Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Kumamoto, Uto, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Roasso Kumamoto, Hosokawa Shigekata, Kumamoto Castle, Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Otemoyan, Forced Hospitalization at Honmy ji, Kumamoto Station, Boshita Festival, Yasunosuke Futa, Kat Shrine, Kengun Shrine, Saishunkan, Kikuchi Shrine, Jishuukan, Kikuchi Medical Prison, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Fujisaki-hachimangu, Suizen-ji J ju-en, Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau, Amakusa, Kumamoto, Minamata, Kumamoto, 5 Pairs of Shoes, Tamana, Kumamoto, Jingo Tobimatsu, Arao, Kumamoto, Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, KKWing Stadium, J nan, Kumamoto, Yamaga, Kumamoto, Uki, Kumamoto, Ueki, Kumamoto, Ky sh Lutheran College, Kumamoto Bus Terminal, Kikuchi, Kumamoto, Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto, Aso, Kumamoto, Park Dome Kumamoto, K shi, Kumamoto, Kumamoto University, Tomiai, Kumamoto, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kawachi, Kumamoto, Hokubu, Kumamoto, Tenmei, Kumamoto, Akita, Kumamoto. Excerpt: Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi) is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Ky sh, Japan. Greater Kumamoto (ja: ) has a population of 1,460,000, as of the 2000 Census. It is not considered part of the Fukuoka-Kitakyushu metropolitan area, despite their shared border. Kato Kiyomasa, a contemporary of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was made daimyo of half of the (old) administrative region of Higo in 1588. After that, Kiyomasa built Kumamoto Castle. Due to its many innovative defensive designs, Kumamoto Castle was considered impregnable, and Kiyomasa enjoyed a reputation as one of the finest castle-builders in Japanese history. After Kiyomasa died in 1611, his son, Tadahiro, succeeded him, but Tadahiro was removed by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1633, replacing him with the Hosokawa clan. Former Prime Minister of Japan Hosokawa Morihiro is a direct descendant of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto...