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Kikuchi Castle

Kikuchi Castle

Mandy Bartok

Kikuchi Castle boasts a long history and a recently reconstructed drum tower on its expansive grounds in the mountains of Kumamoto..

Kumamoto
Kyusendo

Kyusendo

Yui Yamaguchi

Kyusendo is a limestone cave in Hitoyoshi. Three hundred million years in the making, it is one of the greatest limestone cave..

Kumamoto 7
Kayaking in Soyo Gorge

Kayaking in Soyo Gorge

Yui Yamaguchi

Soyo Gorge is the dividing line between Kumamoto and Miyazaki. All you can hear is the birds' tweeting and your paddling.

Kumamoto 2
Tatsuda Nature Park

Tatsuda Nature Park

Mandy Bartok

Walk in the footsteps of the Hosokawa family in the Tatsuda Nature Park, their former property and site of their graves.

Kumamoto
Hiking Tawarayama 6

Hiking Tawarayama

Mandy Bartok

Incredibly clear views of Kumamoto's Mt Aso can be head from the peak of Tawarayama, one of the prefecture's most popu..

Kumamoto 2