Daikanbo

Outer-rim lookout with the classic wide view over Aso's basin and five central peaks.

Daikanbo is the place to understand Mount Aso as a caldera rather than a single cone. From the outer rim, the basin opens below you with the five central peaks lined up beyond the fields and villages.

It is especially good in clear morning light, before haze builds over the basin. The stop is simple, but the view is one of Kyushu's great landscape moments.

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