Aso

 Aso is one of the most popular sightseeing areas in Kumamoto. I used to visit there often with my family. It takes about one hour driving from downtown, but it takes another one hour from my home.
Aso has a lot of charms. Let me talk about the two of them.
 First, beautiful landscape and nature. Aso is a countryside. We can't see any tall buildings or industrialized things there at all. Therefore, the view from our car is clear green and it's really beautiful. Look at this picture!

 

  Isn't it spectacular!? I took them in August. I was sleeping from my city and I woked up to find myself in such a beautiful world. Mt.Aso is famous for its largest caldera(カルデラ）in the world. There are many houses, shops and gardens in the caldera. Can you believe it? Also, Aso is declared a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage(世界農業遺産）

  Second, delicious food and clean water. As I told before, Aso has beautiful nature and agriculture is valued, food is really delicious. We can enjoy tasty beef, horse meet, fresh vegetables and rice. Especially I love these horse meet stakes, "Dagojiru(だご汁)", and Takanameshi(高菜めし).

 

When I visit Aso, I always eat these delicious food, and then I enjoy shopping at a 道の駅. I buy fresh vegetables there. Kumamoto is famous for clean water. You can drink mineral water from every taps. The water comes from Aso. The United Nation commended the highest award for the water! It means that Kumamoto's water is the best of the world! That's why we have delicious rice and vegetables.(Actually, the rice is also given the highest award in Japan!!)

I really love Aso. Although it's in my hometown Kumamoto, I think Aso is one of the most fantastic places I've ever been. I want you to visit there at once. I'm sure you can enjoy there!

Thank you for reading this long blog.