Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
Refers to the city of Kumamoto or Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan.
Kumamoto Castle is one of Japan's three great castles.
Kumamoto Prefecture is in the Kyushu region.
Historically written 隈本, the place name was later respelled 熊本 while retaining the reading くまもと. The change is traditionally associated with 加藤清正 around the turn of the seventeenth century.