Route｜JAL Classic Japan Rally 2018 AMAKUSA

Route

Amakusa is a rally venue located in the southwestern part of Kumamoto Prefecture and is composed of 120 small and large islands connected by five bridges called "Amakusa Gokyo" in the mainland of Kyushu.

Surrounded by the beautiful blue sea, it is an island that is sounded by rich nature and Namban culture with scenery of historical sites and facilities that convey the history of Christianity.

In June 30, 2018 "Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region" was added to its World Cultural Heritage site.
Many tourists are visiting this site and for sure is a popular place.

"Fukuoka" the biggest city in Kyushu which is well known as the center of Kyushu's economy, culture and fashion.

"Nagasaki" is port city that has developed as a gateway to foreign countries for a very long period of time.

"Aso", an active volcano known as Mt. Aso forming one of the world's largest calera.

"Kuju" in the Edo period, a lodging facilities and Higo major roads were developed which connects to Kumamoto and Tsurusaki.
This road is a significant major intersection.

Of all the above places mentioned representing the beautiful landscapes of Kyushu is truly a journey you can enjoy.

Definitely not to be missed, lets cruise with your classic car under the clear blue sky and magnificent sceneries of Kyushu and feel the amazing atmosphere along with the charming breeze of late autumn in the month of November.

DAY-1

Kawabata Shopping Arcade （Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture）	17:00 START
HUIS TEN BOSCH （Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	18:30 ～ 20:00
HOTEL EUROPE （Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	20:00 GOAL

DAY-2

HOTEL EUROPE （Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	07:00 START
Unzen Kanko Hotel （Unzen City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	09:45 ～ 10:15
Shimabara Restore Arena （Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	10:45 ～ 11:15
Heisei-Shinzan Mt. Nature Center （Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	11:15 ～ 11:45
Himematsuya Restaurant （Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	11:35 ～ 12:45
Marine Park Arie （Minamishimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	12:55 ～ 13:25
Minamishimabara City Offce （Minamishimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	13:15 ～ 13:45
Remains of Hara Castle （Minamishimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture）	13:35 ～ 15:00
Amakusa Municipal Itsuwa Elementary School & Junior High School＊（Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	15:40 ～ 16:30
Amakusa Airport （Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	16:45 ～ 17:15
Hotel Alegria Gardens Amakusa （Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	17:00 GOAL

DAY-3

Hotel Alegria Gardens Amakusa （Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	07:00 START
Kamekawa Dam＊（Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	07:25 ～ 08:10
Sakitsu Church （Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	08:20 ～ 09:10
Oe Catholic Church （Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	09:10 ～ 09:25
Kamekawa Dam＊（Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	09:50 ～ 10:10
Marukin Confectionery （Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	10:10 ～ 10:30
Misumi West Port （Uki City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	11:15 ～ 11:35
Kumamoto Castle （Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	12:30 ～ 13:15
Kuju Flower Park （Takeda City, Oita Prefecture）	15:20 ～ 15:40
Resonate Club Kuju （Takeda City, Oita Prefecture）	15:40 GOAL

DAY-4

Resonate Club Kuju （Takeda City, Oita Prefecture）	07:30 START
Kuju Flower Park （Takeda City, Oita Prefecture）	07:40 ～ 08:00
Yamaga Onsen Sakura-yu （Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	09:30 ～ 11:00
Yachiyoza Theater （Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	09:50 ～ 10:30
Kiya Honten （Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture）	10:55 ～ 11:25
Aeon Mall Omuta （Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture）	11:50 ～ 12:10
Yanagawa Tachibana-tei "OHANA" （Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture）	12:20 ～ 13:20
Yanagawa Purification Center＊（Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture）	13:50 ～ 14:10
Kushida Shrine （Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture）	16:00 GOAL

Time and schedule may be subject to change without notice.
＊Please note that this area is not permitted to enter
for general public.

Marine Messe Fukuoka

A complex facility in Hakata with a maximum capacity of 15,000 people. It is used for many different types of events such as exhibitions, sports competitions, and concerts.

7-1 Okihama-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken
092-262-3111
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Reisen Park

A public park in the center of Hakata. It is located in the business district and yet has an open feeling. It is a popular relaxation place for local people.

7 Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi Fukuoka-ken
092-419-1063
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Kawabata Shopping Arcade

There are about 120 shops in this approximately 400m shopping arcade. Kawabata Zenzai Hiroba square is well known for displaying the only movable Kazariyamakasa (float).

Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi Fukuoka-ken
092-281-6223
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HUIS TEN BOSCH

HUIS TEN BOSCH is the largest theme park in Japan which reproduces the streets of Europe. You need more than a day to enjoy everything such as the flowers, the lights, the games, and the music.

1-1 Huis Ten Bosch-machi Sasebo-shi Nagasaki-ken
0570-064-110
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Unzen Kanko Hotel

This quaint classic hotel was born as a resort for foreign summer visitors in the early Showa Period when Unzen was designated as the first national park in Japan.

320 Unzen, Obama-cho, Unzen-shi, Nagasaki-ken
0957-73-3263
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Shimabara Restore Arena

This complex facility opened as a part of the restoration project for the disaster of Mt. Unzen eruption in 1990. It is used for various events such as sports, lecture meetings, and conferences.

2-1 Heisei-machi Shimabara-shi Nagasaki-ken
0957-63-7965
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Heisei-Shinzan Mt. Nature Center

In this natural science museum, you can observe Heisei-Shinzann newly created by the eruption of Mt. Fugen in 1990 up close. You can also learn the history of the Unzen volcano and the restoration of nature.

