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Kumamoto

This city with a population of more then 700.000 people is located 90 km south of Fukuoka, about 40 minutes away with the Shinkansen.

375. Kumamoto Station


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376. The only highrise in the city is the The Kumamoto Tower, it"s 123m tall and completed in 2011.


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377. The station is located just out of the city center, the tram takes you there quick and easy.


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378. A covered road that is called Sunstreet, not everything is logical in Japan.


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386. The main attraction is the Castle that lies on a small hill just above the city center.


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391. The Castle.

It"s not original, it a 1960 rebuilt. The original castle was burned down in 1877 during the last big rebellion against the new Japanese rulers during meiji restoration, the period the country opened up to the outward world.



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392. In the castle there"s an exhibition on the history of the city and the castle complex.


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394. From the castle you have a good view of the city and beyond.


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395. The bear on the building is Kumamon, the friendly bear (Kuma means bear in Japanese) that promotes the city and the prefecture. It"s pretty popular, not just in the city but nationwide, you see Kumamon often in Tokyo.


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398. Some of the side buildings are still original, like this smaller tower.


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402 A samurai demonstration on the castle square in the burning sun.


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That was it for Kumamoto, a couple of Shinkansen pics as a bonus


409. 800 series, JR Kyushu


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410. 500 series, JR West, this is probably the most epic high speed train ever in the world. But now it only runs Kodama all stopping services between Fukuoka and Osaka, it"s not flagship train of the Shinkansen fleet anymore.


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412 Again a 800 series just to show that everyone in Japan takes pictures of trains. The railways are part of the national heritage and are more then just a mode of transportation


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