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]
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History [change]
Kagoshima was the center of Satsuma Province[4] and the land of the Shimazu clan.[2]
Timeline [change]
- 1602 (Keichō 7): Smimazu build Tsurumaru castle[2]
- 1549 (Tenbun 18): Francis Xavier arrives in Japan[2]
- 1779 (An'ei 7): Sakurajima volanic action[5]
- 1863 (Bunkyū 3): Bombardment of Kyushu by British Navy[2]
- 1914 (Taishō 3): Sakurajima erupts[5]
References [change]
- ↑ 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 [change]
Media related to Kagoshima, Kagoshima at Wikimedia Commons- Kagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau (English)
- Kagogshima City official website (English); (Japanese)
- Kagoshima Internationalization Council
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