Yu Boarding Point for Amakusa Toretate Market Onsen Plaza MOZOCO Station 868 (Tourist Information Center) Kumagawa River Boat Riding Yamaga 16 ←To Kumamoto, Shimoda Onsen Yatsushiro Aoi Aso Shrine 266 (National Treasure) Hitoyoshi Castle Ruins Park Hitoyoshi Sanko Myokenura 266 Bus Terminal Hiyoke Jizo Hitoyoshi Castle Ruins Hitoyoshi Castle Yamaga City Hall History Museum Yachiyo-za Theater Kosenji Temple Sengestu Brewery Kuma River Goshoura Product Hall Yamaga Onsen Oe Catholic Church Chiyonosono Brewery Hitoyoshi Onsen Motoyu ‘Dinosaur Island ’ 315 Cretaceous Period Museum Kikuchi River Eikokuji Temple Samurai Residence Ohmiya Shrine (Ghost Temple) Sakitsu Catholic Church 16 (World Cultural Heritage) Kikuchi River Prefectural 3 Decorated Tumulus Museum Kao Product Hall 3 1. Sightseeing around Hitoyoshi Sta. (about 5h 30mins) 266 (Kao Kodai-no Mori, Z Exchange Facility SATOYAMA) 57 O O Aoi Aso Shrine Misumi West Port M (World Cultural Heritage) Aoi-aso shrine, built in 806, is one of the biggest shrine in Hitoyoshi-Kuma area. The main entrance Ushibuka Kaisai-kan 5 mins and some buildings are designated as National 10 mins 1. Buzen Road Trail Course (about 3h) on foot Treasures of Japan by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. on foot Hitoyoshi Sta. Tel/ 0966-22-2274

Amakusa Mura Yachiyo-za Theater Eikokuji Temple Samurai Residence 266 Yachiyo-za Theater is a playhouse which was constructed in 1910 by Kami-Amakusa Product Hall Sun Pearl Yamaga Bus Center the Yamaga merchants. People still have used this building for Eikokuji Temple (Ghost Temple), This distinctive Samurai Residence (Tourist Information Center) 10 mins various events including kabuki and folk entertainment. You can founded in 1408 has a water with a thatched roof was used as a Amakusa Shiro Museum on foot enjoy regular scheduled performance also. spring pond which ghost is said 2 mins break room of federal load of Open/ 9:00-18:00 Close/ the 2nd Wednesday of each month, 12/29-1/1 to haunt. You can enjoy various on foot Sagara. There is also a café. Tel/ 0968-44-4004 flowers around that pond. Open/ 9:00-17:00 Close/ Tuesday, Open/ 8:00-18:00 1/1-1/3 Tel/ 0966-22-5493 3 mins on foot About 2 mins on foot Close/ All year around Amakusa Visitor Center (Tourist Information Center) Yamaga Lantern Museum Sengestu Brewery tour You can enjoy traditional paper craftworks called Yamaga Brewery tour provides you a history of Kuma shochu Maejima Bus Stop Amakusa Pearl Center Kongo-joji Temple Tourou and a ceiling’s Dragon picture. This is a perfect and method of product. You can also taste shochu. Hitoyoshi Onsen 1 min place to learn history and culture of Yamaga Onsen. Open/ Distillery tours 9:00-17:00 (last admission 16:30) 10 mins Kongo-joji Temple, an oldest one in There is also an annex where visitors can watch the Close/ All Year Round L’isola Terrace Amakusa former Yamaga town, has Chinese liked on foot on foot demonstration of paper craftwork. Tel/ 0966-22-3207 arch-type stone gate. Matsushima Onsen Open/ 9:00-18:00 Close/ 12/29-1/1 Tel/ 0968-43-1152 Matsushima Boat Cruise Open/ 8:00-18:00 Tel/ 0968-43-3539 Sea Cruise About 5 mins on foot Pearl Line Kankou 1 min on foot

Kyushu Olle 266 Starting Point Kamada Jozojo tour Sumioka Folk Toy Factory Hitoyoshi Sta. Yunohata Park Yamaga Bus Center 1 min 10 mins 10 mins 10 mins Factory tour provides you an Tel/ 0968-43-2161 experience to see the old-fashioned on foot on foot on foot Chiyonosono Brewery on foot way of producing Miso and Soy Sauce. You can experience to make traditional crafts such as Open/9:00-16:00 Close/ irregular Kiji-Uma, Hanatebako, Hagoita and some woodwork. Tel/ 0966-22-3164 (Reservation required) Open/ 10:00-18:00 Close/ All Year Round Tel/ 0966-22-4664

Dolphin Watching and Hot Spring Course (about 4h 30mins) 2. Traditional Culture Experience Course (about 4h) 2. Sightseeing along the Kuma River (about 5h)

L’isola Terrace Amakusa Maejima You can find the restaurants, coffee shops and souvenir shops Yamaga Lantern Museum Kumagawa River and enjoy a beautiful view of the sea. The starting point of Yamaga Bus Center Hitoyoshi Onsen But Stop 3 mins cruise (Sea Cruise) is also located in front of the terrace. 10 mins 3 mins Yamaga Lantern Making Experience 5 mins Boat Riding 15 mins on foot Open/ Restaurants: 11:00-21:00 (weekdays), 10:30-21:00 (weekend & on foot on foot by bus by car holiday) Shops: 9:00-17:00 (weekdays), 9:00-17:30 (weekend & holiday) Dolphin Watching Yachiyo-za Theater Hitoyoshi Sta. Close/ New Year Holiday Tel/ 0969-56-3450 Reservation required Tel/ 0966-22-5555 15 mins 2 mins on foot 1 min on foot by car

Sea Donut Brewery tour You can spend time with dolphins. Matsushima Maejima Railway Museum Between April and December, the Kongo-joji Temple & Ishimon Yamaga Onsen (Sakura-yu) 10 mins Hakutake Denshogura Onsen But Stop “Night Aquarium” , (a brilliant sea firefly 5-20 mins 3 mins There are various types of Railway by car exhibition) is held on every Saturday. on foot on foot models, goods and a café. Anyone from adults to children can enjoy it. Open/ All year round, 9:00-17:00 This is a museum that you can see the process to make a / 9:00～17:00 / Wednesday, (Close at 16:00 during winter) Open Close Kome-Shochu. You can also taste and buy them. / 0969-56-2570 New Year Holiday Tel/ 0966-48-4200 Tel Open/ 9:00-16:00 Close/ New Year Holiday Tel/ 0966-32-9750