KUMAMOTO 1 Day Itinerary | Castle, Food, and Kumamon!

KUMAMOTO 1 Day Itinerary | Castle, Food, and Kumamon!

Good morning everyone. It’s about 7:10 in the morning and we’re about to leave 
Fukuoka heading to Kumamoto. One interesting thing about Kumamoto 
is that they don’t accept the regular Suica or Pasmo IC cards, you’ll need to 
get your own Kumamoto exclusive IC card, which you see in the back kiosks. So, keep 
that in mind when traveling here to Kumamoto, as you’ll need a separate pass. Right now, 
we’re heading towards Kumamoto Castle. Kumamoto Castle was one of the three great castles 
in Japan. It was recently damaged in an earthquake and has been undergoing restoration. 
This is a rebuild of the castle as the original one has experienced through destruction 
through wars or other types of disasters. Kumamoto Castle was built in the mid 1400s. 
However, it was last rebuilt in 2008. Walking around inside feels like a modern museum with 
digital exhibits and modern amenities. However, at the very top, you get a nice 
view of Kumamoto City. So, we just finished from the gift shop 
of Kumamoto Castle. And what did we get? A little fish. A scale model of Kumamoto Castle and a Tenugui which in the end looks 
like this. Nice. Nice. Cool finds. If you like our content, please consider 
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more travel content in the future. Now, back to the video. Now, we’re heading 
towards Kato Jinga. Kato Jinga is a shrine dedicated to Lord Kato who is a Daimyo from the war state period. Honestly, Kato Jinga is pretty small and 
skippable. We mainly came here to collect the shrine stamps., Goshuins. You get a nice 
view of the castle and other photo spots, though. Next, we walk back to the front of the 
Kumamoto Castle area to the food streets. We’re here in Sakura-No-baba Josaien. And what is this 
place? Like a food and store street thing. Yeah, it’s it’s like a food and shopping street 
right outside of the castle, Kumamoto Castle, right? So, right from across that’s Kumamoto Castle area. 
Right across the street is the shopping area with food. So, we’re going to see what we can find for 
lunch around here. Also, the Kumamoto Castle Museum is down here as well. Yes. Sakura-No-baba Josaien is 
a touristy food street area right next to Kumamoto Castle. There weren’t a lot of people there when 
we went, perhaps because it was before noon on a Thursday. We went straight for some food and our 
first location we spotted was Taiyaki. However, instead of being a fish shaped pastry, it’s shaped 
like Kumamon! I’ll eat his ear first. Goodbye other ear He can’t hear anymore! End his misery Say goodbye to his face. Bye-bye. Oh, so violent, jeez. I prefer to end 
mine in a quick painful death. Mmmhm The potato uni croquette. And this is 
the premium cream croquette. They said it’s very soft and it like 
can come out when you bite into it. Mmmhm. What does tastes like? Oh, literally uni with cream. Want 
to try? This is a potato uni croquette. Mmhm, it’s good. We went to the Waku Wakuza Museum where you 
can’t record inside, but here are some pictures. Next, we travel about 30 minutes by bus to 
Suizenji Jojuen, which is a famous garden that was absolutely beautiful and 
the highlight of the Kumamoto trip. It costed less than $3 to enter and was 
nicely maintained with a ton of wildlife. So here in Suizenji garden we have 
here Izumi shrine. Izumi shrine s built here at the post of the Seinen
war and it’s known to be giving good luck for business prosperity and also 
for academic achievements. We got some bird and fish feed for 200 yen. 
The fish looks full though. The birds don’t look full. Look at these hungry 
little birds. I’ll give you one. I’ll give him a bunch. I feel like 
you need more nutrients, big boy. Here, eat more substance. Oh, damn duck. When you feed pigeons, get low, have these 
in your hand, and wait, wait, and they’ll eat it out of your hands. I am the holder of pigeons. 
All right, guys. So, this is how you summon a pigeon. You just keep your hand outstretched 
and then boom, you got pigeons on you. Look at them. I got a bunch of pigeons. 
Guys, today I’m going to show you how to summon some birds. Outstretch your arms 
and then feed them some foods. That’s how you get birds. They’re just kind of 
fighting over each other right now. Look at this one. They’re quite cute. All right, so we 
actually spent a lot more time than we had anticipated at Suizenji. It was a 
lot more fun than we we had expected, but it is time to head to our next Kumamoto 
location. This time we head to Kumamoto City Hall. At the top floor is a free observatory. So, 
let’s check that out since the sun is setting. So, we’re here in the Kumamoto City Hall Observatory 
on the 14th floor, which is free. It’s free to the public to enter. And honestly, it’s pretty empty. 
like not a lot of people around here. Either people don’t know about it or just timing that 
we came. This is a great observatory where you can see the castle and Kumamoto skyline. It was a 
bit empty, giving somewhat of a creepy atmosphere if you’re alone, but it was still a relaxing 
rest after a whole day’s worth of walking. The sun has set and a short walk away, we arrive 
at the vibrant alleys of Shimatori Shopping Arcade. With around 175 stores, it has everything that a 
usual shopping arcade in Japan has: crane games, which we inevitably didn’t win anything. 
Street food like taiyaki. This, by the way, was an amazing stall with steaming hot 
taiyaki. They also even have this Apple version. And nearby is Kumamon Square, 
a store full of the bear mascots merch. We’re here at the Kumamoto Ramen Kokutei Honten Main 
Store. It’s quite close to the Kumamoto main station. What makes Kumamoto ramen stand out 
is the use of raw egg and also a lot of garlic in the soup. So, we start the meal with some gyoza 
appetizers. They were fresh, juicy, crispy, and a perfect start to the meal. However, we were really 
here for this beautiful bowl of Kumamoto ramen. What distinguishes this from other ramen 
is the distinct heavy garlicky flavor. The addition of the raw eggs adds a dimension 
of creaminess to the broth. Honestly, a great meal, especially if you love 
intense flavors. It left us feeling satisfied and just the right amount of 
fullness to end our day. So, now we’re going to head to our hotel in Toyoko 
Inn and we’re going to check in and prepare for the next day. All righty, folks. Thank you 
for watching. I hope you enjoyed watching this 1-day itinerary to Kumamoto. If you liked 
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Join us as we show you an exciting way to spend 1 day in Kumamoto. We will show an action packed itinerrary to best see everything from Castles to nice parks, to iconic ramen 🙂

Itinerary:
– Kumamoto Castle
– Kato Shrine
– Sakura-no-baba Josaien (Lunch)
– Suizenji Jojeun Garden
– Kumamoto City Hall Observatory
– Shimatori Shopping Arcade/Kumamon Square
– Kumamoto Ramen KOKUTEI Honten (Main Store) (Dinner)

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