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.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Yamaguma
Fukuoka, Japan · Asia
About Yamaguma
Yamaguma sits on the route: 5 minutes from Amagi, 50km from Nabegataki Falls.
Yamaguma is in Fukuoka, Japan, with about 30,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Amagi, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Yamaguma?
Within an hour or so of Yamaguma: Tsuetate Onsen (47 km), Kawachi Wisteria Garden (49 km), Nabegataki Falls (50 km), Aonodōmon (53 km).
Where is Yamaguma?
Yamaguma is in Fukuoka, Japan, about 4 km from Amagi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,591
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Fukuoka
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates
- 33.4212, 130.6136
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 Yamaguma
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Kawachi Wisteria Garden
A private hillside garden near Kitakyushu with two long tunnels of trained wisteria in some twenty colours, flowering for a few weeks in late April and early May. Entry is by advance dated ticket.
49 km · about 55 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
tunnel
Aonodōmon
A tunnel hand-cut through a cliff on the Yamakuni River, begun by the monk Zenkai in 1735 and reputedly dug over three decades to spare travellers a lethal chain path. Sections of the original chiselled bore survive alongside the road.
53 km · about 60 min drive
racetrack
Autopolis
A hillside circuit on the island of Kyushu in Japan, known for dramatic elevation changes and hosting Super GT and Super Formula.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Yamaguma
- 53 kmAonodōmonA tunnel hand-cut through a cliff on the Yamakuni River, begun by the monk Zenkai in 1735 and reputedly dug over three decades to spare travellers a lethal chain path. Sections of the original chiselled bore survive alongside the road.
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