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Our guide
Aoi Aso Shrine in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, is known locally as “Aoi-san”. Once a prefectural shrine, it is now a Beppyō shrine, and five of its buildings are National Treasures. The shrine was flooded in the 2020 Kyūshū floods and parts of its bridge were destroyed, but no significant damage to the National Treasures was reported.
Hitoyoshi-Onsen Station is about 300 m away in a straight line. Hitoyoshi Onsen is about 400 m away and Hitoyoshi Castle about 1.3 km.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Aoi Aso-jinja, romon-1 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Aoi Haiden — Fraxinus2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Aoi Aso-jinja, torii — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Aoi Aso-jinja, shaden-1 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Aoi Aso-jinja, kusunoki — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Aoi Aso-jinja, keidaisha — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Aoi Aso-jinja, ichinotorii — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Aoi Aso-jinja, honden-2 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Aoi Aso-jinja, honden-1 — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
- Aoi Aso-jinja, heiden — Saigen Jiro · CC0 · source · resized
What this place is
Aoi Aso Shrine (青井阿蘇神社, Aoi Aso Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is colloquially known as Aoi-san (青井さん). It was originally established as a prefectural shrine, but is currently designated as a national shrine (別表神社, Beppyo Jinja). Five of the structures within the shrine are listed as National Treasures of Japan. During the 2020 Kyushu floods the shrine was flooded, but only parts of the bridge were destroyed. No significant damage to the National treasures of Japan were reported.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-07 · Official visitor information · Official visitor information · Official visitor information
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What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
Nearby station
Nearby station: Hitoyoshi-Onsen, about 300 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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