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Day trip to Kumamoto by car

Toyota Fielder 5 seats

Kumamoto Castle

Josaien

Samurai show

Tea house overlooking the garden

Shrine in Suizenji Jojuen Garden

Day trip to Kumamoto by car

Car Tour (driving guide)

Joined 2018

Masatoshi M.

5.00 / 5

(30 reviews)

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Fukuoka

English

9 hours

Private tour (only you and Masatoshi M.)

Up to 4 people

Kumamoto City is the third largest city in Kyushu with a population of about 730,000.

It is about a 2-hour drive from Fukuoka (120km one way).

This tour will visit the famous Kumamoto Castle and Suizenji Jojuen Garden.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

08:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel ( or airport or station) in Fukuoka

- Hotel lobby or in front of the hotel. Hakata Station platform. Airport arrival lobby, etc.

10:30 AM

Kumamoto Castle and Josaine

Kumamoto Castle is one of the three most famous castles in Japan, and is a　magnificent castle built by Kato Kiyomasa between 1603 and 1604.

Josaien is a tourist facility located in Sakuranobaba. It aims to enhance the appeal of Kumamoto Castle and the castle town by promoting the region's food culture, traditions, and history.

01:30 PM

Suizennji Joushuen （Japanese garden）

Suizenji Jojuen Garden is a stroll-style garden in Kumamoto City that was built by Lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi in the early Edo period.

If you wish, you can also experience a tea ceremony.

Ending Point

At your hotel in Fukuoka

Want to personalize this tour?

This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.

Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

・Pick-up and drop-off transportation (Sedan 5 seater)

・9-hour guide fee

・Round-trip highway tolls

・Round-trip gasoline fee

・Parking fee

What‘s not included

Kumamoto Castle: ￥800 per person

Suizennji Joushuen: ￥400 per person

Lunch fee

Guide tip

Tour Important Information

・On this tour, we will travel and sightsee in my personal car.

・The walking paths are relatively flat, so even older people can join.

・Kumamoto Castle is also equipped with an elevator, so there is no need to walk up to the castle tower.

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Joined 2018

Masatoshi M.

5.00 / 5

(30 reviews)

Identity Verified

Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Masatoshi M.

I had worked for the Japan's biggest travel agency JTB (Japan Travel Bureau) for 35 years as a tour escort for Japanese.

I visited 68 countries and of course all over Japan as well. So I’m familiar with almost all of the tourist attractions in Japan.

More over I’m also a professional magician now. I’m a member magician of The Magic Castle in Hollywood in US. That's why I made a decision to become an English tour guide.

I acquired a tour guide license issued by the Japanese government with a lot of hard work in 2016 and I started from the following year.

I guided 1,420 people with 17 groups totaly in 2017and 1,600 people in 1018.

Through long work for travel business, I was assigned to excursions of all over Japan, such as Sapporo, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Okinawa and others, which gave me intimate knowledge about most places in the country.

In addition, I am adept in business fields and knowledgeable about historical sites, traditional culture and modern subcultures in Japan.

My wife is a disabled person with an intractable disease who needs 24-hour nursing care.

Our daughter takes care of my wife while I am guiding.

Even if my schedule is free, I may not be able to take the tour on days when my daughter cannot cooperate.

Please ask me first. If it is possible.

Reviews

Vadim S.

5 / 5

Nov 17, 2025

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