Talk:Kumamoto

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Founding of kumamoto: How could the city have been founded in 1889 when the castle was built in the 1600s? Christopher Mahan 19:53, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)


 * It could've been just a town then. Moreover, "city" here probably means "legal city of the modern world". --Menchi 23:36, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Removal of Helena, Montana from list of sister cities
I looked for Helena on the Kumamoto official web site but was unable to locate it. The only US sister city they listed was San Antonio. If you have a reliable reference for Helena, it would enhance the article. Fg2 07:38, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Peace Pagoda on Hanaokayama near Kumamoto Station
I want to find a citation to support this statement at Peace Pagoda: ''Work on the first Peace Pagoda began in 1947 at Hanaokayama with basic hand tools. It took seven years to build, being completed in 1954.'' Peace Pagodas were built by the Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii and his followers. The reason that I ask at the Kunamoto article is that I found just one Wikitravel article that says that there is a hill called Hanaokayama　花岡山 near Kumamoto Station and it has a pagoda. Most other web sites that I have found seem to have taken their information from the Wikipedia article. There is nothing in the Kumamoto article that mentions either the hill or the Pagoda. Can anyone help, please? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 15:00, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Change of the Title
I want to change the Title to "Kumamoto". Once I happened to launch an article under a mistaken title and I sent an e-mail to delete the article. What do you think ? Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 04:48, 11 January 2010 (UTC)--


 * No, the article title is correct as it is. Please see the guidelines at WP:MOS-JA. -Amake (talk) 23:14, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Departmentstore and Shoppingmall
!! Year !! Passengers (in millions) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.23.5.48 (talk)


 * Tsuruya - as known for departmentstore in Kumamoto
 * Prefectual Departmentstore - nearby Bus Center, and former Iwataya-Isetan departmentstore
 * Parco
 * Daiei Shimodori - former Taiyo Departmentstore, aftermath Shiroya Departmentstore
 * Daiei Kumamoto - open in 1980
 * Karino Kumamoto - former Kotobukiya Supermarket
 * Aune Kumamoto
 * Aeonmall Crea Kumamoto
 * Yume Town Hamasen
 * Yume Town Sunpia
 * Sunlive Kumamoto — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.23.5.48 (talk) 13:57, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved to Kumamoto. Favonian (talk) 20:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Kumamoto, Kumamoto → Kumamoto – Kumamoto is now a designated city. — ASDFGH =]  talk? 20:54, 7 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Support. Whether it's a designated city or not, the current title is ridiculous. The subject is definitely not, "a town so nice, they named it twice." Japan Times calls it "the city of Kumamoto". Kauffner (talk) 02:08, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
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Nice collage
Just wanted to remark about the attractive collage of the city in the infobox. Someone really had a "good eye." Student7 (talk) 21:39, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

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Location and tourist attractions
In the head of the article it is explained where Kumamoto is located but I wonder if it would not be helpful if it was stated that Kumamoto is located on the shore of an inlet of the South China Sea and across the bay from Nagasaki.

Also just south of Kumamoto are Sumiyoshi Nature Park and the Nagabeta Seabed Road. Should they not be mentioned? John Do'h 07:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)