| | Kumamoto Prefecture -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県; Kumamoto-ken) is located on (The southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields) Kyushu (A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water) Island, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan. |
| | Historically the area was called (additional info and facts about Higo) Higo province and was renamed to Kumamoto prefecture during the (additional info and facts about Meiji Restoration) Meiji Restoration as part of the (additional info and facts about abolition of the feudal system) abolition of the feudal system. |
| | Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of (The southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields) Kyushu, the southernmost of the four major Japanese islands. |
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