Mystery Spots
Who doesn’t love a mystery? If you’re the kind of person who likes to get out of your comfort zone and take the road less travelled then here are a few mystery spots you might be interested in visiting in Kumamoto and northern Kyushu.
Hakkaku Tunnel 八角トンネル photo spot This off the beaten track location is a great find for anyone interested in photography or just uniquely mysterious scenes. Recently popularised on instagram Hakkaku Tunnel in Misato town has a strange retro sci-fi feel that has to be experienced. About Hakkaku tunnel Coming across ...read on
Kamishikimi Kumano-imasu Shrine If you only have time to visit one shrine in the Aso area, visit the one with the longest name. Kamishikimi Kumano-imasu Shrine is definitely worth the journey even if you're not a huge fan of shrines. Situated a few kilometres from Takamori Town in Minami Aso, ...read on
Tucked away in the foothills of Mount Waita, within sight of the Oita border, lies the little known Waita onsen area, a collection of six small onsen resorts. This is a remarkable area, everywhere you look you will see, smell and hear the violently gushing steam and bubbling vents. These puncture ...read on
Oshitoishi Hill 押戸石- Minami Oguni Oshitoishi has the reputation of a powerspot, a group of mysterious standing stones situated on a hill on the pyroclastic flows above the northern caldera edge of the giant Aso caldera. On top of the grassy hillside there is a mysterious line of rocks. The ...read on
Ancient Burial Mound Museum The Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound museum in Yamaga celebrates the many and various decorated tumuli of Kumamoto. A tumulus is an ancient burial mound, there are approximately 200,000 of these burial mounds scattered over Japan all dating back from 400 to 700 AD. The era ...read on
Tonkararin If you love a good mystery - or dark, narrow spaces! - , then you are bound to be intrigued by Tonkararin. The many questions surrounding Tonkararin serve to make the site more interesting and you cannot help but come up with your own theories as you explore. Tonkararin is so mysterious ...read on
After the hot spring heaven of Kurokawa why not take a trip to Hell? Sparrow Hell - or Suzume Jigoku in Japanese. This is a cold water volcanic sulphur spring, the gas is so powerful it can kill sparrows and even tanuki and fox have been found killed by the ...read on
Ama No Yasukawara Cave From the Ama No Iwato Shrine take a 10-minute walk along the Iwato River, past many delicious looking icecream stalls, descend a steepish path over a simple, arched bridge into the river valley, follow the river path for a few minutes and rounding a corner you will suddenly come to a vast ...read on