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Kumamoto City

Category

Aqua dome Kumamoto

4.0

15 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshiminamiku Arao 2-1-1

This indoor swimming pool located in the south ward of Kumamoto City is used by many people throughout the year. Inside there is a 25-meter pool and training room which can be used in any season, a summer-only 50-meter pool and diving pool, and an autumn-only multipurpose floor. In winter the 50-meter pool becomes a skate rink, and one can enjoy ice skating and other ice sports. They hold various events including sports classes and ice shows.

アクアドーム横に広い公園があり子どもが走り回ったりできます。夏は外で水遊びができますよ。アクアドーム内はジムがあり一回500円で気軽に行けます。
Tokutomi Memorial Garden

4.0

22 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Oe 4-10-33

This garden is strongly connected to Soho Tokutomi, one of the Meiji period's most celebrated journalists; and his younger brother, novelist Roka Tokutomi. The garden's grounds encompass a memorial museum displaying some 3,000 items which include the brothers' books and personal affects; and a residence where the two spent their youths. The grounds are also the location of the Oe Gijuku, a small private school established by a 20-year-old Soho in 1882 with the aim of creating a democratic school which respected student autonomy. For the next five years until Soho established the Minyusha group in Tokyo, the school taught local children from the standpoint of freedom and civil rights. Today, the school building is closed to the general public due to damage caused by the Kumamoto earthquakes of 2016. The building is scheduled to be reopened to the public in 2020.

熊本における歴事情の人物に関する資料を多く見ることができた。展示物はどれも興味深く、歴史好きな人には是非一度訪れてほしい。
Shimada Art Museum

4.0

17 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshinishiku Shimasaki 4-5-28

This is a museum which is famous for storing brushwork masterpieces and belongings of the master swordsmen, Miyamoto Musashi. Exhibits are focused on a collection of Matomi Shimada who was also a researcher of Miyamoto Musashi. There is also a portrait of Miyamoto Musashi designated as an Important Cultural Property from the prefecture, which is exhibited every spring and autumn for four months. It is a 14-minute walk from the “Daniyama-machi” tram stop.

There is an impressive collection of artifacts from Shimada personal collection that he gathered over his life time. It is a good collection of helmets and some weapons. There are explanations in...
Tourist Farm KICHIJIEN

4.0

14 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshikitaku Uekimachikitome 556-1

This large tourist farm in Kita Ward, Kumamoto City offers a variety of seasonal fruits picking including grapes, apples, and strawberries. They also have their own store on-site. Stop by their KICHIJIEN café for some fresh fruit soft serve ice cream. From the farm there's a nice view of the town and the nearby mountains.

在樱町巴士總站乘搭U21到笹尾站下車步行数分鐘到達，由於巴士楼層有很多路綫及上車位置，而且U21巴士一小時只有一班車，尋找巴士站位置不容易，所以整個旅程連同摘取草莓時需要大半天啊！付了入場費後，農場負責人會分發手套及剪刀，到指定的區域摘取草莓，大部分草莓都是鲜甜的！由於草莓田是在温室的，所以不宜穿厚衣服活動。
KUMAMON SQUARE

Shopping

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Tetorihoncho 8-2 Tetoria Kuma Moto Building 1F

"Following the voice of the emcee woman, Kumamon appeared on stage and was greeted with loud applause from children and adults alike. My first impression of Kumamon was that it was ""just like what I had seen on TV"" and that its movements were ""powerful. Kumamon moved around not only on stage but also throughout the entire venue, which excited the children and kept the adults busy waving their hands and holding up their cameras. The audience was instantly drawn into the Kumamon world and looked happy."
Kumamoto Jo Onsen Shiro no Yu

3.5

9 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshinishiku Kamikumamoto 2-8-43

This hot spring inn is in Nishi Ward, Kumamoto City, adjacent to Kumamoto Castle Park. It has a family bath and a large bathing area with an open-air bath, a Jacuzzi, and a sauna. The mildly alkaline simple hot spring water is said to help relieve nerve pain, muscle soreness, and joint pain. You can also stop by their restaurant for a meal or get some local vegetables to go from their produce stand. They have facilities for parties and having a rest after your bath too.

