Terukunicho

Terukunicho is a quarter in Kagoshima, Kagoshima and has about 2,070 residents. Terukunicho is situated nearby to the quarter Hiranocho, as well as near Higashi-Sengokucho.

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Type: Quarter with 2,070 residents
Description: neighborhood in Kagoshima, Japan
Also known as: “Terukuni-chō”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Terukuni shrine and Mt. Shiroyama.

Terukuni shrine

Shinto shrine

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Terukuni jinja is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. This shrine is considered to be a dwelling place for the kami of Shimazu Nariakira, whose posthumous name is Terukuni Daimyōjin.

Mt. Shiroyama

Peak

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Mount Shiroyama is a mountain located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The true height is 107m. The original name is Tsuru ga mine The mountain is famous as the site of the Battle of Shiroyama in 1877, at the end of the Satsuma rebellion.

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kagoshima

Church

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The Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier, also called the Xavier Church, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima and seat of the diocesan bishop, currently Paul Kenjiro Koriyama.