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Hitome-yama

Hitome-yama is a very shaped beautiful mountain floating alone in Aso's vast grassland zone. The view from the top is a panorama view that can overlook the entire view of Aso's magnificent caldera, and it gives overwhelming peace and impression to visitors. 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. For those who want to jump into the懐 of nature and spend a relaxing time in magnificent Japanese scenery, it is the best place I heartily...

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Ogomori Flower Park

Ogomori Flower Park

Ogomori Flower Park is a wonderful healing place that spreads in Aso's vast nature, where beautiful wild grasses and flowers color each season. Especially in spring and summer, colorful flowers bloom in abundance, and it calms the hearts of visitors. If you stroll leisurely in the park, you can feel that your mind and body are purified deeply along with the scent of flowers. For those who want to leave the city's hustle and bustle, release themselves in the activities of nature, and seek refreshment from the heart, it is a wonderful spot I heartily want to recommend. It is...

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Oguni Town

Oguni Town is located on the north side of Aso, and is a town blessed with rich forests and hot springs. This town breathes the beauty of old wooden architecture and traditional living activities, and makes visiting people feel Japan's nostalgic heart. You can refresh both mind and body deeply by strolling through beautiful forests or soaking in high-quality hot springs. Delicious food utilizing fresh local ingredients is also one of the pleasures. For travelers who wish to stay away from the city's hustle and bustle, spend a relaxing time, and look back at their own hearts deeply, it is...

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Minamiaso Village

Minamiaso Village

Minamiaso Village is a very beautiful village blessed with magnificent nature and clear water spreading on the south side of Aso. Clear spring water springs out from all over the village, and delicious food utilizing its blessings and beautiful rural landscapes soothe travelers' hearts. The panoramic view from the mountains and the charm as a hot spring resort are also high, and it is optimal for those who want to stay away from the city's hustle and bustle and refresh. For those who want to feel nature's blessings and want to be healed deeply both mind and body, it is...

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Nijunotoge Pass

Nijunotoge Pass

Nijunotoge Pass is located in Aso's steep mountainous area, 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 refreshment...

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Sensuikyo

Sensuikyo is a very beautiful and dynamic gorge located on the north side of Aso. In spring, beautiful flowers called Miyama-kirishima color the mountain surface pink, and the view overwhelms visiting people. The wind blowing through the valley and the scenery of the surrounding steep mountains fully let visitors enjoy the strength and beauty of Japan's nature. 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. For travelers who wish to jump into the懐 of nature and...

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Crater East Observatory

Crater East Observatory

Crater East Observatory is a superb view spot full of nature's power where you can feel the power of Aso Crater closest. From this observatory, you can overlook the rough but beautiful terrain created by the volcano's activities, and you can experience the earth's magnificent dynamism directly. The unique colors created by volcanic ash and the volcanic smoke soaring into the sky are very photogenic, and many photographers and travelers visit. For travelers who want to touch nature's wonders and want to get deep inspiration from the bottom of their hearts, it is a superb view famous place that should...

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Aso Crater

Aso Crater is a place where you can directly feel that the earth is still alive, and you can tour world-rare volcanic activity up close. The volcanic smoke that rises up and the overwhelming energy transmitted from the crater teach visiting travelers the earth's terrible life force and beauty. Its rough scenery is shocking enough to lose words and becomes a lifelong memory. For those who want to experience the figure of Japan's nature living with volcanoes with their five senses and want to touch nature's wonders, it is the best sacred place that should be visited. Experience the wonder...

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Ogizake Observatory

Ogizake Observatory

Ogizake Observatory is located in the mountains overlooking Aso's vast caldera, and is a superb view spot where you can enjoy the highest-class panorama view. The view overlooking from this observatory can overlook Aso's great nature and vast townscape, and its overwhelming scale gives strong impression to visiting people. The view at dusk is especially beautiful, and the change of the sky at the moment the sun sets is fantastic and shakes the heart. In this place where you can realize the greatness of Japan's magnificent nature again, why don't you seek deep refreshment both mind and body? For travelers...

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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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Tengu Shrine

Tengu Shrine is a shrine where the mysterious and sacred atmosphere that stands quietly in Aso's deep forest is attractive. This land where the legend of Tengu remains from ancient times brings mysterious inspiration and deep peace to visiting travelers. The deep green and silence wrapping the precinct makes you forget the city's hustle and bustle and provides valuable time to face yourself deeply. For those who want to feel the world of Japanese mythology and the signs of gods dwelling in nature, it is the best hideaway-like power spot. In the sacred air, you can heal your soul and...

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Terasaka Water Source

Terasaka Water Source

Terasaka Water Source is a very beautiful water source place where clear water springs out constantly in Aso's rich great nature. This water source is important water that moisturizes local rice fields and fields, and its high transparency and refreshing feeling give overwhelming peace to visitors. Pleasant wind blows from the surrounding forests, and the time spent while listening to the murmuring of water is a blissful moment that makes you forget daily fatigue. For those who want to feel the importance of Japan's clear nature and water, which is the source of life, with their five senses, it is...

