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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Today's lunch is sushi and miso soup," a message posted with the photo said, along with the hashtag #Yellowtail from Kagoshima and scallops from Hokkaido.

From Barron's Nov. 20, 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

Xavier, with two fellow countrymen and Anjiro, repaired to Kagoshima, where the Satsuma baron gave them unqualified permission to preach their doctrine.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley

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