Your first visit to Tsunagi
Discover a stone bridge and rocky hill near the Shiranui Sea. Start on public riverside paths and add the climb toward the viewpoint only after checking weather and access notices.
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Your first visit to Ubuyama
Visit two wooded springs in this Aso highland village. Check the rules that protect the water and plan parking and return transport for each site separately.
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Explore a produce market and coastal park in this town on the Shiranui Sea. Begin with local food, then arrange transport to the park and your return journey separately.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Yamae
Visit a park and a former village hall north of the Kuma Basin. The cover photograph records the village’s administrative office in 2015. Check current access and transport for each destination.
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Explore a stone aqueduct and waterfall in Yamato, Kumamoto. Check current restrictions first and begin in permitted viewing areas rather than on the bridge.
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Visit the wooden terminus of the Kumagawa Railway and a historic Buddhist hall. Begin around the station and check separate transport to the temple and your return journey.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Aso
Experience Aso through an outer-rim viewpoint and volcanic grassland. Plan transport to the two places separately and check fog, wind, road restrictions and return services first.
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Explore a historic cemetery and a stone-paved lane in this small town north of Kumamoto. Respect the memorial grounds and local residential streets.
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Explore a riverside gorge and burial mounds in Hikawa, Kumamoto. Plan transport between them separately and check waterside and archaeological-site access notices.
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Discover a thatched shrine and castle ruins in this former castle town on the Kuma River. Historical photographs do not show current recovery conditions. Check permitted areas and return transport.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Itsuki
Visit a local-products center and a park beneath white limestone cliffs in this mountain village. Plan mountain-road travel and your return journey first, and obey waterside restrictions.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Jōnan area
This guide covers the former Jōnan town area, now in Kumamoto City’s Minami Ward. Jōnan merged into Kumamoto on 23 March 2010. Explore its burial-mound park and products market as separate stops.
Read the guide →First visit to Minamiyamashiro
Explore a roadside station and Takayama Dam in this tea-growing village in southern Kyoto. Plan transport between the two stops separately and keep out of private tea fields and restricted facilities.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Ide
Discover the Tama River and a former temple site in Ide, southern Kyoto. Seasonal scenery and site conditions change: check current public paths and your return journey first.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Kasagi
Explore a hilltop temple and a riverside campground in Kasagi on the Kizu River. The cover shows Mount Kasagi in 2012. Check mountain-path access and campground conditions separately.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Tōin
Visit a local railway station and Chubu Park in Tōin, northern Mie. The photograph records Tōin Station in 2006. Check current train times and the route to the park separately.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Misato
Explore a local shrine and literature in Misato, Miyagi. Distinguish it from similarly named towns in other prefectures and check separate access conditions for the shrine and library.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Motoyoshi area
This guide covers the former Motoyoshi town area in southern Kesennuma, incorporated on 1 September 2009. The cover shows Ōya Coast in 2021, not the separate Koizumi Coast destination.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Murata
Explore storehouse streets and local products in this Miyagi merchant town. The cover records the town office in 2011; it does not depict the historic streets or roadside station described below.
Read the guide →Your first visit to Onagawa
Explore a harbor town from its station forecourt toward the sea-facing shopping street. Historical photos may differ from today’s shops. Check coastal evacuation guidance and return transport first.
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