Kumamon Port Yatsushiro — Attraction in Yatsushiro

If you are a Kumamon fan, than this might be the place for you as there are many statues and displays featuring the mascot, including a giant one.

It was late April, but there were no eateries or shops open, but you could use the toilets and access the vending machines. There is also a large parking lot.

Was it worth the over-an-hour drive from Sakuramachi? Probably not, and it did not help that Google sent us partly on the smaller roads where you get stuck behind traffic for long periods. When we returned to town, Google directed us onto the newer roads.

There is apparently a cruise centre in the area though we did not see any ships. We did see the landfill that is next...

It's really hidden place and I assume there's no public transportation to get. So if you don't have a car, you're pretty much need taxi to get there. If you're Kumanon fan, this is a place for you. It's free to go especially when you go those dates that no cruise line to make a port call, Kumanon are all yours. Hardly anyone is there. But when you go those dates that cruise in port, they're food trucks and vendors are open for tourists so you can also enjoy in different angles. There's a lovely Japanese garden which I love. This is basically A public port so it's free to enter those...

-Visited on a Tuesday and it’s not crowded. -The entrance to the park is free -A lot of Kumamon to take photo with -Only 1 shop was open -Access was not easy, there’s a bus from Shin Yatsushiro station and then we have to walk after getting off. Taxi available at the train station so we took taxi instead. The taxi driver was very nice to book a timing with us and came back to fetch us as Uber & Gotaxi was not working. -The shops at the Shin Yatsushiro station...