I introduce
Kumamoto sightseeing to you who visit for
the first time. I don't know that
Kumamoto, so let's visit together the famous places in
Kumamoto.
First, if you come to
Kumamoto, you should go to
the Kumamoto castle. In 1607,
Katou Kiyomasa constructed it with the highest technique and labor in those days. It is built in the hilly terrain which was called Mt.
Sakkyu. Of course
Katou Kiyomasa,
Miyamoto Musashi and Tani
Senzyou kept a record of their name. I introduce the
Kumamoto castle. The main gate is
hohoategomon among the gates which we come in. When we replace the center of the
donjon, there is the gate near the cheek, so it is said that the name is named the parts of the face armor.The castle tower is burnt down in1877 because of the
Seinan war. Although the present dungeon is restore on the basis of the old
pictures and the map of
pictures in 1960, it is
caught quite true. For example, the line and number of the tiles.
Second, I want you to go to
the Suizenzizyozyuen which typify
Kumamoto. It is the
famous garden.It is the
Momoyama style of the migration of the garden and it was opened in 1636 in tea store which
connect with the
Hosokawa's who was a leader in
Edo period. It was the origin that it was build for a monk of the
Rankan temple in
Oita. We can enjoy a beautiful view through four seasons to ramble about the garden which express the
Toukaidou-
Gozyuusantugi with
using undercurrent water in
Aso. The horseback archery is held every year.
Third, you should go to town. The
Kami street and
Shimotoori street are the center of
Kumamoto. My friends often go there to go shopping. There are many shops both sides of the street. I recommend you a nice shop. It is
WEGO which is second hand clothing store. If you like old
clothes, I think it is worth going there. Then the local trains run in the town and the
body of the train are colorful and are painted the cartoon characters and advertisement. The place which run the local trains are rare. The fare is very cheap, so many people use them.
Fourth,
Kome mound which looks like inverting the bowl is the volcano in
Mt. Aso. It is the traces of the crater. We can see it on the its way to the middle Mt.
Aso because it is near the mountain road in Mt.
Aso. It is said that the name of
Kome mound originate Got made to pile the straw bags. the altitude is 945m and it is about 100m from the foot to top. The diameter of the top is about 100m and the traces of the crater which the depth is about 20m leave about the hollow. Although we can't enter there because of the field, the size of
Kome mound spreading before our eyes is the best part. We can't compare the beauty of the season of fresh green. The white smoke are always smoking from the crater which yawns the big mouse and it is so powerful. Now we can realize that Mt.
Aso is active.
