Where is Kagoshima? Is it near from Tokyo?
Ow… please… Japan is not all about Tokyo…
Well, it can’t be denied… Kagoshima is not really popular (wupss…).
Kagoshima (鹿児島) is name of prefecture in Japan and also name of its capital city, located at the southwestern tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan. Kagoshima is consist of 2 peninsular and 20 islands. The total land area is 9,167 km which makes it the 10th biggest prefecture in Japan. According to wikipedia, the estimated population was 605,855 on 1 January 2010.
The reason why I want to write about Kagoshima is because I lived here and I like this city. I come to Kagoshima first on Jan, 2006 for less than 1 month. I come back to Kagoshima again at the end of 2006 for continuing my study in Kagoshima University. That’s almost 4 years ago… and time goes very fast. I’m going to leave this city soon… (^^;)
Well… lets continues the story ^-^
Last month, staff in my faculty office told me, that I was chosen to become “friendship of Kagoshima”. I’m not really understand what its meaning… but, I had no objection. I like this city, thought..
When I talk about Kagoshima, there would be several things can’t be separated. This is my list:
1. Sakurajima
2. Sochu
3. Black Catlee (kuro-buta and kuro-usi)
4. Tsuna musi onsen
5. Yakushima with the oldest tree in Japan
6. Tanegashima with its space centre
7. Tori-sashi
8. Kagoshima dialect or Kagoshima ben
….. continued…. ^-^
I’ll explain all my list later.
If you were interested to know more about Kagoshima, there are several links:
Kagoshima visitor guide or Kagoshima pref.
See also about my university here.
