The connection of this article to Kumamoto is minimal, but those of you who are interested in Soseki will probably want to read it:
— start quote — “If I fail with this work, I would rather break off relations with you,” the aspiring novelist told Genji Shibukawa, chief of The Asahi Shimbun’s city desk, who got to know Soseki in Kumamoto Prefecture and urged the novelist to write for the newspaper. — end quote —
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201502210033
