Best Spring Destinations In Kumamoto
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In Aso, Noyaki (burning off dead grass) takes place on every March. Aso is covered with green in summer, but after the burning off dead grass, it becomes brown or black as coal. And the scenery has magnificent beauty which makes you feel like being in other country.
Name
Aso Kusasenri
Address
2391-15 Nagakusa, Aso-shi, KumamotoGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 20 min from JR Aso Station, 60 min from Kumamoto IC, 60 min from Aso Kumamoto Airport. By bus, 25 min from Aso Station to Kusasenri.
Carp Streamer Festival (Koi-nobori Matsuri) in Tsuetate Onsen town has a long history more than 30 years. About 3500 carp streamers decorated as long as 2 kilometers are swimming impressively in the stream of the sky! You can enjoy taking hot spring, eating a specialty Tsuetate Pudding, and seeing the streamers together!◎Carp Streamer Festival (Koi-nobori Matsuri) in 2018: 4/1-5/6 Illumination event: 19:00-22:00 Free parking area is available for 200 cars
Name
Tsuetate Onsen Carp Streamer Festival
Address
Tsuetate Shimojo Oguni-machi, Aso-gun, KumamotoGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 45 min from Hita Station to Tsuetate Onsen, then walk 3 min. Or 40 min by car from Hita IC of Oita Speedway.
There's a cherry blossom tunnel from Nishi-hitoyoshi Station to Watari Station of Hisatsu Line. Amazingly, the trains and SL Hitoyoshi go through under this cherry blossom tunnel! By the way, it's very crowded with many people. Be careful!◎You can walk from Nishi-hitoyoshi Station, and enjoy walking under the cherry blossom tunnel. There's a convenience store (2015). There're not enough space for taking pictures. In 2018, the sighbord 'please refrain from taking pictures here' was set up near the inhabited railroad crossing.
Name
Nishi-hitoyoshi Station
Address
Shimoharada-machi, Hitoyoshi-shi, KumamotoGoogle Map
How to get there
Around Nishi-hitoyoshi Station.
Located at South Aso, Isshingyo Great Cherry Blossom is a famous place where many people visit in spring. To the scenery of an isolated cherry blossom tree, which is over 400 years old, and the canola flowers at the foot of it, I can say nothing but wonderful.
Name
Isshingyo Great Cherry Blossom
Address
3226-1 Nakamatsu Minami-Aso-mura, Aso-gun, KumamotoGoogle Map
How to get there
60min by car from Kumamoto IC. 15min walk from Makamatsu Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
Yatsushiro Sea is located between the main island of Kyushu and Amakusa Islands, and has another name 'Shiranui (the lights like fireballs on the water surface) Sea'. Against the background such a blue sea, this cherry blossoms road is great for drive or hanami. It's also selected as one of the 100 best places of cherry blossom in Japan as Yunoko Cherry Line.
Name
Yunoko Cherry Line
Address
Yunoko Osako, Minamata-shi, KumamotoGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 15min from JR Shin Minamata Station, or 20min from Tsunagi IC.
Nabegataki Fall have lighting show in every spring. Though the waterfall is so beautiful that it's called as 'curtain of water', when it's illuminated, you can possible to take pictures of more fantastic one.◎Entrance fee; 300 yen. The loghting show is held different terms in each year. In the past, it has held in Golden Week Holidays, or around the end of March.
Name
Nabegataki Fall
Address
Oguni-machi, Aso-gun, KumamotoGoogle Map
Hours
9:00-17:00
How to get there
By bus, 60 min from Aso Station to Yu Station, then take taxi for 15 min. By car, 45 min from Kokonoe IC, parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
