Japan: Heavy Rains Trigger Severe Flooding, Landslide in Kumamoto 5

Bands of heavy rain lashed Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan from Sunday night, August 10, into Monday, August 11, triggering flash flooding across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning for the cities of Yatsushiro, Tamana, Kamiamakusa, Uki, and Amakusa, as well as the towns of Nagasu and Hikawa. In Kosa Town, a mother and her two children were rescued after a landslide struck their vehicle. A man who was outside the vehicle remains missing. In Tamana, a resident reported that one person had been swept away in the Sakaigawa River. This video shows a flooded parking lot at Suizenji Ezuko park in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City.

Suizenji Park

Suizenji Park

This is the well known Suizenji Jojuen Park in Kumamoto. The photograph was taken from the site of the former Suigetsu-tei. Suigetsu-tei was destroyed by fire in 1877 during the Seinan War, and the site is occupied today by Kokondenju-no-ma. Women with parasols stand on the stepping stones. This is probably a staged photograph sold as a souvenir.==Date:1904, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐4‐0]

Suizenji Park?

Suizenji Park?

This photograph captures the entire view of Suizenji Jojuen Park seen from the southeast. Izumi Shinto Shrine, completed in October 1871, is visible to the far right. The two stone bridges to the left of the shrine were built as the shrine approach. Tomishige Rihei took this photograph, and the original plate is kept today at Tomishige Photography Studio. Taken between 1877 and 1887.==Date:unknown, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐26‐0]

Suizenji Joju-en

Suizenji Joju-en

Suizenji Joju-en==Date:about 1874, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:Tomishige Rihei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

Suizenji Joju-en

Suizenji Joju-en

Suizenji Joju-en==Date:about 1874, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:Tomishige Rihei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)