History of Kagoshima Prefecture information

The outline of the History of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan is described herein. The name "Kagoshima" came from Kagoshima Shrine situated in Hayato Town...

Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県, Kagoshima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a...

Sachima-han), briefly known as the Kagoshima Domain (鹿児島藩, Kagoshima-han), was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from...

of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyūshū, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin...

Kagoshima Airport (鹿児島空港, Kagoshima Kūkō) (IATA: KOJ, ICAO: RJFK) is an airport located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 29.6 km (18.4 mi) northeast...

of 7,735 km2 (2,986 sq mi). Miyazaki Prefecture borders Ōita Prefecture to the north, Kumamoto Prefecture to the northwest, and Kagoshima Prefecture to...

Satsuma-no-Kuni) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Its abbreviation was Sasshū...

Kagoshima, Capital of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. That was formed from the merger of Volca Kagoshima and FC Kagoshima. Both clubs played in the Kyushu...

Kagoshima College of Fisheries (鹿児島水産専門学校, Kagoshima Suisan Senmon Gakkō) - established in 1946. The following schools became Kagoshima Prefectural University...

aristocratic family of samurai origins that originated on the Tanegashima Island, just south of Kyūshū. From the late Sengoku era to the start of the Meiji era...

Kagoshima Prefecture were started by Nakamatsu Yashū in the 1960s and 70s. He revealed that most of what were called gusuku by local communities of Amami...

皆村武一, eds. (1999). Kagoshima-ken no rekishi 鹿児島県の歴史 (in Japanese). Yamakawa Shuppansha 山川出版社. The Documents of Iriki: The documents of the Irikiin clan...

Kagoshima Castle (鹿児島城, Kagoshima-jō), also known as Tsurumaru Castle, was a Japanese castle located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Kagoshima Castle...

Kagoshima Station (鹿児島駅) is a railway station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. It is the notional southern terminus of the Kyushu Railway Company's...

Miyazaki Prefecture to the southeast, and Kagoshima Prefecture to the south. Kumamoto is the capital and largest city of Kumamoto Prefecture, with other...

during the American military occupation of the islands, it had a leading role in the movement for the reversion of Amami to Japan although at the final stage...

kamïyaki, is grey stoneware produced in Tokunoshima, the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, from the 11th century to the early 14th century, or from...

war. She is called the "Mother of Kamikazes". Torihama was born in Kagoshima prefecture on June 20, 1902. When she turned 18, she married Yoshkiyo Torihama...

second commercial television station in Kagoshima prefecture, started broadcast in 1969. KTS was a triple affiliate of FNN, NNN and ANN when it begins broadcasting...

Kagoshima Broadcasting (鹿児島放送, Kagoshima Hōsō), also known as KKB, is a television network headquartered in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is affiliated...

Wakayama Prefectural Museum Kagoshima City Museum of Art 調査研究・資料 [Materials for Investigation and Research] (in Japanese). Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural...

The Kagoshima Berkshire, Japanese: かごしま黒豚, is a Japanese breed of domestic pig found in Kagoshima prefecture in south-western Japan. It derives from the...