Kumamoto Ken Postal code

Kumamoto Prefecture is a prefecture in Japan. It is on the island of Kysh and is part of the country. There are 1,748,134 people living in Kumamoto Prefecture right now, and the area is 7,409 square miles. People in Kumamoto Prefecture live in Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, ita Prefecture to the east, Miyazaki Prefecture to the south, and Kagoshima Prefecture to the west. In Kumamoto Prefecture, Yatsushiro, Amakusa, and Tamana are all big cities. Kumamoto is the capital and largest city of the prefecture. Kyosh is in the middle of Japan, and Kumamoto Prefecture is in the Ariake Sea, across from Nagasaki Prefecture. The Amakusa Archipelago separates the mainland from the East China Sea, which is why the two places are so close together. When Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan, erupts again, it will be even bigger than it is now. Its peak is 1,592 metres (5,223 feet) above sea level.