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	Kumamoto, Kumamoto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kumamoto (熊本市; -shi) is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
		Within the outer walls of Kumamoto Castle is the Hosokawa Gyobu-tei, the former residence of the Higo daimyo.
		Kumamoto city is home to Suizenji-Joujuen, a formal garden neighbouring the Suizenji Temple approximately 3 kilometres southeast of Kumamoto Castle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kumamoto,_Kumamoto (565 words)

	Himeji Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Along with Matsumoto Castle and Kumamoto Castle, it is one of Japan's "Three Famous Castles", and is the most visited castle in Japan.
		The castle was conceived and constructed during the Nanboku-cho era of the Muromachi period.
		The Tenth Infantry Regiment occupied Himeji Castle in 1874, and the War Ministry took control of the castle in 1879.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Himeji_Castle (720 words)

	Kumamoto Castle \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Kumamoto \| Frommers.com
		The castle was built atop a hill and had two main towers, 49 turrets, 29 gates, and 18 two-story gatehouses; to make the walls impossible for enemies to scale, they were built with curves at the bottom and nearly vertical at the top and were crowned with an overhang.
		The castle passed into the possession of the Hosokawa family in 1632 and remained an important stronghold for the Tokugawa shogunate throughout its 250 years of rule, particularly in campaigns against the powerful and independent-minded lords of southern Kyushu.
		The castle was reconstructed in 1960 of ferroconcrete, and although it's not nearly as massive as before, it's still quite impressive and remains Kumamoto's star attraction.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/kumamoto/A31259.html (493 words)

	ANA SKY WEB ENGLISH : Kumamoto City Guide
		Kumamoto City is the center of politics, business, and culture of Kumamoto Prefecture and is called the "city of forests and water." The Shira River, Tsuboi River, and Iseri River flow through the city as if they are cleansing it.
		This famous castle with its magnificent stone wall was built over a period of seven years by Kiyomasa Kato, who fought bravely at the Battle of Sekigahara.
		Kumamoto Castle is one of Japan´s three greatest castles, along with Osaka Castle and Nagoya Castle.
	www.ana.co.jp /eng/dms/travel/city_guide/kumamoto_guide.html (932 words)

	Kumamoto travel guide - Wikitravel
		Kumamoto (熊本) is the capital of Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
		Kumamoto, on the JR Kagoshima Line, is easily accessible from Hakata station in Fukuoka - the terminating stop on the San'yo Shinkansen line.
		Kumamoto Hanshin- Kumamoto Hanshin is a big department store and it is located near the "Kumamoto castle" and next to Kumamoto bus terminal.
	wikitravel.org /en/Kumamoto (811 words)

	Japanese castles
		The need for castles arouse after the central government's authority had weakened in the 15th century and Japan had fallen into the chaotic era of warring states (sengoku jidai).
		Unlike the earlier castles, they were built in the plains or on small hills in the plains, where they served as a region's administrative and military headquarters, and became the centers of "castle towns".
		The typical castle gate consists of two gates which are placed in a 90 degree angle to each other, creating a small inner yard which is heavily defended from all sides.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2296.html (500 words)

	TrekEarth \| Castle Guard I Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kumamoto Castle was constructed by the Kato Clan in 1607.
		Most of the present castle buildings, including the large and small castle tower, are reconstructions dating from the 1960s.
		The interior of the castle is a modern museum.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/Japan/photo443875.htm (267 words)

