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As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 554,136 and the density of 1,911.41 persons per km˛. The total area is 289.91 km˛.
Kagoshima is a well-equipped cosmopolitan city, with an international airport, a full complement of hotels, large shopping districts and malls, served by trams, and probably the finest Satsuma region cuisine: 'kibi' (tiny fishes), tonkatsu (caramelised pork, as opposed to the breaded version encountered elsewhere in Japan), finest smoked eel, and Karukan—sweet cakes made from steamed yam and rice flour. A large, modern aquarium has been installed on the old docks overlooking the volcano. The exceptional traditional Japanese garden of Senganen (Isoteien) is just outside the city.
The St. Xavier church is a reminder of the first Christian who came to Japan.
Kagoshima has four high rise buildings, with the Kagoshima Kyocera Hotel (60 meters) being the highest.
In 1549 Japan had its first contact with Christians in Kagoshima. The Spanish missionary Francis_Xavier arrived in Kagoshima and was welcomed friendly.
Kagoshima was the scene of the last stand of Saigo Takamori, a legendary figure in MeijiThe Meiji Era ( 1868 1912) denotes the reign of the Meiji Emperor. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status. A key foreign observer of the remarkable and rapid changes in Japanese society in this period was Ernest S Japan.
Kagoshima was bombarded by the British Royal NavyThe Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. It operates a number of aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, fifteen nuclear submarines, and various other ships, as well as aircraft and Britain's amphibious forces, the Royal Marines. The Royal Navy in 1863 to punish the SatsumaThis article is about the province. For alternative meanings of the word Satsuma see Satsuma (disambig Satsuma (; -no Kuni) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu. Its abbreviation is Sass daimyoThe daimyo were the most powerful feudal rulers from the 12th century to the 19th century in Japan. After the Meiji restoration in 1869 the daimyo merged with the kuge to form a single aristocratic group, the kazoku. The term daimyo literally means "great for the murder of Charles Richardson on the TokaidoTokaido (literally, East Sea Route) is the name of several things: National Route 1, which links Tokyo and Osaka; The Tokaido Main Line, which links Tokyo and Kobe; One of the Edo Five Routes, which linked Edo (now Tokyo) and Kyoto along the shore (see be highway the previous year, and the refusal to pay an indemnity in compensation. (See A Diplomat in Japan by Sir Ernest Satow.) Japan's industrial revolution may be said to have started here, stimulated by the young students commemorated in a large statue outside the city's main train station. Seventeen young men of Satsuma broke the TokugawaThe Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. This period is known as the Edo period 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 1April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. Events 527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. 1789 In New York City, the United Stat, 1889.
Kagoshima was the birthplace of Togo Heihachiro, who travelled to England to study naval science 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.