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The Kagoshima Berkshire apparently descends from two British Berkshire pigs brought to Japan in the 1930s. [2]: 629 [3] Meat from this breed may be marketed under the brand name "Kurobuta", meaning "black pig". [2]: 629 Pork from Kagoshima Berkshire pigs constitutes approximately 2% of the total annual production in Japan. The meat is ...
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.
Nagashima (長島町, Nagashima-chō) is a town located in Izumi District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 31 January 2024 [update] , the town had an estimated population of 9618 in 4386 households, and a population density of 83 people per km 2 . [ 3 ]
1945 seat of the Chūgoku governorate-general in Hiroshima City, previously and today a building used by Hiroshima University In the later stages of World War II, in preparation for an Allied invation of the home islands, regions served as administrative units between the Home Ministry and the governments of prefectures from 1943.
(Sus scrofa leucomystax, aka white-moustached pig, Nihon-inoshishi (ニホンイノシシ)), is a subspecies of wild boar native to all of Japan, save for Hokkaido and the Ryukyu Islands. Japanese bush warbler: Fauna (uguisu (鶯), is an Asian passerine bird more often heard than seen. It is a year-round resident of Japan (except Hokkaido where ...
Kagoshima Arena (also known as Nishihara Shokai Arena) is an indoor sporting arena located in Kagoshima, Japan [1]. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 and was opened in 1992 [ citation needed ] . It hosted some matches for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup .
Sengan-en (仙巌園) is a Japanese garden attached to a former Shimazu clan residence in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.Designated a Place of Scenic Beauty, together with the adjacent Shōko Shūseikan it forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining.
Since Hokkaido and Honshu were land-locked with the Eurasian continent during the Ice Age, these animals came from the continent via Hokkaido. In addition, projectile points made from polished wild cattle bones have been found at the same site, although in small quantities, suggesting that humans existed during this period and that Hanaizumi ...