Sightseeing Courses
- Sightseeing -Introducing recommended sightseeing courses in the Kumamoto area.
Recommended taxi sightseeing courses in Kumamoto area
How about a casual city tour by sightseeing taxi?
You can tour the major tourist spots by taxi.
For information on courses and fees, please feel free to contact us.
*The required time is based on departures and arrivals in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City.
If the departure or arrival point is Kumamoto Station or Kumamoto Airport, an additional 30 minutes to 1 hour will be required.

Course1
Kumamoto Castle 60-Minute Course
Required time
1hour
Standard taxi 4,800yen
Jumbo taxi 7,060yen
- Josaien
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- Ninomaru Park
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- Inui-Yagura Turret
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- Kato Shrine
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- Ninomaru Park
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- Josaien
*The required time is an estimate.
Course2
Kumamoto Castle 120-Minute Course (Castle One-Loop Course)
Required time
2hour
Standard taxi 9,600yen
Jumbo taxi 14,120yen
- Josaien
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- Ninomaru Park
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- Inui-Yagura Turret
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- Kato Shrine
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- Boanzaka Slope
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- Kita Juhakken-Yagura Turret
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- Higashi Juhakken-Yagura Turret
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- Nagabei Wall
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- Statue of Kiyomasa
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- Josaien
*The required time is an estimate.
Course3
Kumamoto Castle 180-Minute Course (Learning Course)
Required time
3hour
Standard taxi 14,400yen
Jumbo taxi 21,180yen
- Josaien / Museum Wakuwakuza
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- Ninomaru Park
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- Inui-Yagura Turret
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- Kato Shrine
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- Kumamoto Museum / Art Museum
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- Ninomaru Park
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- Josaien
*The required time is an estimate.
Course4
Tour of Famous Castles and Gardens
Required time
3hour
Standard taxi 14,400yen
Jumbo taxi 21,180yen
- Kumamoto Castle
- Shokun's Room
- Hosokawa Gyobu Residence
- Jochi Mausoleum
- Jane's Residence
- Suizenji Park
- Shijiken
- Shimada Museum of Arts

Kumamoto Castle

Suizenji Park

Tsujunkyo Bridge

Honmyoji Temple

Reitaikyo Bridge
Course5
Tour of the Former Residences of Meiji Literary Giants
Required time
3hour
Standard taxi 14,400yen
Jumbo taxi 21,180yen
- Grave of Abe Yaichiemon
- Former Residence of Lafcadio Hearn
- Desk and Doll Used by Natsume Soseki
- Natsume Soseki's Fifth House
- Photos of Tokutomi Soho and Tokutomi Roka Brothers at Oe Gijuku
- Oe Gijuku
- Statue of Tanikumi Kannon
- Taishoji Temple
Course6
Tour of Stone Bridges (Midori River Basin)
Required time
5hour
Standard taxi 24,000yen
Jumbo taxi 35,300yen
- Sekishokan Museum (Toyomachi)
- Futamata Bridge (Twin Bridges)
- Makado Bridge
- Okubo Bridge
- Reitaikyo Bridge
- Tsujunkyo Bridge
- Yase Megane Bridge
- Shimozuru Megane Bridge

Tsujunkyo Bridge

Futamata Bridge

Reitaikyo Bridge
Course7
Tour of the Sword Saint Musashi
Required time
4hour
Standard taxi 19,200yen
Jumbo taxi 28,240yen
- Front of Reigan Cave
- Shimada Museum of Arts
- Musashi Memoria Tower
- Western Musashi Mound
- Eastern Musashi Mound
- Statue of Musashi
- Five Hundred Arhats
- Former Resident of Musashi

Reigan Cave
Course8
Tour of Yamaga
Required time
5hour
Standard taxi 24,000yen
Jumbo taxi 35,300yen
- Stone Pinwheel
- Higanbana in Terraced Rice Fields
- Yachiyoza Theater
- Kumamoto's First Prime Minister
- Koheiji Temple
- Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Museum
- Yamaga Motoyu Sakura no Yu

Sakura no Yu

Yamaga Lantern Folk Art Museum

Yachiyoza Theater
Course9
Tour of Ancient Tombs
Required time
5hour
Standard taxi 24,000yen
Jumbo taxi 35,300yen
- Obusan Ancient Tomb (Yamaga City)
- Chibusan Ancient Tomb
- Decorated Interior of Chibusan Tomb
- Ishinuki/ Nagino Cave Group
- Prefectural Decorated Tumulus Museum
- Interior Walls Decorated with Animal Paintings
- Etafunayama Tomb
- Types of Horse Ornaments

Chibusan Ancient Tomb

Chibusan Ancient Tomb
Course10
Tour of Kikuchi
Required time
4hour
Standard taxi 19,200yen
Jumbo taxi 28,240yen
- Equestrian Statue of Kikuchi Takemitsu
- Kikuchi Dream Museum
- Masunaga Castle Ruins
- Birthplace of Saigo Nanshu's Ancestors, as Written by Tokutomi Soho
- Kikuchi Castle
- Kikuchi Shrine
- Shogun Tree

Kikuchi Shrine

Equestrian Statue of Kikuchi Takemitsu
Course11
Tour of Tabaruzaka, Tamana, and Arao
Required time
5hour
Standard taxi 24,000yen
Jumbo taxi 35,300yen
- Bullet-Riddled House
- Rengein Tanjyoji Temple
- Nandaimon Gate
- Five-Story Pagoda of Tanjyoji Temple
- Site of Japan's Last Official Vendetta
- Four-Pound Cannon Used by the Satsuma Army
- Inner Sanctuary of Rengein Tanjyoji Temple
- Yamada Wisteria
- Birthplace of the Miyazaki Brothers

Yamada Wisteria

Five-Story Pagoda of Tanjyoji Temple
Course12
Aso Sightseeing
Required time
6hour
Standard taxi 28,800yen
Jumbo taxi 42,360yen
- Aso Volcano Crater
- Five Peaks of Aso from Daikanbo (Nirvana Statue)
- Isshingyo Great Cherry Blossom
- Aso Shrine
- Yo Shomei Art Museum
- Kugino Soba Dojo
- Alien Secret Base?
- Shirakawa Spring
Course13
Amakusa Tour
Required time
6hour
Standard taxi 28,800yen
Jumbo taxi 42,360yen
- Statue of Amakusa Shiro
- Amakusa Shiro Memorial Hall
- Tomioka Castle Ruins
- Sakitsu Church
- Oe Church
- Sen'nin Zuka
- Gion Bridge
- Urashimaya

Oe Church
- *Fee per hour: 4,800 yen for standard taxi, 7,060 yen for jumbo taxi.
- *Fees do not include facility usage fees, toll road fees, parking fees, or food and beverage costs.