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’
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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
