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Things to do in Minamiaso, Kumamoto
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Aso Farm Land
Unusual health theme park supervised by experts, with exercise woods, restaurants, onsen, a dome hotel, and animal encounters.
Aso Monkey Village Sarumawashi Theater
Entertainment park where monkeys perform handstands, stilts, and cycling in a 600-seat climate-controlled theater.
Minami-Aso Onsen Village
Area of five onsen, Tochigi, Tarutama, Jigoku, Daiaso Hinoyama and Hakusui, each with its own character.
Hakusui Onsen Takenokura Lodge
All rooms have open-air baths at Hakusui Onsen, with a large bath viewing the Aso outer rim.
Minami-Aso Kugino Onsen Shiki no Mori
Weakly alkaline beauty onsen with Aso views; every guest room overlooks Aso's Five Peaks.
Aso Farm Land
Over 400 unique dome rooms attached to Aso Farm Land, with a large open-air bath.
Jikusha
Only five fully detached rooms on a 1,000-tsubo site at 650 meters on Aso's foothills.
Minami-Aso Plateau House Noah
Pension in Minami-Aso Village for inexpensive room-only stays, with no meals or baths.
Jigoku Onsen Seifuso
Onsen midway up Mt. Eboshi, one of Aso's five peaks, with bluish milky outdoor bath Suzume no Yu.
Minamiaso Luna Observatory Auberge Forest Atelier
Auberge with observatory and twin planetarium in the Aso caldera, founded in 1986, offering four stargazing tours.
Aso Hakusui Onsen Ruri
Onsen overlooking the Aso outer rim, with 56-degree sodium bicarbonate water, large baths, open-air baths and family baths.
Aso Farm Land Genki no Mori
Exercise facility in a natural forest and valley, with a rolling funnel, giant maze and twisted paths for all ages.
Minamiaso Luna Observatory
At 600 meters, staff guide viewing on Kyushu's largest reflector; rain brings a digital planetarium.
Kagura no Sato Park
Minamiaso park where 330-year-old nationally designated Nagano Iwato Kagura is performed twice a month.
Kumamoto Prefectural Outdoor Theater Aspecta
Among the world's largest outdoor stages on the southern Aso outer rim, hosting youth-centered cultural events.
Sugi Bee Garden Aso Honeybee Farm
Beekeeping site with over a hundred hives, bee exhibits, and a shop selling popular comb honey.
Aso Tourist Grape Garden North Grape Farm
All-weather greenhouse grape farm; pesticide use is under one-fifth of commercial levels, with no herbicide.
Trial Golf and Resort ASO Course
Hilly Aso foothill course crossed by a river, with Aso and Kumamoto views and clear-day Mount Fugen.
Jizo Pass
Pass between Minamiaso and Nishihara with three Jizo statues, golden autumn pampas, foliage, and a beech-forest trekking course.
Jigoku-Tarutama Onsen
Secluded hot spring around 700 meters up the southwest slope of Eboshi-dake in Minamiaso, with colorful autumn leaves.
Wakka
Small inn for handmade soba using on-site natural water, with Aso views; also usable as a guesthouse.
Bettei Soan
Villa overlooking Aso's five peaks, with 16 unique rooms, Aso cuisine, and in-room open-air baths.
BED & PANYA Uminekoya 1987
Woody inn for three groups a day, with shop Ravi selling morning-baked natural-yeast bread.
Garden Villa Minamiaso
One-group-per-day villa atop Natural Garden Minamiaso, with Mount Aso views, self-catering, and terrace barbecue.
Kinouchi Farm
Tateno strawberry farm reopened in January 2020, with picking, soft serve, and a shop.
Glass Studio Matsu
Small stained-glass workshop in Minamiaso with hands-on workshops making hand mirrors and ornaments.
THE ACONCAGUA RESORTS
Resort hotel with infinity pool, private natural hot-spring baths, campsite, BBQ sites, and 12 rooms.
OHANA
Lodging amid Aso nature, a former apartment reborn after the Kumamoto earthquake as a homey Minamiaso inn.