was a

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located in Hioki District,

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. On November 1, 2004, Matsumoto, along with the town of

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(also from Hioki District), the town of Kiire (from Ibusuki District), and the towns of

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and Yoshida (both from Kagoshima District), was merged into the expanded city of

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and no longer exists as an independent

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Timeline

*1889 - The village of Kamiijūin consisted of 6 neighborhoods (north to south): Ishitani, Fukuyama, Kamitaniguchi, Irisa, Naoki and Haruyama *1960 — The village of Kamiijūin became the town of Matsumoto. *November 1, 2004 - Matsumoto, along with the towns of Kōriyama, both from Hioki District, and the towns of Sakurajima and Yoshida, both from Kagoshima District, Kiire, both from Ibusuki District, was merged into the expanded city of Kagoshima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Transportation

Railroad

Kyushu passenger rail（

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） *

Kagoshima Main Line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it extended 393 km between its ...

** Satsuma-Matsumoto Station - Kami-Ijūin Station Kagoshima Matsumoto Map

Road

Highway

Minami-Kyushu Expressway is one of the Expressways of Japan from Yatsushiro to Kagoshima linking with the Kyushu Expressway. It runs through the southern half of Kumamoto prefecture, and the northern half of the Kagoshima prefecture. The total length is 140 km. ...

(Kagoshima road) Matsumoto Interchange

National highway

Unavailable

Prefectural Road

= Main Country Path

= *Kagoshima prefectural road 24 Kagoshima Higashiichiki line *Kagoshima prefectural road 35 Nagayoshi Irisa Kagoshima Line

= Public Prefectural Road

= *Kagoshima prefectural road 296 Kagoshima prefectural road *Kagoshima Prefectural road 210 koyamada Taniyama line *Kagoshima prefectural road 291 Matsumoto Kawanabe line *Kagoshima prefectural road 296 Tanokashira Hukiage line

Schools

High school

*Shoyo High School

Junior high school

*Matsumoto Junior High School

Elementary school

*Matsumoto Elementary School *Tosho Elementary School *Haruyama Elementary School *Isihitani Elementary School

External links

Official website of Kagoshima
in Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Kagoshima Prefecture {{Kagoshima-geo-stub