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Kumamoto Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (152 words) |
 | Historically the area was called Higo province and was renamed to Kumamoto prefecture during the Meiji Restoration as part of the abolition of the feudal system. |
| Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four major Japanese islands. |
| It is bordered by the Ariake inland sea and the Amakusa archipelago to the west, Fukuoka Prefecture and Oita Prefecture to the north, Miyazaki Prefecture to the east, and Kagoshima Prefecture to the south. |
| Amakusa (153 words) |
| Amakusa (天草) is an island belonging to Japan, 26½ miles long and 13½ in extreme width, situated about 32°20'N, 130°E, on the west of the province of Higo (island of Kyushu), from which it is separated by the Yatsushiro-kai. |
| Amakusa produces a little coal and fine kaolin, which was largely used in former times by the potters of Hirado and Satsuma. |
| Now Amakusa, Kumamoto is a district and Amakusa, Amakusa, Kumamoto is a town in Kumamoto. |
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