The city of Kumamoto is steeped in the spirit of ... to be immersed in a slice of Japanese cultural history. The Japanese landscape garden of the park, built by the Hosokawa clan in the 17th ...

Kumamoto was hit by two big earthquakes last April and the reconstruction efforts are underway. Japanese university students studying English in Sydney have decided to hold a charity event called ...

Note that some areas of the greenhouses require climbing stairs. Another standout is the Kumamoto En Japanese Garden, which pays tribute to San Antonio's sister city, Kumamoto. Designed in the ...