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is a prefecture
Prefectures of Japan

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 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 located on Kyushu
Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
 island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
. The capital is the city of Kagoshima
Kagoshima, Kagoshima

is the capital cities of Japan of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyushu island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin....
.

shima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu
Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
 and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers.






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is a prefecture
Prefectures of Japan

The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "Circuit #Japan" , Hokkaido; two urban prefectures , Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture; and 43 other prefectures ....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 located on Kyushu
Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
 island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
. The capital is the city of Kagoshima
Kagoshima, Kagoshima

is the capital cities of Japan of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyushu island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin....
.

Geography

Kagoshimamapcurrent
Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu
Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
 and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers. The most important group is the Amami Islands
Amami Islands

The are part of the Ryukyu Islands. They consist of:*Amami Oshima *Kikai, Kagoshima *Kakeromajima *Yoroshima *Ukeshima *Tokunoshima *Okinoerabujima ...
. Surrounded by the Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between mainland China and the Korean peninsula....
 to the west, at least since 1879 by Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture

is one of Japan's southern Prefectures of Japan, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan....
 in the south, Kumamoto Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Kyushu Island. The capital is the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto....
 to the north, and Miyazaki Prefecture
Miyazaki Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki....
 to the east, it has 2,632km of coastline (including the 28 islands). It has a bay called Kagoshima Bay
Kagoshima Bay

is a deep inlet on the coast of Japan.Kagoshima Bay is on the south coast of the island of Kyushu. The port city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima and its well-protected harbor lie on the bays western coast....
 (Kinkowan), which is sandwiched by two peninsulas, Satsuma
Satsuma Peninsula

The Satsuma Peninsula is a peninsula which projects south from the southwest part of Kyushu Island, Japan. To the west lies the East China Sea, while to the east it faces the Osumi Peninsula across Kagoshima Bay....
 and Osumi
Osumi Peninsula

The projects south from the Japanese island of Kyushu and includes the southernmost point on the island, Cape Sata. Its east coast lies on the Pacific Ocean, while to the west it faces the Satsuma Peninsula across Kagoshima Bay....
. Its position made it a 'gateway' to Japan at various times in history. While Kyushu has about 13 million people there are less than 2 million in this prefecture.

The prefecture boasts a chain of active and dormant volcano
Volcano

A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or Crust , which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface....
es, including the great Sakurajima
Sakurajima

, also romanized as Sakurashima,s a composite with the Summit split into three peaks, Kitadake , Nakadake and Minamidake which is active now....
, which towers out of the Kagoshima bay opposite Kagoshima
Kagoshima, Kagoshima

is the capital cities of Japan of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyushu island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin....
 city. A steady trickle of smoke and ash emerges from the caldera
Caldera

A caldera is a cauldron-like volcano feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption such as the one at Yellowstone National Park....
, punctuated by louder mini-eruptions on an almost daily basis. On active days in Kagoshima city an umbrella is advisable to ward off the ash. Sakurajima is one of Japan's most active volcanoes. Major eruptions occurred in 1914, when the island mountain spilled enough material to become permanently connected to the mainland, and a lesser eruption in 1960. Volcanic materials in the soil make Sakurajima a source for record 'daikon
Daikon

is the Japanese name for a mild-flavored, very large, white, East Asian radish. Despite being known most commonly by its Japanese name, it did not originate in Japan, but rather in continental Asia....
' radish
Radish

The radish is an Eating root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre-Roman Empire times. They are grown and consumed throughout the world....
es, roughly the size of a basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
. Many beaches around the Kagoshima Bay are littered with well-worn pumice stones. A crater lake in the southwestern tip of the prefecture, near the spa town of Ibusuki
Ibusuki, Kagoshima

is a cities of Japan in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, that was founded on April 1, 1954.Following the incorporation of Kaimon, Kagoshima and Yamagawa, Kagoshima on January 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 45,039 and a population density of 302 persons per km? ....
, is home to a rare species of giant eel.

