A team of Air Self-Defense Force pilots recently performed an aerobatic demonstration in Kumamoto City to commemorate the victims of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.

KUMAMOTO—The stalwart protagonist of “One Piece” and his creator, Eiichiro Oda, have come to the rescue of this southern city many times since two powerful earthquakes wreaked devastation a decade ago ...

On April 17, 2016, a letter featuring Luffy, the protagonist of the manga *One Piece*, arrived in Kumamoto, Japan, where a magnitude-7 earthquake had caused thousands of casualties. The letter was ...

A panel exhibition opened Saturday in front of Kumamoto Castle to mark 10 years since a pair of major earthquakes hit the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, highlighting the efforts of ...

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If you’ve watched an episode of The Gilded Age or Downton Abbey, you might be aware that even the most polished properties have drama hiding inside. And this castle is no different. Beginning in 1969, ...

You will see them on Nairobi’s roads, sometimes before the usual morning traffic builds up, and sometimes long after sunrise. Their bikes hum against the tarmac and sweat beads on their brows. To the ...

Cherry blossoms with Kumamoto Castle viewed from the Miyukizaka slope in Kumamoto Castle Park. Kumamoto Castle, an iconic symbol of Kumamoto City, which flourished as a castle town, is known as a ...

One of the most stunning sights you can witness in Japan is the unique cloud formation known as unkai or ‘sea of clouds’. This natural phenomenon usually appears in Japan's mountainous regions from ...

Nice for a short period maybe, agreed, but I prefer old castles the way they actually are, and not bathed in artificial purple fog for a movie set. Some natural caves in Japan are also spoilt this way ...

MATSUMOTO, Nagano – Matsumoto Castle’s official Instagram account on Tuesday overtook Kumamoto Castle’s to become the most followed official account of any of Japan’s castles. The account, which is ...