Activities Fruit Picking Fun in Kumamoto Kathryn Wortley There’s nothing sweeter than picking fruit just for you and eating it right away, perched on a crate in the orchard. At least...
Food Kumamoto’s Farmhouse Cooking Kathryn Wortley Home to one of a mere handful of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems according to the Food and Agriculture Organ...
7 Culture The Quiet Oasis of Ashikita Taylor Bond Ashikita is an agricultural municipal located 90 minutes outside of Kumamoto City. The town is famous for its sweet citrus an...
8 Shopping Kamimashiki Produce Market Yui Yamaguchi The highlight of this market is that local farmers deliver their morning harvests and consumers can purchase them right away....
Food Izakaya Hama Chan Yui Yamaguchi Evoking Kumamoto Castle with its black walls and wood framed windows is your first impression of Izakaya Hamachan. The sign ...
6 Food Restaurant Yuwa Yui Yamaguchi Yuwa is where you can eat favorites like piroshiki and borscht. The restaurant looks like it has been renovated from a house ...
Accommodation Kumamoto’s Farm Stay Program Kathryn Wortley What better way to get to know someone’s culture and way of life than to live, work and have fun with them? That's why Hitoyo...
12 Culture Kokuzo Shrine Ekaterina Bespyatova Kokuzo shrine is featured in the Engishiki, a thousand-year-old book from the Heian period. It's one of the oldest shrines in...
Activities Aso Farmland Health Challenge Hall Yui Yamaguchi Your body age can be evaluated by the machines that looked like a retro TV set, with larger than life candy coloured buttons,...
Activities Aso-Kuju National Park Ignatius Koh The Aso-Kuju National Park in Kyushu and the magnificent bowl-shaped caldera of Mount Aso is a spectacular sight to behold. H...
