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Kumamoto

1 quiet, car-free day trip in Kumamoto — no rental car needed.

The wooden two-storey street front of the Yachiyo-za theatre in Yamaga, with a row of red paper lanterns hanging under the tiled eaves below a gilded signboard. — © Myaataro at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

The wooden two-storey street front of the Yachiyo-za theatre in Yamaga, with a row of red paper lanterns hanging under the tiled eaves below a gilded signboard. — © Myaataro at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

Yamaga: Kumamoto's Quiet Onsen and Lantern Town

In the far north of Kumamoto Prefecture, where the Kikuchi River comes down out of the hills, there is a small town that has been receiving bathers for about…

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