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熊夲 (Kumamoto) is the center city of a metropolitan area of 1.462 million,1 of which 731 thousand live within the city's limits.2 It is located along the Shirakawa River in the Kumamoto Prefecture of west central Kyūshū Island, ⽇夲 (Nippon).3 The tallest building as of mid-2014 is the 36 floor Kumamoto Tower (2011).4
Kumamoto Castle, Nippon (Japan)
1. 2005 census from the Statistics Bureau of Japan, cited in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Japan_by_population, accessed 3/25/2014.
2. 2010 figure from the side banner of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumamoto, accessed 7/2/2014.
3. In less formal contexts the pronunciation shifts to the more modern: Nihon. In English: Japan.
4. Emporis.com, accessed 7/2/2014.