This dish of rice featuring Japan’s famous beef, from cows raised in the rich grasslands of Kumamoto Prefecture, is set off with an egg on top. For those with a sweeter tooth, Ikinari Dango ...

The sample Somei-Yoshino cherry trees monitored by the Japanese Meteorological Agency bloomed in the cities of Kochi and Kumamoto on ... Miyazaki Prefecture, where the mercury hit 28.3 degrees.

The center of Yamaga City in Kumamoto Prefecture lights up on winter nights. A total of 5,300 bamboo tubes lit with candles and Japanese umbrellas illuminated by lights filled the street of 300 ...

KUMAMOTO—Kumamoto Prefecture experienced the highest growth rate of foreign tourism of any prefecture in Japan, helped by popular statues of characters from “One Piece,” the iconic manga and ...

TAKAMORI, Kumamoto Prefecture--A local railway line wrecked ... was in sharp contrast to the greenery of surrounding forest scenery as the first train crossed the span above the river 60 meters ...

Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto Prefecture: March 22 Ueno Park in Tokyo: March 22 Kochi Park in Kochi Prefecture: March 22 Arashiyama in Kyoto Prefecture: March 28 Hirosaki Park in Aomori Prefecture ...