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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 ...
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]
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
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.
Hayatozuka (隼人塚) is a Buddhist-related ruin located in located in the Uchiyamada, Hayato neighborhood of the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1921. [1]
The Ōsumi Kokubun-ji (大隅国分寺) was a Buddhist temple located in what is now the Kokubu neighborhood of the city of Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan.It was one of the provincial temples per the system established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794) for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising imperial rule over the provinces. [1]
Kirishima (霧島) is a Japanese surname. It may refer to: Kirishima, Kagoshima, a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan; Kirishima, Kagoshima (town) ...
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 ...