熊本県熊本市、新市街から車で5分位の場所にある温泉施設です。平面駐車場は広くて便利。朝に営業しています。湯は単純泉。泉温が低いので加熱循環で利用されています。浴感は弱いです。
Ashihara no Yu

4.0

7 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Kita-ku Uekimachi Tasoko 2031-1

This day-use hot spring bathhouse is located in the Ueki Onsen hot spring district. Here customers can enjoy free-flowing hot spring baths amidst pastoral scenery. The bathhouse is replete with public and private family bath areas; in either, customers can enjoy a relaxing time. The bathhouse has six private family baths, each with a different design, such as a hinoki cypress bath and a rock bath; customers can reserve an open bath when they enter the bathhouse. The bathhouse is also replete with amenities such as shampoo and dryers. The waters of the bathhouse' alkaline simple hot spring are gentle on the skin.

熊本の銭湯のサイトで「あしはらの湯」を知り、かけ流しの温泉ということで訪れてみました（熊本の銭湯組合にも入っているようです）。今回は大浴場を利用しました。 [施設について] 家族湯と大浴場の二つがあります。大浴場は入ってすぐ横の靴入れを利用します（鍵のないオープンなもの）。脱衣室はそれほど広くはありませんが、棚＆籠に加えてリターン式の100円ロッカーもあります。冷房がしっかり効いていました...
KOKUTEI Kumamoto Ramen (Main Restaurant)

4.0

157 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshinishiku Nihongi 2-1-23

This ramen shop in Nishi Ward, Kumamoto City serves Kumamoto ramen made with garlic oil, noodles, and chashu pork they produce themselves. Their noodles are medium-thick and nicely textured. They go great with the shop's fragrant charred garlic oil which is slightly bitter and pork bone broth, which isn't too fatty and has a smooth aftertaste. Their carefully selected fresh eggs with beautiful yolks make the perfect addition.

I was told the ramen in Kumamoto is known for their garlic tasting ramen.... that being said made me very leary as garlic doesnt agree with my tummy these days. When re received the bowl, the...
Tsuru-no-Yu (Kumamoto Interchange Branch)

2.5

6 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshihigashiku Ishiwara 2-4-11

This day-use hot spring spa is near the Kumamoto Athletic Park. The simple alkaline hot spring water is free-flowing straight from its source. Besides a bathing area with large windows and an open-air rock bath, it has facilities like a bedrock bath in the women's bathing area and a large far-infrared sauna for the men. Their nine rooms with private baths are popular too.

「黙浴:会話をしないでください」と注意書きはしてあるのですが、いつも常連の老人達が大声で話している。店員も注意しに来ない。
Katsuretsu Tei (Shinshigai Main Restaurant)

4.5

439 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Shinshigai 8-18 Hayashi Building 1F

This Japanese restaurant specializing in pork cutlets is in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City. They use high-quality Roppaku Kurobuta brand pork raised on Kagoshima's Kirishima Highlands. Their signature tonkatsu fried cutlets are served piping hot and have a savoriness you're going to love. Extra helpings of rice, cabbage salad, and akadashi miso soup are included with the price of your meal.

We ordered combo loin and fillet sets with premium ebi. The portions were so large that we were filled to the brim. Though many items are free-flow, we had no need for it. We also had hot sake and...
Shunsaikan Sakura-no-Koji Kumamoto Shuzo

4.0

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Ninomaru 1-1-2

This souvenir shop is located in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City. It sells Kumamoto specialty products like spicy mustard filled lotus root, ikinari dango dumplings, original sweets, sake, and shochu spirits. On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays they run a fried chicken (karaage) shop that uses a local breed of free-range poultry. It occasionally operates on weekdays, too.

城彩苑内にある、お土産やさんです。熊本土産を買うことができます。もちろんくまモングッズもたくさん。熊本城観光して、城彩苑でご飯を食べてここでお土産を買うとよいです。
COCOSA

Leisure / Hobbies

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Shimotori 1-3-8

A shopping mall located in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Of the mall's around 40 tenants, 30 are the first location for their brand in Kumamoto, including popular apparel shops Urban Research, Journal Standard, and Freak's Store. Floors one through four are dedicated to fashion, and this mall is fast gaining a reputation as Kumamoto's new fashion mecca. You can also enjoy an authentic French cafe on the first floor in Brioche Doree & Cafe, a popular cafe with 300 locations across France.
Komurasaki Kamitori Chuo Branch

4.0

68 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Kamitorichou 8-16

Founded in 1954, this is a popular Kumamoto ramen shop located in the Kamitori arcade shopping area. Although pork bones are used as stock, the ramen is light and healthy with not so much fat content and mixes well with the thin noodles. The taste has been handed down from the first generation. The balance of fine bean sprouts, chashu (a thin roasted pork fillet), and charred garlic as soup toppings is exquisite. It is a seven-minute walk from the “Torichosuji” tram stop.

