Yatsushiro

From Wikitravel

Yatsushiro (八代) is a city in Kumamoto prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.

Table of contents

1 Understand

2 Get in

3 See

4 Do

5 Buy

6 Eat

7 Links

Understand

Yatsushiro is the second biggest city in Kumamoto prefecture and Japan's largest producer of the igusa grass used to make tatami mats.

Get in

Yatsushiro station is the terminating stop on the JR Kagoshima Line from Hakata in Fukuoka, and on the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Shin-Yatsushiro station, to the northeast, is served by both the JR Kagoshima Line, and the new section of the Kyushu Shinkansen to Kagoshima.

From Fukuoka, take the Relay Tsubame Limited Express train to Shin-Yatsushiro (95 minutes; ¥4910 yen). You will generally need to wait about 15 minutes after arriving to pick up the local train for Yatsushiro.

If you are going from Kumamoto, you can take a regular local train (40 minutes; ¥720).

See

Yatshushiro castle

Trace of Yatsushiro castle (http://www4.airnet.ne.jp/kmimu/castle/kyusyu/yasiro_ll6.html) (located central the city), Kuma-river's torrent

Do

Myou-Kenn-Sai

There is a really exciting festival, called Myou-Kenn-Sai (http://www.myouken.com/index2.htm) in Autumn, on Labor Thanksgiving Day(November 23).

Hinagu hot spring

The seat: Inside of Yatsushiro Transport: Near Kyushu-Orange-railway Hinagu station Spa quality: Simple spa, Carbonic acid hydrogen spa Spa temperature: 40~50 Degrees Celsius. Potency: Neuralgia, Rheumatism

Buy

Saty. Arcade and department store in central Yatsushiro city.

Eat

Local specialities include chikuwa, a type of fish sausage, and zabon, a citrus fruit.