Uto High School students wait, with cameras equipped with telephoto lenses, for the occurrence of Shiranui at Eino-o Tsurugijinja shrine in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 11:22 p.m. on Sept. 2, 2023 ...

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--Kids caught napping in the classroom at prefecture-run Uto Junior and Senior High School here are not punished. Quite the reverse. They are encouraged. During the week ...

KUMAMOTO -- A former high school classroom where literary giants Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) and Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) used to teach has been preserved in southwest Japan. The Memorial Museum ...

Another dish for ‘wasamon’ types is ‘basashi’ raw horsemeat, which is served at Aoyagi, among many other Kumamoto restaurants. The low-fat, high-protein marbled meat is typically eaten ...