History

Kagoshima Prefecture corresponds to the ancient Japanese provinces Osumi
Osumi Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima prefecture. Osumi bordered on Hyuga Province and Satsuma Province provinces....
 and Satsuma
Satsuma Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu. Its abbreviation is Sasshu ....
, including the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands

The Ryukyu Islands are part of the . From around 1800 on, they have spelled Luchu, Loo-choo, or Lewchew, from the Chinese Liuqiu. They consist of a chain of Islands of Japan in the western Pacific Ocean at the eastern limit of the East China Sea and stretch southwest from the island of Kyushu to the island of Taiwan....
. This region played a key role in the Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure....
 (Saigo Takamori
Saigo Takamori

=Early lifeBorn lunar calendar December 7, the 10th year of Bunsei era , in Kagoshima in Satsuma domain , Saigo served as a low-ranking samurai official in his early career....
), and the city of Kagoshima
Kagoshima, Kagoshima

is the capital cities of Japan of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyushu island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin....
 was an important naval base during Japan's 20th century wars and the home of admiral Togo Heihachiro
Togo Heihachiro

Admiral of the Fleet Marquis , Order of Merit , Royal Victorian Order, was a Fleet Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes....
. More recent incidents are the sinking of a North Korean spy ship (100 ton class) in 2001 by the coast guard, which was later salvaged and exhibited in Tokyo, and the abduction of an office clerk from a Kagoshima beach in 1978 by agents from the same country. This became known only recently under the Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi

is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He is going to retire from politics when his term in parliament ends....
 administration.

Sister relations

  • Miami, Florida
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  • Naples
    Naples

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    , Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
  • Jeollabuk-do
    Jeollabuk-do

    Jeollabuk-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in the southwest of South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Jeolla province, and remained a province of Korea until the country's Division of Korea in 1945, then became part of South Korea....
    , South Korea
    South Korea

    South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
October 1989 duo-declaration
  • Singapore
    Singapore

    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
     
  • Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

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  • Georgia
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    , United States
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November 28, 1966 became a sister state
  • Jiangsu
    Jiangsu

    is a Province of China of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • Gifu Prefecture
    Gifu Prefecture

    is a Prefectures of Japan located in the Chubu region list of regions in Japan of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu, Gifu. Located in the center of Japan, it has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendo....
July 27, 1971 Became a sister prefecture


Region

The following is a list of Kagoshima Prefecture's cities, and its administrative districts with their constituent towns and villages:

Cities

  • Akune
    Akune, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 23,887 and the population density of 178 persons per km?....
  • Amami
    Amami, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located on Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The city was formed on March 20, 2006 from the merger of the city of Naze, Kagoshima with the town of Kasari, Kagoshima and the village of Sumiyo, Kagoshima....
  • Hioki
    Hioki, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of November 1, 2005, the city has an estimated population of 53,400 and a population density of 211 persons per km?....
  • Ibusuki
    Ibusuki, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, that was founded on April 1, 1954.Following the incorporation of Kaimon, Kagoshima and Yamagawa, Kagoshima on January 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 45,039 and a population density of 302 persons per km? ....
  • Ichikikushikino
    Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on October 11, 2005 from the merger of the city of Kushikino, Kagoshima with the town of Ichiki, Kagoshima from the former Hioki District, Kagoshima....
  • Isa
    Isa, Kagoshima

    is a planned city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.A planned Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan will be implemented on November 1, 2008; the city of Okuchi, Kagoshima and Hishikari, Kagoshima, Isa District, Kagoshima, will merge into Isa....
  • Izumi
    Izumi, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.On March 13, 2006, the towns of Noda, Kagoshima and Takaono, Kagoshima from Izumi District, Kagoshima merged into the city....
  • Kagoshima
    Kagoshima, Kagoshima

    is the capital cities of Japan of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyushu island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin....
     (capital, core city
    Core city

    A is a class of cities of Japan created by the first clause of Article 252, Section 22 of the Local Autonomy Law of Japan. Core cities are delegated many functions normally carried out by prefectural governments, but not as many as City designated by government ordinance....
    )
  • Kanoya
    Kanoya, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.On January 1, 2006, the towns of Aira, Kagoshima and Kushira, Kagoshima from Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima and the town of Kihoku, Kagoshima from Soo District, Kagoshima merged into the city....
  • Kirishima
  • Makurazaki
    Makurazaki, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 24,126 and the population density of 322 persons per km?....
  • Minamikyushu
    Minamikyushu, Kagoshima

