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Kagoshima Tsurumaru Castle (Reimeikan) in Kagoshima City, Japan (9th February 2015)

TSURUMARU Castle (Kagoshima Castle)


HISTORY

In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated opponent lords including Shimazu at the battle of Sekigahara, Gifu Prefecture.
As a result, Ieyasu established Tokugawa military government in Tokyo.

Shimazu immediately built this castle to prepare for the battle with incoming military of Ieyasu.

However, the invasion was cancelled and Shimazu family was allowed to continue to govern Kagoshima during Edo period.
Instead,　Ieyasu reduced territory of Shimazu greatly.

This castle had not been used for battle until Meiji Period.
In 1862, Namamugi Incident took place in Kanagawa Prefecture.
At the incident, British ambassador was killed by Samurai of Shimazu.

As a revenge, British navy attacked Kagoshima city (Anglo-Satsuma War) in 1863.
This Kagoshima Castle was bombarded with canons for the first time in the history.

Main buildings of the castle were burned down in 1873.
This castle is one of 100 famous castles in Japan.



SIGHTSEEING PLACES

Following is famous sightseeing spots near near the castle.

1) Reimeikan
This history museum is located in the center of Kagoshima castle.
Many seasonal events are hosted here.


2) Kagoshima Prefecture Museum
Many wonderful pictures are stored in this museum.
It has a good cafe restaurant inside.


3) Kagoshima Prefecture Library
You can access to much information about Kagoshima.
It is comfortable to study in this library.


4) Tenmonkan Street
This street is the biggest shopping area in the southern part of Kyushu Island.
You can taste many Kagoshima's traditional foods including Shirokuma (Sherbet with tropical fruits), Satuma-Age (Deep-fried fish paste), Jumbo Mochi (Soy-source flavored rice cake).






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00:00:35 1 History
00:00:44 1.1 Prehistory to the Kofun period
00:01:41 1.2 Asuka and Nara period
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00:06:00 1.4 19th century to present
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00:09:32 3 Geography and climate
00:09:42 3.1 Geography
00:11:04 3.2 Climate
00:12:52 4 Cityscape
00:13:12 4.1 Neighborhoods
00:15:53 4.2 Wards
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00:17:46 5.1 Dialect
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00:27:29 9 Transportation
00:29:32 10 Culture and lifestyle
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00:36:11 10.4 Museum and galleries
00:37:25 10.5 Sports
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00:41:04 10.6.1 Newspapers
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00:43:00 10.6.3 Publishing companies
00:43:21 11 Places of interest
00:43:33 11.1 Amusement parks
00:44:54 11.2 Parks
00:46:19 11.3 Temples, shrines, and other historical sites
00:47:00 11.4 Entertainment
00:48:37 11.5 Red light districts
00:48:48 11.6 Day-Trip Locations
00:49:09 12 Education
00:51:36 12.1 Libraries
00:51:56 12.2 Learned society
00:52:08 13 International relations
00:52:19 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:53:19 13.2 Business partner cities
00:53:31 14 See also



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