page_title: Kagoshima Prefecture
section_title: Sport and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Kagoshima Prefecture / Sport and recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: J. League Division 2 ,Kyoto Sanga F.C. vs V-Varen Nagasaki, 11 May, 2014
context_page_description: Kagoshima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,599,779 and has a geographic area of 9,187 km². Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto Prefecture to the north and Miyazaki Prefecture to the northeast.
  Kagoshima is the capital and largest city of Kagoshima Prefecture, with other major cities including Kirishima, Kanoya, and Satsumasendai. Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southernmost point of Kyūshū and includes the Satsunan Islands group of the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture's mainland territory extends from the Ariake Sea to Shibushi Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast, and is characterized by two large peninsulas created by Kagoshima Bay. Kagoshima Prefecture formed the core of the Satsuma Domain, ruled from Kagoshima Castle, one of the most important Japanese domains of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.
context_section_description: Kagoshima Rebnise, a professional basketball team, was founded in 2003 and currently competes in the second division of the national B.League. Kagoshima United FC, a soccer team, was founded in 2014 and competes in the J3 League. Although no major professional baseball teams are based in the prefecture, a number of Kagoshima's ballparks have hosted the spring training camps of Nippon Professional Baseball teams:
  Kamoike Ballpark, previous camp home of the Chiba Lotte Marines (NPB) and Lotte Giants (KBO League). Also hosts regular season games.
  Kamoike Citizen Stadium
  Ibusuki Municipal Ballpark (指宿市営球場), camp home of the Kokutesu Swallows
  Yunomoto Ballpark (湯之元球場), camp home of the Yakult Atoms
  Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium, camp home of Júbilo Iwata (soccer) and Toshiba Brave Lupus (rugby)
  Kagoshima Fureai Sportsland, camp home of Sagan Tosu (soccer)
  The Kirishima-Yaku National Park is located in Kagoshima Prefecture.
caption: Shiranami Stadium.
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