Kagoshima Prefecture Quiz

Capital?

On which island is Kagoshima located?

Which traditional domain largely overlaps with modern Kagoshima?

And which other traditional province makes up the prefecture?

Which family traditionally ruled that domain?

What foreign kingdom paid tribute to that family?

Which Catholic saint brought guns to Japan, via Kagoshima, for the first time?

Against which future shogun did the rulers of Kagoshima side at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600?

Against which foreign imperial power did the rulers of Kagoshima fight a brief war in 1863?

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?

This led to the "Restoration" of which emperor?

Which Kagoshima samurai, sometimes called the last true samurai, led a rebellion of disaffected samurai followers against the new government and its modernization efforts?

Kagoshima was the home port of Admiral Togo Heihachiro during Japan's ultimately victorious war against which foreign imperial power?

In the production of which snake-like fish does Kagoshima lead Japan? (Hint: It is known locally as unagi)

Which islands, formerly occupied by the US, were returned to Japan and Kagoshima Prefecture in 1954?