Kashima

Kashima is a city situated in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2018, the city had an expected populace of 67,560, and a populace thickness of 631 people for every km². Its complete zone is 106.02 square kilometers. Kashima is the home of the J. Group's Kashima Antlers. Its home field, Kashima Soccer Stadium, was utilized as a site amid the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

The city is likewise the site of the Kashima Shrine, a Shinto hallowed place which is viewed as the origination of numerous persuasive styles of Japanese swordsmanship Kenjutsu. It is one of the most seasoned altars in eastern Japan. Kashima is situated in southeastern Ibaraki Prefecture, circumscribed by the Pacific Ocean toward the east and the Kitaura segment of Lake Kasumigaura toward the west.

It is roughly 110 kilometers toward the upper east of Tokyo. Kashima was created from the Nara time frame together with the Ichinomiya of Hitachi Province, Kashima Shrine. After the Meiji rebuilding, the town of Kashima was built up with the making of the regions framework on April 1, 1889 inside Kashima District. In 1954, Kashima added with the neighboring towns of Takamatsu, Toyosu, Toyosato and Namino. Kashima converged with the town of Ono on September 1, 1995 and was raised to city status.