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Mt.Unzen to Shimabara Okoshiki Coast Nature Park City Rest Stop ‘Uto Marina’ Shimabara Bay sa M maku isum Uto R A i Lin World Heritage J e 宇土市 Uto City to Kumamoto Shiro Tokisada Giant According to oral tradition, the Amakusa-Shimabara Rebellion Amakusa Shiro (1637-1638) was said to be an uprising of Christians, but Statue Nishi-Arie Misumi Nishiko Historic Port Mt. Otake Todoroki Spring actually it was a peasant riot not directly motivated by religious ▲ causes. It happened because the local peasants were burdened An island located between Amakusa and Shimabara, where Christian with unreasonably heavy taxes under the Tokugawa Shogunate. insurgents from both sides Matsubase met to discuss strategy for Matsubase Even after the rebellion was crushed, Shigenari Suzuki, an World Heritage IC the Amakusa-Shimabara Rest Stop ‘Sun Pearl’ 宇城市 Town official in charge of the Amakusa Islands, is said to have asked Ruins of Rebellion. Hara Castle ▲ Uki City the shogun to ease the tax burden on his people, explaining Mt. Misumidake Rest Stop ‘Shiranui Spa’ ▲ that the requisite amount of rice could not be grown in Mt. Shibaoyama Amakusa’s infertile soils. Kuchinotsu Port Misumi Yushima Island Misumi Branch Office,Uki City Office ( ‘Collusion’ Island) Tobase Island Shimatetsu Nagao Shrine to Mogi(Nagasaki) Ferry e n Ogawa i ン Spa Thalasso L Fast Ship Ariake Octopus e イ Town Wakamiya Beach , Amakusa Shiro 大矢野 is Wakamiya Swimming Monuments Amakusa u Campground Tourism Association Oyano r Area, Campground Hayasaki Strait C Yumeru Spa a type of mirage called ‘Shiranui’ a 天草宝島ラ can be seen from here Tomioka Magarizaki m Ryuhoku i j a Iwajima Town y a scenic sand spit r a

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Wind Power T e life habitat r a p Generator Dried Octopus s Amakusa Visitor Center x Cherry Golf u E k u Tomioka Visitor Center Oniike a h Futae Fishing Rest Stop Amakusa Shiro Course s Port m u Explores the ties of the local Oppai iwa Harbor ‘Ripple Land’ Museum A y Amakusa’s first people to the Amakusa sea (Breast Rock) ▲ K deputy official, through exhibits and 3-D Mt. Tenjinyama Shigenari Suzuki videos. Also has a fine view Matsushima Hot Spring of Mt.Unzen across the sea. ‘Sea Doughnut’ Aquarium Tomioka Port Park with a view tower and Christian Tombstones Pearl Center JR Kagoshima Line Tomioka Castle Site 富岡港 Sea Donut 苓北町 nearby Aizu Port Shiraiwasaki 合津港 campsite Reihoku Town ‘The Five Bridges of famous Itsuwa (Goryo) Kurosaki 有明 Amakusa Boat Cruise Shin- for fireflies beach Yatsushiro 五和 Ariake City Station ‘The Masters Amakusa’ 松島 Yatsushiro Golf Course IC Onnojo Park Matsushima Yatsushiro Port Rinsen Spa sh Matsu ima-Aria (with heated Amakusa Airport ke E swimming pool) xpres Tomioka Beach Tourism Information sway Mt. Oidake Kami-Amakusa City Iris Garden Hondo ▲ Passenger Ferry beach Amakusa Airport ▲ Hondo History and 天草空港 Mt. Jiromarudake Yatsushiro- ) Folklore Hall n Tororo i Minami IC a Shimoda Hot Spring r Toko Temple T Reihoku Thermal Mt. Hashiradake t Hondo Mt. Shiratake e Generating Plant ▲ Suzuki Shrine l Shimoda Hot Spring Amakusa ▲ l Amakusa 本渡 Kyoragi Shiratake Forest u Christian Museum B information ‘Platto’ ( Cultural Center Hondo Port Park Shimoda ‘Gosoku-no-yu’ Giant Rock Formations, n 本渡港 e Gion Bridge Amakusa Sedo Bridge Campground s to Hitoyoshi, Hot Spring Foot Bath n a k Kagoshima n i 姫戸 h Mt. Tenjiku▲ S Todoroki Himedo Mantaro Mt. Kuratake Mt. Nenjudake Village ▲ ▲ Yatsushiro Sea(Shiranui Sea) Jusanbutsu Park Campsite Mt. Boshidake Hinagu IC 栖本 In medieval times, Amakusa used to be divided Shimoda Fukuregi ▲ Hinagu Spa 下田 Sumoto into five areas: Amakusa, Oyano, Shiki, Kotsuura, Gosoku-no Amakusa Tourism 倉岳 and Sumoto, and governed by powerful clans kutsu Association Tanasoko y Mt. Ryugatake a Promenade of Kuratake w Port il collectively called the ‘Amakusa Goninshu’. It is ▲ a the Poets Mt. Kadoyama 棚底港 R View Spot Amakusa City Hibiscus e said that some members of these clans traveled ▲ hamabo ng