YAMAGA TOUROU FESTIVAL

I went to the YAMAGA TOUROU fstival yesterday. I want to go to the festival many times in this summer, because this is my last summer as a student. So my friends and I often play together.
There are many many people in the YAMAGA, and that day was really hot day. We drunk some beers and ate some foods like KAKIGOURI, YAKITORI and TAKOYAKI or more!
Then I could watched fireworks!! It was really big and beautiful!!

HINOKUNI festival!!

I went to HINOKUNI FESTIVAl yesterday. I watched fire works with my friends. It was really beautiful!! I love fire works very much.
Then I weared YUKATA. I weared red YUKATA. In the festival, there are lots of people who wearing YUKATA. I want to go to this festival next year!

RA－MEN

Yesterday, we went to TONSYAE festival in HANAZONO. And then we went to DON KI HO-TE. I bought lots of things. For example, I got float ring, snacks, cosmetics and drinks. I really enjoyed shopping in DON KI HO-TE. Then, I ate Chinese noodle. My friend KAO likes chinese noodle very much, so we often go to the chinese noodle shop together. Then we went to TATSUNOYA. I went to there first time, and I liked it very much. I want to go there again!

Enjoy bowling

Yesterday, I went to ROUND1 with my friends. I like there very much. Because there are lots of entertainment facility in it. Then also if we have bad weather, we can play inside. We went to there for play bowling. Bowling is an indoor game. And we roll a large heavy ball along a track in order to knock down 10 pins. I like bowling very much. And my high score in yesterday was 108!! I want to be more expert.

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ASO

ASO is very famous in Kumamoto, because there is big mountain ‘Mt. ASO’. Mt. ASO is an active volcano and has biggest caldera in the world. That's the reason why Kumamoto called ‘HINOKUNI (the fire country)’. We can make a field trip to a crater, but when the crater is active, we can't enter there.

Because of Mt. ASO is big volcano, there are many hot springs in ASO. For example KUROKAWA hot spring, UCHINOMAKI hot spring and more.

Then also Mt. ASO is national park. So there are many tours for Mt. ASO.

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Kumamoto tourism




Kumamoto has many tourist attractions. For example, there are an amusement park, sea, mountain, hot spring and more. That’s the reason why many people like Kumamoto. If we want to shopping, we can go to Kumamoto city. If we want to live close to nature, we can go to suburbs in Kumamoto. In summer, we can swim at sea. And in winter, we can enjoy skiing at mountain.
Then Kumamoto is famous in hot springs. Many people visit for Kumamoto’s hot spring from other prefectures. Kumamoto has many attractions, so visitor will be satisfied with Kumamoto.

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Festival


HINOKUNI festival
　
　
　There are lots of festivals in Kumamoto. Most famous one is HINOKUNI festival on summer. Many people dancing with OTEMOYAN music and walking around Kumamoto city. Then the high-into-the air fire work that goes up in the Kumamoto castle is beautiful.



YAMAGA lantern festival


Next, YAMAGA TOUROU festival is also famous festival in summer. Over 1000 people are walking with lantern on the heads. The spectacle is very fantastic. And they are dancing with YOHEHO music that is a long-established custom.


FUJISAKIHACHIMANGU festival



Then many young people in Kumamoto like FUJISAKIHACHIMANGU festival. It’s a biggest event in Kumamoto. Many people are dancing, drinking and walking with horse. We shout ‘DO-KAI, DO-KAI’. There are lots of exiting events in Kumamoto’s summer.

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BASASHI

　There are lots of famous foods in Kumamoto. Most famous food in Kumamoto is BASASHI. That is a slice meet of horse. We eat raw. It’s a rare thing that eats horse in Japan. Horse’s meet are low-fat, so BASASHI are popular among women.

KARASHIRENKON

　Next, KRASHIRENKON are also famous food in Kumamoto. It’s a fried lotus root with mustard. Long time ago, KARASHIRENKON made for an ill health lord. Lotus root are good for health. But KARASHIRENKON eats with alcoholic drink now.

TAIPIEN

　We have one more delicious dish. That is TAIPIEN. TIPIEN’s origin is Chinese food but we arranged it for Japanese. It’s a kind of noodles and has lots of vegetables. We can eat TAIPIEN in only Kumamoto.

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kumamoto castle



Kumamoto Castle, the leading symbol of Kumamoto City, will celebrate its 400-year anniversary in 2007. And Kiyomasa Kato was built it.
Kumamoto castle is commonly known by 'Ginnan' castle. That the reason why called this name is there are many trees of gonkgo. Then also Kumamoto castle is famous for ‘Musya gaeshi’. That is the stone wall that can be protect from the warriors. Kumamoto castle is one of the Japanese famous castle.
Kumamoto castle is located near the Kumamoto traffic center. It's takes about 5 minutes by walk. The restoration work of the caste building most of which has already been completed will revive the magnificence of the castle to what it was when it was first constructed. Now there are many events that celebrate 400 years anniversary. You will enjoy the traditional culture at Kumamoto castle.