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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 7 miles away
- Kurokawa 15 miles away
- Kumamoto 21 miles away
- Yufuin 33 miles away
- Beppu 36 miles away
- Fukuoka 61 miles away
- Kirishima National Park 68 miles away
- Nagasaki 70 miles away
- Kagoshima 96 miles away
- Matsuyama 119 miles away
- Miyajima Island 121 miles away
- Hiroshima 132 miles away
- Shikoku 157 miles away
- Yakushima 181 miles away
- Iya Valley 188 miles away
- Kurashiki 196 miles away
- Takamatsu 200 miles away
- Naoshima 201 miles away
- Matsue 213 miles away
- Tokushima 218 miles away
- Tottori 257 miles away
- Mount Koya 278 miles away
- Osaka 285 miles away
- Kinosaki Onsen 287 miles away
- Nara 300 miles away