Coordinates: 32°43′N 130°40′E

Kumamoto Prefecture

熊 本 県 Kumamoto Prefecture ( Kumamoto-ken) is a Kumamoto Prefecture prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.[1] The 熊本県 capital is the city of Kumamoto.[2] Prefecture Japanese transcription(s) Contents • Japanese 熊本県 • Rōmaji Kumamoto-ken History Geography Cities Towns and villages Mergers Demographics Flag Symbol Economy Tourism Education Universities National Public Private Transportation Rail Tramway Road Expressways and toll roads National highways Ports Ferry routes Airport Coordinates: 32°43′N 130°40′E Sports Country Japan Sister cities Region Kyushu Notable people Island Kyushu Notes Capital Kumamoto References Government External links • Governor Ikuo Kabashima Area • Total 7,404.14 km2 History (2,858.75 sq mi) Historically, the area was called Higo Province; and the Area rank 16th province was renamed Kumamoto during the Meiji Population (May 1, 2011) Restoration.[3] The creation of prefectures was part of the • Total 1,812,255 abolition of the feudal system. The current Japanese • Rank 23rd 2 orthography for Kumamoto literally means "bear • Density 244.76/km (633.9/sq mi) root/origin", or "origin of the bear". ISO 3166 JP-43 code Geography Districts 9 Municipalities 45 Kumamoto Prefecture is in the center of Kyushu, the Flower Gentian southernmost of the four major Japanese islands. It is (Gentiana scabra bordered by the Ariake inland sea and the Amakusa var. buergeri) archipelago to the west, Fukuoka Prefecture and Ōita Tree Camphor tree Prefecture to the north, Miyazaki Prefecture to the east, (Cinnamomum camphora) and Kagoshima Prefecture to the south. Bird Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) Mount Aso (1592 m), an extensive active volcano, is in the Website www.pref.kumamoto.jp (h east of Kumamoto Prefecture. This volcano is located at ttp://www.pref.kumamot the centre of the Aso caldera. o.jp)

As of March 31, 2008, 21% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as natural parks: the Aso Kujū and Unzen-Amakusa National Parks; Kyūshū Chūō Sanchi and Y aba- Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Parks; and Ashikita Kaigan, Itsuki Gokanoshō, Kinpōzan, Misumi-Ōyano Umibe, Okukuma, Shōtaisan, and Y abe Shūhen Prefectural Natural Parks.[4]

Cities

Fourteen cities are located in Kumamoto Prefecture: Map of Kumamoto Prefecture showing Kumamoto (the capital city of the prefecture) municipal boundaries Amakusa Arao Government Ordinance Designated Aso City City Town Village Hitoyoshi Kami-Amakusa Kikuchi Kōshi Minamata Tamana Uki Uto Yamaga Yatsushiro

Kumamoto City Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district: Hitoyoshi

Amakusa District Reihoku Ashikita District Ashikita Tsunagi Aso District Minamiaso Minamioguni Nishihara Oguni Takamori Ubuyama Aso City Kamimashiki District Kashima Kōsa Mashiki Mifune Yamato Kikuchi District Kikuyō Ōzu Kuma District Asagiri Itsuki Kuma Itsuki Village Mizukami Nishiki Sagara Taragi Yamae Yunomae Shimomashiki District Misato Tamana District Gyokutō Nagasu Nagomi Nankan Yatsushiro District Hikawa

Mergers Demographics

The population is 1,812,255. The prefecture ranks 23rd in Japan. The population density is 244.7 6 people per square kilometer.

Economy

There is a Honda motorcycle plant.

Tourism

Mount Aso is one of the world's largest active volcanoes. Kumamoto Castle Suizenji Park Tsūjun Bridge, the largest stone aqueduct in Japan is in Yamato

Education Tsūjun Bridge in Yamato, Kamimashiki

Universities

National

Kumamoto University

Public Kumamoto Castle Kumamoto Prefectural University

Private

Kumamoto Gakuen University Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare Kyushu Lutheran College Kumamoto Health Science Shokei Gakuin University Sojo University Heisei College of Music

Transportation

Rail

JR Kyushu Kyushu Shinkansen Kagoshima Line Hohi Line Hisatsu Line Misumi Line Kumamoto Electric Railway Kumagawa Railroad South Aso Railway Hisatsu Orange Railway

Tramway

Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau

Road

Expressways and toll roads

Kyushu Expressway South Kyushu Expressway Kumamoto Amakusa Road

National highways

Route 3 Route 57 Route 208 (Kumamoto-Tamana-Arao-Ōmuta) Route 212 Route 218 (Kumamoto-Takachiho-Nobeoka) Route 219 Route 265 Route 266 Route 267 (Hitoyoshi-Isa-Satsuma-Satsumasendai) Route 268 Route 324 Route 325 (Yamaga-Minamiaso-Takamori-Takachiho) Route 387 Route 388 (Saiki-Nobeoka-Unomae) Route 389 Route 442 Route 443 Route 445 Route 501 (Ōmuta-Arao-Udo) Route 503

Ports

Ferry routes

Kumamoto-Shimabara Nagasu-Unzen Ushibuka-Kuranomoto (Nagashima) Yatsushiro-Kamiamakusa Reihoku-Nagasaki

Airport Kumamoto Airport Amakusa Airport

Sports

These sports teams are based in the prefecture:

Professional: Roasso Kumamoto - Men's football and J League Second Division Blaze Kumamoto - Men's association football Mashiki Renaissance Kumamoto - Women's association football Amateur: Kumamoto Golden Larks - regional baseball Roasso Kumamoto franchise stadium in KKWing of Kumamoto Sister cities

Kumamoto Prefecture is the 'sister state/prefecture' of Montana in the United States.

Kumamoto has a sister city located in Texas named San Antonio, which holds an annual fall festival 'akimatsuri' for its Japanese citizens. In 2015 the mascot, 'Kumamon' visited as an honorary ambassador during the festival located at the Japanese Tea Gardens.

Notable people

Tetsu Komai, a Hollywood actor Kazuaki Kiriya, a filmmaker Kimeru, a pop artist Miku Kobato, founder and vocalist of Band-Maid[5] Moe Kamikokuryou, a Japanese idol Yuri Masuda, singer Tomiko Van, singer, vocalist of Do As Infinity Eiichiro Oda, manga author, creator of One Piece[6] Yu Todoraki, actress Tetsuya Noda, Contemporary artist Katsuhiro Ueo, Drifting driver

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kumamoto prefecture" in (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAE mEC&pg=PA572)Japan Encyclopedia, p. 572 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA572), p. 572, at Google Books. 2. Nussbaum, "Kumamoto" in p. 572 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA572), p. 572, at Google Books. 3. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" in p. 780 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA7 80), p. 780, at Google Books. 4. "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture" (http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/ doc/files/np_6.pdf) (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 February 2012. 5. JpopAsia. "Miku (BAND-MAID) | JpopAsia" (http://www.jpopasia.com/mikubandmaid/). JpopAsia. Retrieved 2018-03-11. 6. "Eiichiro Oda, Hajime Isayama Show Their Support After Kumamoto Earthquakes" (https://www.animenewsnetw ork.com/interest/2016-04-21/eiichiro-oda-hajime-isayama-show-their-support-after-kumamoto-earthquak es/.101319). Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-03-11.

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2 QnPijAEmEC&client=firefox-a) Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128 (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition)

External links

Official website (http://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/english/list.html) National Archives of Japan ... Kumamoto map (1891) (https://web.archive.org/web/20111004065808/http://w ww.digital.archives.go.jp/DAS/meta/DGDetail_en_0000000439)

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