Region · Japan
Where to stay in Kumamoto Prefecture
This guide covers 8 destinations in Kumamoto Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 29 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Kumamoto, Yatsushiro and Amakusa. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Kumamoto Airport (KMJ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 8
- Places to stay
- 29
- Main airport
- KMJKumamoto Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Kumamoto Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Kumamoto Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Kumamoto Prefecture
6 places to stay in Kumamoto Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Kumamoto Prefecture
23 hotels in Kumamoto Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| ANA Crowne Plaza Kumamoto New Sky | Kumamoto | 1968 |
| Amakusa Tenku No Fune | Yatsushiro | |
| Candeo Hotels Kikuyo Kumamoto Airport | Kōshi | |
| Chisun Inn Kumamoto Miyukifueda | Kumamoto | |
| Comfort Hotel Kumamoto Shinshigai | Kumamoto | |
| Dormy Inn Kumamoto Natural Hot Spring | Kumamoto | |
| Guesthouse TIGA | Kumamoto | |
| Hotel Hokke Club Kumamoto | Kumamoto | |
| Hotel Mielparque Kumamoto | Kumamoto | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Aso Kumamoto Airport Ekimae | Ōzu | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Yatsushiro | Yatsushiro | |
| Hotel Sunroute Kumamoto | Kumamoto | |
| Hotel Trusty Premier Kumamoto | Kumamoto | |
| Kumamoto Hotel Castle | Kumamoto | |
| Mitsui Garden Hotel Kumamoto | Kumamoto | |
| Monohana | Kumamoto | |
| Nagomiyado Shinwaso Kaishin | Amakusa | |
| Onsenyado Ogasawara Aso | Ōzu | |
| Pension Angelica | Ōzu | |
| REF Kumamoto by Vessel Hotels | Kumamoto | |
| Richmond Hotel Kumamoto Shinshigai | Kumamoto | |
| Ryotei Matsuya Honkan Suizenji | Kumamoto | |
| The New Hotel Kumamoto | Kumamoto |
When to go
Best time to visit Kumamoto Prefecture
From the climate of 8 destinations in Kumamoto Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 8 | 10 °C | 71 mm |
| February | 0 of 8 | 11 °C | 94 mm |
| March | 0 of 8 | 15 °C | 151 mm |
| April | 0 of 8 | 21 °C | 168 mm |
| May | 0 of 8 | 25 °C | 210 mm |
| June | 0 of 8 | 27 °C | 470 mm |
| July | 0 of 8 | 31 °C | 469 mm |
| August | 0 of 8 | 32 °C | 245 mm |
| September | 0 of 8 | 29 °C | 200 mm |
| October | 0 of 8 | 24 °C | 108 mm |
| November | 0 of 8 | 18 °C | 85 mm |
| December | 0 of 8 | 12 °C | 72 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Kumamoto Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Kumamoto Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
KMJ · Kumamoto Airport
AXJ · Amakusa Airport
HSG · Kyushu Saga International Airport
NGS · Nagasaki Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Kumamoto Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Kumamoto Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.