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Kagoshima City (鹿児島市, Kagoshima-shi, IPA: [kaɡoɕimaɕi]), is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 583,966 in 285,992 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km 2. [1] The total area of the city is 547.61 km 2 (211.43 sq mi).
Kagoshima Prefecture corresponds to the ancient Japanese provinces Ōsumi and Satsuma, including the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands (). [4] This region played a key role in the Meiji Restoration (Saigō Takamori), and the city of Kagoshima was an important naval base during Japan's 20th century wars and the home of admiral Tōgō Heihachirō.
View of Sakurajima from mainland Kagoshima. The name "Kagoshima" came from Kagoshima Shrine situated in Hayato Town, Kirishima City.A number of theories exist as to the wider etymology of the name; in one, the name comes from a boat used by the mythical Hoori that was built in Kagoyama Mountain, with Hoori himself later enshrined on Kagoshima; in another, "kagoshima" comes from Sakurajima, a ...
Kagoshima-ken (鹿児島県) - The name of Kagoshima came from Kagoshima Shrine in Hayato, Kirishima. There are several theories about the origin of the name, such as a boat of Hoori who was enshrined there was built in Kagoyama Mountain, or that Kagoshima means a kami mountain (island) or an island where kami lives, Kagoshima came from ...
Yakushima (屋久島) is one of the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The island, 504.88 km 2 (194.94 sq mi) in area, has a population of 13,178. Access to the island is by hydrofoil ferry (7 or 8 times a day from Kagoshima, depending on the season), slow car ferry (once or twice a day from Kagoshima), or by air to Yakushima Airport (3 to 5 times daily from Kagoshima, once daily ...
The island has no airport, and access is normally by ferry to the city of Kagoshima on the mainland, seven hours away. The islanders are dependent mainly on agriculture, fishing and seasonal tourism. The island's attractions include hot springs, a lighthouse, an observatory and a museum of local history and folklore.
Gajaja Island and Ko-Gajaja Island, two islands located in the village. Toshima (十島村, Toshima-mura) is a village consisting of the islands of the Tokara Islands located in the Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The village office is located in the city of Kagoshima, outside the village.
The former island is part of the city of Kagoshima which is only 4km across the bay. [8] The surface of this volcanic peninsula is about 77 km 2 (30 sq mi). Sakurajima has a population of a few thousand residents, formerly incorporated as Sakurajima town, with a number of schools, shrines, and shops on the island.