Ibusuki [city] - Ibusuki

Japanese: 指宿[市] - いぶすき

A city occupying the southeastern part of the Satsuma Peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. The Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line runs through it. Many hot springs (weakly alkaline saline springs, 60°C) spring up along the coast of Kagoshima Bay, and it has developed into a hot spring city in the Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park. The city is also popular for cultivating ornamental plants and vegetables using the heat from the hot springs, and for eel farming. There is the Tropical Botanical Garden attached to Kagoshima University, and an artifact-bearing layer (historic site) where Jomon and Yayoi pottery was excavated. Lake Ikeda is located in the west, Eel Pond in the center, and Mt. Kaimon on the southwestern edge. The natural sand bath hot springs are famous. In January 2006, Yamakawa Town and Kaimon Town in Ibusuki County were incorporated. ^{148.84 km2} . 44,396 people (2010).
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Japanese:

鹿児島県薩摩半島南東部を占める市。1954年市制。指宿枕崎線が通じる。鹿児島湾岸に多くの温泉（弱アルカリ性食塩泉，60℃）がわき，霧島錦江湾国立公園中の温泉都市として発展，温泉熱利用の観葉植物・野菜栽培，ウナギ養殖も盛ん。鹿児島大学付属熱帯植物園，縄文(じょうもん)・弥生(やよい)の土器を出土した遺物包含層（史跡）がある。西部に池田湖，中部に鰻(うなぎ)池，南西端に開聞岳がある。天然砂むし温泉は有名。2006年１月揖宿郡山川町，開聞町を編入。148.84km²。４万4396人（2010）。
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