8D7N Kyushu Itinerary (+ costs!) ⭐️🇯🇵
I personally thought it was a little hard to find content about Kyushu before we travelled, so I wanted to drop this 🫣 hope it’ll be helpful to anyone who is planning!
My personal verdict is that Kyushu is really nice with an abundance of nature & yummy food, but I personally prefer Tokyo / Kyoto because I find that it’s easier to clock in more attractions in a day 😹Kyushu has many attractions, but they’re usually silo-ed in different cities or need quite some driving sooooo
⭐️ stands for the items we recommend 🤭
Costs are put for 2-pax where I remember 🫣
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📌 Day 1: Flight / Travel to Kumamoto
- Red-eye flight to Osaka (~SGD1600)
- Shinkansen to Kumamoto (~SGD300)
- Hotel check-in at THE BLOSSOM KUMAMOTO (~SGD400)
- Booked our JR tickets for the Kyushu stretch at Kumamoto JR station
🍜 Dinner: 油そば&つけ麺 LA けんちゃん ⭐️ (~SGD20)
📌 Day 2: Day Trip to Miyazaki
🥐 Breakfast: Licht
- Picked up car from Budget Rental (~SGD78)
- Drove to Amaterasu Railway to book tickets first!
🍜 Lunch: Nagashi Somen Chiho-no-ie (SGD25)
🍰 Snack: Sweets Shop Maeda
🍰 Snack: Sorairo ⭐️ (cheese manju was p nice! SGD1)
- Amaterasu Railway (honestly kinda mid, ~SGD30)
🍜 Akagumi Ramen
🍰 Kamitori Shi On Coffee (i loved this so much! You get to choose the cup out of the owners’ selection & the owners are the sweetest pair of elderly 🥹 ~SGD15) ⭐️
📌 Day 3: Day Trip to Mt Aso & Kusasenri
- Took Asoboy in the morning (really cute train!!, SGD28)
- Bought 1-day bus tickets at Aso Station (~SGD33)
- Alighted at Aso Sanjyo Terminal to switch to another bus that goes up to Mt Aso (~SGD12)
- Mt Aso
- Walked down Mt Aso for views & to save money
🍜 Lunch: New Kusasenri (sustenance tbh, SGD25)
- Kusasenri (really nice & peaceful!! Can see horses)
- Travelled back to Kumamoto by local train
🍜 Akaushi Dining Yoka-Yoka (red beef not my kind of thing… ~SGD42)
- Shopped around Sakura Machi
📌 Day 4: Yufuin (my fav!! 🌸)
- Took train to Yufuin & put lugggage in coins locker (3 lockers for ~SGD15)
🍜 Lunch: Yufu Mabushi “Shin” (~SGD53)
🍰 Snack: Agebiyori (Curry buns were yumz, ~SGD4) ⭐️
🍰 Snack: Milch (we bought set of 4 flavours, it was choco > cheese > pistachio > matcha for me, ~SGD10)
- Yufuin Floral Village (pretty nice but also a lil crowded) ⭐️
- Lake Kirin (a pretty lake but yeah that’s it)
🍰Telato (v good! We tried level 3 and so yumz, ~SGD6) ⭐️
- Hotel shuttle picked us up!
