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Encyclopedia > Kashima

Kashima is the name of several places:

  • Kashima, Ibaraki
  • Kashima, Kagoshima
  • Kashima, Kumamoto
  • Kashima, Saga
  • Kashima, Shimane

Kashima Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki.


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KASHIMA CITY (133 words)
Kashima is favorably located in the east part of Japan, on the Pacific Ocean side of Honsyu Island.
At present Kashima is well known to people all over the country as a hometown of Kashima Antlers.
On the other hand, the old shinto shrine Kashima Jingu is sitting solemnly in the precincts surrounded by dense trees.
Kashima Shinryu Kenjutsu (947 words)
Kashima Shinryu is an older traditional Japanese martial art (koryu), of which we concentrate on the kenjutsu (sword) techniques.
Kashima Shinryu developed during Japan's turbulent mediaeval period, and its teachings are believed to be the core of Japanese martial arts.
Matsumoto (1468-1524?) was chief retainer of the Shirakawa Kashima Shrine in modern Fukushima.
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