	STUDY ABROAD - Kumamoto University, Japan
		Kumamoto University, established in 1949, is located in the Kurokami District of Kumamoto City at the foot of Mount Tatsuda.
		Kumamoto is a city of history and culture surrounded by vast nature, composed of beautiful plains that spread almost endlessly beside strong-looking mountains.
		Kumamoto Castle, which still remains in Kumamoto City, is a distinguished castle whose construction took Lord Kiyomasa Kato seven years to build starting in 1600.
	www.montana.edu /international/kumadai.htm (746 words)

	kumamotocity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The castle is approximately 8 miles in circumference, with a main tower, a secondary tower, 49 turrets, 29 castle gates and numerous other structures, such as extremely steep walls with a backward curve called 'Mushagaeshi'--thus preventing even a skillful warrior from climbing it.
		The castle was reconstructed after it was damaged by the Seinan Rebellion in 1877, and numerous fascinating historical exhibits and displays can be seen in the main donjon.
		This is the longest castle wall in Japan and it extends 242 meters (265 yards).
	www.kumamoto.de /index8.html (384 words)

	Kumamoto travel guide
		Destroyed by fire in the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877, the castle's current incarnation is a 1960 ferro-concrete reconstruction.
		Kumamoto's other sights are mostly low-key, but they include a former house of writer Lafcadio Hearn (known to the Japanese as Koizumi Yakumo) and the stunningly-restored samurai residence, Kyu-Hosokawa Gyobutei.
		Kumamoto's most famous culinary speciality is basashi - raw horse meat served with a garlic dipping sauce.
	www.world66.com /asia/northeastasia/japan/kyushu/kumamoto (274 words)

	Kumamoto Castle - photos of buildings in Kumamoto on Worldisround
		Buildings in Kumamoto - travel photos - Kumamoto Castle is considered to be one of the most famous castle in Japan.
		Kumamoto Castle is considered to be one of the most famous castle in Japan.
		The interior of the castle is a museum.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/68857/index.html (155 words)

	Office of International Programs \| University of Montana-Missoula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the center of the city rises 400-year-old Kumamoto Castle, a symbol of Kumamoto's long prosperity as a center of politics, economics, and culture.
		Kumamoto City is situated in the middle of Kyushu Island, in the northwest part of Kumamoto Prefecture.
		It is in the central part of the Kumamoto Plain which spread from the outskirts of Mt. Aso (the largest caldera in the world) to the Ariake Sea.
	www.umt.edu /oip/studyabroad/umprograms/univ_info_sheets/kumamoto.htm (1039 words)

	Kumamoto Castle MOC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		War has a way of advancing research in the military sciences especially castle building and defenses and this happened in the Sekigahara War in 1600.
		Kumamoto Castle, located in Kyushu, was built by the master architect Kiyomasu Kato and yet it is unclear when the construction was completed.
		I have tried in my creation of Kumamoto Castle MOC Lego to be fairly accurate in the proportion as well as in the external details to be found in the original.
	web.tampabay.rr.com /kkqwebpage/kuma_lego.htm (253 words)

	Kumamoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kumamoto is situated at the center of the Kyushu Island in the western end of Japan.
		Aso stands in the east, the Chikuhi Mountains lie in the north, and the Kikuchi-gawa River, Kuma-gawa River and other rivers flow from the mountains to the northwestern area forming the Kumamoto Plain and Yashiro Plain along the coast of the Sea of Ariake.
		Kumamoto has two national parks, namely the Aso and Unzen-Amakusa, and two quasi-national parks, namely the Mt. Yabahita-hiko and the Kyushu Central Mountains.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/japan/about_destin/kumamoto.html (283 words)

	Kumamoto Japan Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Hotel New Otani in Kumamoto is a cultural and intellectual community centre in a city which is moving rapidly into the 21st century.
		The Hotel New Otani Kumamoto has all of the amenities, facilities and levels of comfort you would expect from a hotel of this class, and maintains the meticulous standards required by travel and tour operators worldwide.
		The Kumamoto Castle Hotel with 185 guestrooms has all of the amenities, facilities and levels of comfort you would expect from a hotel of this class and maintains the meticulous standards required by travel and tour operators worldwide.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /city_japan.php?city_eng_text=Kumamoto (505 words)

