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Kagoshima

American  
[kah-gaw-shee-mah] / ˈkɑ gɔˈʃi mɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport on S Kyushu, in SW Japan.


Kagoshima British  
/ ˌkæɡɒˈʃiːmə /

noun

  1. a port in SW Japan, on S Kyushu. Pop: 544 840 (2002 est)

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But the weather agency forecast ashfall in part of Kagoshima and neighbouring Miyazaki prefecture, as the eruption continued several times.

From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025

Last month, Hong Kong Airlines suspended all flights to the southern Japanese prefectures of Kagoshima and Kumamoto, citing low demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

There are no hospitals on some of these far-flung islands - the nearest is at least six hours by ferry to the prefectural capital, Kagoshima.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

So, he went to Kimotsuki in Kagoshima Prefecture, where the discovery had been made, but could not find any other samples.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

Save this little, so that you may understand, that it was that last terrible stand of Saigo behind the hills of Kagoshima, where the Shogunate perished and the empire was born again in 1868.

From The Way of the Gods by John Luther Long

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