Kashima

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Kashima (鹿島) may refer to:

Places in Japan

  • Kashima District, Ibaraki, a district in Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Kashima, Saga, a city in Saga Prefecture
    • Hizen-Kashima Station, railway station
    • Kashima Gatalympics, an annual sporting event
  • Kashima, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
  • Kashima, Shimane, a town in Shimane Prefecture
  • Kashima, Fukushima, a former town in Fukushima Prefecture (now part of Minamisōma, Fukushima)
    • Kashima Station (Fukushima), railway station
  • Kashima District, Ishikawa, a district in Ishikawa Prefecture
    • Kashima, Ishikawa, a former town in Ishikawa Prefecture (now part of Nakanoto, Ishikawa)
  • Kashima, Kagoshima, a former village in Kagoshima Prefecture (now part of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima)
  • Kashima Station (Osaka), a railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
  • Kashima Domain, a historical tozama feudal domain of the Edo period
  • Port of Kashima, seaport located in the cities of Kamisu and Kashima

Martial arts and sport

Military

  • Japanese battleship Kashima, a pre-dreadnought battleship operating from 1906 to 1924
  • Japanese cruiser Kashima, a light cruiser operated from 1940 until 1947
  • JDS Kashima (TV-3508), a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force training vessel operated from 1995 to present

Other uses

  • Kashima (god), a Shinto god who restrains the Namazu
  • Kashima (surname)
  • Kashima Railway Line, a closed railway line
  • Kashima Reiko, a Japanese urban legend, similar to Teke Teke

See also

  • Kajima, the construction corporation, pronounced with a J instead of a SH sound
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