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Places in Japan

* Kashima District, Ibaraki, a district in Ibaraki Prefecture **
Kashima, Ibaraki is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 67,197 in 28,873 households and a population density of 634 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 31.5%. The total area of th ...
, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture ***
Kashima Soccer Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Kashima, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is the home stadium of the Kashima Antlers, a team in the J1 League. The stadium has a capacity of 40,728.Kashima Soccer Stadium Station, railway station ***
Kashima Power Station is a large oil-fired and gas-fired power station in Kamisu, Ibaraki, Japan. The facility operates with an installed capacity of 5,660  MW, making it one of the largest fossil-fueled power station in the world. The plant includes four oil ...
*** Kashimajingū Station, railway station *** Kashima-Ōno Station, railway station ***
Kashima Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It is dedicated to , one of the patron deities of martial arts. Various dōjō of ''kenjutsu'' and ''kendō'' often display a hanging scroll emblazoned with ...
, a Shinto shrine *
Kashima, Saga is a city located in the southern part of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of February 28, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 30,159 and a population density of 270 persons per km². The total area is 112.10 km ...
, a city in Saga Prefecture ** Hizen-Kashima Station, railway station ** Kashima Gatalympics, an annual sporting event * Kashima, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture *
Kashima, Shimane was a town located in Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,071 and a density of 277.93 persons per km². The total area was 29.04 km². On March 31, 2005, Kashima, along with the town ...
, a town in Shimane Prefecture * Kashima, Fukushima, a former town in Fukushima Prefecture (now part of Minamisōma, Fukushima) ** Kashima Station (Fukushima), railway station * Kashima District, Ishikawa, a district in Ishikawa Prefecture **
Kashima, Ishikawa was a town located in Kashima District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. On March 1, 2005, Kashima was merged with the towns of Rokusei and Toriya (all from Kashima District) to create the town of Nakanoto. As of 2003 the town had an estimated p ...
, a former town in Ishikawa Prefecture (now part of Nakanoto, Ishikawa) * Kashima, Kagoshima, a former village in Kagoshima Prefecture (now part of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima) * Kashima Station (Osaka), a railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka *
Kashima Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It is associated with Hizen Province in modern-day Saga Prefecture.
, a historical ''tozama'' feudal domain of the Edo period *
Port of Kashima The Port of Kashima (鹿島 港 Kashima-kō) is a Japanese seaport located in the cities of Kamisu and Kashima in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Port details Facing the Pacific Ocean, it runs from north to south, from Kashima to Kamisu in Ibar ...
, seaport located in the cities of Kamisu and Kashima *


Martial arts and sport

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Kashima Antlers are a football club in Kashima, Ibaraki, currently playing in the J1 League, top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The name ''Antlers'' is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island". The club has fi ...
(from Kashima, Ibaraki), is a professional football team playing in the J. League * Kashima Shin-ryū is a ''koryū'' martial art * Kashima Shintō-ryū is a ''koryū'' martial art focusing on kenjutsu * Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū is a koryū teaching kenjutsu


Military

* Japanese battleship ''Kashima'', a pre-dreadnought battleship operating from 1906 to 1924 * Japanese cruiser ''Kashima'', a light cruiser operated from 1940 until 1947 * JDS ''Kashima'' (TV-3508), a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force training vessel operated from 1995 to present


Other uses

* Kashima (god), a Shinto god who restrains the Namazu * Kashima (surname) * Kashima Railway Line, a closed railway line *Kashima Reiko, a Japanese urban legend, similar to
Teke Teke , also spelled ''Teke-Teke'', ''Teketeke'', or ''Teke teke'', is a Japanese urban legend about the ghost of a schoolgirl who is said to have fallen onto a railway line, where her body was cut in half by a train. She is an ''onryō'', or a vengefu ...


See also

* Kajima, the construction corporation, pronounced with a J instead of a SH sound {{disambiguation, geo