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Sakurajima and the city of Kagoshima, as seen from the observatory point atop Shiroyama
- Japanese: 鹿児島 (Kagoshima)
Kagoshima was the chief castle town of Satsuma han, home to Kagoshima castle, and is today the capital of Kagoshima prefecture.
During the Edo period, the population of the city was around 58,000.[1]
References
- ↑ Robert Hellyer, Defining Engagement, Harvard University Press (2009), 28.
