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Kumamoto Highlight One day Tour
This tour will guide you to the most popular sightseeing spots in Kumamoto city center.
You can also enjoy the popular local restaurant, craftsman shop, sake brewery and etc.
This one day tour contain historical and modern site of Kumamoto city.
Meeting Point
At your Hotel in Kumamoto city
At your Hotel in Kumamoto city
Kumamoto Castle
Kumamoto Castle is known for being one of the three great castles in Japan. Also known as Ginkgo Castle, the castle was built by Kato Kiyomasa in 1607. The castle's grounds cover about 980,000m2, with the outer circumference being about 9 kilometers (at the time of construction). The castle is made up of curving stone walls, a castle keep consisting of 3 towers, 49 turrets, 18 turret gates, and 29 castle gates.
The main keep was destroyed in a fire during a civil war in 1877. The current keep was rebuilt by Kumamoto City in 1960.
The castle grounds are home to 800 cherry blossom trees of 3 different species.
Kumamoto Castle was severely damaged by the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes. Access is currently restricted due to restoration work but, you can view the main keep and turrets from Ninomaru Park, Kato Shrine and the surround areas.
Lunch Break
I will bring you to the local restaurant as following your request.
Suizenji Jojuen Garden
Built in 1632 by Lord Hosokawa, Suizenji Jojuen is a traditional Japanese garden. Notable features within the garden grounds include a traditional Japanese teahouse, where visitors can enjoy a cup of tea, a natural pond, and a miniature recreation of the Tokaido road, a well-traveled route in the Edo Period connecting Tokyo and Kyoto. You'll even see a small recreation of Mount Fuji. Other facilities worth mentioning include a shrine and lakes containing colorful koi fish.
Shimada Museum
This museum standing in the midst of a bamboo forest serenity exhibits nearly 1,000 antique works of art on Samurai-class cultures from medieval to modern period in Japan. These are a personal collection made by historian and researcher Mr. Matomi Shimada and are consisted of calligraphic works, weapons, armors, furnishings, articles in connection with Miyamoto Musashi, and many more. The annex has a picture gallery in it and is used for private exhibitions as well.
Shimotori Arcade
The Shimotori arcade is the largest shopping arcade in Kumamoto Prefecture. With excellent shopping, lots of places to have fun, and plenty of gourmet options, Shimotori is where people from all over Kumamoto come to let loose. With a combined length of 511 meters and a width of 15 meters, Shimotori is also often used as a location for music and art events throughout the year. Compared to the Kamitori arcade, Shimotori has many more bars and restaurants and has a much livelier night-life.
At your Hotel in Kumamoto city
Ending Point
At your Hotel in Kumamoto city
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee, hotel pick-up in Kumamoto city center
transportation fee (you and guide), entrance fee (you and guide), lunch (you and guide)
Tour Important Information
Travel insurance is not included in my tours. I would recommend you take out your own travel insurance just in case of any unexpected accident, loss, or damaging others' property.
In this tour we walk and use public transportation.
Kumamoto is historical and traditional countryside city where is not so much internationalized and still you can find the original Japanese scenery.
You can travel as local with me.
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
Kumamoto Tour Reviews
Jordan H.
Customized one day tour for Jordan
Customized
“Super Helpful”
Mai was a great guide and helped us see the things we wanted to see and provided wonderful insight to the area and sights!
Mai T.
(4 reviews)I'm delighted to hear that I provided such a fantastic experience for you! Thank you for sharing your feedback, and I hope to welcome you back for more memorable adventures in the future.
“Amazing. Goes extra mile with service, very knowledgeable. Kind and very worth it! Kumamoto is serine place & very unique ”
Mai is an instant family member!! We love her and super thankful for her. Went above and beyond with her job. My father in-law 4th generation family are from Kumamoto so our goal in visiting is to find any information or trace of his family. We met with Mai shared our plan & purpose. We did a personalize tour with her, but she did not just helped us with going to places where we can get more information about our family she also did a personal research about immigrants of Japan to USA. She helped us understand Japanese names and went with us find locations that which amazingly we found a Shrine where a funeral was held for the same last name we are searching! Thank you Mai. Until now we are in contact with Mai and she’s continuing to help us. Mai is amazing and God sent. More than grateful for her. Please get her, she’s amazing, goes beyond and very knowledgeable. God bless Mai. We love you!!!!
Mai T.
(4 reviews)Thank you so much for your heartfelt review! It's truly touching to hear about your experience and the journey we embarked on together to uncover your family history. Working with you and your family was not just a job for me, but a privilege and an honor. I'm glad I could assist you in your quest to trace your family roots. Thank you once again for your kind words and for allowing me to be a part of this meaningful experience. Your encouragement means the world to me.
Michele G.
One day customized tour for Michele
Customized
“Mai is wonderful!”
We have been with other private tour guides before but Mai was easily one of our favorites. She was always quick to reply and I felt assured everything would work out great, and it did!! Mai made us feel at ease and she was so easy to talk to. We enjoyed our custom tour and hope to go on another tour with her again soon.
Mai T.
(4 reviews)Michele san, Thank you very much for your kind comment! I'm glad that you enjoyed the tour of Miyazaki. I hope you will have wonderful time rest of the trip, and wish to see you soon. Mai
