Hello, I'm glad to meet you again. I live in Kumamoto city now.
By the way, the amalgamation with citeis, towns, and villagies in the surrounding in the Kumamoto city nowadays.
It is bacause it is possible to bacome a goverment-designated major city when its popuration reaches 700,000, though the popuration of Kumamoto city is 670,000 now.
All the people in Kumamoto are expecting our city for the amalgamation to go well, and to be achieved making to the government-designate major city.
<murphy's law>
People who lives in a bottom government-designated major city is proud that it is called a government-designated major city.
People who lives in a top government-designated major city feels humiliated that it is called a government-designated major city.