{"id":1286,"date":"2019-02-28T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T04:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2019-07-10T10:02:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T02:02:55","slug":"kumamoto-prefecture-japan-travel-guide-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/2019\/02\/28\/kumamoto-prefecture-japan-travel-guide-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN SPECIAL: Kumamoto \u2014 Reflection of Japan&#8217;s Rich Culture &amp; History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Japan\u2019s endless discoveries don\u2019t just revolve around its metropolitan cities. It includes the off-the-beaten paths, hole-in-the-wall eateries, and unfamiliar cultures. In our pursuit of seeing more of Japan, we traveled down south to see what it has to offer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kyushu, a region in the southwest end of Japan, has a handful of explorations that we seek to unravel. This time, we are going on an immersive tour of Kumamoto Prefecture, where their wealth of wonders is best discovered through an experience-based trip. It\u2019s time for the world to discover the rich Kumamoto culture\u2014a thought-provoking journey overflowing with countless learnings and experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read on to know more about the hometown of Japanese mascot Kumamon and see why it should be your next destination in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TRAVEL TIPS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>How to go to Kumamoto<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By plane:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fly from Manila (NAIA) to Tokyo Narita Airport (4 hours)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fly from Tokyo Narita Airport to Kumamoto Airport via Japan Airlines (2 hours)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By train:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Tokyo, take the Tokaido, Sanyo, or Kyushu shinkansen at Tokyo Station to Shin-Osaka or Hakata Station. Transfer to Kumamoto Station. (approx. 6 hours)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Getting to Amakusa via AMX Airlines<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you wish to go to Amakusa directly, you may take AMX Airlines, Japan\u2019s smallest airline company. AMX Airlines flies from Kumamoto Airport to Amakusa Airport daily. Travel time is approximately 25 minutes. AMX also offers flights to and from Fukuoka and Osaka. To book a flight, visit their website at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amx.co.jp\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.amx.co.jp\/en\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s endless discoveries don\u2019t just revolve around its metropolitan cities. It includes the off-the-beaten paths, hole-in-the-wall eateries, and unfamiliar cultures. In our pursuit of seeing more of Japan, we traveled down south to see what it has to offer. Kyushu, a region in the southwest end of Japan, has a handful of explorations that we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[123,29,122,120,121],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kumamoto","tag-amakusa","tag-japan","tag-japan-travel","tag-kumamoto","tag-kumamoto-prefecture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1620,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/1620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}