racetrack
Autopolis
A hillside circuit on the island of Kyushu in Japan, known for dramatic elevation changes and hosting Super GT and Super Formula.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Uekimachi-mōno
Kumamoto, Japan · Asia
About Uekimachi-mōno
Uekimachi-mōno sits on the route: 10 minutes from Konoha, 39km from Mount Aso Caldera.
Uekimachi-mōno is in Kumamoto, Japan, with about 32,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Konoha, about 6 km away.
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What is there to see near Uekimachi-mōno?
Within an hour or so of Uekimachi-mōno: Autopolis (31 km), Mount Aso Caldera (39 km), Nabegataki Falls (42 km), Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine (44 km).
Where is Uekimachi-mōno?
Uekimachi-mōno is in Kumamoto, Japan, about 6 km from Konoha.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 31,688
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Kumamoto
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates
- 32.8996, 130.6890
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Japan
Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.
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Worth the detour from Uekimachi-mōno
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Mount Aso Caldera
One of the world's largest volcanic calderas in Kyushu with an active smoking crater and vast green grasslands.
39 km · about 45 min drive
waterfall
Nabegataki Falls
A broad, low curtain of water falling from an overhanging ledge, allowing visitors to walk along a path behind the entire span of the fall. A short descent from the car park in northern Kumamoto.
42 km · about 50 min drive
photogenic
Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine
A moss-covered stone stairway of roughly 100 steps climbing through cedar forest to a shrine below a rock face pierced by a huge natural window. Reached by a short walk from a small car park in the Aso caldera.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Tsuetate Onsen
A narrow ravine village straddling the Kumamoto–Oita border where steam vents rise between old wooden inns and footbridges. In spring hundreds of carp streamers are strung across the gorge.
45 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Kurokawa Onsen
A hot-spring village in the Aso highlands that banned neon and concrete facades, so wooden inns and stone-walled riverside baths dominate. A single wooden pass grants entry to three open-air baths of your choice.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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