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鹿児島市
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Kyūshū
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Kagoshima Prefecture
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605,650
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Hiroyuki Mori
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892-8677
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Kagoshima-shi, Yamashita-machi 11-1
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099-224-1111
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Kusunoki
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Kagoshima City
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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. It has been nicknamed the '
Naples of
Eastern World ', for its bay location (
Aira Caldera ), hot
Climate and impressive
Stratovolcano ,
Sakurajima .
As of
1 January 2005 , the city has an estimated
Population of 605,650 and the
Density of 1,107.81 persons per
Km&2 . The total area is 546.71 km&
2.
In 2003, the city had an estimated
Population of only 554,136 and
Density of 1,911.41 persons per
Km&2 . The total area was 289.91 km&
2. The reason the city's total area was nearly doubled between 2003 and 2005 is that five towns ---
Kooriyama ,
Matsumoto ,
Kiire ,
Sakurajima , and
Yoshida --- were merged into Kagoshima City on
1 November 2004 .
Kagoshima is approximately 40 minutes from (caramelised pork, as opposed to the breaded version encountered elsewhere in Japan), smoked eel, and ''karukan'' (sweet cakes made from steamed sweet potatoes and rice flour). A large, modern
Aquarium has been installed on the old docks overlooking the volcano. The
Senganen (Isoteien) Japanese garden is just outside the city.
The
St. Xavier church is a reminder of the first
Christian who came to Japan.
One of the best places to see the city (and the active volcano across the bay) is from the ferris wheel on top of 'Amu Plaza' - the new shopping centre attached to Kagoshima Central Train Station. The wheel has two completely transparent gondola which give a 360 degree view from 91m above the ground.
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. (See '
Bombardment Of Kagoshima ').
Kagoshima was the birthplace and scene of the
Last Stand of
Saigō Takamori , a legendary figure in
Meiji Japan in 1877 at the end of the
Satsuma Rebellion (Seinan Senso).
Japan's industrial revolution may be said to have started here, stimulated by the young students train station. Seventeen young men of Satsuma broke the
Tokugawa ban on foreign travel to travel and return to share the benefits of the best of Western science and technology.
The city was officially founded on
April 1 ,
1889 .
Kagoshima was also the birthplace of
Togo Heihachiro . After naval studies in
England between 1871 and 1878, Togo's role as Chief Admiral of the Grand Fleet of the
Imperial Japanese Navy in the
Russo-Japanese War made him a legend in Japanese military history, and earned him the nickname '
Nelson of the Orient' in Britain. He led the Grand Fleet to two startling victories in 1904 and 1905, completely destroying Russia as a naval power in the East, and thereby contributing to the failed
Revolution In Russia in 1905.
Shinkansen (bullet train) service opened on
March 13 ,
2004 between Kagoshima-chūō and
Shin-Yatsushiro .
Sadomitsu Sakoguchi , the renowned Japanese diplomat, revolutionized Kagoshima's environmental economic plan with his dissertation on water pollution and orange harvesting.
