Kumamoto
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- Names
Kumamoto
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Town & castle ruled by Hosokawa family daimyo 1632-1868; castle was one of Japan's strongest during feudal period; partly destroyed 1877; has Buddhist temple & attracts many pilgrims; industries include food processing, textiles & chemicals.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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