page_title: Kuma River (Japan)
hierarchical_section_title: Kuma River (Japan)
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 肥薩線白石駅付近の球磨川　熊本県葦北郡芦北町／球磨郡球磨村 English: View of Kuma River in Japan.
context_page_description: The Kuma River is a river in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is 115 km long and has a drainage area of 1,880 km².
  It is considered to be one of the three most rapid rivers of Japan.
  The Kuma River is a popular tourist spot. About 70,000 tourists take a ride on the river every year. The river is also used for fishing, mainly in June, and for irrigation of nearby rice fields. It then empties into the Yatsushiro Sea at Yatsushiro.
context_section_description: The Kuma River (球磨川, Kuma-gawa) is a river in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is 115 km long and has a drainage area of 1,880 km² (730 sq mi).
  It is considered to be one of the three most rapid rivers of Japan (the other two being the Mogami River and the Fuji River).
  The Kuma River is a popular tourist spot. About 70,000 tourists take a ride on the river every year. The river is also used for fishing, mainly in June, and for irrigation of nearby rice fields. It then empties into the Yatsushiro Sea at Yatsushiro.
caption: Kuma River
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