    is a city on the southern tip of Satsuma Peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2007, the city has a population of 40,965 and an area of 357.85 km?....
  • Minamisatsuma
    Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on November 7, 2005 from the merger of the city of Kaseda, Kagoshima with the towns of Bonotsu, Kagoshima, Kasasa, Kagoshima, and Oura, Kagoshima from Kawanabe District, Kagoshima and the town of Kinpou, Kagoshima from the former Hioki District, Kagoshima....
  • Nishinoomote
    Nishinoomote, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan on the island of Tanegashima.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 17,666 and the population density of 85.9 persons per km?....
  • Satsumasendai
    Satsumasendai, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It was established on October 12, 2004 with the merger of the city of Sendai, Kagoshima, the towns of Hiwaki, Kagoshima, Iriki, Kagoshima, Kedoin, Kagoshima and Togo, Kagoshima, and Koshikijima Islands ....
  • Shibushi
    Shibushi, Kagoshima

    was a towns of Japan located in Soo District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The town merged with the towns of Ariake, Kagoshima and Matsuyama, Kagoshima on January 1, 2006 to form the city of Shibushi, Kagoshima ....
  • Soo
    Soo, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on July 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Osumi, Kagoshima, Sueyoshi, Kagoshima, and Takarabe, Kagoshima....
  • Tarumizu
    Tarumizu, Kagoshima

    is a cities of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 19,512 and the population density of 120.55 persons per square kilometer....


    • Districts

    • Aira District
      Aira District, Kagoshima

      is a districts of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The current population is 88,003....
      • Aira
      • Kajiki
        Kajiki, Kagoshima

        is a towns of Japan located in Aira District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is located north of the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima. Kajiki is located on the northern part of the bay....
      • Kamo
      • Yusui
        Yusui, Kagoshima

        is a towns of Japan located in Aira District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of July 1, 2005, the town has an estimated population of 12,220 and the population density of 84.67 persons per square kilometer....
    • Izumi District
      Izumi District, Kagoshima

      List of Provinces of Japan > Saikaido > Satsuma Province > Izumi DistrictJapan > Kyushu > Kagoshima Prefecture > Izumi District'Izumi is a districts of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan....
      • Nagashima
        Nagashima, Kagoshima

        is a towns of Japan located in Izumi District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan....
    • Kagoshima District
      Kagoshima District, Kagoshima

      Kagoshima is a districts of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture. As of , The district has two villages and both of them were islands within Oshima District....
      • Mishima
        Mishima, Kagoshima

        is a villages of Japan made up of islands located in Kagoshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. The village office is located at Kagoshima, Kagoshima outside the village....
      • Toshima
        Toshima, Kagoshima

        is a villages of Japan located in Kagoshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The village encompasses the whole Tokara Islands. The village office is located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima outside the village....
    • Kimotsuki District
      Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima

      Kimotsuki is a districts of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of the January 1, 2006 merger but with 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated population of 46,943 and a population density of 65.9 persons per km?....
      • Higashikushira
        Higashikushira, Kagoshima

        is a towns of Japan located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,344 and the population density of 265.22 persons per km?....
      • Kimotsuki
        Kimotsuki, Kagoshima

        is a towns of Japan located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The town was formed on July 1 2005 from the merger of the towns of Uchinoura, Kagoshima and Koyama, Kagoshima....
      • Kinko
        Kinko, Kagoshima

        is a towns of Japan located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The town was formed on March 22 2005 from the merger of the towns of Onejime, Kagoshima and Tashiro, Kagoshima....
      • Minamiosumi
        Minamiosumi, Kagoshima

        is a towns of Japan located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The town occupies the southern part of the Osumi Peninsula and its name literally means "the southern part of Osumi."...
  • Kumage District
    Kumage District, Kagoshima

    is a districts of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The district covers two islands from the Osumi Islands, Tanegashima and Yakushima. The district has an estimated population of 29,706 with a total area of 789.16 km?....
    • Minamitane
      Minamitane, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located on the southern portion of Tanegashima in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,997 and a population density of 63.38 persons per km?....
    • Nakatane
      Nakatane, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located on Tanegashima or Tanega Island in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 9,473 and the population density of 68.75 persons per km?....
    • Yakushima
      Yakushima, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The town is on the island of Yakushima and Kuchinoerabujima....
  • Oshima District
    Oshima District, Kagoshima

