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.

Around 2,000 workers have gathered from around Japan for three shifts at the site that keep operations running 24 hours a day. Locals said the work stopped only on New Year’s Day. Kumamoto’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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But the Shibuya crossing doesn't hold the bragging rights as the first in Japan. That honor belongs to the scramble crossing in Kumamoto's Chuo Ward, which was installed five years before the one ...

The Kumamoto City Tram, which runs on the streets ... The lights are turned on from 5 p.m. to around 10 p.m. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun ...

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 ...

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 ...

India's campaign came to a premature end as double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals of the Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 badminton tournament here on Thursday.