habitat ra Sumoto Spa 龍ヶ岳町 小屋河内 O overseas and introduced foreign culture to Ueda Pottery Enshoji Temple su ‘Kappa Roman Kan’ Myui Astronomical t Myokenura Museum Ryugatake sa Amakusa. In 1591, a theological school called the a former county Observatory i hall Koyagawachi H Port ‘Myui’ means ‘Let’s Amakusa Collegio was founded by visiting Takahama go and see’ in the Giant Yebisu Statue Odo Port Portuguese missionaries. Hinoshima Island local dialect. Shiratsuru-hama Mt. Araodake Beach Viewpoint (a historical 新和 Passenger Ferry Mt. Araodake lookout post) Shinwa ▲ Tanoura IC Tenjyo Bridge Tenmon Bridge Oyano Bridge Nakano Bridge Maejima Bridge Matsushima Bridge Otao Ammonite and Ceresium Fossils

Mt. Kashiradake Minami Oe Catholic Church ▲ World Hongo Heritage Ashikita Town Hot Spring 河浦 Mt. Karasu-Toge Sakitsu Kawaura ▲ Village in ‘Amuri’ Oe Amakusa Mt. Ryutozan Fukuoka ▲ View from Mt. Karasu-Toge Airport Sakitsu Village Amakusa Tate Beach Collegio Nakata Goshoura Island 15min Dazaifu IC Guidance Center Port Travel Times by Car Museum Ryutozan ‘Midorinomura’Campsite R Dinosaur Sakitsu o s Footprint Kyushu Expressway a r 60min io L Amakusa Rozario- Mt. Medake in Ashikita IC Fukuoka ▲ e Kumamoto kan Fe rr IC to Osaka Crinum Lily y ‘Dinosaur Island’ 25min 40 Shishijima Island min Airport habitat 片側港 Cretaceous Period The Yokaku Bay is Museum Kumamoto Katasoba Kumamoto 25min 40 Kumamoto a narrow fjord- min Airport Mt. Rokurojiyama Port Amakusa like inlet of a kind ▲ 35min 40min Uto ain) to Kuma, 16min that is fairly rare Ubushima Island Tr (by air) llet Hitoyoshi in . Bu 12min n ( Matsubase Fukami se Misumi 7min IC an Amakusa Misumi Line nk 20min hi 10min Shiranui Mt. Tomidake Shoura Port Goshoura Local S u y Kuchinotsu Oyano ▲ Products Market h a Mogi Onikizaki s ilw 20min ‘Shiosaikan’ u Ra 12min Beach y ge 45min Mt. Gongenyama K an 30min ▲ Tsunagi IC r Futae Matsushima 20min(by air) O 12min Oniike ‘Yasuragi’ Spa Tsunagi Ariake 20min 50min ts u 10min 22min Town 津奈木IC Hisa Tomioka 14min 30min Itsuwa 22min 10min Minamata Shin-Minamata 14min Amakusa 12min 30min Himedo Yatsushiro City Station Airport Hondo Sumoto 10min 30min Mogushi The easiest way to approach Amakusa is via the Shimoda 30min 17 Beach min 15 Odo Minamata Five Bridges that link Amakusa to Uto Peninsu- minTanasoko Ushibuka la and mainland Kyushu. To arrive at the first 20min 18min Toshima Island Minamata IC 牛深 Ushibuka Tourism bridge, most travelers use National Highway 15min 15min Kuwashima Island 32min 27min Shinwa (ferry) Kyushu Information 57, which winds along the north coast of the (Bullet Train) 牛深港 Nagashima Island Nakata Ushibuka peninsula. National Highway 266, which fol- Oe 30min Hongou Oshima Island Sanwa-Shosen Ferry Minamata Port Shin-Minamata Port to Izumi Station and Akune to Okuchi lows the peninsula’s south coast and connects 5min 10min 出水駅～阿久根へ direct Katasoba Kuranomoto Port to the Kyushu Expressway at Matsubase Inter- Sakitsu 35min Dolphin Watching Kawaura 20min Gesu Island change, is an alternative approach route. 80min Ushibuka Park About 200 dolphins are said to live offshore Itsuwa Yunotsuru Spa Ferries connect Amakusa to Nagasaki Prefec- 21min Shoura Haiya Bridge Town. Guided by local fishermen, dolphin watching Kuranomoto Izumi Scuba diving spot ture in the north; Kagoshima Prefecture in the Ushibuka Satsuki Ushibuka Kaisaikan Shuttle Bus tours offer you an amazing opportunity to see dolphins Fukuro Sea turtle nesting Izumi-Amakusa swimming and jumping up close. south can be reached via another convenient 30min 65min grounds Beach ferry departing from the town of Ushibuka. Eboshi Romance Shuttle For more information coal mine ruins Amakusa Dolphin Information Hotline: 0969-26-4500 Amakusa can also be reached expediently via a http://www.t-island.jp/ Tsurubayama short and scenic flight from either Kumamoto Ushibuka Marine Park Park to Izumi Station and Akune to Akune or Fukuoka. Amakusa Takarajima Tourist Association 出水駅～阿久根へ 15-7 Chuo-Shinmachi, Amakusa City, Kumamoto Pref. 863-0023 phone: 0969-22-2243