Kagoshima (鹿児島市; -shi) is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwest tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefrecture by some margin.
Kagoshima was bombarded by the British Royal Navy in 1863 to punish the Satsuma daimyo for the murder of Charles Richardson on the Tōkaidō highway the previous year, and the refusal to pay an indemnity in compensation.
Kagoshima was the birthplace and scene of the last stand of Saigo Takamori, a legendary figure in Meiji Japan in 1877 at the end of the Satsuma Rebellion (Seinan Senso).
Kagoshima Prefecture corresponds to the ancient Japanese provinces Osumi and Satsuma.
The towns of Amagi and Isen from Oshima District are scheduled to merge to form the new town of Amagiisen on March 31, 2007.
The town of Ei from Ibusuki District is scheduled to merge with the towns of Chiran and Kawanabe from Kawanabe District to form a new city on December 1, 2007.
American strategy not necessarily look forward to the conquest of the entire island since the main objective of OLYMPIC was the acquisition of real estate-the ground on which to build the airfields and supply bases from which to support CORONET.
Nominally there were two air armies but the one centering on the Kanto district had an operational strength of only 50 planes, and the other (on Honshu) was only a training force.
Once Kagoshima Wan was cleared, Adm. Rodgers was to take charge as Senior Officer Present, Afloat and begin construction of naval installations there.
The village office is located at Kagoshima City outside the village.
The ten islands comprising the village were a part of the former Ryukyu Kingdom and became territory of the Shimazu Family (a vassal of Tokugawa family) in 1609.
After the Meiji Restoration, these islands were allotted to Kawanabe District of Satsuma Province, then transferred to Oshima District of Osumi Province in 1897.
Located at the southern extremity of Kyushu, Kagoshima has a territory extending about 600 kilometers from the prefectural border in the north to the boundary between it and Okinawa.
The temperate and undulating coastline has a shape that looks as if it were hugging the Sakura-jima Island, an active volcano sitting in the Kagoshima (Kinko) Bay.
On the sea far beyond to the south there are about 30 islands, such as the Yaku-shima Island registered as a World Natural Heritage, the Tokara Islands with a chain of twelve isles of different sizes over about 162 kilometers, and Amami-Oshima, the third largest island in Japan.
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Amagi (天城町; -chou) is a town located in Ooshima DistrictKagoshima Japan.
As of 2003 the town has an estimated population of 7 192 and the density of 89.52 persons per kmandsup2.
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In efforts to learn more on the various species of insects in the local rainforests, Awang Tuah Atar, an assistant entomologist from the Department of Museum has left Brunei recently for a one-month study trip to Japan.
Tuah Atar will be studying entomology in University of Kagoshima, Japan and his studies will concentrate mainly on ants species.
During the trip, Awang Tuah Atar also brought with him 500 bile of 2,000 ants species from the local rainforests of Belait and Tutong District to be examined and categorised.
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Their gravesite, amidst those of hundreds of other samurai who died in Kyoto during the Meiji Restoration, is located in Ryozen Cemetery in Kyoto’s Higashiyama district.
It was Goto who, at Ryoma’s behest, advised Yodo to urge the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, to abdicate and restore power to the emperor.
Kagoshima castle town was the center of the Satsuma domain, which, along with Choshu, stood at the vanguard of the revolution.
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Reassigned to 4th Surface Escort Division, Sasebo Naval District.
Escorted convoy from Ishigaki to Keelung, then back to Kagoshima.
Escorted convoy from Kagoshima via Okinawa and Miyako Retto to Keelung and back.
Situated in the business district, the resort boasts a view of Kinko Bay and is near some of Japan's nicest beaches.
Also nearby is Iso Teien (Park), the one-time summer home of a local ruler from the 17th century.
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As it moved southward a violent storm forced it into Kagoshima Bay for shelter and there Ko, handcuffed, eluded captors, leaped overboard and swam ashore.
When he sought help to have the handcuffs removed the local police had no choice but to arrest him for illegal entry.
This hotel is located in the business district, and has a gorgeous view of Kinko Bay and is close to Iso Teien (Park), the one-time summer home of a local ruler from the 17th century.
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On 21 February, at 22:28 Central European Time, (22 February, 06:28 local time), a Japanese M-V rocket blasted off from the Uchinoura Space Centre, in the Kagoshimadistrict of Japan, carrying the new infrared satellite into space.
In about two weeks' time, ASTRO-F will be in polar orbit around the Earth at an altitude of 745 kilometres.
Court accepts priest's touching of girl's breasts as 'religious activity'
SATSUMASENDAI, Kagoshima -- A Shinto priest accused of indecent assault for massaging the breasts of a 15-year-old girl was found not guilty after a court here ruled that his act was a "religious activity."
"There is room to accept that his act was a religious activity, and reasonable doubt in saying he possessed sexual intent," Judge Atsushi Tomita said in handing down the ruling at the Sendai branch of the KagoshimaDistrict Court on Wednesday.
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Located in the south central part of Chiran in Kagoshima Prefecture, the Chiran tea district consists of farmland at about 150 meters above sea level.
Although it's one of the newer green tea growing areas of Japan, (only starting in the 1950's), the green tea produced here has made a name for itself.
We obtain our products from a number of different vendors in Uji, Shizuoka, Kagoshima, and other prefectures.
This book shows photos of self-exercises, gives his dietary guidelines, explains the basics of the Kototama Principle, and has many methods for helping restore oneself to health.
Born in May 1918 in Southern Japan, KagoshimaDistrict, Sensei Nakazono began his studies by practicing kendo at the age of 6.
At 12 he began learning judo and at 19 started karate.