Kushima [city] - Kushima

Japanese: 串間[市] - くしま

A city at the southern tip of Miyazaki Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. It faces Shibushi Bay to the south and is mostly mountainous. The city center was originally written as Kushima, and after Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Kyushu, it was once a castle town of the Akizuki clan. The Nichinan Line runs through the city. Double rice cropping, forced vegetable cultivation, and fruit cultivation are thriving, and livestock farming is also carried out. Coastal fishing and yellowtail farming are also thriving. It occupies the southern part of the Nichinan Coast Quasi-National Park and is home to Cape Toi and Kojima. 295.16 ^km2 . Population 20,453 (2010).

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Japanese:

宮崎県南端の市。1954年市制。南は志布志湾に面し，大部分は山地。中心市街は古くは櫛間と記し，豊臣秀吉の九州統一後，一時秋月氏の城下町であった。日南線が通じる。米の二期作，野菜の促成栽培，果樹栽培が盛んで，畜産も行う。沿岸漁業，ハマチ養殖も盛ん。日南海岸国定公園の南部を占め，都井(とい)岬，幸島(こうじま)がある。295.16km²。２万453人（2010）。

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