At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture ... which look as if time has stopped. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper ...

A historic city on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, Kumamoto is renowned for its imposing castle, rich regional food culture and friendly, welcoming inhabitants.

Musashi was a legendary swordsman said to have gone undefeated in the numerous duels he fought across Japan, many using only a wooden sword. He saw out his final years in Kumamoto and lived as a ...

KUMAMOTO--The district court has ordered the central government to pay compensation to a man and woman who were forcibly sterilized more than half a century ago under Japan’s now-defunct ...

The model was Japan’s first mass-produced passenger locomotive. Buskirk took his first trip on the SL Hitoyoshi from Kumamoto Station to Hitoyoshi Station in autumn 2016. At that time ...

The center of Yamaga City in Kumamoto Prefecture lights up on winter nights. A total of 5,300 bamboo tubes lit with candles and Japanese umbrellas illuminated by lights filled the street of 300 ...

Soy sauce, or shoyu, is one of the essential seasonings that underpin Japanese cuisine ... A traditional soy sauce producer in Kumamoto Prefecture has also been developing new ideas, such as ...