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Shimokita Shrine

Shimokita Shrine

Shimokita Shrine is an old shrine nestled quietly in the peaceful mountains of Aso, gathering the deep faith of local people. It has been loved since ancient times as a god that protects the harvest of agricultural crops, and the breath of people's earnest prayers and long history remains strongly in the precinct even now. Walking along the approach path where sunlight filters through the trees in the forest wrapped in silence, you will surely be able to feel deep peace both mind and body. For travelers who want to touch the scenery of Japan's good old village and the...

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Horaikyoshimi Shrine (Hokonomiya)

Horaikyoshimi Shrine (Hokonomiya)

Horaikyoshimi Shrine (Hokonomiya) is a historic sacred old shrine standing quietly in the deep forest of Aso. In the figure that has continued to watch over people in this area since ancient times, Japan's deep faith and signs of history breathe. 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 travelers 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...

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Shiraito Falls

Shiraito Falls is a waterfall that flows down gracefully like a white thread, as the name suggests. Around this waterfall, rich nature spreads out, and it gives overwhelming peace to visiting people. If you stroll through the forest while looking at this waterfall, you can feel the purity of water and the activities of great nature, and you can refresh both mind and body deeply. For those who want to be released from the hustle and bustle of city's activities, seek refreshment from the heart, and be healed by nature, it is the best hideaway-like place. If you touch the...

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Kuramoto Falls

Kuramoto Falls is a beautiful waterfall that flows down dynamically in Aso's rich natural environment. Its clear water sound harmonizes beautifully with the silence around it, and it gives healing from the heart to visiting people. If you stroll through the forest and approach this waterfall, you will be wrapped in its cool air and can feel your mind and body being purified deeply. This place where you can experience nature's life force and water's blessings directly with your five senses is the best hideaway for those who want to refresh by staying away from the city's hustle and bustle....

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Men no Ishi

Men no Ishi (Stone of Exemption) is a very mysterious and strange stone that was once sandwiched in the Aso mountainside. In this place, nature that has been created over a long history and people's faith are tied, giving deep impression to visiting people. Quiet nature spreads around the stone, and you can spend a calm time while feeling the depth of history. For travelers who have deep interest in Japan's ancient history and nature's wonder, the legend and mysterious air, and soak in history's activities, it is the best historical spot that stimulates intellectual curiosity.

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Jizo Pass Observatory

Jizo Pass Observatory

Jizo Pass Observatory is located in Aso's outer rim, and is a panorama view spot where you can overlook the caldera and surrounding beautiful scenery. From here, you can directly feel the volcano's life force and the activities of vast nature, giving overwhelming impression to visitors. The view at dusk is especially beautiful, and the change in the sky at the moment the sun sets is fantastic and shakes the heart. Why don't you seek deep refreshment for both mind and body in this place where you can realize the greatness of Japan's magnificent nature again? For travelers who want...

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Kamiarekawa Shrine

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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Kurokawa Hydrangea Street

Kurokawa Hydrangea Street

Kurokawa Hydrangea Street is a very photogenic and attractive street where beautiful hydrangeas bloom in the season. The appearance of hydrangeas wet with rain makes you feel Japan's good old emotions and calms the hearts of visiting people. Strolling leisurely through the street while feeling the transition of the season is a blissful moment that forgets daily busyness. For those who want to be released from the hustle and bustle of nature's activities and want to be healed by Japan's beautiful seasonal scenery, it is a hidden healing spot I heartily want to recommend. It is also perfect for those...

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Heitate Jingu Shrine

Heitate Jingu Shrine

Heitate Jingu Shrine is a very prestigious sacred old shrine standing dignifiedly in the deep mountains of Aso. In this shrine, the history of prayers continuing from the mythological era is carved, and it brings overwhelming solemnity and peace to visitors. The silence of the precinct and the deep forest trees are blissful moments that purify the soul of visiting travelers. For travelers who wish to feel the deep spiritual world of Japan's ancient Shinto culture, it is a supreme sacred place worth visiting. Time to fold hands in this place will be a valuable moment to forget daily life...

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Yamaga Shrine

Yamaga Shrine is a historic sacred shrine in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Its figure that has continued to watch over people in this area since ancient times breathes with Japan's deep faith and signs of history. Time to fold hands in the quiet air wrapped in the precinct will be a valuable moment to be away from the city's hustle and bustle and face yourself deeply. For travelers who want to touch the traditional festival culture and warm thoughts of local people, it is a famous place that I would like you to visit. In a silent place, for those...

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Mokkonkan

Mokkonkan is a wonderful experience facility that harmonizes with Aso's nature, valuing the warmth of wood. Here, you can touch local culture and art while enjoying the beauty of traditional Japanese wooden architecture. The rich natural environment around the facility gives overwhelming peace to visitors, and it is optimal for refreshing away from the city's hustle and bustle. For those who want to spend a relaxing time in nature and learn deeply about Japan's good old living wisdom and culture, it is a place I heartily want to recommend. For travelers who want to make special memories with family or...

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Shioisha Shrine

Shioisha Shrine

Shioisha Shrine is a sacred, quiet, and mysterious spot standing quietly in Aso's rich nature. Signs of history and legends that people in this area have cherished since ancient times are breathing, and it brings deep peace to visiting people. The clean air of the precinct and the silence of the surrounding trees make you forget daily fatigue and give you blissful time to face yourself deeply. For those who want to feel Japan's good old faith and the respect for nature while spending a calm time, it is a hideaway that heals the soul and is the best hideaway...

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