A roof tile manufacturer in Uki ... Each of the shachihoko statues stand 119-centimeters tall and weigh 100 kilograms. Kumamoto Castle was heavily damaged by the quakes. The damaged structures ...

KUMAMOTO -- Financial aid is pouring in ... On April 30, sightseers surveyed the castle and its collapsed roof tiles and tilted keep from afar. "Look what's happened to it," said Yukiko Uchino ...

KUMAMOTO--The interior of Kumamoto Castle's main tower reopened to the public on June 28 following the completion of repairs from the 2016 earthquakes here that knocked off roof tiles and ...

KUMAMOTO--Left devastated and in ruins by a spate of strong earthquakes seven years ago, iconic Kumamoto Castle is rising from ... in addition to the succession of roof tiles and walls that ...

Kumamoto Castle, a major tourist attraction, saw stone walls crumble and roof tiles fall off the castle tower. Starting with the statue of Luffy installed in front of the prefectural office ...

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.

Kumamoto Castle was originally built in 1607 by Katō Kiyomasa (1562–1611), a warlord who acquired a reputation for his castle construction efforts. Considered one of the three great Japanese ...

But it is, in fact, a mission that’ll eventually see the blocks placed back into the fabric of the city’s most iconic structure: Kumamoto Castle, a fortification known throughout Japan because ...

The city of Kumamoto is steeped in the spirit of its samurai past, which many of its citizens point to as a major influence on their hometown to this day. In addition to its famed castle ...