Kumamoto Travel Guide

Kumamoto: places to visit 23 places, ranked by rating and review count.

Kumamoto is a city on the island of Kyushu in Japan, known for its castle and nearby volcanic landscapes. Our collection includes 58 restaurants, 21 hotels, and 3 cafes, with places such as Suizenji Jojuen Garden, Aso Nakadake Crater 1, and Katsuretsu Tei Shinshigai. Most of these places are in Chuo Ward.

1. 

   Kumamoto Castle

   ★ 4.5(25,495) attractions

   Kumamoto Castle is a Japanese castle site in the center of Kumamoto. Kato Kiyomasa built the castle, and an en…

2. 

   Katsuretsu Tei Shinshigai

   ★ 4.5(6,213) restaurants

   Katsuretsutei is a tonkatsu restaurant in Kumamoto that serves black pork tonkatsu and fried large shrimp. The…

3. 

   Sakura-no-baba Josaien

   ★ 4.1(10,359) attractions

   Sakuranobaba Josaien is a shopping street at the foot of Kumamoto Castle, a complex reachable on foot from Sak…

4. 

   REF Kumamoto by VESSEL HOTELS

   ★ 4.5(3,867) hotels

   REF Kumamoto by VESSEL HOTELS sits in front of Sakuramachi Terminal, at the entrance to the Sunroad Shinshigai…

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   Hinokuni Bunryu Main Branch

   ★ 4.3(2,909) restaurants

   Hinokuni Bunryu Sohonpo is a ramen shop in Kumamoto that serves rich tonkotsu ramen and miso ramen. Customers …

6. 

   Akagumi Ramen (Kamitori Store)

   ★ 4.2(2,417) restaurants

   Akagumi Ramen Kamitori is a ramen shop in central Kumamoto that serves Kumamoto ramen topped with black garlic…

7. 

   KATSURETSUTEI South Kumamoto

   ★ 4.4(1,620) restaurants

   Katsuretsutei Minamikumamoto in Minamikumamoto is a specialty restaurant serving black pork loin, regular loin…

8. 

   Kumamoto Airport

   ★ 3.8(4,436) places

   Kumamoto Airport is a small regional airport and the gateway to Kumamoto, located 15 minutes from JR Higoozu S…

9. 

   Kumamoto Ramen Keika Honten

   ★ 4.0(2,825) restaurants

   Kumamoto Ramen Keika Main Store is a ramen and gyoza shop in Kumamoto. Its signature Keika ramen pairs firm no…

10. 

    Kokutei Ramen

    ★ 3.9(3,461) restaurants

    Kokutei Ramen is a ramen shop a 10-minute walk from Kumamoto Station that serves rich tonkotsu broth and black…

11. 

    Daikoku Ramen

    ★ 4.1(1,721) restaurants

    Daikoku is a ramen shop in Takahira, Kita Ward, Kumamoto, serving Kumamoto ramen. Its signature meal is a rame…

12. 

    Princess Tart Kumamoto

    ★ 4.7(654) cafes

    Princess Tart Kumamoto is a cafe selling fruit tarts near the shopping arcade in Kumamoto and Cocosa shopping …

13. 

    ICHIRAN Kumamoto Shimodori

    ★ 4.1(1,636) restaurants

    Ichiran Kumamoto Shimotori is a ramen shop in Shimotori. Orders are placed at a ticket machine at the entrance…

14. 

    Ajisen Ramen (Flagship)

    ★ 4.1(1,410) restaurants

    Aji Sen Ramen Main Store sits next to the Monkey D. Luffy statue in Kumamoto and serves black garlic ramen and…

15. 

    Kokutei Kumamoto Ramen Shimotori

    ★ 3.7(2,346) restaurants

    Ramen Gokutei Kumamoto Shimotori is in the Shimotori shopping street in central Kumamoto and serves black garl…

16. 

    Akaushi Dining Yoka-Yoka

    ★ 4.2(898) restaurants

    Akaushi Dining Yokayoka Teppan & Grill is a steak restaurant one minute from a Kumamoto tram stop, serving aka…

17. 

    Komurasaki (Kamitori Center Branch)

    ★ 4.0(1,209) restaurants

    Komurasaki is a ramen shop in Kumamoto known as the originator of Kumamoto ramen. It serves ramen topped with …

18. 

    Tengaiten (Kumamoto Station)

    ★ 3.9(1,290) restaurants

    Tengaiten is a ramen shop inside Kumamoto Station that serves Kumamoto-style ramen. The ramen has a strong gar…

19. 

    Katsuretsu-tei Amu Plaza Kumamoto Store

    ★ 4.3(608) restaurants

    Katsuretsutei Amu Plaza Kumamoto is a tonkatsu restaurant on the seventh floor of Amu Plaza. The rosu katsu is…

20. 

    Maruichi Dining Room

    ★ 4.2(593) restaurants

    Maruichi Shokudo is a small ramen shop in Kumamoto that serves shio ramen and shoyu ramen. The house-made nood…

21. 

    Barikiya

    ★ 3.7(1,290) restaurants

    Barikiya is a ramen shop in Kumamoto that serves horse meat ramen and tonkotsu ramen. It sits on the route fro…

22. 

    Yamamichaya

    ★ 4.3(454) restaurants

    Yamamichaya is a Japanese regional restaurant inside Josaien at Kumamoto Castle, serving akagyudon and horse m…

23. 

    Amamiya

    ★ 4.3(316) cafes

    Amamiya is a Japanese-style cafe on the second floor across from Hōraku Manjū in the Kamitori shopping street …

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    濃厚鶏白湯いわお

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    This ramen shop in Kumamoto serves rich chicken-broth ramen in the busy area near Sakuramachi. It offers shio …