OK
NewbieRunner, I'm just summarising your revised schedule so I can follow it
so please let me know if below is incorrect:
Revised Schedule - Sunday 5th April
09:24 JR Hakata (Limited Express Yufuin-no-Mori #1) - 10:40 Hita **
11:38 Hita Bus Station (bus) - 12:50 Kurokawa Onsen (1,850 yen) –booked by NewbieRunner
** Just found Limited Express Yufuin-no-Mori has free wifi . Seat reservation is compulsory and must be arranged in advance
Kurokawaso Onsen
Revised schedule - Monday 6th April
10:35 Kurokawa Onsen(bus) to 12:09 Tateno JR Station (1,340 yen) –booked by NewbieRunner
Minamiaso Railway train: 12:46 JR Tateno to 13:01 Minamiaso Mizu-no-Umareru-Sato Hakusui-Kōgen Station' (Hakusui Plateau, birthplace of Minamiaso mineral water). We will wait 7 minutes for a train travelling in the other direction back to Tateno.
Limited Express train leaves Tateno JR Station at 14:10 (arriving in Kumamoto at 14:49)
Hotel Nikko Kumamoto
Booked: Bus: Hita-Kurokawa Onsen (1,850 yen ) and Kurokawa Onsen to Tateno JR Station (1,340 yen). The cost will be 3,190 yen (1,850 yen + 1340 yen) to be paid to be paid
NewbieRunner on Thursday or Friday...as there are two of us, we will pay double this
PS^^^^ for all your efforts....we will be following like sheep