Yatsushiro

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Yatsushiro (八代) [1] is a city in Kumamoto (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan.

[edit] Understand

Yatsushiro is the second biggest city in Kumamoto prefecture and Japan's largest producer of the igusa grass used to make tatami mats.

[edit] Get in

Yatsushiro station is the terminating stop on the JR Kagoshima Line from Hakata in Fukuoka, and on the Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Shin-Yatsushiro station, to the northeast, is served by both the JR Kagoshima Line, and the new section of the Kyushu Shinkansen to Kagoshima.

From Fukuoka, take the Relay Tsubame Limited Express train to Shin-Yatsushiro (95 minutes; ¥4910 yen). You will generally need to wait about 15 minutes after arriving to pick up the local train for Yatsushiro.

If you are going from Kumamoto, you can take a regular local train (40 minutes; ¥720).

[edit][add listing] See

• Yatshushiro castle

Trace of Yatsushiro castle (located central the city), Kuma-river's torrent

[edit][add listing] Do

• Myou-Kenn-Sai

There is a really exciting festival, called Myou-Kenn-Sai in Autumn, on Labor Thanksgiving Day(November 23).

• Hinagu hot spring

The seat: Inside of Yatsushiro Transport: Near Kyushu-Orange-railway Hinagu station Spa quality: Simple spa, Carbonic acid hydrogen spa Spa temperature: 40~50 Degrees Celsius. Potency: Neuralgia, Rheumatism

[edit][add listing] Buy

• "Jusco" and "Youme town" have recently opened in Yatsushiro, thus throttling any semblance of local flavour contained in the Yatsushiro shopping experience.

[edit][add listing] Eat

Local specialities include chikuwa, a type of fish sausage, and zabon, a citrus fruit.