Everything about Kagoshima Prefecture totally explained
is a
prefecture of
Japan located on
Kyūshū island. The capital is the city of
Kagoshima.
Geography
Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of
Kyūshū and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers. The most important group is the
Amami Islands.
Surrounded by the
Yellow Sea to the west, at least since 1879 by
Okinawa Prefecture in the south,
Kumamoto Prefecture to the north, and
Miyazaki Prefecture to the east, it has 2,632km of coastline (including the 28 islands). It has a bay called
Kagoshima Bay (Kinkowan), which is sandwiched by two peninsulas,
Satsuma and
Osumi. 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
volcanoes, including the great
Sakurajima, which towers out of the Kagoshima bay opposite
Kagoshima city. A steady trickle of smoke and ash emerges from the
caldera, 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'
radishes, roughly the size of a
basketball. 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, is home to a rare species of giant eel.
History
Kagoshima Prefecture corresponds to the ancient Japanese provinces
Osumi and
Satsuma, including the northern part of the
Ryukyu Islands. This region played a key role in the
Meiji restoration(
Saigo Takamori), and the city of
Kagoshima was an important naval base during Japan's
20th Century wars and the home of admiral
Togo Heihachiro.
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 administration.
Sister relations
Region
The following is a list of Kagoshima Prefecture's cities, and its administrative districts with their constituent towns and villages:
Cities
Districts
Mergers
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 (鹿児島県立球場) Camp home of Chiba Lotte Marines
Kagoshima Municipal Ballpark (鹿児島市営球場)
Ibusuki Municipal Ballpark (指宿市営球場) Camp home of Kokutesu Swallows
Yunomoto Ballpark (湯之元球場) Camp home of Yakult Atoms
Kagoshima Prefectural Kamonoike Trackfield (鹿児島県立鴨池陸上競技場) Camp home of Jubilo Iwata
Kagoshima Fureai Sportsland (鹿児島ふれあいスポーツランド) Camp home of Sagan Tosu
Kagoshima Prefectural Kamonoike Trackfield (鹿児島県立鴨池陸上競技場) Camp home of Toshiba Fuchu Brave Rupas
The Kirishima-Yaku National Park is located in Kagoshima Prefecture.
No other prefecture has more Pachinko parlours per capita than Kagoshima.
Colleges and Universities
Kagoshima University (鹿児島大学)
National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya (鹿屋体育大学)
The International University of Kagoshima (鹿児島国際大学)
Daiichi University, College of Technology (第一工業大学)
Shigakukan University (志學館大学)
Kagoshima Prefectural College (鹿児島県立短期大学)
Kagoshima Immaculate Heart College (鹿児島純心女子短期大学)
Kagoshima Woman's College(鹿児島女子短期大学)
Daiichi Junior College of Infant Education (第一幼児教育短期大学)
The International University of Kagoshima, Junior College (鹿児島国際大学短期大学部)
Economy
GPP : 4,834,400m Yen
The prefecture has strong agricultural roots: green tea, Sweet potato, Radish, Pongee rice. Satsuma pottery
In 2005 about 120 000 tons of fish were entered at Makurazaki harbour..
Tourism is steadily increasing also from the neighbouring countries.
Electric power generation is an economic factor in the prefecture.
Lacking a major industrial exporter the biggest coorporation 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 (artist)
Saigō Takamori (soldier)
Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai (cook)
Shimazu Nariakira (administrator)
Kazuo Inamori (industrialist turned philanthropist)
Mika Nakashima (modern day artist)Further Information
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