Away from the central city area, the scenery suddenly becomes rural. Especially, the southwest part when running from the central part with a car for 20 - 30 minutes is a farm village zone. The northeast part is becoming a commuter town nowadays. However, it doesn't mean that Kumamoto is in green, but that there're a lot of green spots in the city. The typical spots are Mt. Kinbo and Mt. Tatsuda .
Many people enjoy hiking on holidays.
And the central area also has much green such as Kumamoto castle , Hanabata park, Tsuruta park, and so on. 1588 KATO Kiyomasa entered Kumamoto castle. KATO Kiyomasa became the lord of Higo due to the meritorious at the battle in Sekigahara. The large scale castle including Chiba and Kumamoto began to be built on Mt. Chausu. The new castle was completed, and the kanji of Kumamoto was changed.