About my hometown: KUMAMOTO

I am going to write something about Kumamoto today. First, I am going to write about "Kumamoto castle". Kumamoto castle is the three big castle in Japan. It was made by Kato Kiyomasa and it took 6 years from 1601. This castle has great stonewall called "mushagaeshi". Kumamoto castle was impregnable through this wall.

Second, I will write about "Mt. Aso". Mt. Aso is the generic name of the rim mountain and Asogogaku, Mt. Neko, Mt. Taka, Mt. Naka, Mt. Eboshi and Mt. Kishima so actually, there is not one mountain named "Mt. Aso". Mt. Aso is very famous for its very big caldera which is the biggest level of the world.

Next I am going to write about "Lake Edzu". Lake Edzu is like a gourd in shape. This lake is the place of relaxation and study for citizens. The volume of Lake Edzu's springwater is from 6 tons to 10 tons one second and 400,000 tons a day!! We must keep clean this beautiful place!

To this paragraph, I have written about Kumamoto's famous place and then I will write about Kumamoto's famous foods. First I will write about "basashi". Basashi is sashimi of horse meat. Kumamoto is very famous for this food. Almost everyone of Kumamoto likes basashi. I once liked basashi, too. However now, I can't eat it because I can't eat rare meat. Usually, people eat basashi dipping soy sauce with spice, grated ginger or grated garlic.

In the last, I am going to write about "karashi renkon". Karashi renkon is made this way: first, plugging up boiled lotus roots' holes with mustard and soybean paste next, coating them and deep-fry. Karashi renkon is essential food for osechi in Kumamoto.