Kumamoto City Handicrafts Promotion Center
Located in Kawashiri, a town with a long history in making traditional Japanese handicrafts. Visitors can find a wide variety of local crafts, including Kawashiri Oke (handmade wooden buckets), knives, Higo Zogan gold inlay, as well as pottery, leather, and stained glass art. Visitors can also try their hand at making pottery and leather crafts, and there is also a store where crafts are availa...
Foodpal Kumamoto is something of free theme park that is centered around all things food-related. Visitors can come observe how various foods are made, and even join some hands-on activities, like filling sausages. There's also a Kumamoto Food Exchange Hall...
Kumamoto Prefectural Products Center
Located in the downtown area of Kumamoto City and near Kumamoto Castle, the Kumamoto Prefectural Products Center offers a wide variety of local specialty foods, traditional crafts, and excellent shochu liquor. With over 2,500 different items, you're sure to...
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
This museum is located in the northwest corner of the Kumamoto Castle grounds. The building was designed by distinguished architect Maekawa Kunio (1905–1986), a student of Le Corbusier, who also designed the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno, Tokyo. Thi...
This shopping area is located on the first floor of the Kumamoto Port ferry terminal building for ferries to Shimabara. A wide array of local sweets, foods, and liquor are available for purchase as souvenirs.
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (CAMK)
The Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto is both an art gallery and a community space. There is a small permanent collection with works by leading Japanese and international artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Tatsuo Miyajima, James Turrell, and Marina Abramović. In...
This museum is located northwest of the castle and was reopened in 2018 after a complete renovation. It is several museums in one, with the first floor devoted to the history and culture of the city of Kumamoto, the second floor covering the natural history...
Former Oe Residence of Natsume Soseki
The museum will be closed for renovation work on the following dates. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to those who plan to visit the museum. ■During Temporary Closed Periods October 15, 2024 ～February 8, 2025 Foreseen Soseki lived in 6 ...
Shironoyu is a natural hot spring center located near Kumamoto Castle. The center features both outdoor Western-style baths with underwater jets and Japanese-style stone baths, as well as saunas and other spa facilities. The spring water used is mildly alka...
The Five Hundred Disciples of Buddha
The Five Hundred Disciples of Buddha are a large group of stone Buddha statues on the Unganzenji Temple grounds, located at the base of Mt. Kinpo in the western part of Kumamoto City. Also located within the Unganzenji Temple grounds is Reigando Cave, the c...
This small private museum in the western part of Kumamoto has a collection of artifacts primarily related to Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645), the wandering swordsman who spent the last five years of his life in Kumamoto under the patronage of the domain lord H...
According to the Higo-no-kunishi (a historical record of Higo Province), the former Zuiganji Temple’s Reiozan was a branch temple of the Tendai-sect Shogakuji Temple (which is in the Enryakuji Temple Complex on Mt. Hiei in between Kyoto and Shiga Prefecture...
Purely offers a different vegetarian lunch each month created around organic local vegetables and naturally grown rice (grown with zero fertilizers and pesticides). Miso soup can also be made vegan if reserved beforehand. *English menu *Staff can speak Eng...
Our spring rolls are a light snack of fresh shrimp and vegetables wrapped in rice paper. Enjoy authentic Vietnamese and Thai specialties in our restaurant's warm atmosphere. We can prepare a fully vegetarian meal (about 2500 yen) if you let us know beforeha...
We are experts in shojin ryori, a style of traditional Buddhist vegetarian cooking that does not use any animal-derived ingredients. Our dishes are made with plenty of tofu and vegetables and are sure to fill you up. Reservations required at least a day in ...
Healthy, local cuisine with lots of vegetables and tofu. We are quite flexible, so please let us know if there are any foods you cannot eat. Fully vegetarian meals are available if reserved in advance. Cash only.
Our signature dishes use vegetables picked in nearby Mashiki. We can substitute the bagna càuda sauce for a vegetable dipping sauce at your request. We are happy to accommodate any food preferences you may have. Gluten-free dishes available with reservation...
This shrine was constructed for the divine protection of Kumamoto Castle in 1588 to mark the arrival of Kato Kiyomasa in Kumamoto. The largest festival at the shrine is the Hatsu Uma Taisai festival, held in February of each year, where many visitors come t...
We offer meat- and fish-free meals made with soy meat alternatives. We can prepare vegan and vegetarian meals if you let us know at least one day in advance. We also have souvenirs for our guests from overseas!
We offer Chinese teas, Chinese home cooking, and dishes and desserts based on the principles of Chinese medicine. The vegetarian course shown does not use any animal-derived ingredients, but reservations are required by 1PM on the day of your visit. We can ...