2683 Minamisenbongi-machi, Shimabara-shi, Nagasaki-ken
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Himematsuya Restaurant

The specialty of this local cuisine restaurant is "Guzoni", and it is said that Shiro Amakusa and the peasants ate Guzoni when besieged in the castle during the Shimabara Rebellion. It is a must-try dish when you visit Shimabara.

1-1208 Jonai, Shimabara-shi, Nagasaki-ken
0957-63-7272
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Marine Park Arie

A general athletic park managed by the city. It has a beach as well as a lawn open space, and is a safe park for from children to the elderly. Many people visit here when an event takes place.

957 Kogawa, Arie-cho, Minami Shimabara-shi, Nagasaki-ken
0957-82-1430
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Remains of Hara Castle
(World Cultural Heritage Site)

The remains of the last battlefield of the Shimabara-Amakusa Rebellion. Registered as a part of a World Heritage Site related to the hidden Christian site in the Nagasaki and Amakusa regions.

Otsu, Minami arima-cho, Minami Shimabara-shi, Nagasaki-ken
0957-65-6333
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Hotel Alegria Gardens Amakusa

A spa resort hotel facing the sunny ocean and standing in the vast grounds. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Amakusa changing every minute from a guest room facing the ocean.

996 Hirose, Hondo-machi, Amakusa-shi, Kumamoto-ken
0969-22-3161
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Kamekawa Dam

Kamekawa Dam is a major water supply for the residents of Amakusa. It has a park and a hiking course, and you can enjoy cherry blossoms on the lakeside in its season.

Hajiuto-machi, Amakusa-shi, Kumamoto-ken

Sakitsu Church
(World Cultural Heritage Site)

It is also known as "Church on the ocean". The fishing port area where the church is located was selected as one of Japan's top 100 beaches as well as an important cultural landscape of Japan.

539 Sakitsu, Kawaura-machi, Amakusa-shi, Kumamoto-ken
0969-78-6000
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Oe Catholic Church

The first church built in Amakusa after the lifting of the ban on Christianity. The current building was built by Father Garnier, who devoted himself to the propagation of Christianity in Amakusa.

1782 Oe, Amakusa-machi, Amakusa-shi, Kumamoto-ken
0969-22-2243
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Gintengai Shopping Street &
Marukin Confectionery

Marukin Confectionery is a long-established "Taiyaki shop" located in one corner of the shopping street loved by the locals of Amakusa. It closed once in 2017, but was produced by Kundo Koyama and revived.

11-10 Chuoshin-machi, Amakusa-shi, Kumamoto-ken
0969-22-2727
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Misumi West Port
(World Cultural Heritage Site)

Registered as a World Cultural Heritage Site as a port historic site built in the Meiji Period. The masonry piers, the canals, and the Western buildings of the time have remained mostly undamaged.

Misumiura, Misumi-machi, Uki-shi, Kumamoto -ken
0964-53-0010
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Sakuranobaba Josaien

Josaien is a tourist attraction located at the foot of Kumamoto Castle, a symbol of Kumamoto. It provides the information about the local food culture, history, and tradition. You can also enjoy seasonal nature here.

1-1 Ninomaru, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken
096-288-5600
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Kuju Flower Park

In this park located in Kuju Highland in Aso-Kuju National Park, you can enjoy the view of the Kuju mountain range, one of Japan's top 100 mountains, and the beautiful natural scenery with the Aso Five Mountains in the distance.

4050 Oaza Kuju, Kuju-machi, Taketa-shi, Oita-ken
0974-76-1422
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Resonate Club Kuju

A resort hotel nestling in Aso-Kuju National Park. It provides various activities such as stargazing and horseback riding in its vast grounds.

1773 Oaza Ariuji, Kuju-machi, Taketa-shi, Oita-ken
0974-76-1223
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Yamaga Onsen Sakura-yu

This historic onsen was built in the Edo Period as an Ochaya (teahouse) for the Hosokawa clan, the lord of the domain. In this Kyushu's largest imposing wooden onsen, you can enjoy kakenagashi (hot water flowing directly from the hot spring source).

1-1 Yamaga, Yamaga-shi, Kumamoto-ken
0968-43-3326
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Yachiyoza Theater
(Important Cultural Property)

Built in Meiji Period year 43 (1910) and designated as an important cultural property of the country. It has been used as a theater since then. You can tour the theater on other than performance days.

1499 Yamaga, Yamaga-shi, Kumamoto-ken
0968-44-4004
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Aeon Mall Omuta

A shopping mall having a cinema complex and about 140 shops. It is designed in the motif of historic buildings such as the Mitsui Minato Club.

3-4 Misaki-machi, Omuta-shi, Fukuoka-ken
0944-41-0600
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Yanagawa Tachibana-tei "OHANA"

This Japanese-style restaurant designated as National Scenic Beauty tells the history of the Tachibana clan, the lord of the Yanagawa Domain. The mansion and the garden built in the Meiji Period are used as they were at that time. It also has Tachibana Museum, which displays the lord's belongings.

1 Shinhoka-machi, Yanagawa-shi, Fukuoka-ken
0944-73-2189
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Kushida Shrine

Kushida Shrine is the shrine where Hakata Gion Yamakasa is dedicated and Kazariyamakasa is being displayed almost all year round. It is Hakata Sochinju (the grand guardian deity of Hakata), and popularly nicknamed "Okushida-san" among the local people.

1-41 Kamikawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken
092-291-2951
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Hotel Okura Fukuoka

Hotel Okura Fukuoka, which provides a high-quality atmosphere is a suitable hotel for international city Fukuoka. You can relax from your travel, enjoying gourmet food, theater, art, and shopping.

3-2 Shimokawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken
092-262-1111
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