Tag: kumamoto
Fun and Folk at the Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Centre
The Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Centre is the home of Kumamoto's craft and artisan heritage, housed in a beautiful museum space.
Kumamoto City Museum: Dinosaurs! Space! A Horrible Spider!
Kumamoto City Museum is a vibrant and dynamic space, featuring dinosaurs, a planetarium and The World's Most Horrible Spider!
Kumamoto Castle: Risen Again
Kumamoto Castle is risen again after being severely damaged in the city's 2016 earthquake - now, with a new museum interior!
Lafcadio Hearn’s Kumamoto Residence: Home is Where the Bugs Bite
Nestled in downtown Kumamoto city, Lafcadio Hearn's former home offers insight into his complicated life. Plus, free mosquitoes!
Sо̄seki Natsume’s House: Kumamoto’s Literary Heart
Hidden away in a quiet corner of Kumamoto city, beloved author Sо̄seki Natsume's former home retains its charming and peaceful atmosphere.
Suizenji Garden: Where the Art of War and Culture Resonate with One Another
One of Japan’s most renowned landscapes, Kumamoto’s Suizenji Garden is a stunning representation of engineering wisdom gained from wars and the artistic culture of the Edo era.
Suizen-ji Jōjuen (Suizenji Garden) in Kumamoto City...
Road Trippin’ through Kumamoto Prefecture
With summer creeping in and three friends staying with us, the call of the wild echoed through our stuffy, overcrowded Tokyo apartment. Lucky for us, Japan is full of great nature escapes, so we decided to plan a road trip. In our...
High Risk Touristing: Visiting Kumamoto’s Active Volcano, Mount Aso
Driving through the Kumamoto countryside, the rolling green hills slowly deteriorate into a barren moonscape as we ascend Mount Aso. The Jurassic Park soundtrack matches the sense of foreboding in the grey afternoon air. The weather is certainly not ideal. But, it’s...
Why You Should Seek Out A Minshuku (Japanese Bed and Breakfast) Stay
A record spins and 1960s folk music warbles out over the old sunken hearth. Chichi positions the sword in my husband’s sash and stands back to assess the look. He claps his hands together, signifying a job well done. His wife, Kaka,...
Takachiho Gorge: Rowing through Southern Japan
An hour and a half from Kumamoto, the Takachiho Gorge cuts deep through Southern Kyushuu. Shifting volcanic basalt formed the striated gorge aeons ago, causing early visitors to drawn comparisons with the scales of a dragon. A trip to the gorge allows...
