Kumamoto is a municipality located on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It has a population of over 1.8 million people spread across 14 cities, 10 counties, and 26 towns and 8 villages. Kumamoto has a warm climate with hot summers over 35 degrees Celsius and little snow in the winter except in the Aso district. It is famous for its well-preserved castle, local foods like horse meat (basashi) and hitomojiguruguru mushrooms. The area is also home to the large Aso caldera volcanic crater, the largest in the world.

1. KUMAMOTO
my wonderful hometown

2. ABOUT KUMAMOTO
• Area: 7,404,14
• Total population: 1,828,840
• Municipality: 48 (city: 14 county: 10 town: 26
village: 8)
• Symbol tree: Camphor tree
• Symbol flower: Gentian
• Symbol bird: Lark

3. CLIMATE
• It is warm but a wide range of temperature
between summer and winter.
• Little snow and snowfall.
• In summer, temperature is over 35℃
surround kumamoto city.
• There is a lot of snowfall in the Aso district
every winter.

4. ORIGIN OF NAME
• Kiyomasa Kato who was
ordered to go to kumamoto
by Hideyoshi Toyotomi used
‘ ’.
• Before that ‘Kumamoto’ was
‘ ’
•‘ ’ means fear and people
think it was not suitable. So
they change the letter from
‘ ’ to ‘ ’.

5. CASTLE
• One of the famous castles in Japan.
• Build: About 1469~87.
• Another name is Ginnan(ginkgo nut) castle,
Karasu(crow) castle.
• Origin of name, Ginnan castle, after ginkgo
nut tree around castle.
• It is a special historic site.

6. Food
• There are some specialty
foods in Kumamoto.
• Basashi
• Hitomojiguruguru
• Karashirenkon
• Taipi-en

7. CALDERA
• Active volcano in Mt. Aso
• It is the biggest scale in the world
• It means hollow was made by working
volcano
• In spanish, caldera means pan.

8. Boshita~Festival~
• We have festival, Boshita.
• It is held in Respect-for-
the-Aged-day.
• More than 60 groups take
part in.
• Formal name is
Fujisakihatimanguu syuuki
reitaisai.
• Rallying cry is ‘Do-kai, do-
kai’
•

9. TRIVIA
• Kumamoto is forth in a ranking list of
millionaires.
• Farming: Tomatoes, watermelons, mandarin
oranges and rushes.
• Fishery: Cultivation; Prawn, laver and pearl.
• Industry: Solar battery

10. That’s all!!!
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