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Kirishima (霧島市, Kirishima-shi) is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 123,640 in 63202 households, and a population density of 200 persons per km 2. [1] The total area of the city is 603.17 km 2 (232.89 sq mi). Kirishima has the second largest population of the cities in ...
The article is about a former town. For a current city, see Kirishima, Kagoshima. Kirishima (霧島町, Kirishima-chō) was a town located in Aira District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of July 1, 2005 (prior to the merger), the town had a population of 5,795 and the density of 70.21 people/km 2. The total area was 82.54 km 2.
Rank (2020) Name Status 2020 2015 2010 2005 2000 1995 1 Kagoshima: City 593,460 599,814 605,846 604,367 601,693 594,430 2 Kirishima: City 123,205 125,857
Kirishima (train), a train service in Japan; Kirishima Kazuhiro (born 1959), Japanese sumo wrestler; Reika Kirishima (born 1972), Japanese actress; Satoshi Kirishima (1954–2024), Japanese anarchist and terrorist; Kirishima Tetsuo (born 1996), Mongolian sumo wrestler; Eijiro Kirishima, a character from the manga/anime series My Hero Academia
Uenohara Site (上野原遺跡, Uenohara iseki) is an archeological site with the ruins of a Jōmon period settlement located in the Kokubu neighborhood of the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. [1] It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1999. [2]
The earliest recorded name of Makizono, is Inazumi-go. In Japanese "ina" refers to rice and "zumi" means a vast collection, or a pile. "Go" means village or hamlet. In other words, the area was known for its bountiful rice harvests. Later texts from the Tokugawa period name the area that is now Makizono, Odori-go. "Odori" is the Japanese word ...
View of Sakurajima from mainland Kagoshima. The name "Kagoshima" came from Kagoshima Shrine situated in Hayato Town, Kirishima City.A number of theories exist as to the wider etymology of the name; in one, the name comes from a boat used by the mythical Hoori that was built in Kagoyama Mountain, with Hoori himself later enshrined on Kagoshima; in another, "kagoshima" comes from Sakurajima, a ...
Kagoshima City (鹿児島市, Kagoshima-shi, IPA: [kaɡoɕimaɕi]), is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 583,966 in 285,992 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km 2. [1] The total area of the city is 547.61 km 2 (211.43 sq mi).