'''Uto''' (_F_y) [http://www.city.uto.kumamoto.jp] is in Kumamoto (prefecture) on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
Get in
Uto is a stop on the '''JR Kagoshima Line'''.
By train
From Hakata station in Fukuoka, take the ''Relay Tsubame'' or ''Ariake'' limited express train to Kumamoto and transfer to the Kagoshima line local train for the run to Uto (1 hour 40 minutes, ¥4090). Local trains from Fukuoka take about 2 1/2 hours at a cost of ¥2420 (at least one change of trains is required).
Get around
See
Do
The '''Uto Jizo Festival''' [http://www.city.uto.kumamoto.jp/d_economy/s_com_ind_sight/tradition.html#jizou] is held yearly on 23-24 August.
Buy
Eat
There are some famous and delicious foods in Uto city. Uto's ''mochi'' rice cake [http://www.city.uto.kumamoto.jp/introduction/product.html] is one such famous food, and you can buy the rice cakes near Uto station for ¥300 yen per pack.
There is also a very famous shop of shaved ice with syrup on the top within town limits.
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