Kumamoto Castle
Kumamoto Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was a large and well-fortified castle. The castle keep is a concrete reconstruction built in 1960, but a number of ancillary wooden buildings remain of the original castle.Photo: Birdman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle
- Also known as: “Kumamoto castle”, “kumamoto-jo”, and “kumamoto-jō”
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: くまもと急行鉄道, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kumamoto Daijingū and Kumamoto Castle Inari Shrine.
Kumamoto Daijingū
Shinto shrine
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kumamoto Daijingū is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 180 metres east of Kumamoto Castle.
Kumamoto Castle Inari Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Bakkai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kumamoto Castle Inari Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 200 metres southeast of Kumamoto Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nishi-ku and Higashi-ku.
Nishi-ku
Suburb
Photo: 瑞穂の国, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nishi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. Meaning literally "west ward," it is bordered by the Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Minami-ku and also by the city of Tamana and the town of Gyokutō. Nishi-ku is situated 6 km southwest of Kumamoto Castle.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
Higashi-ku is one of the five wards of Kumamoto City, Japan. Meaning literally "east ward," it is bordered by the Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Minami-ku and also by the towns of Kikuyō, Mashiki and Kashima. Higashi-ku is situated 6 km southeast of Kumamoto Castle.
Kashima
Town
Kashima is a town located in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the town had an estimated population of 10,203 in 4135 households, and a population density of 24 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 16.65 km2. Kashima is situated 9 km southeast of Kumamoto Castle.
Kumamoto Castle
- Categories: Japanese castle, hirayamajiro, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Kumamoto Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kumamotoko gaztelua”
- Belarusian: “Замак Кумамота”
- Catalan: “Castell de Kumamoto”
- Central Kurdish: “قەڵای کومامۆتۆ”
- Chinese: “熊本城”
- Czech: “Hrad Kumamoto”
- Czech: “Kumamoto”
- Danish: “Kumamoto-borgen”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Kumamoto”
- Dutch: “Kumamoto Castle”
- Finnish: “Kumamoton linna”
- French: “castel de Kumamoto”
- French: “château de ginkgo”
- French: “château de Kumamoto”
- French: “Château de Kumamoto”
- French: “Kumamoto-jō”
- Galician: “Castelo de Kumamoto”
- German: “Burg Kumamoto”
- German: “kumamoto-jō”
- Hungarian: “Kumamotói várkastély”
- Indonesian: “Istana Kumamoto”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Kumamoto”
- Italian: “Castello di Kumamoto”
- Italian: “Kumamoto-jo”
- Italian: “Kumamoto-jō”
- Japanese: “熊本城”
- Japanese: “熊本城跡”
- Japanese: “銀杏城”
- Javanese: “Istana Kumamoto”
- Korean: “구마모토성”
- Malay: “Istana Kumamoto”
- Malayalam: “കുമാമോട്ടോ കാസിൽ”
- Marathi: “कुमामोटो किल्ला”
- Persian: “قلعه کوماموتو”
- Polish: “kumamoto-jō”
- Polish: “Zamek Kumamoto”
- Polish: “Zamek pod drzewami Ginko”
- Portuguese: “Kumamoto-jo”
- Russian: “Замок Кумамото”
- Spanish: “Castillo Kumamoto”
- Swedish: “Kumamoto slott”
- Thai: “ปราสาทคูมาโมโตะ”
- Turkish: “Kumamoto Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Кумамото”
- Uzbek: “Kumamoto qal’asi”
- Vietnamese: “Thành Kumamoto”
- Western Panjabi: “کوماموٹو قلعہ”
- Wu Chinese: “熊本城”
- Yue Chinese: “熊本城”
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