Konbanwa Reddit! I'm planning to spend some time in Kyushu but I'm not so sure about the plan. I'd like your input to understand if what I'm doing is kind of okay, not feasible, or I'm missing other key things/better options for my days.
The idea is that I fly from Busan to Fukuoka on a Saturday afternoon (arriving 1pm). And then on the following Thursday I'm doing the Shimanami Kaido bike ride starting in Onomichi and coming back on Friday from Onomichi to Tokyo via Shinkansen. So I have few days from Saturday to Thursday to spend around Kyushu. (I've already been to Hiroshima). I wanted to explore Kyushu, try new foods, some city tourism and also slow down a bit. My current plan is to:
- spend 2 nights in Fukuoka and visit the city as well as do a day trip to Yanagawa/Itoshima. On Monday, go early morning to Daizafu and then catch a bus to Kurokawa Onsen noon/afternoon. It seems doable based on this timetable.
- Maybe I simply do Daizafu+Yanagawa one day and then do the bus to Kurokawa on one day for no stress.
- Spend 2 nights in Kurokawa Onsen (or the area around). Onsen hopping in first evening and day trip to Mt Aso or Kuju Mountains. How feasible is this day trip?
- On Wednesday morning, go back to Fukuoka and take a Shinkansen to Onomichi. Again, doable based on the timetables.
- Spend that Wednesday night in Onomichi to be ready to start the bike ride on Thursday.
What do you think? my questions are:
- Is there actually a better use of those days? like just stay in some cities like fukuoka and day trips, kumamoto and kagoshima, nagasaki, oita, takachiho in miyazaki.
- What day trip from Fukuoka would you recommend? Yanagawa, Itoshima, Kurume, other?
- Do you know if Kurokawa/Kuju/Aso are nice and actually worth all that hassle? Like I don't know if it's worth it to try to squeeze Daizafu and make it to Kurokawa in one day. I'm not even sure day trips from Kurokawa to Aso/Kuju can be done – for a hike in the mountains/volcano. maybe I could consider something a bit more accessible like Yufuin/Beppu.
- I think that the long trip on Wednesday from Kurokawa all the way to Onomichi is feasible. I can take a bus in the morning and then there should be relatively frequent shinkansen from hakata.. any thoughts on this?
by Expat_1234