Kagoshima (prefecture) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
prefecture of Japan
About Kagoshima (prefecture)
Kagoshima was known asSatsuma(薩摩) until 1871. It was one of the strongest Japanese provinces, at its height ruling an empire whose effective domain extended from Okinawa in the south to northern Kyushu. Fiercely reactionary, the city of Kagoshima was bombarded by English warships in 1863 in retaliation for the murder of an English trader, an event still known among the Japanese as theSatsuma-England War(薩英戦争Satsu-Ei sensō). While at first supportive of the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and a key contributor to the military defeat of the Shogunate's forces, Satsuma soon balked at the new government's attempts to roll back the privileges of the samurai. By 1877, the province had done a U-turn and was now at the forefront of theSatsuma Rebellion(西南戦争Seinan-sensō), somewhat reluctantly spearhead
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