Kumamoto Prefecture සංචාර

I had a wonderful and truly enjoyable day trip to Mount Aso! The tour was very well planned, with a comfortable pace and plenty of breaks to enjoy each stop without feeling rushed. I especially appreciated having enough free time to explore on my own rather than being constantly guided, which made the experience even more enjoyable. Jimmy was an excellent guide! His knowledgeable and funny personality made the bus rides entertaining, and he shared lots of interesting information about the places we visited in a very engaging way. His English was also excellent, making everything easy to understand and the entire trip very comfortable. A special highlight was the delicious milk ice cream at Mount Aso! Overall, it was a fantastic experience, and I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the area. Thank you, Jimmy, for such a lovely day!

Tour guide Ms. Kong was humorous, engaging, and very knowledgeable about local customs and traditions. The driver was extremely polite and friendly, and greeted every passenger each time we got off the bus! Everything has returned to normal following the Kumamoto earthquakes! Sightseeing and tourism are completely fine, there aren't many tourists, and the attractions are very pleasant to walk around. Joining a day tour when traveling independently allows you to visit many places that are inconvenient to reach by public transportation! The itinerary was Aso Kusasenri -> Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine -> Takachiho Torokko Train -> Takachiho Gorge stroll. The Takachiho Torokko Train requires an additional payment of 2,300 yen per person! The weather was still quite hot in late October, so everything was lush and green, but the local scenery was great to see! Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine was my absolute favorite—it has such an amazing atmosphere!

Don’t shy away from Kumamoto! It’s safe to visit even after the recent earthquake. Ms Kong was an amazing guide, she’s very well informed and eloquent. Great explanation at all the locations and she always give good recommendations. Mr Xiao was our coach driver, he’s punctual and professional. Thank you for this great experience!

We arrived early at the Kumamoto Station Shinkansen West Exit to meet up. Our tour guide, Sun Peng, came over to gather the group. Since we were carrying luggage and planning to leave the tour in Kurokawa, the guide proactively asked if we had already arranged our hotel pick-up and drop-off. Although we could have arranged it ourselves, he went ahead and did it for us. Since Kurokawa has multiple parking lots, as a tourist, it would have been difficult to clearly communicate the exact pick-up spot with the hotel. Thumbs up for the guide's thoughtfulness! It was a gorgeous sunny day, and every scenic spot made for great photos. As a tourist, the experience was fantastic. Guide Sun also helped take photos for everyone, kept the commentary along the way witty and humorous, took meticulous care of us, and reminded us in advance of important points to keep in mind during the sightseeing. This trip is a great one-day tour option, much more convenient than planning and executing it yourself, and I highly recommend it!

