Mt.Unzen

to Kumamoto

Shimabara
CityOkoshiki Coast Nature Park
Rest Stop‘Uto Marina’

Shimabara Bayamakus Misumi Li ne
RAUtoJWorld Heritage

宇土市
Uto City

Shimabara Peninsula
Amakusa Shiro Tokisada
Nishi-Arie
An island located between Amakusa
and Shimabara, where Christianinsurgents from both sides
met to discuss strategy for
the Amakusa-ShimabaraRebellion.

Nagasaki Prefecture
World Heritage
Ruins ofHara Castle

Misumi Nishiko Historic Port

Rest Stop ‘Sun Pearl’Yushima Island( ‘Collusion’ Island)

TororoMt. Hashiradake▲

MyokenuraAmakusa
Christian MuseumHondoAmakusa
Cultural Center
Gion Bridge

本渡Hondo Port
本渡港

Mt. Araodake
Viewpoint(a historicallookout post)

Mt. Boshidake▲

倉岳 Tanasoko

Sumoto Spa‘Kappa Roman Kan’

Odo Porteng
erFerrHinoshima Island

KawauraMt. Ryutozan▲
Tate Beach

NakataPorte

片側港
Katasoba
Port

Shishijima Island

Tsunagi
Town‘Yasuragi’ Spa

Kagoshima Prefecture

Minamata IC

牛深

Tsurubayama
Ushibuka Marine ParkPark

Haiya Bridge
Ushibuka Kaisaikan

Nagashima Island

Shuttle Bus
Izumi-Amakusa
Romance Shuttle
to Izumi Station and Akune
出水駅〜阿久根へs sw
ayrexpKagoFukuoka
Airport
15min

Kumamoto

Minamata Port

to Okuchi

Dolphin Watching
Yunotsuru Spa

About 200 dolphins are said to live offshore Itsuwa
Town. Guided by local fishermen, dolphin watching
tours offer you an amazing opportunity to see dolphinsswimming and jumping up close.

FukuroAmakusa Dolphin Information Hotline: 0969-26-4500
to Akune

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llet
(BuensanTsunagi IC津奈木ICn)Trai

to Kuma,
Hitoyoshi

Kumamoto Prefecture

25min

Amakusa

40min

35min
(by air)

Misumi Amakganeayts uHisa

45min
12min

The easiest way to approach Amakusa is via theFive Bridges that link Amakusa to Uto Peninsula and mainland Kyushu. To arrive at the firstbridge, most travelers use National Highway
57, which winds along the north coast of thepeninsula. National Highway 266, which follows the peninsula’s south coast and connects
to the Kyushu Expressway at Matsubase Interchange, is an alternative approach route.
Ferries connect Amakusa to Nagasaki Prefecture in the north; Kagoshima Prefecture in thesouth can be reached via another convenient
ferry departing from the town of Ushibuka.
Amakusa can also be reached expediently via ashort and scenic flight from either Kumamotoor Fukuoka.

Futae

Dazaifu IC
Kyushu Expressway

OniikeItsuwa
Amakusa
Airport

Shimoda

14min
22min

27min

ShinwaNakata

Oe
5min

15min

30min

10min

direct35min
Sakitsu Kawaura
80min
21min

Ushibuka

16min

Matsubase

Shiranui

20min(by air)Yatsushiro

10min

30min
17min 15Odo
min Tanasoko

18min

40 Kumamoto
min Airport

7min IC

50min

HimedoSumoto

30min

32min

22min

10min 30min
30min

12min

Hondo

20min

Matsushima

Ariake 20min

Kumamoto
ICto Osaka
40Airportmin

20min

12min

30min

10min

Tomioka
14min

Oyano

KuchinotsuMogi

Utoei Linsum 12miniMusa

20min

10minw
Ra i lShin-Minamata
StationMinamata

UshibukaSatsukiBeachEboshi
coal mine ruins

Maejima Bridge Matsushima Bridge

Kumamoto

Goshoura Local
Products Market‘Shiosaikan’

Shoura Port

Gesu Island

Nakano Bridge

25min

Ubushima Island

to Izumi Station and Akune
出水駅〜阿久根へ
Kuranomoto Port

Oyano Bridge

Fukuoka‘Dinosaur Island’
Cretaceous PeriodMuseumFukamiToshima Island
Ushibuka Tourism
Information
牛深港
Ushibuka
Sanwa-Shosen
PortFerry

Kyushue

Li nyTenmon Bridge

Travel Times by Car

Ashikita ICrrTenjyo Bridge

60minr io

Mt. Rokurojiyama▲

FeMogushi
BeachScuba diving spot
Sea turtle nestinggrounds

inDinosaur
FootprintMinamataCityUshibuka ParkJRGoshoura Island

Ros a

The Yokaku Bay isa narrow fjordlike inlet of a kindthat is fairly rarein Japan.

Ashikita Town
View from Mt. Karasu-Toge

Ryutozan ‘Midorinomura’CampsiteuMinami Kyushu Expressway

HongoAmakusa
Collegio
Museumsae

Ammonite andCeresium Fossils

Mt. Karasu-Toge▲

Mt. Medake▲

Oshima IslandHiganOrTanoura ICy河浦Hot Spring‘Amuri’shimKoyagawachi
PortMt. Kashiradake▲

SakitsuKuwashima Island

Myui AstronomicalObservatory‘Myui’ means ‘Let’sgo and see’ in thelocal dialect.

