is a port
city||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
located on the
Pacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and...
in
Ibarakiis a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region on Honshū island. The capital is Mito.- History :Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province. In 1871, the name of the province became Ibaraki...
,
Japanis 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...
. It is sometimes considered to be part of the
Greater Tokyo AreaThe Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of most of the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tokyo . In Japanese, it is referred to by various terms, including the , , , and others....
.
As of 2008, the city has an estimated
populationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
of 65,193 and the
densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
of 701 persons per km². The total area is 92.96 km². The city was founded on September 1, 1995.
Kashima is the home of the
J. LeagueThe , or , is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class ranking by the AFC. Currently, J...
's most successful team to date,
Kashima Antlersare a professional football team playing in the Japanese J. League. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....
. Their home field,
Kashima Stadiumis a soccer stadium in the city of Kashima, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is the home stadium of the Kashima Antlers, a traditionally strong team in Japan's top soccer division. The stadium's capacity is 40,728...
, was used as a site during the World Cup in 2002.
is a port
city||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
located on the
Pacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and...
in
Ibarakiis a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region on Honshū island. The capital is Mito.- History :Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province. In 1871, the name of the province became Ibaraki...
,
Japanis 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...
. It is sometimes considered to be part of the
Greater Tokyo AreaThe Greater Tokyo Area is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of most of the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tokyo . In Japanese, it is referred to by various terms, including the , , , and others....
.
As of 2008, the city has an estimated
populationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
of 65,193 and the
densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
of 701 persons per km². The total area is 92.96 km². The city was founded on September 1, 1995.
Kashima is the home of the
J. LeagueThe , or , is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class ranking by the AFC. Currently, J...
's most successful team to date,
Kashima Antlersare a professional football team playing in the Japanese J. League. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....
. Their home field,
Kashima Stadiumis a soccer stadium in the city of Kashima, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is the home stadium of the Kashima Antlers, a traditionally strong team in Japan's top soccer division. The stadium's capacity is 40,728...
, was used as a site during the World Cup in 2002. The city is also the site of the
Kashima ShrineKashima Shrine is a shrine dedicated to the Shinto kami Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto , one of the patron deity of martial arts. Dojo of kenjutsu and kendo sometimes display a kakejiku emblazoned with Kashima Taishin...
, a
Shintoor kami-no-michi is the natural spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. The word Shinto was adopted from the written Chinese , combining two kanji: , meaning gods or spirits ; and , or "do" meaning a philosophical path or study...
temple which is considered the birthplace of many influential styles of swordplay (
Kenjutsu, meaning "the art of the sword", is a term for classical Japanese sword arts , in particular those which predate the Meiji Restoration...
) in Japan. It's one of the oldest shrines in eastern Japan, founded in 660 BC in legend, and the real period is estimated as the 4th century from historical studies.
Kashima is the central city of Kashima Industrial Zone, and it has a large industrial park with about 1500 factories, specialized for
petrochemicalPetrochemicals are chemical products made from raw materials of petroleum or other hydrocarbon origin. Although some of the chemical compounds that originate from petroleum may also be derived from coal and natural gas, petroleum is the major source...
and
steelSteel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
plants. Japan Government created this zone from 1963, and the development was mostly completed in 1973.
Transportation
Kashima is at the eastern end of the JR
Kashima LineThe is a railway line of the East Japan Railway Company . It links Katori Station with Kashima Soccer Stadium Station, by crossing and then following the Tone River, the border between Chiba Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefectures.- Operation :...
which connects it (through the
Narita LineThe is a name used by three railway lines located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The main line runs between Sakura Station and Matsugishi Station, and is sometimes referred to as the . A branch line from Abiko Station to Narita Station is often called the , and a second branch, known as the runs...
and Sobu Line) to
Chiba Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...
and
Tokyo, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
. The
Higashi-Kantō ExpresswayThe is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.-Overview:Officially the expressway is referred to as the Higashi-Kantō Expressway Mito Route....
follows a similar route from Kashima to Tokyo. Most of passengers use the expressway for Tokyo, and railways works mainly for local passengers or some of goods.
The closest major airport is
Narita International Airportis an international airport located in Narita, Chiba, Japan, in the eastern portion of the Greater Tokyo Area. It is located east of Tokyo Station and east southeast of Narita Station....
, linked by expressway. There is a large international freight port, Kashima Port in the industrial zone.
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