Kumamoto Prefecture - Waifu

Japanese: 隈府 - わいふ

The name of Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. The main castle of the Kikuchi clan, the military governor of Higo, was located on the Shiroyama plateau in the northeast of the city, and a castle town was formed around it. The castle and place name were originally called Kumabe, but it is said that it came to be called Kumafu around the Muromachi period as it was the place where the military governor lived. In the early modern period, the center of Higo moved to Kumamoto (Kumamoto), and the area also came to be called Kumafu, so the area came to be called Waifu to distinguish it from the rest. The castle was abandoned during the Edo period, and Kikuchi Shrine was enshrined on the castle site in 1870.

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Japanese:

熊本県菊池市の地名。同市街北東部の城山(しろやま)台地上に肥後守護菊池氏の本城があり，城下町が形成されていた。城・地名とももとは〈隈部(くまべ)〉といったが，室町期ごろから守護在住の地として隈府(くまふ)と称されるようになったといわれる。さらに近世に入って肥後の中心が隈本（熊本）に移り，同地が隈府ともよばれるようになったため，当地〈隈府〉は区別のため〈わいふ〉と称されるようになったという。城は江戸時代に廃城となり，1870年城跡に菊池神社が祀られた。

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