Before I continue with Fukuoka, here is a quick post about my route planning for this Kyushu Trip. I hope it will helps clarifies on my travel route & perhaps help anyone who may be planning a trip to kyushu soon.

I was there for 16days I spent 1 week in Kumamoto and rest of the days were distributed among Aso, Beppu/Oita, Mojiko & Fukuoka. By the way, I took the highway bus from Fukuoka Airport to Kumamoto (about 2hrs journey) and pickup rented car at Kumamoto Airport after week 1.

So, when I did my planning in Singapore using ruler & pencil on a scaled map. It works out pretty fine, A -> B, 200~300km here & there, not much of a problem, about the distance to Malacca / Port Dickson which is a piece of cake to me kekekekeke …. Hence my original route plan was Kumamoto -> Kagoshima -> Miyashaki -> Beppu & finally Fukuoka. (You see it colored blue -> red -> yellow -> green -> purple on the map)

However, after I arrived to Kumamoto, I realise this route plan is crazy!!!! …………..


It’s crazy because of the following reasons:-
1. Speed limit is typically 20~30km/h (Except on toll highway but this not free leh)
2. Too many winding & mountainous roads, I think the map don’t take into account of distance due to varying elevations
3. Too many beautiful sceneries along the way, meaning I will be stopping too often.

While this crazy original route is technically still feasible with additional toll cost, I realize that I will definitely missed many beautiful sceneries along the way as well as having too little time for each town.

And hence I reworked a new shorter route while I was in Kumamoto. From Kumamoto -> Aso-Kuju -> Beppu -> Mojiko -> Fukuoka, mostly on the northern parts of Kyushu. While I may be visiting less places but I’m certainly will still be enjoying more, alot more at a more relaxing pace. Indeed, I finally realize what is meant by

LESS IS MORE

Cheerios!!!