Ryugatake

Pass新和ShinwaMt. Gongenyama▲ilway

龍ヶ岳町 小屋河内

Enshoji Temple
a former county
hall
Giant Yebisu Statue

Sakitsu Village
Guidance Center

Mt. Tomidake▲
Onikizaki
Beach

Mt. Ryugatake
▲

Port

棚底港

Hibiscus
hamabohabitatUeda Pottery
MuseumOe Catholic Church

Crinum Lily
habitatHinagu Spa

Kuratake

to Hitoyoshi,Kagoshima

In medieval times, Amakusa used to be divided
into five areas: Amakusa, Oyano, Shiki, Kotsuura,and Sumoto, and governed by powerful clans
collectively called the ‘Amakusa Goninshu’. It issaid that some members of these clans traveled
overseas and introduced foreign culture toAmakusa. In 1591, a theological school called theAmakusa Collegio was founded by visiting
Portuguese missionaries.

Hinagu ICRaAmakusa City

Mt. Kadoyama▲

Yatsushiro Sea(Shiranui Sea)

SumotoOtao

Amakusa Rozariokan

HimedoMt. Nenjudake▲

栖本Amakusa TourismAssociationMt. Araodake
▲

OeCru

姫戸Fukuregi

Sakitsu
Village inAmakusa天草 ise Lin宝島eライン

Giant Rock Formations,Campground

Mt. Kuratake▲WorldHeritage

Shiratake Forest
ParkAmakusa Sedo Bridge

Takahama
Shiratsuru-hamaBeachYatsushiroMinami IC

Mt. Shiratake▲Kyoragi

Mt. Tenjiku ▲Gosoku-nokutsu
Promenade of
the Poetsa k u sa Takarajima▲
Mt. Jiromarudake

Or

View Spot

Toko Temple
Suzuki Shrine

Kami-Amakusa City

Yatsushiro
IC

Yatsushiro Portts

Reihoku Thermal
Generating Plant

Matsushima

Hondo History andFolklore Hall

天草空港E(Bullet

Hondobeach

松島KyushuShimoda
下田aLAmakusa AirportTourism Information

Todoroki
MantaroVillageCampsite

Jusanbutsu Park

‘The Masters Amakusa’Golf Course
Matsushima-Ariake
Expresswa
yMt. Oidake▲

Shin-Yatsushiro
StationYatsushiro
CityAriake

Onnojo Park

Iris Garden

Shimoda Hot Springinformation ‘Platto’
Shimoda ‘Gosoku-no-yu’
Hot Spring Foot Bath有明

k an
sen

五和

KurosakibeachAmakusa Airport
Shimoda Hot Spring‘The Five Bridges ofAmakusa Boat Cruise

合津港(Goryo)(with heatedswimming pool)

Tomioka Beach‘Sea Doughnut’ Aquarium
Pearl Center
Sea Donut

Aizu Port

Itsuwafamousfor fireflies

Rinsen SpaAmakusa Visitor CenterShin苓北町Ryuhoku
Town

IwajimaIslandMatsushima Hot Spring

Park with a view tower
and Christian Tombstones
nearbyReihoku Towna type of mirage called ‘Shiranui’
can be seen from here

Ky
(B ushuull Set hin
Tr kaain ns) en▲
Mt. Tenjinyama

Cherry Golf
CourseAmakusa Shiro
MuseumRest Stop‘Ripple Land’

Ogawa
Town

Wakamiya Swimming
Area, Campground

PassengerFerrystFai)
akas
agi(N ipShogM

富岡港Oniike
PortOyano

The Lucky Octopus

Dried Octopus

Tomioka PortShiraiwasaki
campsite

Sea Kayak Base

Futae Fishing
Harbor

Oppai iwa
(Breast Rock)Tomioka Castle Site

The Giant Octopus

大矢野Amakusa Shiro
Tourism Association

Nagao Shrine

AmtoTomioka Visitor Center
Explores the ties of the local
people to the Amakusa sea
through exhibits and 3-Dvideos. Also has a fine viewof Mt.Unzen across the sea.

Amakusa’s first
deputy official,
Shigenari Suzuki

Misumi Branch Office,Uki City Office

Spa Thalasso
Amakusa

Ariake Octopus
Monuments

Wakamiya Beach ,Campground

Dolphin Watching

Wind Power
Generator

Rest Stop ‘Shiranui Spa’Tobase Island

Shimatetsu
FerryTomioka Magarizaki
a scenic sand spit
and littoral plantlife habitat

Matsubase Matsubase
ICTownMisumi

Kuchinotsu Port

Hayasaki Strait

Todoroki Spring

宇城市Uki City▲
Mt. Misumidake▲
Mt. Shibaoyama

Yumeru Spa

Mt. Otake▲to Kumamoto

Train)

According to oral tradition, the Amakusa-Shimabara Rebellion(1637-1638) was said to be an uprising of Christians, but
actually it was a peasant riot not directly motivated by religious
causes. It happened because the local peasants were burdenedwith unreasonably heavy taxes under the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Even after the rebellion was crushed, Shigenari Suzuki, anofficial in charge of the Amakusa Islands, is said to have asked
the shogun to ease the tax burden on his people, explainingthat the requisite amount of rice could not be grown inAmakusa’s infertile soils.

GiantAmakusa Shiro
Statue15min(ferry)HongouKatasoba

Shin-Minamata

20min

ShouraKuranomoto
Izumi

30min

65min

For more information

http://www.t-island.jp/Amakusa Takarajima Tourist Association
15-7 Chuo-Shinmachi, Amakusa City, Kumamoto Pref. 863-0023

phone: 0969-22-2243