Takamori Town

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Takamori Town is surrounded by Aso's rich nature and is a town full of historical atmosphere with wonderful spots like Takamori Water Spring Tunnel Park. The figure of magnificent mountains in the surroundings and the blessings of delicious spring water bring deep peace to visitors. By touching traditional culture and people's living, you can refresh both mind and body deeply. For travelers who want to forget the city's hustle and bustle, release themselves in the activities of great nature, and spend a calm time, it is the best hideaway-like place I heartily want to visit. Please enjoy the beauty of nature according to the season.

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【高森町】なりたいあなたにあえるまち【ＰＲ動画】

Takamori Town

ぐるっと阿蘇チャリめぐり「ぐるチャリ」

Takamori Tourism Promotion Organization

高森町を手ぶらで堪能！「サイクルピクニック」

Takamori Tourism Promotion Organization

Takamori Town

Address: 1537-6 Oaza Takamori, Takamori Town, Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture
Website: https://asotakamori-kanko.com/
Operator: Takamori Tourism Promotion Organization

Takamori Town Spots List

Historic Site Ugato Rakan-zan
Rakudayama
Takamori Pass
Takamori Yusui Tunnel Park
Kamiarekawa Shrine
Neisei Loop Bridge
Sugayama Terraced Rice Fields
Takamori-dono no Sugi
Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine
Seieizan
Kusabe Yoshimi Shrine
Tsukimawari Park

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Historic Site Ugato Rakan-zan

Historic Site Ugato Rakan-zan is a sacred spot rich in history, quietly standing in Aso's rich nature. Signs of history that ancient people feared nature and revered it drift in this land, giving deep impression to visiting people. Rakan statues carved in rock surfaces convey the history of prayers of predecessors to the present. Time spent in the silence of the forest is a blissful moment that makes you forget daily noise. For travelers who want to feel ancient Japanese culture and sacred air, it is the best historical spot worth visiting. By feeling the sacred air, you can heal...

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Rakudayama

Rakudayama is a mountain with a unique shape like a camel's back, as the name suggests, and is a symbolic existence in Aso's magnificent nature. If you visit this mountain, you can fully enjoy the unique terrain created by volcanic activity and the beauty of the grassland spreading around it. If you enjoy hiking and strolling, you can feel Aso's great nature directly with your whole body, and there is no mistake that you can get deep refreshment both mind and body. In this place where you can realize the greatness of Japan's magnificent nature again, why don't you seek...

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Takamori Pass

Takamori Pass is located in the mountains overlooking Aso's caldera, and is a pass that conveys the emotion of an old ancient road to the present. The view from here spreads out in a panorama view where you can overlook the entire view of Aso's vast caldera, and you can feel the volcano's energy and the activities of vast nature on your skin. The view from the pass is especially beautiful, and it gives overwhelming peace and deep impression to visiting people. For travelers who wish to think of Japan's good old journey, put themselves in magnificent nature, and seek...

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Takamori Yusui Tunnel Park

Takamori Water Spring Tunnel Park is a very rare and beautiful park that utilizes an unfinished tunnel of former railway construction. Clear water springs out from inside the tunnel, and its fantastic space gives overwhelming peace to visitors. Especially in summer, events such as Tanabata are held, and the space woven by light and water brings an experience as if you have lost your way in another world. This place where historical heritage and nature's blessings harmonize is the best healing spot for those who want to refresh deeply both mind and body in cool air, and it will surely...

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Kamiarekawa Shrine

Kamiarekawa Shrine is a quiet and calm historic shrine standing quietly in Aso's rich nature. Its figure that has continued to watch over people in this area since ancient times breathes with Japan's deep faith and region's bond. Time to fold hands in the quiet air wrapped in the precinct will be a valuable moment to forget daily busyness and face yourself deeply. For those who want to experience the good old Japanese spiritual world and the Japanese heart that fears and respects nature on their skin, it is one of the best sacred places that heals the soul quietly...

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Neisei Loop Bridge

Neisei Loop Bridge is a very rare loop-shaped bridge hung as if sewing through Aso's steep mountainous area. You can enjoy Aso's magnificent nature from various angles from this bridge, and the change of scenery during the drive does not make visitors tired. Especially in the season of autumn leaves and fresh green, the bridge melts into the natural scenery and becomes a very photogenic superb view. This place where you can feel the height of the predecessors' civil engineering technology and the ingenuity utilizing the natural terrain can be said to be a particularly impressive spot even among Japan's...

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Sugayama Terraced Rice Fields

Sugayama Terraced Rice Fields are places where traditional Japanese agricultural activities remain as beautiful scenery at the foot of Aso. The terraced rice fields that stack in many layers color the mountain surface, and their appearance showing expressions according to the season makes visitors feel Japan's original landscape and brings overwhelming peace. This beautiful scenery is proof of the history in which predecessors cherished nature and lived together, and it gives overwhelming peace to visitors. If you stroll around the terraced rice fields leisurely, you can feel Japan's good old heart and refresh both mind and body deeply. For those...

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Takamori-dono no Sugi

Takamori-dono no Sugi is a giant cedar tree that has been watching over the long history in Aso's rich nature. Its overwhelming presence and powerful branches convey a sacred air to visiting people and give deep impression. This place is a sacred ground where the spirit of respect for nature breathes, and you can experience a sense of being purified both mind and body by putting your hands together. In the quiet forest spreading around, the time to face yourself quietly is a blissful moment that makes you forget daily noise. For travelers who wish to experience Japan's deep history...

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Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine

Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine is a very mysterious and beautiful shrine standing quietly in Aso's rich forest. The sacred air woven by more than 100 stone lanterns lined up on the approach and the trees of the deep forest invites visitors to another world. In particular, the huge wind hole called "Uto-iwa" has overwhelming power, and you are wrapped in a sensation as if you have lost your way in the world of Japanese mythology. Its overwhelming solemnity and silence give deep peace and inspiration to the hearts of visitors. For travelers who wish to experience the spiritual world of Japan's...

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Seieizan

Seieizan is a beautiful mountain surrounded by Aso's magnificent nature, and the figure of great nature that shows expressions in each season fascinates visitors. For those who enjoy mountain climbing and hiking, the panoramic view of Aso's caldera and vast grasslands viewed from the top is a superb view that takes your breath away. In this place where the power and silence of nature coexist, you can leave the city's noise and feel the earth's breath directly on your skin. For travelers who wish to release themselves in great nature and refresh, Seieizan can be said to be an optimal...

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Kusabe Yoshimi Shrine

Kusabe Yoshimi Shrine is an ancient sacred shrine standing dignifiedly in the deep mountains of Aso. In the precinct of this shrine, overwhelming silence and signs of a long history protected by trees drift, bringing deep peace to visitors. The history of prayers continuing from the mythological era conveys the depth of Japan's Shinto culture to the present. The time to fold hands in the quiet air wrapping the precinct will be a valuable moment to face your own heart deeply. For travelers who wish to experience the good old Japanese spiritual world and the Japanese heart that fears and...

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Tsukimawari Park

Tsukimawari Park is a wonderful park where you can touch nature spreading in Aso's magnificent caldera. From the park, you can overlook the beautiful appearance of the Aso Five Peaks, and its overwhelming scale and volcano's life force give deep impression to visitors. Flowers of each season color the park, healing visitors from the heart. The beautiful landscape viewed while strolling leisurely in the park is fantastic enough to make you forget the passage of time. For those who want to leave the city's noise, release themselves in great nature, and seek refreshment from the heart, it is the best...

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