Kagoshima Prefecture Quiz - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Capital? Kagoshima
90%
On which island is Kagoshima located? Kyushu
90%
Which traditional domain largely overlaps with modern Kagoshima? Satsuma
70%
In the production of which snake-like fish does Kagoshima lead Japan? (Hint: It is known locally as unagi) Eel
50%
This led to the "Restoration" of which emperor? Meiji
50%
Against which foreign imperial power did the rulers of Kagoshima fight a brief war in 1863? United Kingdom
50%
Which islands, formerly occupied by the US, were returned to Japan and Kagoshima Prefecture in 1954? Amami Islands
40%
Kagoshima was the home port of Admiral Togo Heihachiro during Japan's ultimately victorious war against which foreign imperial power? Russia
40%
What foreign kingdom paid tribute to that family? Ryukyu Kingdom
40%
Which Kagoshima samurai, sometimes called the last true samurai, led a rebellion of disaffected samurai followers against the new government and its modernization efforts? Saigo Takamori
40%
Which family traditionally ruled that domain? Shimazu
30%
Against which future shogun did the rulers of Kagoshima side at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600? Tokugawa Ieyasu
30%
Which Catholic saint brought guns to Japan, via Kagoshima, for the first time? St Francis Xavier
20%
A coalition led by Kagoshima's rulers and the rulers of which other domain seized Kyoto in 1867, prompting an imperial edict to end the shogunate? Choshu
10%
And which other traditional province makes up the prefecture? Osuma
10%
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