කියුෂු හි පරිපූර්ණ ස්වභාවික සංචාරයක්, අපගේ මාර්ගෝපදේශිකා නනාමි සහෝදරියට ස්තූතියි! කුමාමොටෝ සහ මියාසාකි හි අපගේ සංචාරය අවසන් වූ වහාම, මෙම හොඳ සමාලෝචනය ලිවීමට මට නොඉවසිලිමත් විය. මෙම සංචාරක කණ්ඩායමේ මාර්ගය ඉතා හොඳින් සැලසුම් කර ඇති අතර, ස්වභාවික අරුමපුදුම දේ සහ සංස්කෘතික අත්දැකීම් මනාව ඒකාබද්ධ කරයි. අපි අසෝ හි ලෝකයේ විශාලතම සක්‍රීය ගිනි කඳු වලින් එකක් දුටුවෙමු, පෘථිවියේ ස්පන්දනය දැනීම අමතක නොවන අත්දැකීමක් විය; කුසාසෙන්රි හි විශාල තණබිම් හරහා ඇවිද ගිය අතර, සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම වෙනස් විවෘතභාවය සහ සන්සුන් බවක් දැනුණි; ටකාචිහෝ ගෝර්ජ් හි බෝට්ටු ගමන සමස්ත සංචාරයේම විශේෂත්වය වූ අතර, එය මිථ්‍යා ලෝකයකට ඇතුළු වූවාක් මෙන් විය. මේ සියලු සුන්දර අත්දැකීම්වල “ආත්මය” වූයේ අපගේ මාර්ගෝපදේශිකා නනාමි සහෝදරියයි. ඇය ඉතා වෘත්තීයමය හා උද්යෝගිමත් පුද්ගලයෙකි: 1. දැනුමැති: ඇය කියුෂු හි ඉතිහාසය, සංස්කෘතිය, භූ විද්‍යාත්මක සැකැස්ම සහ දේශීය විශේෂ නිෂ්පාදන පිළිබඳව හොඳින් දැන සිටි අතර, ඇයගේ පැහැදිලි කිරීම් විචිත්‍රවත් හා රසවත් වූ අතර, අපට දර්ශන දැකීමට පමණක් නොව, දර්ශන පිටුපස ඇති කථා තේරුම් ගැනීමටද හැකි විය. 2. ද්විභාෂා සන්නිවේදනය: කණ්ඩායමේ බොහෝ විදේශීය මිතුරන් සිටි අතර, ඇය චීන සහ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවලින් චතුර ලෙස සේවය කළ අතර, සෑම සාමාජිකයෙකුටම සලකමින්, සන්නිවේදනයේ කිසිදු බාධාවක් නොමැතිව, ඉතා කාරුණික විය. 3. උද්යෝගිමත් සහ කල්පනාකාරී: ඇය සැමවිටම දීප්තිමත් සිනහවකින් සිටි අතර, කණ්ඩායමේ සිටින වැඩිහිටියන් හා ළමයින් ගැන හොඳින් බලා ගත්තාය, ඔවුන්ට විවිධ ගැටළු විසඳීමට උදව් කළාය, විශ්වාසදායක සහෝදරියක් මෙන් විය. නනාමි සහෝදරිය නිසා, මෙම සංචාරය උණුසුමෙන් හා මතකයන්ගෙන් පිරී තිබුණි. කියුෂු වෙත යාමට සැලසුම් කරන මිතුරන්ට මම මෙය තරයේ නිර්දේශ කරමි! මීළඟ සංචාරයේදී නැවත හමුවීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වෙමි.

This was a tour I took with my parents. I was worried the schedule might be a bit too tight, but we were able to take our time exploring at a relaxed pace, and my parents had no trouble at all. In particular, our guide, Lee Hyang-yong, was truly exceptionally kind and gave fantastic explanations, making the tour even more satisfying. Our driver was also skilled, so we were able to travel without any motion sickness. Thanks to everyone, we were able to create wonderful memories. Highly recommended!

It was a truly impressive trip. I was the only English speaker, but the guide. Zhu Zhu, took good care of me, ensuring I fully understood everything about the tour. The experience far exceeded my expectations.

The guide could only speak Japanese and English, but we were able to talk to be each other via translation apps. He also had updates and messages for the English speakers ready in every stop (for timeline, return times per location, and info). we rode a bus, and it was comfy. each location was really nice! although we couldn't really stay too long, which is too bad, but understandable since it's so far away. I was still so happy to be able to visit all these places, and I knew being able to go here on my own (without the tour) would've been very diffifuclt if 8 didn't have a car). All of the places we went to were great, and also wanted to note we had bathroom breaks both going to and from the locations.

Traveling with the tour was very convenient. The guide took good care of us and provided great recommendations, allowing us to visit a variety of places in just one day. For those who prefer not to rent a car and drive, having 2 hours at the Takachiho Gorge, including the round-trip walk, was more than enough time. In the afternoon, we visited Mt. Aso. Even though the crater was closed, we were able to see the views up close at two different spots. Kusasenri offered beautiful scenery, though 1 hour might be a bit tight for sightseeing, having a meal, and shopping for souvenirs. Overall, it was a very worthwhile and convenient experience with everything covered, including a stop at a service area along the way.