The opening of the JR’s “Amu Plaza” near Kumamoto Station is scheduled for the 23rd. “Amu” is short for “amuse” or “amusement” and is pronounced in that way (ah - myu). I don’t know if the folks at JR intended this but in Japanese “アミュプラザ,” with all that katakana, seems rather foreign and, in English, I imagine that visitors from other countries will think that “Amu” must be some exotic Japanese term because, of course, “amuse” isn’t abbreviated in this way in English. – Kirk