	Great Drives: Kumamoto, Japan - The Car Connection
		I'm on Route 218 meandering through Kumamoto prefecture in the mid-western portion of the island to what is one of the last bastions for Japan's traditional puppet masters: the Seiwa Bunraku Theatre in Yamato town (pop.
		Additional buildings that were part of the castle complex that were subsequently destroyed in the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 are still being systematically repaired and meticulously restored.
		Nevertheless, the castle is a must for visitors to the city, if not simply for the stone-faced imperial soldiers who guard its main gate.
	www.thecarconnection.com /Shoppers/Great_Drives/Great_Drives_Kumamoto_Japan.S1157.A9729.html (1293 words)

	KUMAMOTO HOTELS & TRAVEL GUIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Former Prime Minister of Japan Hosokawa Morihiro is a descendant of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto.
		Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori's ancestors emigrated from Kumamoto early in the 20th centuary.
		Kumamoto city is home to Suizenji Koen (Park), a formal garden neighbouring the Suizenji Temple approximately 10 kilometres west of Kumamoto Castle.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/kumamoto.htm (339 words)

	Japan 2006 Kumamoto Castle
		After Suizenji, we went to Kumamoto Castle to view the cherry blossoms in full bloom.
		The castle had all kinds of trees on the grounds.
		A view of the castle through the cherry blossoms.
	homepage.mac.com /ecclectik/PhotoAlbum46.html (71 words)

	My Adventure to Kumamoto City
		Eventually, I saw signs for Kumamoto castle, and figured although I hadn't really come to visit tourist spots, it would be better than just driving around and then leaving, so I attempted to follow the signs for the castle.
		Like most Japanese castles, Kumamoto castle had been mostly destroyed by fire, so the building standing today is a replica.
		All the walls are plastered, it's air-conditioned, and it's become a museum documenting the history of the castle.
	homepage.mac.com /mtobin/JET/iblog/C35061711/E1672841769/index.html (796 words)

	International Affairs Department Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kumamoto Castle, one of the three most famous castles in Japan, is representative of the majesty and grandeur of Kumamoto City.
		In ancient times, Kumamoto flourished as the castle town of the ruling Daimyo Hosokawa feudal clan.
		Kumamoto’s economic strength has given its citizens a reasonable standard of living.
	www.sanantonio.gov /iad/kumamoto.asp (227 words)

	Office of International Programs \| University of Montana-Missoula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kumamoto is a city of history and culture surrounded by great nature, composed of beautiful plains that spread almost endlessly, and strong-looking mountains.
		In addition, marks of history remain all over Kumamoto, and the number of ornamental ancient tombs in the prefecture is the biggest in Japan.
		KGU has a bautiful and small, but conveniently-sized, campus located in Kumamoto City, which is famous for its abundant green lawns, pure water, as well as Kumamoto Castle and Suizenji Park.
	www.umt.edu /oip/studyabroad/umprograms/univ_info_sheets/KGU.htm (1064 words)

	World Heritage - The stone walls of Kumamoto Castle - Shuji Inoue - 51/119 - World Wide Panorama
		But Kumamoto Castle, sometimes called the Castle of Ginkgo Trees, is (with Osaka and Nagoya castles) one of the three most famous castles in Japan.
		The 98 hectare grounds of the castle contain two main towers, 49 turrets and numerous other structures of historical interest within a 9 kilometer circumference.
		For almost all buildings, such as a size castle tower, are burned down in a regrettable thing, 12 buildings besides the Uto Yagura remain in it, and it has become the important cultural property of Japan.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp604/html/ShujiInoue.html (262 words)

