East AsiaJapanKyushuKumamotoKumamotoKumamoto is the capital of Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. It is notable for the impressive Kumamoto Castle.
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Type: City with 739,000 residents
Description: city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
Neighbors: Shimabara, Tamana, Uki, Uto and Yamaga
Photo: Hisagi, CC BY-SA 3.0. Photo: くまもと急行鉄道, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Kumamoto Castle
Park Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5. Kumamoto Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Kumamoto
Railway station Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Kumamoto Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the Nishi-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
Museum Photo: MK Products, CC BY-SA 3.0. Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art opened in the precincts of Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto, Japan in 1976.
Locales in the Area
Chūō-ku
Suburb Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5. Chūō-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan.
Higashi-ku
Suburb Higashi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan.
Nishi-ku
Suburb Photo: 瑞穂の国, CC BY-SA 3.0. Nishi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan.
Kumamoto
Categories: city designated by government ordinance, prefectural capital of Japan, big city, city of Japan, fortified town, city for international conferences and tourism and locality
Location: Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude32.8034° or 32° 48' 12" northLongitude130.7083° or 130° 42' 30" eastPopulation739,000Elevation9 metres (30 feet)IATA airport codeKMJUnited Nations Location CodeJP KMJOpen Location Code8Q4GRP35+98OpenStreetMap IDnode 642042925OpenStreetMap Featureplace=cityGeoNames ID1858421Wikidata IDQ199889 We welcome you to please improve upon our open data sources. Thank you for your contributions. This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Wikivoyage. Edit This Place
Cebuano: Kumamoto (kapital sa prepektura sa Hapon)
Cebuano: Kumamoto-shi (distrito sa Hapon)
Cebuano: Kumamoto-shi
Chechen: Кумамото (гӀала)
Chechen: Кумамото
Chinese: Kumamoto-chhī
Chinese: 熊本
Chinese: 熊本市
Croatian: Kumamoto
Czech: Kumamoto
Danish: Kumamoto
Dutch: Kumamoto
Egyptian Arabic: كوماموتو
Esperanto: Kumamoto
Estonian: Kumamoto
Finnish: Kumamoto
French: Kumamoto
Galician: Kumamoto
Georgian: კუმამოტო
German: Kumamoto
Greek: Κουμαμότο
Gujarati: કુમામોટો
Hakka Chinese: Kumamoto-sṳ
Hausa: Kumamoto-sṳ
Hausa: Kumamoto
Hawaiian: Kumamoto
Hebrew: קומאמוטו
Hebrew: קוממוטו
Hindi: कुमामोतो
Hungarian: Kumamoto
Indonesian: Kumamoto
Irish: Kumamoto
Italian: Kumamoto
Japanese: Kumamoto-shi
Japanese: くまもとし
Japanese: 森の都
Japanese: 水の都
Japanese: 熊本
Japanese: 熊本市
Kannada: ಕುಮಾಮೊಟೊ
Kikuyu: Kumamoto
Kirghiz: Кумамото шаары
Korean: 구마모도 시
Korean: 구마모도시
Korean: 구마모토 시
Korean: 구마모토시
Korean: 쿠마모토 시
Korean: 쿠마모토시
Latvian: Kumamoto
Literary Chinese: 熊本市
Lithuanian: Kumamotas
Lithuanian: Kumamoto
Malagasy: Kumamoto
Malay: Kumamoto
Marathi: कुममोटो
Mazanderani: کوماموتو
Min Nan Chinese: Kumamoto-chhī
Mongolian: Күмамото
Norwegian: Kumamoto
Norwegian Bokmål: Kumamoto
Ossetian: Кумамото
Persian: کوماموتو
Piemontese: Kumamoto
Polish: Kumamoto
Portuguese: Kumamoto
Quechua: Kumamoto
Romanian: Kumamoto
Russian: Кумамото
Sardinian: Kumamoto
Scots: Kumamoto
Serbian: Kumamoto
Serbian: Кумамото
Serbian: 熊本市
Serbo-Croatian: Kumamoto
Silesian: Kumamoto
Sinhala: කුමමොටෝ
Slovenian: Kumamoto
South Azerbaijani: کوماموتو
Spanish: Kumamoto
Spanish: Kumamoto-shi
Swahili: Kumamoto
Swedish: Kumamoto
Tagalog: Kumamoto
Tagalog: Lungsod ng Kumamoto
Tajik: Kumamoto
Tajik: Кумамото
Tamil: குமமோடோ
Tatar: Кумамото
Telugu: కుమామోటో
Thai: คูมาโมโตะ
Tumbuka: Kumamoto
Turkish: Kumamoto
Ukrainian: Кумамото
Urdu: کوماموتو
Uzbek: Kumamoto
Venetian: Kumamoto
Vietnamese: Kumamoto
Vietnamese: Thành phố Kumamoto
Waray (Philippines): Kumamoto
Welsh: Kumamoto
Wu Chinese: 熊本市
Yue Chinese: 熊本市
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Kumamoto city.kumamoto.jpWikivoyageWikipedia
Photo: z tanuki, CC BY 3.0. 
Photo: Motoki-jj, CC BY-SA 3.0. 
Photo: Hisagi, CC BY-SA 3.0. 
Photo: くまもと急行鉄道, Public domain. 
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5. Kumamoto Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. 
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Kumamoto Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the Nishi-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. 
Photo: MK Products, CC BY-SA 3.0. Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art opened in the precincts of Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto, Japan in 1976. 
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5. Chūō-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. 
Photo: 瑞穂の国, CC BY-SA 3.0. Nishi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. 
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