Tamana

Tamana (玉名) is a city in the northern part of Kumamoto prefecture.

Understand

Tourist information site

The local tourist association has a mostly Japanese-only guide site covering the northern half of the prefecture. Kikuchi River Valley section is multilingual.

Do

  • Oama Hot Spring (小天温泉). Visited by, among others, famed novelist Natsume Soseki.

Eat

Kumamoto ramen in the tonkotsu (pork bone broth) style is very popular in Tamana, and may originate from here. The city has more than 10 tonkotsu ramen shops, with queues in front of the best ones.

Go next

  • Gyokuto
  • Kumamoto
  • Nagasu
  • Arao
  • Nankan
  • Omuta
  • Yanagawa
  • Miyama
  • Okawa


Routes through Tamana
Hakata Kurume  N  S  Kumamoto Kagoshima
Fukuoka Kurume  N  S  Kumamoto Kagoshima


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