    is a districts of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of the March 20, 2006 merger but with 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated population of 78,882 and a population density of 84.4 persons per km?....
    • Amagi
      Amagi, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,192 and the population density of 89.52 persons per km?....
    • China
      China, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 6,753 and the population density of 127 persons per km?....
    • Isen
      Isen, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,532 and the population density of 120.13 persons per km?....
    • Kikai
      Kikai, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town had an estimated population of 8,207 and the population density of 144 persons per km?....
    • Setouchi
      Setouchi, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Part of the town is located on Amami Oshima., the town has an estimated population of 11,145 and the population density of 46.44 persons per km?....
    • Tatsugo
      Tatsugo, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located on Amami Oshima in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 6,110 and the population density of 74.46 persons per square kilometer....
    • Tokunoshima
      Tokunoshima, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the island of Tokunoshima.As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 12,656 and the population density of 121 persons per square kilometer....
    • Uken
      Uken, Kagoshima

      is a villages of Japan located on Amami Oshima in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 2,088 and the population density of 20.26 persons per square kilometer....
    • Wadomari
      Wadomari, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 7,159 and the population density of 177 persons per km?....
    • Yamato
      Yamato, Kagoshima

      is a villages of Japan located on Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The village belongs to the Oshima District, Kagoshima.As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 2,045 and the population density of 22.71 persons per square kilometer....
    • Yoron
      Yoron, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The town is on the island of Yoronjima.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 5,866 and the population density of 286.29 persons per square kilometer....
  • Satsuma District
    Satsuma District, Kagoshima

    is a districts of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of the March 22, 2005 merger the district consists of the single town of Satsuma, Kagoshima....
    • Satsuma
      Satsuma, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The town was formed March 22, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Miyanojo, Kagoshima, Tsuruda, Kagoshima, and a former town with the English name of Satsuma ....
  • Soo District
    Soo District, Kagoshima

    is a districts of Japan located in Kagoshima Prefecture.As of , The district has one town*Osaki, Kagoshima...
    • Osaki
      Osaki, Kagoshima

      is a towns of Japan located in Soo District, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 15,406 and the population density of 153.80 persons per km?....


    Mergers

    In the 2000s, many administrative mergers of cities towns and districts have occurred in Kagoshima Prefecture.

    Recreation

    Although there are strong highschool teams, no major baseball or soccer club is based in the prefecture. A number of Kagoshima's ballparks play host to well-known teams:

    • Kagoshima Prefectural Ballpark (???????) Camp home of Chiba Lotte Marines
      Chiba Lotte Marines

      The are a professional baseball team in Japan Pacific League, based in Chiba, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kanto region....
    • Kagoshima Municipal Ballpark (???????)
    • Ibusuki Municipal Ballpark Camp home of Kokutesu Swallows
      Tokyo Yakult Swallows

      are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League.The Swallows are named after their corporate owners, the Yakult Corporation. From 1950 to 1965, the team was owned by the former Japanese National Railways and called the Kokutetsu Swallows; the team was then owned by the newspaper Sankei Shimbun from 1965 to 1968 and called the '...
    • Yunomoto Ballpark Camp home of Yakult Atoms
      Tokyo Yakult Swallows

      are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League.The Swallows are named after their corporate owners, the Yakult Corporation. From 1950 to 1965, the team was owned by the former Japanese National Railways and called the Kokutetsu Swallows; the team was then owned by the newspaper Sankei Shimbun from 1965 to 1968 and called the '...
    • Kagoshima Prefectural Kamonoike Trackfield (????????????) Camp home of Júbilo Iwata
      Júbilo Iwata

      is a professional Japanese football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name J?bilo means 'exultation' in Portuguese language....
    • Kagoshima Fureai Sportsland (??????????????) Camp home of Sagan Tosu
      Sagan Tosu

      is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J-league Division 2. The team is located in Tosu, Saga, Saga Prefecture.Sagan is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it....
    • Kagoshima Prefectural Kamonoike Trackfield (????????????) Camp home of Toshiba Fuchu Brave Rupas


    The Kirishima-Yaku National Park
    Kirishima-Yaku National Park

    is a national park on the Kyushu Island, Japan. It is composed of two parts; Kirishima and Yakushima. is an area in both Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture....
     is located in Kagoshima Prefecture.

    No other prefecture has more pachinko parlors
    Pachinko

    File:Pachinko parlour.jpg is a Japanese Gambling device used for amusement and prizes. Although pachinko machines were originally strictly mechanical, modern pachinko machines are a cross between a pinball machine and a video slot machine....
     per capita than Kagoshima.