We were recommended by a staff from Hotel Wing International to try Tonkatsu ramen in this shop. Overall ramen is nice except the soup was a too salty for me. The pork was nice, melting and tender...
Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto

Leisure / Hobbies

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Kamitorichou 2-3 Plums Bear Sun Hall Kaikan 3F

Opened in 2002, the Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto is an art museum spreading Kumamoto’s beloved artistic culture far and wide with the works of Kumamoto and Kyushu-born artists active nationwide. With a child-rearing space and childcare studio (Kids Factory) it can be enjoyed by families too. Travel 15 minutes from JR Kumamoto Station by bus or tram, and alight at Torichosuji.
Kumamoto Castle Sakuranobaba Josaien

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Ninomaru 1-1-2

This is a sightseeing facility located in Sakuranobaba, at the foot of Kumamoto Castle, the symbol of Kumamoto. The facility consists of an area of souvenir shops, and eateries where you can try local Kumamoto cuisine, and Wakuwakuza, an experiential type exhibit, where you can learn about the history of Kumamoto Castle. A volunteer guide, who can show you Kumamoto Castle in about an hour, is always present at the general Tourist Information Center in the facility. It is a seven-minute walk from the “Hanabata-cho” tram stop.
Koran-tei Shimotori Main Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Anseimachi 5-26
Daikoku Ramen

4.0

57 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshikitaku Takahira 1-1-14

This ramen shop is located in Kita Ward, Kumamoto City. Their authentic Kumamoto ramen has won them lots of fans even beyond the prefecture. It features a super aromatic 100% pork bone stock perfectly paired with charred garlic. The deep flavors of half-cooked egg and sliced chashu pork go great with the broth. Their slowly simmered pork offal side dish is popular too.

月曜日のランチタイムでしたが、駐車場にはすんなり入ることが出来ました。以外にあっさりとしていて、食べ易かったです。シンプルにラーメンと餃子をチョイス。リーズナブルだし、駐車場もあるので、オススメです。
Suganoya Horumon Shinshigai Restaurant

4.0

32 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Shinshigai 2-10 Comfort Hotel Kumamoto 1F

Suganoya Horumon is a restaurant specializing in horsemeat located in Shinshigai 2 Chome, Chuo Ward, in the city of Kumamoto. In addition to the usual raw horsemeat, customers can try unusual organ meats raw, grilled, or in chitterling stews. The most popular menu items are Ganso Suganoya Chitterlings in Soy Sauce and Seven Types of Raw Horsemeat. There are also prix fixe meals featuring grilled horsemeat.

熊本まで来たので、美味しい馬肉が食べたいと思い、「菅乃屋新市街店」さんへやってきました。私はギリギリ入店することができたのですが、私以降の方は満席でお断りされていました。人気のお店ですね。まずは、レモンサワーでスタート！！お通しは、馬のネギトロ、ミートソース味で超美味いっす！！ [レバー刺し] 数量限定というレバー刺しをまずはオーダー！！新鮮なレバー刺しは最初コリコリ食感で、口の中...
Reigando Cave

5.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshinishiku Matsuomachihirayama 589 Unzen Temple

"A cave located in Nishi Ward, Kumamoto City. Situated at the foot of Mt. Kinbo, a statue of the Buddhist deity Kannon known as the ""Iwato Kannon"" is enshrined in the cave. The cave is also known as the place where the great warrior Miyamoto Musashi spent the last five years of his life writing ""The Book of Five Rings."""

霊巌洞に向かう道に五百羅漢さんが、武蔵の時代から150年後に奉納されたものです。金峰山は火山で幾多の大小地震で、頭部の落ちたものが多いです。洞窟内には観音像があります。
SL Hitoyoshi

Travel / Tourism

Kumamoto Prefecture Kagoshima Main Line Kumamoto Station - Heiyatsu Line Hitoyoshi Station

This special steam locomotive runs between Kumamoto Station and Hitoyoshi Station on weekends and during long holidays. The nostalgia-filled sight of the steam billowing from the locomotive has captured the hearts of railway fans throughout the country. The interior features a classic, wood-centric design and contains an observation car, lounge, library, and buffet offering light snacks and drinks, not to mention commemorative passes and a photo service. Gaze out the window and take in the scenery as you let the steam locomotive’s pulsing beat reverberate through you.

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Kumamoto Areas

Kumamoto lies in the center of Kyushu, a calm prefecture perfect for easy strolls around the historic center and lazy evenings in the natural hot springs at Kurokawa Onsen. For a slightly more strenuous activity, head to Mount Aso, whose surrounding hills offer hiking opportunities aplenty with views over the active volcano.