Kagoshima (kä'gō`shĭmä), city (1990 pop. 536,752), capital of Kagoshima prefecture, extreme S Kyushu, Japan, on Satsuma Peninsula and Kagoshima Bay. An important port, it has a navy yard. The city's industries produce Satsuma porcelain ware, textiles, and metal and wood products, and its hot springs make it a popular tourist attraction. It is the seat of two universities and is historically important as the castle town of the Shimazu family and as the birthplace of Takamori Saigo Saigo, Takamori (täkä`mōrē sī`gō)
..... Click the link for more information. , Toshimichi Okubo Okubo, Toshimichi (tō'shēmē`chē ō`k
..... Click the link for more information. , and Heihachiro Togo Togo, Heihachiro (hā`hächĭrō` tō`gō), 1846–1934, Japanese admiral, Japan's greatest naval hero.
..... Click the link for more information. . The center of the Satsuma Satsuma (säts
`mä), peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, SW Kyushu, Japan.
..... Click the link for more information. Rebellion, the city was destroyed in 1877. In 1914 it suffered damage from the eruption of a volcano on Sakurajima Sakurajima (säk
..... Click the link for more information. , then an island in the bay, and it was bombed (1945) in World War II. It was at Kagoshima that St. Francis Xavier landed in 1549. Kagoshima prefecture (1990 pop. 1,797,766), 3,515 sq mi (9,104 sq km), is largely mountainous, with gold, silver, iron, and copper mines. There is some lumbering and agriculture in the rough interior, while fishing is important along the coast. Kagoshima prefecture is the site of two Japanese rocket launch centers.
Kagoshima
..... Click the link for more information. , Toshimichi Okubo Okubo, Toshimichi (tō'shēmē`chē ō`k
..... Click the link for more information. , and Heihachiro Togo Togo, Heihachiro (hā`hächĭrō` tō`gō), 1846–1934, Japanese admiral, Japan's greatest naval hero.
..... Click the link for more information. . The center of the Satsuma Satsuma (säts
`mä), peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, SW Kyushu, Japan...... Click the link for more information. Rebellion, the city was destroyed in 1877. In 1914 it suffered damage from the eruption of a volcano on Sakurajima Sakurajima (säk
..... Click the link for more information. , then an island in the bay, and it was bombed (1945) in World War II. It was at Kagoshima that St. Francis Xavier landed in 1549. Kagoshima prefecture (1990 pop. 1,797,766), 3,515 sq mi (9,104 sq km), is largely mountainous, with gold, silver, iron, and copper mines. There is some lumbering and agriculture in the rough interior, while fishing is important along the coast. Kagoshima prefecture is the site of two Japanese rocket launch centers.
Kagoshima
a port in SW Japan, on S Kyushu. Pop.: 544 840 (2002 est.)
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