Prefecture/City:	Kagoshima Prefecture
Capital/Prefecture:	Kagoshima City
Governor/Mayor:	Satoshi Mitazono
Area:	9,189 square km (3,548 square miles)
Population:	1.68 million as of October 2013
Flower:	Rhododendron kiusianum
Tree:	Cockspur coral tree, Camphor tree
Bird:	Lidth’s jay

Business & Industry:

Kagoshima has the largest sweet potato production in Japan. Businesses producing liquors distilled from sweet potatoes are also flourishing. The prefecture is Japan’s largest producer of pork and the high-grade Kagoshima Kurobuta (Berkshire) brand pork is particularly famous nationwide.

Tourism & Culture:

Mount Sakurajima is a must-see active volcano, gazing over Kagoshima City across the bay. Ibusuki hot springs give you a unique bathing experience as you can bury yourself in hot sand. Yakushima, with its wild forest environment, became one of Japan’s first World Heritage sites in 1993.

Famous for:

The 7,200-year-old cedar tree at Yakushima is the symbol of the island. The prefecture also houses Japan’s two space rocket launch sites, operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.