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Higotai Bridge

Higotai Bridge is a bridge with an elegant figure that hangs in Aso's rich nature, and is a charm. From the bridge, you can overlook Aso's mountains and rich green scenery, and its panorama view overwhelms visitors. Because you can enjoy the changes of nature according to the season, it is highly evaluated by photographers and travelers. The refreshing wind and clear air felt in this place make you forget daily hustle and bustle and refresh your mind and body deeply. For those who want to jump into the懐 of nature and spend a relaxing time in magnificent Japanese scenery,...

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Tawarayama Observatory

Tawarayama Observatory

Tawarayama Observatory is a superb view spot with a top-class panorama view where you can overlook Aso's caldera and Minami Aso's beautiful townscape. From this observatory, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery where Aso's great nature and people's activities harmonize at once, and its overwhelming scale gives strong impression to visiting people. The scenery at dusk is especially beautiful, and the change of scenery at the moment the sun sets creates a fantastic and heart-shaking world. For travelers who wish to jump into the懐 of nature and get peace from the heart in a superb view, it is the best...

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Suzume Jigoku

Suzume Jigoku (Sparrow Hell) is a dynamic place where white steam rises from the earth, peculiar to Aso's volcanic zone. Its origin of the name comes from the fact that it was a place so severe that small birds once touched its steam, but now it attracts many travelers as a precious experience spot where you can feel Aso's earth energy up close. The roughness of nature and the beauty beyond it, you can feel with your five senses, it is a perfect opportunity to learn the figure of Japan's nature living with volcanoes. For those who want to experience...

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Kokuzo Shrine

Kokuzo Shrine is a historic sacred shrine standing quietly in the deep forest of Aso. This shrine has been deeply respected by local people as a place that conveys the history of Aso's gods to the present. The silence of the precinct and the deep history signs that trees have continued to protect bring overwhelming peace to visiting travelers. For those who want to experience the deep spiritual world of Japan's ancient Shinto culture and nature worship, it is a place I heartily want to recommend. Time to fold hands in sacred air, face yourself quietly, forgetting daily fatigue, and...

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Nabegataki Falls

Nabegataki Falls

Nabegataki Falls is a beautiful waterfall that flows down gracefully like a curtain of water, and is known as a very rare spot where you can walk on the back side of the waterfall. The rich forest seen from the back of the waterfall and the brightness of the flowing water are fantastic sceneries as if you are in a fantasy world. This place where you can experience nature's strength and kindness directly with your five senses gives healing from the heart to visitors. Completely forget the city's hustle and bustle, and for travelers who wish to purify their mind...

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Takamori Yusui Tunnel Park

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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Minami Aso Panorama Line

Minami Aso Panorama Line

Minami Aso Panorama Line is a superb view drive route that runs through the magnificent natural environment spreading on the south side of Aso. From this route, you can feel the beautiful figure of the Aso Five Peaks and the vast grassland zone up close, and its dynamic landscape overwhelms visiting travelers. The nature of Aso that changes expressions according to the season gives new impression whenever you visit. For adventure-loving travelers who wish to jump into the懐 of great nature and run through a superb view road, it is a superb view road that promises the best impression where...

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Futasemoto Shrine

Futasemoto Shrine

Futasemoto Shrine is a historic sacred shrine standing quietly in the deep forest of Aso. In its figure that has continued to watch over people in this land since ancient times, Japan's deep spirituality and reverence for nature breathe. Time to fold hands in the silence wrapping the precinct makes you forget daily busyness and provides a valuable moment to face yourself deeply. For travelers who wish to experience the good old Japanese heart and the sacred spiritual world of Shinto on their skin, it is one of the best sacred places that heals the soul quietly and can look...

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Kenny Road Observatory

Kenny Road Observatory

Kenny Road Observatory is a superb view spot with immense popularity among riders and drivers, where you can overlook Aso's vast grassland zone. From this observatory, you can overlook the entire view of Aso's outer rim and caldera, and while feeling the wind on your skin, you can directly enjoy Aso's great nature. The scenery seen while feeling the refreshing wind refreshes visitors from the heart and will surely make unforgettable memories. For travelers who want to enjoy driving in great nature and want to feel Aso's magnificent scale on their skin, it is a famous place on the route...

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Soyo Gorge

Soyo Gorge is a scenic spot with overwhelming scale, characterized by cliffs reaching 200 meters in height that continue for about 10 kilometers, formed by the erosion of the Midorikawa River. Its landscape is referred to as the "Grand Canyon of Kyushu," overwhelming visitors with the magnificent power of great nature. Especially during the autumn foliage season, the panorama of colors woven by the cliffs and the changing trees becomes a superb view, attracting many photographers and travelers. For those who want to enjoy the formative beauty of nature with their five senses and feel the eternal work of the...

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Higotai Park Camp Village

Higotai Park Camp Village

Higotai Park Camp Village is a wonderful outdoor spot surrounded by Aso's magnificent nature, where you can enjoy from camping beginners to veterans. In summer, Higotai flowers bloom beautifully, and you can fully enjoy the surrounding great nature. The time spent under the starry sky while feeling the volcano's energy makes you forget daily fatigue and refreshes your mind and body deeply. A camping experience spent together with nature is the best place for those who want to enjoy Japan's wonderful great nature with their five senses. For travelers who wish to make special memories with family or companions, it...

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Ubu Shrine

Ubu Shrine is a sacred place that is quietly standing in Aso's rich nature, and has birth and compassion as its theme. The history of valuing life, which has continued since ancient times, is alive in this land, and it brings deep peace and inspiration to visiting people. The silence of the precinct and the deep forest air that trees have continued to protect are blissful moments that forget daily fatigue. For travelers who want to quietly look back at their own roots and the importance of life, it is a sacred place that I heartily recommend. By feeling the...

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Oshitoishi Hill

Oshitoishi Hill

Oshitoishi Hill is a place with very mysterious and strange groups of megaliths floating alone in Aso's vast grassland zone. It is said that ancient memories are carved in this hill, and its overwhelming openness and the strange air that makes you feel the earth's history captivate visiting travelers. In the surroundings, a 360-degree panorama spreads, and you can realize that the earth is alive with your whole body. The time spent in this land is optimal for leaving the city's hustle and bustle and refreshing, and facing the bottom of your own heart. For travelers who wish to soak...

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Sugao Hanashobu Garden

Sugao Hanashobu Garden

Sugao Hanashobu Garden is a healing place rich in nature where beautiful flowers bloom in abundance in each season. Especially in early summer, thousands of iris flowers bloom vividly, and the appearance that colors the waterside scenery is a masterpiece. Strolling in the calm air while looking at that beautiful scenery gives healing from the heart to visiting people. 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 the best hideaway-like place. For those who want to touch the beauty of flowers, feel...

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Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine

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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Takamori-dono no Sugi

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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Old JNR Miyanohara Line Shioigawa Bridge

Old JNR Miyanohara Line Shioigawa Bridge

The old Japanese National Railways Miyanohara Line Shioigawa Bridge is a very emotional beautiful bridge that conveys the history of the former railway to the present. Having finished its mission, its figure standing quietly in nature makes visiting people feel the transition of history and nostalgia. The scenery where the bridge and the surrounding greenery harmonize is very photogenic, and it is loved by many photographers and travelers. The quiet time spent in this place is a valuable moment to forget the city's hustle and bustle and feel the depth of Japan's history slowly. For those who want to touch...

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Keyaki Water Source

Keyaki Water Source

Keyaki Water Source is a famous place for spring water that flows in Aso's rich nature, and is a healing spot. Surrounded by forests and standing quietly, its figure has a hideaway-like atmosphere that makes you forget the city's hustle and bustle completely. The transparency of the water is very high, and the appearance that shines glittering in the light is truly a jewel created by great nature. The time spent listening to the sound of springing water is a valuable moment to forget daily fatigue and quietly face your own heart. For those who want to feel the blessings...

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Ogizaka Observatory

Ogizaka Observatory

Ogizaka Observatory is located in the mountains overlooking Aso's caldera, and is a superb view spot where you can enjoy an overwhelming panorama view. The scenery looking out from here can overlook the volcano's giant crater and the activities of vast grasslands spreading inside, and you can feel Aso's life force on your skin. The view from the observatory is especially beautiful at dusk, and the change in the scenery the moment the sun sets creates a fantastic world. Why don't you seek deep refreshment for both mind and body in this place where you can realize the greatness of...

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Konokawa Bridge

Konokawa Bridge

Konokawa Bridge is a beautiful bridge with historical emotion that hangs in Aso's beautiful nature. In this place, you can feel the wisdom of history built up by predecessors who faced nature and lived for life. The clear stream flowing under the bridge and the lush green scenery around it are very photogenic and give overwhelming peace to visitors. The calm time spent in this land is luxurious enough to make you forget the city's hustle and bustle completely. For those who want to look back at themselves in nature and want to be healed from the bottom of their...

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Aso City Teki-ishi

Aso City Teki-ishi

Aso City Teki-ishi is a quiet and calm famous place that stands quietly in Aso's rich natural environment. There remains signs of history and people's activities passed down from ancient times in this land, bringing deep peace to visitors. The time spent surrounded by mountains and beautiful greenery makes you forget the city's hustle and bustle. For those who wish to refresh their mind and body in a calm scenery that can be called Japan's original landscape, it is the best hidden place. For travelers who want to feel nature's blessings and find good old Japan's quiet time, it is...

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Okuaso Ohashi Bridge

Okuaso Ohashi Bridge

Okuaso Ohashi Bridge is a very beautiful bridge with magnificent scenery crossing Aso's deep mountains and clear streams. From this bridge, you can overlook Aso's magnificent natural environment, and its panorama view overwhelms visitors. By crossing the bridge, you can step into Aso's great nature and feel its life force and beauty directly. This place where you can feel the harmony of Japan's civil engineering technology and nature will be an unforgettable memory for travelers who enjoy driving. For those who want to refresh their mind and body deeply while looking at the magnificent scenery of great nature, it is...

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Shimizu Falls

Shimizu 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 the life force of nature and the blessings of water directly with your five senses is the best hideaway for those who want to refresh by staying away from the...

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Komezuka

Kome-zuka is a very shaped beautiful crater hill floating alone at the foot of Mt. Aso. Its cute figure, which looks like it is covered with green velvet, is loved by many people as a symbolic existence of Aso. The small hollow at the top is a remnant of former volcanic activity, and makes you feel the strength and mystery of nature. The scenery that gives overwhelming peace to visiting people is truly an art object created by Japan's nature. For travelers who wish to meet a special landscape in the activities of great nature, it is one of the...

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