Amakusa Islands, Kumamoto
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Amakusa Islands

天草諸島

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Our guide

Amakusa is a chain of islands off the west coast of Kyushu. Our source says little more than that, so this page is short, and we would rather say so than fill it out.

Misumi West Port is about 1.2 km from the point this page is mapped to. We have not checked particular places on the islands or a route, so plan the journey on the map and look for local information before you go.

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
  1. Sunset from AmakusaFiveBridgesNo.4 — STA3816 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
  2. Amakusa kamishima — hyolee2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
  3. Kamiamakusa kojima — ブルーノ・プラス · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
  4. Amakusa Maeshima Bridge — hyolee2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
  5. AmakusaFiveBridgeFrom — Ippukucho · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
  6. AmakusaFiveBridgeFromSenganzan — Ippukucho · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
  7. AmakusaFiveBridgeFromSenganzan2 — Ippukucho · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
  8. View from MatsushimaBridge — STA 3816 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
  9. ジパング天草からの風景 - panoramio — Yuji Sakamoto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
  10. ジパング天草からの風景その2 - panoramio — Yuji Sakamoto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized

What this place is

Amakusa (天草) is a series of islands off the west coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan.

Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

What to expect at this type of place: Island

Getting there

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Area: Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture

Route on Google Maps

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