Uto

From Wikitravel

Uto (宇土) is in Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

Table of contents

1 Get in

1.1 By train

2 Get around

3 See

4 Do

5 Buy

6 Eat

7 Drink

8 Sleep

9 Get out

10 External links

Get in

Uto is a stop on the JR Kagoshima Line.

By train

From Hakata station in Fukuoka, take a Relay Tsubame or Ariake limited express train to Kumamoto and transfer to a Kagoshima line local train for the run to Uto (1 hour 40 minutes, ¥4090). Local trains from Fukuoka take about 2 1/2 hours at a cost of ¥2420 (at least one change of trains required).

Get around

See

Do

The Uto Jizo Festival (http://www.city.uto.kumamoto.jp/d_economy/s_com_ind_sight/tradition.html#jizou) is held yearly on 23-24 August.

Buy

Eat

There are famous and delicious foods in Uto city. Uto's mochi rice cake [1] (http://www.city.uto.kumamoto.jp/introduction/product.html) is one of famous food, and we can buy the rice cake at Uto station for ¥300 yen per pack.