This shrine ... level on Japan’s seismic intensity scale. Many buildings were heavily damaged, including one place of worship with great significance for the people of Kumamoto.

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--A high school science ... optical phenomenon that can be glimpsed in the Yatsushiro Sea and nowhere else in Japan. Members of the Earth Science Group at the Kumamoto ...

A historic city on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, Kumamoto is renowned for its imposing castle, rich regional food culture and friendly, welcoming inhabitants.

Although the shrine’s worship hall sits on the Sea of Japan coast, the main building was constructed in a rock cave halfway up Mount Otasan, the oldest sacred mountainous destination on Japan ...