    Colleges and Universities

    • Kagoshima University
      Kagoshima University

      , or is a national university located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.There are three campuses:* Shimoarata: Faculty of Fisheries...
    • National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
      National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

      is a Japanese national university in Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan, founded in 1981.External links...
    • The International University of Kagoshima
      The International University of Kagoshima

      is a private university in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1932, and it was chartered as a junior university in 1950. In 1960, it became a four-year college....
       (???????)
    • Daiichi Institute of Technology
      Daiichi Institute of Technology

      is a private university in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1955, and eventually it adopted the present name in 1985....
    • Shigakukan University
      Shigakukan University

      is a private university in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1907, and it was chartered as a women's university in 1979....
    • Kagoshima Prefectural College (?????????)
    • Kagoshima Immaculate Heart College (???????????)
    • Kagoshima Woman's College(?????????)
    • Daiichi Junior College of Infant Education
      Daiichi Junior College of Infant Education

      is a private university junior college in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan, established in 1966.External links...
       (??????????)
    • The International University of Kagoshima, Junior College (????????????)


    Economy

    • GPP : 4,834,400 m yen
      Japanese yen

      The is the currency of Japan. It is the third most-traded currency in the forex after the euro and the United States dollar. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S....
       ($44,170,000,000)
    The prefecture has strong agricultural roots: green tea
    Green tea

    'Green tea' is a type of tea made solely with the leaves of Camellia sinensis, that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many cultures in Asia from Japan to the Middle East....
    , sweet potato
    Sweet potato

    The 'sweet potato' is a dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Amongst the approximately 50 genera and more than 1000 species of this family, only I....
    , radish
    Radish

    The radish is an Eating root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre-Roman Empire times. They are grown and consumed throughout the world....
    , Pongee rice
    Rice

    Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
    , Satsuma pottery and kurobuta
    Berkshire (pig)

    Berkshire Pigs are a rare breed of domestic pig originating from Great Britain. In New Zealand it is estimated that there are now less than a hundred purebred sows....
     pork.

    In 2005 about 120 000 tons of fish were entered at Makurazaki harbor.. Tourism is steadily increasing also from the neighboring countries. Electric power generation is an economic factor in the prefecture. Lacking a major industrial exporter the biggest corporation is Iwasaki Group of transport, hotels, gardens and Australian holdings.

    The drilling for oil and gas in the middle of the Yellow Sea also could be seen as a prefectural concern.

    Notables

    • Hashiguchi Goyo
      Hashiguchi Goyo

      was an artist in Japan....
       (artist)
    • Saigo Takamori
      Saigo Takamori

      =Early lifeBorn lunar calendar December 7, the 10th year of Bunsei era , in Kagoshima in Satsuma domain , Saigo served as a low-ranking samurai official in his early career....
       (soldier)
    • Iron Chef
      Iron Chef

      Iron Chef is a Japanese television program produced by Fuji Television. The original Japanese title is . The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, was a stylized cooking competition featuring accomplished guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredi...
       Hiroyuki Sakai
      Hiroyuki Sakai

      Hiroyuki Sakai is a well-known Japanese chef who specializes in French cuisine. Sakai is most famous for being the second, and last, Iron Chef French on the Japanese television show Iron Chef, first appearing at the beginning of 1994 and continued his appearance in shows over nine seasons....
       (cook)
    • Shimazu Nariakira
      Shimazu Nariakira

      was a Japanese feudal lord of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain. He was renowned as an intelligent and wise lord, and was greatly interested in Rangaku and technology....
       (administrator)
    • Kazuo Inamori
      Kazuo Inamori

      Kazuo Inamori is a Japanese businessman and the founder of Kyocera....
       (industrialist turned philanthropist)
    • Mika Nakashima
      Mika Nakashima

      is a Japanese Singing, model, and Actor....
       (modern day artist)
    • Takehiko Inoue
      Takehiko Inoue

      is a Japanese manga mangaka, best known for the basketball manga Slam Dunk , which has become a success both in Japan and overseas. Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport, and many Japanese children started to play basketball because they read the manga....
       (modern comic artist)
    • Kosuke Fukudome
      Kosuke Fukudome

      "Fukudome" redirects here. For information on the WWII admiral, see Shigeru Fukudome. is a Japanese outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs....
       (MLB player)


    See also

    • 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake
      2006 Kuril Islands earthquake

      The 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake happened at late evening in local time on November 15, 2006 with epicentre at 46 degrees 42.1 minutes north, 154 degrees 2.8 minutes east....


    External links

    • National Archives of Japan