Kagoshima, Kagoshima
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Kagoshima (鹿児島市, Kagoshima-shi) is a Japanese city in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.[1] It is the capital city of the prefecture.[2]
Kagoshima is at the southwestern tip of Kyūshū.[2]
It has been recognized as a core city since 1996.[3]
History
Kagoshima was the center of Satsuma Province[4] and the land of the Shimazu clan.[2]
Timeline
- 1602 (Keichō 7): Shimazu build Tsurumaru castle[2]
- 1549 (Tenbun 18): Francis Xavier arrives in Japan[2]
- 1779 (An'ei 7): Sakurajima volcanic action[5]
- 1863 (Bunkyū 3): Bombardment of Kyushu by British Navy[2]
- 1914 (Taishō 3): Sakurajima erupts[5]
- 2013 Sakurajima erupts.
Kagoshima, Kagoshima Media
Kagoshima prefecture population pyramid in 2020
Sakurajima Ferry, linking former Sakurajima Town and Kagoshima City (Taken on July 9, 2004)
Kagoshima city tram Taniyama Line
Kagoshima Interchange, the end point of the Ibusuki Skyline and the Kyushu Expressway in Kagoshima City, Japan
Alphanumeral road sign for Kyushu Expressway
Alphanumeral road sign for Hiroshima-Kure Road
Map of the Bombardment of Kagoshima on 15 to 18 August 1863
The city covered deep in ash after the 1914 eruption of the Sakurajima volcano which is seen in the distance across the bay
The bombed out ruins of a Kagoshima residential area with Sakurajima in the background, 1 November 1945
References
- ↑ Deal, William E. (2005). Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, p. 73.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagoshima prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 447.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Satsuma" at p. 829.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nussbaum, "Sakurajima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 814.
Other websites
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Kagoshima |
Media related to Kagoshima at Wikimedia Commons
- Kagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau (in English)
- http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/_1010/shimin/foreigner.html Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
- Kagoshima Internationalization Council Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
Geographic data related to Kagoshima, Kagoshima at OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 31°36′N 130°33′E / 31.600°N 130.550°E
