You are here:
  1. Homepage
  2. »
  3. Japan
  4. »
  5. Kumamoto Prefecture
  6. » Shimoda
Japan Flag Icon

Shimoda Destination Guide

Touring Shimoda in Japan

Shimoda in the region of Kumamoto Prefecture is a city located in Japan - some 532 mi or ( 857 km ) West of Edo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Shimoda

Time in Shimoda is now 07:28 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tokyo " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Daejeon, Daegu, Busan, Chungju, and Uchinomaki. Being here already, consider visiting Daejeon . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Shimoda ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Japanese Culture: Making Washi (Japanese Paper)

2:26 min by GaijinGuide
Views: 4063 Rating: 4.56

On a trip to the source of the Shiragawa river (白川水源) in Kumamto-ken (熊本県) in Minami Aso (南阿蘇), I made washi (和紙), Japanese paper, for the first time. Watch the experience from the use of pure clean w ..

Journey to Mount Aso, Japan (阿蘇火山)

3:51 min by WMV4648
Views: 2279 Rating: 5.00

An amazing and wonderful journey to Mount Aso, Japan - largest active volcano in Japan and is among the largest in the world!! Music powered by 黃貫中- 無得比(Live) Enjoy!! ..


Japan travel 2008

8:01 min by lucram1
Views: 256 Rating: 5.00

Voyage au Japon 2008. Japan travel 2008. Places :Beppu ,Chuzenjiko,Dazaifu,Himeji,Hiroshima,Inuyama,Ise,Kamakura,Kamikochi,Kyoto,Matsumoto,Matsuyama,Miyajima,Mt Fuji,Nagasaki,Nagoya, Nara,Nikko,Okayam ..

探検@九州.m4v

18:43 min by takefourjapan
Views: 144 Rating: 5.00

夢と気合いのGW ..


Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.


Interesting facts about this location

Kugino, Kumamoto

Kugino, Kumamoto was a village located in Aso District, Kumamoto, Japan. On February 13, 2005 Kugino was merged the villages of Chōyō and Hakusui, all from Aso District, to form the new village of Minamiaso and no longer exists as an independent municipality. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,566 and a population density of 50.67 persons per km². The total area was 50.64 km².

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.83 131.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Dissolved municipalities of Kumamoto Prefecture

Minamiaso Mizu-no-Umareru-Sato Hakusui-Kōgen Station

, referred usually to as simply Hakusui-Kōgen Station, is a train station located in Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Japan. It is the longest train station name in Japan.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.83 131.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Railway stations opened in 1992

Aso Volcano Museum

The Aso Volcano Museum is a museum that explains volcanoes. It is near Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan. The Museum is in Kusasenri, Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.89 131.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Geology museums in Japan, Museums in Kumamoto Prefecture, Natural history museums in Japan

Tateno Station (Kumamoto)

is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line operated by JR Kyushu and Minami Aso Railway in Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Japan. \t\t \t\t\tJR in Tateno Station. JPG \t\t\t Platform for JR \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tJR Building in Tateno Station. JPG \t\t\t The building of JR in Takeno Station \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tMinami Aso Railway in Tateno Station. JPG \t\t\t Platform for Minami Aso Railway

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.88 130.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture

Mount Aso Ropeway

The Mt. Aso Ropeway is Japanese aerial lift line in Aso, Kumamoto, operated by Kyūshū Sankō Tourism . Opened in 1958. the line clims Mount Aso. Its official website claims it was the first aerial lift in the world to be built on an active volcano. As such, the line and the observatory have views of an active volcanic crater with fumes.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.88 131.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Aerial tramways in Japan