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In this section, I would like to share about 2 sightseeing places which apparently like the places that you have to visit if you are in Kumamoto city. Kumamoto castle is located in the city center, situated near to torichosuchi area (shophing center district) and near to Kumamoto central bus terminal (Sakura matchi bus terminal). Being one of the prettiest castle in Japan, Kumamoto castle can be seen vividly from kumamoto main road. It is easy to be access by buses (city bus, tourist bus), trem and even if you stay naround Kumamoto city, you can talk a walk or ride a bicycle. Kumamoto castle has large area for sightseeing. there is also one road which is beautifull with sakura during spring dear to Kumamoto castle. There are also several shrine and temple near by Kumamoto castle, and if you visit this place around new year, you will see many new year celebration decoration in the shrine nearby. Due to devastated earthquake at 2016, the reconstruction of Kumamoto castle is being still ...

As a student or someone who temporary visiting one place, the second hand store could be another option for you to find something (like electronic devices such as iron, hair dryer, winter coat?) that you need in the reasonable price. The good thing in Japan is, the secondhand stuffs are well maintained and still looks good. The price could be very much more cheaper than the new one with the quality is till good.  I think in every city in japan, it is quite common to find the second hand-stores. I got an idea to find the second store from googling. In the first search, I found Hard off Gakusei store (Kumamoto branch) as the second-hand shop. On the clear sunny day, I was by-cycling with the guide from the google map. I took around 5 km from my dormitory to go there, and surprisingly before i reached the Hard off gakusei, i found another second-hans stored, namen Second-street.  The Second-street store is quite good store, has many second-hand stuff ranging from clothes, ...

As I said in the previous blog, I got a chance to do internship research in Kumadai (Kumamoto University) for 1.5 month from December-January (cold enough....). Kumamoto University is a Japanese National University located in Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyushu island). This university has 4 campuss, kurokami campus (main campuss), Honjo campuss and Oe campuss. My laboratory is belong to Faculty of Science which is located in South Kurokami campuss.  Kurokami campuss dived into north and south campuss which is just located in the same area and just separated by the public street. While to reach oe campus and honjo campuss it needs sometime since those are not located in the same area.   The main gate to the north campus The administration building is located on the north campus. To reach Kumadai Kurokami campus, you can use public bus or mostly people ride bicycles. It is really convenience to ride a bicycle in Kumamoto, since this city os beautiful to be ...