{"id":1798,"date":"2012-09-13T02:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T02:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2012-09-13T02:31:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T02:31:50","slug":"%e9%b9%bf%e5%85%90%e5%b3%b6-kagoshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/%e9%b9%bf%e5%85%90%e5%b3%b6-kagoshima\/","title":{"rendered":"\u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6 Kagoshima"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1963\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/shochu1-e1337521353296.jpg\" aria-label=\"Shochu1 E1337521353296 225x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1963\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1963\"  alt=\"\u5cf6\u5a18 (Shimamusume), one of \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6's most popular brands of shochu.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/shochu1-e1337521353296-225x300.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u5cf6\u5a18 (Shimamusume), one of \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6&#039;s most popular brands of shochu, which is probably Kagoshima&#039;s most famous export.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u65e5\u672c (\u306b\u3063\u307d\u3093\/Japan) consists of four main \u5cf6 (\u3057\u307e\/islands), starting with \u672c\u5dde(\u307b\u3093\u3057\u3085\u3046\/Honshu), the large main \u5cf6. To the \u5317 (\u304d\u305f\/north) you&#8217;ll find \u5317\u6d77\u9053 (\u307b\u3063\u304b\u3044\u3069\u3046\/Hokkaido), \u5357 (\u307f\u306a\u307f\/south) of it&#8217;s middle you&#8217;ll find \u56db\u56fd (\u3057\u3053\u304f\/Shikoku), and to the \u897f (\u306b\u3057\/west) you&#8217;ll find \u4e5d\u5dde (\u304d\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3085\u3046\/Kyushu). The biggest and most famous city in \u4e5d\u5dde\u00a0is \u798f\u5ca1 (\u3075\u304f\u304a\u304b\/Fukuoka), but if you travel far \u5357, almost as far as you can go you&#8217;ll find my adopted hometown \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6 (\u304b\u3054\u3057\u307e\/Kagoshima) city in \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6\u770c (\u304b\u3054\u3057\u307e\u3051\u3093\/Kagoshima Prefecture).<\/p>\n<p>As far as I know, the main exports of \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6 are \u713c\u914e (\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3061\u3085\u3046\/Shochu), \u7dd1\u8336 (\u308a\u3087\u304f\u3061\u3083\/green tea), \u9ed2\u8c5a (\u304f\u308d\u3076\u305f\/black pork) and \u828b (\u3044\u3082\/potatoes), both \u85a9\u6469\u828b (\u3055\u3064\u307e\u3044\u3082\/sweet potatoes) and \u3058\u3083\u304c\u828b (\u3058\u3083\u304c\u3044\u3082regular potatoes). \u85a9\u6469\u828b were such a common food for this area that the Japanese name for this \u91ce\u83dc (\u3084\u3055\u3044\/vegetable) references the name of the old domain that this area used to be, \u85a9\u6469 (\u3055\u3064\u307e\/Satsuma).\u00a0Less exported, but a popular souvenir among visitors is \u85a9\u6469\u63da\u3052 (\u3055\u3064\u307e\u3042\u3052\/Satsuma-age), which is a chewy fish-based food. The texture is similar to a firm \u8c46\u8150 (\u3068\u3046\u3075\/tofu), and the taste is \u7518\u3044 (\u3042\u307e\u3044\/sweet) without any hint of the \u9b5a (\u3055\u304b\u306a\/fish) inside.<\/p>\n<p>The most famous person from \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6 is likely \u897f\u90f7\u9686\u76db (\u3055\u3044\u3054\u3046\u305f\u304b\u3082\u308a\/Saigo Takamori), who was a key player in many of the events around the time of the Meiji Restoration in the mid 19th century. The Ken Watanabe \/ Tom Cruise movie, &#8220;The Last Samurai&#8221;, is loosely based on a rebellion led by Saigo, with Ken Watanabe&#8217;s character (Katsumoto) loosely based on him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1825\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/01\/ash-2.jpg\" aria-label=\"Ash 2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1825\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1825\"  alt=\"\u685c\u5cf6 (Sakurajima) letting us know who's in charge.\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/01\/ash-2.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u685c\u5cf6 (Sakurajima) letting us know who&#039;s in charge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, perhaps \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6&#8217;s most famous feature is \u685c\u5cf6 (\u3055\u304f\u3089\u3058\u307e\/Sakurajima), the volcano that looms over it from across the harbour. While it is not dangerous, it burps up smoke and \u7070 (\u306f\u3044\/ash) almost \u6bce\u65e5 (\u307e\u3044\u306b\u3061\/daily), sometimes coating the city in a fine layer of grey \u7070. It doesn&#8217;t cause health problems, but it can be extremely annoying if if it&#8217;s dry and the ash gets kicked up by the wind, or if\u00a0you have to wash the \u8eca (\u304f\u308b\u307e\/car) before you can drive it because the windows are coated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/09\/shochu1-e1337521353296-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>\u65e5\u672c (\u306b\u3063\u307d\u3093\/Japan) consists of four main \u5cf6 (\u3057\u307e\/islands), starting with \u672c\u5dde(\u307b\u3093\u3057\u3085\u3046\/Honshu), the large main \u5cf6. To the \u5317 (\u304d\u305f\/north) you&#8217;ll find \u5317\u6d77\u9053 (\u307b\u3063\u304b\u3044\u3069\u3046\/Hokkaido), \u5357 (\u307f\u306a\u307f\/south) of it&#8217;s middle you&#8217;ll find \u56db\u56fd (\u3057\u3053\u304f\/Shikoku), and to the \u897f (\u306b\u3057\/west) you&#8217;ll find \u4e5d\u5dde (\u304d\u3085\u3046\u3057\u3085\u3046\/Kyushu). The biggest and most famous city in \u4e5d\u5dde\u00a0is \u798f\u5ca1 (\u3075\u304f\u304a\u304b\/Fukuoka), but if you travel&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/%e9%b9%bf%e5%85%90%e5%b3%b6-kagoshima\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":4898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2239,90162,2745,90085,90084],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-japan","tag-japanese-cities","tag-japanese-food","tag-kagoshima","tag-shochu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/2240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}