Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto city has been working hard on rebuilding and repairing Kumamoto Castle that was badly damaged due to the massive earthquakes that had hit entire Kumamoto city twice on 14 and 16 April 2016.

Kumamoto City is a mid-sized city of the population of around 700,000. Best known icon of Kumamoto is Kumamoto Castle which was originally built in 1607 by the lord Kato Kiyomasa who has been loved by the local people of Kumamoto as a hero. This castle has been considered as one of the most beautiful castles in Japan as well as Himeji and Matsumoto.
And will find the secret of Japanese castles as well as the atmosphere of “The Last Samurai” film. There was the last civil war around this castle in the late 19th century and became one of the models of the world-wide known film “The Last Samurai”.

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