- Checked in to Yufuin Sanso Waremokou (really nice ryoukan which is spacious w good food, but also v far from station & staff don’t really know english, ~SGD1038) ⭐️
🍜 Kaiseki dinner at ryoukan ⭐️
📌 Day 5: Beppu (nth much imo)
🍱 Breakfast at ryoukan ⭐️
- Took local train to Beppu
- Took bus to umijigoku (we didn’t buy the pass bc not worth for us)
- Umijigoku (~SGD8)
- Oniishi Bozu Jigoku (~SGD8)
- Kamado Jigoku (personally my fav bc it’s more aesthetic & the steamed food there is nice, ~SGD8)
🍰 Lunch (sorta): Steamed food at Kamado Jigoku (actly p decent?? Q the experience ~SGD10 i think?) ⭐️
🍰 Tomonaga Bakery (honestly mid i think that sg bread tastes better (~SGD5)
🍜 Kaiseki dinner at ryoukan (they serve diff dishes!!) ⭐️
📌 Day 6: Hakata
🍱 Breakfast at ryoukan ⭐️
🍰 Morning Snack: Telato again!! Lvl 5 was p good too (~SGD6)
🍰 Morning Snack: Carandonel (random try & the apple one was good! Chocolate is nubad, forgot how much oops)
- Yufuin no Mori train (i was so excited but it turned out to be meh not much views and food was meh, ~SGD27)
🍱 Lunch: Yufuin no Mori bentos (mid, ~SGD42)
- Check in to Miyako Hotel Hakata (so spacious & clean with good proximity to station, amazing!! ~SGD1000) ⭐️
- Search for matcha which led us to Fukuoka Japantea Studio (not bad la, but forgot how much)
🍜 Dinner: Hikiniku to Come (SO GOOD!!! So worth reserving, SGD56)
- Shopping at Canal City (also anime lovers’ paradise!)
📌 Day 7: Nagasaki
- Took local train over to Nagasaki
- Bought 1 day Nagasaki Bus Pass (p worth bc also includes discounts to attractions, SGD10)
- Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (SGD1.6 like wth??) ⭐️
🍜 Cafe & Restaurant ボエーム (mid, tried bc turkish curry rice is a specialty, forgot the price oops)
- Mt Inasa Overlook (we took the ropeway up and slopecar down! The views were good, SGD12 + SGD5) ⭐️
- Travelled back to Hakata
🍜 Ramen Kanetora (i personally liked it bc it’s on the flavourful end!! ~SGD28) ⭐️
📌 Day 8: Yamaguchi (Klook Day Tour ~SGD105)
- Akiyoshido Cave (p nice & scenic walk) ⭐️
🍰 Dessert: I forgot the name but it’s the first store on the right at the exit of the cave! We enjoyed the black sesame with soy one but our guide said their ice cream is generally good ⭐️
🍜 Yasutomiya (for the local food! The burdock root noodles and their kawara soba was actly surprisingly nice i don’t unds why it was a 3.7 rating, forgot the price) ⭐️
- Motonosumi Shrine (v pretty! It was v windy when we went) ⭐️
- Tsunoshima Bridge (p nice scenery)
- Back to Hakata Station
- Houraku Manju (my husband says it’s nicer than mr bean HAHAHAH, around ~SGD1) ⭐️
- Il Forno del Mignon (tiny croissants that cost by weight! Not bad) ⭐️
- Shin Shin (popular Hakata ramen with rich broth! Yums, ~SGD13) ⭐️
📌 Other Expenses:
- JR Kyushu North Pass: ~$SGD286
#travelrecommendation #traveltips #japantravel #kyushu #lemon8travels
If you're planning an 8-day Kyushu adventure, one helpful tip is to organize your travel by region because many attractions are spread apart, requiring some driving or longer train rides. The JR Kyushu North Pass is a great value for covering major stops efficiently and saving on transportation costs—buy it in advance if possible. I also recommend using the Kyushu app for updated train schedules and sightseeing info. For food lovers, local specialties like Yufuin Mabushi, Akaushi beef, and Hakata ramen are must-tries. Don't hesitate to explore smaller shops and bakeries; they often have hidden gems like the cheese manju or Telato soft serve. For budget meals, convenience stores and mid-range eateries offer decent options, but splurging on occasional kaiseki dinners at ryokans really enriches the experience. Also, some day trips like to Mt. Aso and Takachiho Gorge provide wonderful nature escapes if you like hiking. Consider booking some tours via Klook for hassle-free visits, such as the Yamaguchi day trip covering scenic spots like Akiyoshido Cave and Tsunoshima Bridge. Lastly, packing light and using coin lockers at train stations makes travel easier when hopping between cities. Overall, combining rail passes, a rental car for certain days, and strategic lodging choices—especially ryokans for an authentic stay—was my favorite way to experience Kyushu comprehensively yet comfortably.
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