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Located in the heart of the world's biggest caldera, Aso is a great place to base yourself for exploring nearby Mount Aso.
The flat floor of the caldera with the lines of hills creating a perfect wall around is an incredible sight. Nearer to Mount Aso you can wander or hire horses to ride through the grassland scenery at the foot of the still-active volcano.
Viewing the volcano
If the weather and the activity inside the volcano permits, you can take a cable car to the rim, but otherwise you can see what's going on inside the mountain through the live camera display in the Volcano Museum. The lack of English signage means that the rest of this rather expensive museum holds little interest to the foreign visitor, but if you do go in the 15-minute film show is a must for connoisseurs of tack!
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Suggested itinerary featuring Aso
This sample itinerary will give you an idea of what is possible when you travel in Aso, and showcases routes we know work particularly well. Treat this as inspiration, because your trip will be created uniquely by one of our specialists.
Places near Aso
- Kyushu 11 kilometers away
- Kurokawa 24 kilometers away
- Kumamoto 34 kilometers away
- Yufuin 53 kilometers away
- Beppu 58 kilometers away
- Fukuoka 97 kilometers away
- Kirishima National Park 109 kilometers away
- Nagasaki 112 kilometers away
- Kagoshima 155 kilometers away
- Matsuyama 192 kilometers away
- Miyajima Island 194 kilometers away
- Hiroshima 212 kilometers away
- Shikoku 252 kilometers away
- Yakushima 291 kilometers away
- Iya Valley 302 kilometers away
- Kurashiki 316 kilometers away
- Takamatsu 321 kilometers away
- Naoshima 324 kilometers away
- Matsue 342 kilometers away
- Tokushima 351 kilometers away
- Tottori 413 kilometers away
- Mount Koya 447 kilometers away
- Osaka 459 kilometers away
- Kinosaki Onsen 462 kilometers away
- Nara 482 kilometers away