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    Aso (阿蘇市, Aso-shi) is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The modern city of Aso was established on February 11, 2005, from the merger of the...
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    separated from the East China Sea by the Amakusa Archipelago. Kumamoto Prefecture is home to Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest...
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    often only to the somma volcano in the center of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. Its tallest...
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    Kumamoto Airport (熊本空港, Kumamoto Kūkō) (IATA: KMJ, ICAO: RJFT), also known as Aso Kumamoto Airport (阿蘇くまもと空港, Aso Kumamoto Kūkō), is an airport in Mashiki...
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    The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes (Japanese: 平成28年熊本地震, Hepburn: Heisei 28-nen Kumamoto jishin) were a series of earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.0 mainshock...
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    Aso (阿蘇郡, Aso-gun) is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of the Aso and Yamato mergers (but with 2003 population data), the district...
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    Aso Station (阿蘇駅, Aso-eki) is a railway station on the Hōhi Main Line in Aso, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Aso Station...
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    Aso Shrine (阿蘇神社, Aso-jinja) is a Shinto Shrine in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Aso is one of the oldest shrines in Japan. This shrine holds several...
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    The Mt. Aso Ropeway (阿蘇山ロープウェイ, Asosan Rōpuwei) was Japanese aerial lift line in Aso, Kumamoto, operated by Kyūshū Sankō Tourism (九州産交ツーリズム, Kyūshū Sankō...
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  • Congo Aso, Kumamoto, Japan Asō, Ibaraki, a former Japanese town located in Namegata District that is now part of the city of Namegata Mount Aso, a mountain...
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    geographical feature of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It stretches 25 kilometers north to south and 18 kilometers east to west. The central core "Aso Gogaku" is the...
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    (JR Kyushu) since June 2011. The train normally runs between Kumamoto and Miyaji via Aso on the Hōhi Main Line. Services normally operate on weekends...
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    Hitoyoshi (人吉市, Hitoyoshi-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on February 11, 1942. As of April 2024,[update] the city has...
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    Ubuyama (産山村, Ubuyama-mura) is a village located in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 15 July 2024[update], the village had an estimated...
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    Takamori (高森町, Takamori-machi) is a town located in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2016, the town has an estimated population...
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  • symbolizing the abundant water sourced from Mount Aso in Kumamoto as well as the volcano itself. Kumamoto Volters have experienced one district championship...
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    Rodan (film) (category Films set in Aso, Kumamoto)
    August 1957. In the mining village of Kitamatsu, near the foothills of Mount Aso on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, two miners have gone missing....
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  • refer to: Namino, Kumamoto, a former village in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Namino Station, a railway station in Aso, Kumamoto, Japan Kuriko...
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  • Aso Station is the name of multiple train stations in Japan: Aso Station (Kumamoto) (阿蘇駅) in Kumamoto Prefecture Aso Station (Mie) (阿曽駅) in Mie Prefecture...
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    within Kumamoto Prefecture. † The station name of Aso-Shimodajō has changed three times: 12 February 1928: Aso-Shimoda (阿蘇下田) 1 August 1993: Aso-Shimodajō-Fureai-Onsen...
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    Oguni (小国町, Oguni-machi) is a town in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2024[update], the town had an estimated population of 6...
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    largest active volcano in Japan. The Museum is in Kusasenri, Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Aso Volcano Museum (in Japanese) 32°53′7″N 131°3′7″E / 32.88528°N...
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    Tateno-eki) is a railway station in Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Japan. It is jointly operated by JR Kyushu and the Minami Aso Railway and is a transfer station between...
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    Nishihara (西原村, Nishihara-mura) is a village located in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of March 2017, the village has an estimated population...
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    located on the edge of the caldera that surrounds Mount Aso. Ozu was affected by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. "Honda to raise retirement age to 65 in recognition...
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    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (category Films set in Aso, Kumamoto)
    attached to the suit. Principal photography began and ended in 1964 in Mount Aso, Yokohama, Gotenba, and Ueno Park. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster was...
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  • Namino (波野村, Namino-son) was a village located in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,700...
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  • 1983, it was played at the Aso Golf Club near Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture. Originally contested over 36 holes as the Aso National Park Open, the tournament...
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    Aso-Kujū National Park (阿蘇くじゅう国立公園, Aso-Kujū Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan. The park derives its name from...
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    Prefecture. Kumamoto Prefecture is roughly divided into three areas, namely, the northern area with Kikuchi River, Shirakawa River and Mount Aso Area; the...
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