Kumamoto sightseeing

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.