<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliHalfway back along Kyushus west coast, Kumamoto is an old castle town that was of considerable importance to the Tokugawa shoguns as a counterweight to the presence of the annoyingly independent Shimazu clan down in Kagoshima.  <response>: Kumamoto ni mji wa kale wa ngome ambayo ilikuwa na umuhimu mkubwa kwa Tokugawa shogun kama counterweight kwa uwepo wa hasira huru Shimazu ukoo chini katika Kagoshima. 