01 – Hakata
02 – Kumamoto & Mt. Aso
The Great Nature of Kyushu・Kumamoto Course 9 hours
October 20, a full-day excursion———————-Hotel » Kumamoto Castle » Aso
1.Kumamoto Castle
The enormous Kumamoto Castle is one of the three most famous castles in Japan along with Osaka Castle and Nagoya Castle.
Designed by Lord Kiyomasa Kato, it features unique stone walls called Musha-gaeshi, a device invented to prevent ninjas or other enemies from invading.
2.Mt. Aso
Mt. Aso is the world’s largest compound volcano, with a huge crater basin 18km from east to west and 24km from north to south, from the center of which five peaks called the Aso gogaku soar up toward the sky. Mt. Nakadake is still an active volcano, and you maybe able to see the red hot bottom of the crater or even the pools of boiling lava.
