[Image1]Tracing the footprints of stories, an adult getaway.🌿Amakusa Reihoku Literary Walk unearths Reihoku’
[Image2]Tracing the footprints of stories, an adult getaway.🌿Amakusa Reihoku Literary Walk unearths Reihoku’
[Image3]Tracing the footprints of stories, an adult getaway.🌿Amakusa Reihoku Literary Walk unearths Reihoku’
[Image4]Tracing the footprints of stories, an adult getaway.🌿Amakusa Reihoku Literary Walk unearths Reihoku’
[Image5]Tracing the footprints of stories, an adult getaway.🌿Amakusa Reihoku Literary Walk unearths Reihoku’

Tracing the footprints of stories, an adult getaway.🌿

Amakusa Reihoku Literary Walk unearths Reihoku’s literary heritage and proposes a new kind of journey.
Recently, with the cooperation of people inside and outside the town, we held a monitored tour📖✨

Literary monuments blending into Reihoku’s beautiful scenery and the landscapes beloved by great writers. As you walk listening to a literary tourism guide’s commentary, the familiar streets begin to sparkle like a novel.
A stroll themed around “words” offered a wonderfully indulgent refresh that makes you forget the rush of daily life.

From now on, we will prepare to bring this “story” and the landscapes that gave it life to many more people. Look forward to future updates!

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Kumamoto Amakusa Reihoku Tourism Association
Dec. 11, 2025
On November 19, we held the fourth workshop to develop a sightseeing walking route that lets visitors enjoy “Reihoku’s Literary Treasures,” turning the literary spots and heritage remaining in Reihoku into new tourism resources.

This workshop was the final session. Based on the feedback and ideas we have received so far, we reviewed the proposed route and the draft guide manual again and exchanged opinions with the participants.
We also read works related to Reihoku—Fumiko Hayashi’s Amakusa Nada and Ryōtarō Shiba’s Kaidō o Yuku 17—so participants could feel how the literature still connects with Reihoku today.

Going forward, we aim to develop this into an actual sightseeing tour. We will post progress updates on our website, so please look forward to them.

Note: We are also collecting ideas and useful tips from people who could not attend the workshop to help shape the walking route. Please take part in the survey on our company website’s news section.

Contact: Amakusa Reihoku Tourism Association (Incorporated Association), Ogata ☎0969-31-1136
This workshop was held as part of the FY2025 Kumamoto Future Creation Startup Grant project.