{"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":"
\"\u5cf6\u5a18<\/a>

\u5cf6\u5a18 (Shimamusume), one of \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6's most popular brands of shochu, which is probably Kagoshima's most famous export.<\/p><\/div>\n

\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’ll find \u5317\u6d77\u9053 (\u307b\u3063\u304b\u3044\u3069\u3046\/Hokkaido), \u5357 (\u307f\u306a\u307f\/south) of it’s middle you’ll find \u56db\u56fd (\u3057\u3053\u304f\/Shikoku), and to the \u897f (\u306b\u3057\/west) you’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’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

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

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, “The Last Samurai”, is loosely based on a rebellion led by Saigo, with Ken Watanabe’s character (Katsumoto) loosely based on him.<\/p>\n

\"\u685c\u5cf6<\/a>

\u685c\u5cf6 (Sakurajima) letting us know who's in charge.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, perhaps \u9e7f\u5150\u5cf6’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’t cause health problems, but it can be extremely annoying if if it’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":"\"\"

\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’ll find \u5317\u6d77\u9053 (\u307b\u3063\u304b\u3044\u3069\u3046\/Hokkaido), \u5357 (\u307f\u306a\u307f\/south) of it’s middle you’ll find \u56db\u56fd (\u3057\u3053\u304f\/Shikoku), and to the \u897f (\u306b\u3057\/west) you’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…<\/p>\n

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