is a

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located in

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 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto P ...

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. The city was founded on April 1, 1954. As of 2017, the city has an estimated

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of 52,978. In 2008, the city had a

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of 170 persons per km². The total area is 329.98 km². On March 13, 2006, the towns of

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and Takaono (both from

Izumi District , meaning " spring" or "fountain", is a Japanese given name and surname. While a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can alternately be written as , , , or . People with the name include: As given name * , actress * , stage name M ...

) were merged into Izumi. Izumi City lies at the northwestern corner of Kagoshima Prefecture. It borders

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to ...

. Izumi as indicated by its

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, is the point at which the Komenotsu River flows into the sea. It is famed for its some ten thousand cranes that migrate from

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every year to winter in the mild climes of southern Japan at the

Izumi crane migration grounds The Izumi crane migration grounds cover a 245ha paddy field area of Izumi plain in the northwest of Kagoshima Prefecture known for the about ten-thousand cranes which pass the winter there from every year mid October to March. Migration ...

. The Kyushu Shinkansen stops at Izumi Station.

High Schools in Izumi

Izumi Chuo High School is a private, co-educational high school in Nishi Izumi, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Izumi Chuo was founded in 1950 and renamed Izumi Chuo High School in 1985. There are students from farther away (including Kumamoto Prefecture); so ...

*Izumi Industrial High School *Izumi Municipal Commercial High School *Izumi Senior High School

Notable people

Nanami Sakuraba (born October 17, 1992 in Izumi, Kagoshima) is a Japanese gravure idol and actress who won "Miss Magazine 2008". Filmography Drama * '' Akai Ito'' (2008) as Sara Nakagawa * '' Tokyo Girls'' (2008) * ''Nadeshiko Tai'' (2008) as Reiko Toriham ...

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and actress *

Keisuke Osako is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Sanfrecce Hiroshima and the Japan national team. International career On May 24, 2019, Osako was called up by Japan's head coach Hajime Moriyasu to feature in the Copa América pl ...

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References

External links

* * Cities in Kagoshima Prefecture {{Kagoshima-geo-stub