	Kumamoto Links
		There is also a great deal of information about Kumamoto (for example, information about restaurants, spas, community issues, etc.) that may be found on the searchable archives of this list but is not indexed here.
		Though the Kumamoto JALT page does not contain a link to it at this time, I recommend that you look at the "JALT-bytes" archive to get a better idea of what sort of activies have been sponsored by the Kumamoto chapter of JALT.
		Kumamoto Prefecture provides a profile of the area (which briefly introduces the history, nature and various facts related to the prefecture), a "Global Bulletin Board," and a site entitled "Industrial Recruitment & Location Web Site" which is directed as high-tech industries considering locating in Kumamoto.
	www.kumamoto-i.org (5140 words)

	three japanese castles \| only when it's pretty news at abelard.org
		Kumamoto City is located near the centre of Kyushu Island.
		Like with many Japanese castles, wars and fires had taken their toll, so in 1960 the government rebuilt the castle.
		The castle was originally built in 1583 by Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the general who first united Japan.
	www.abelard.org /news/pretty10.php (326 words)

	~ Kumamoto Castle & Mt. Aso ~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		DJ and I visited Kumamoto (Coo-mah-mo-toe) on May 21. It was a long drive from Iwakuni, about 6 hours with stops.
		DJ took this picture from the top of Kumamoto. I'm hoping that it is a picture of Uto-Yagura. If that's not what this picture is, we're both retarded for not getting a picture of it!
		Uto-Yagura is considered to be the third donjon and "...the turret is one of the original structures of the castle and the only tower to escape destruction during the castle's 400 year history."
	matthiesen.homestead.com /Kumamoto.html (240 words)

	Japan Castles - Travelers Digest
		Castles of Japan - Aryn Lickey provides a computer aided montage of how Yonago Castle might have appeared, with a map of its location.
		Guide to Japanese Castles - Eric Obershaw provides a general history and description of castles in Japan, and photographs of castles he has visited, with histories taken from the official brochures and display text.
		Kumamoto Castle Photo - Photograph in inside and surrounding area in castle.
	www.travelersdigest.com /japan_castles.htm (414 words)

	Tour guides for Enjoying Kumamoto City - Manyu! Kumamoto
		Kumamoto City is located in the center of Kyushu Island and is the prefectural capital of Kumamoto Prefecture.
		When seeing the sites of Japan, Kumamoto's classic Japanese style garden known as Suizenji Park, the nearly 400-year old Kumamoto Castle, the Higo Zogan design and traditional folk handcrafts like Shohdai-yaki pottery will surely fascinate you.
		Main tower of Kumamoto Castle (Kumamoto castle is an impregnable fortress with unique architectural features that is known as one of the most famous castles in Japan.)
	www.manyou-kumamoto.jp /contents.cfm?id=222 (185 words)

	Kumamoto Group
		The complicated rail system of Tokyo was replaced by the tram that amazed some of the scholars (although we did not have the chance to ride in that).
		What is similar between Tokyo and Kumamoto is the presence of Harajuku type of young people roaming the streets especially at Shimotori and the other canopied shopping streets.
		It is strategically located near the Kumamoto castle, shopping streets, bars, and other places of interest.
	oasis.fortunecity.com /club/191/kuma1.html (706 words)

	Kumamoto
		On December 10th, we headed to Kumamoto to do some exploring.
		This is the part of the castle where enemies encountered the spears when scaling the wall.
		This is the rock wall enemies would have scale to try to get into the castle.
	mysite.verizon.net /vzeeap3s/id40.html (173 words)

	April Photo Gallery One
		Kumamoto castle, and the surrounding area, are quite spanking gorgeous.
		Kumamoto castle rippled with the sounds of drunken cherry blossom fanatics.
		The bat cave is located at the rear of the castle.
	www.huge-entity.com /april_one.htm (469 words)

	Ginkgo biloba at Kumamoto Castle Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This tree (and the castle) was burnt down in 1877 (Satsuma Rebellion in the Meiji era),
		The castle is also called 'Ginnan Castle' because of the Ginkgo tree.
		In late fall many people come to see the place to enjoy the beautiful contrast between the yellow of the Ginkgo leaves and the fl and white of the castle.
	www.xs4all.nl /~kwanten/kumamoto2.htm (101 words)

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