Kashima

Kashima (鹿島) is the name of several places in Japan:

• Kashima, Ibaraki, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture
• Kashima, Saga, a city in Saga Prefecture
• Kashima District, Ibaraki, a district in Ibaraki Prefecture
• Kashima District, Ishikawa, a district in Ishikawa Prefecture
• Kashima, Fukushima,a former town in Fukushima Prefecture (now part of Minamisōma, Fukushima)
• Kashima, Ishikawa, 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, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
• Kashima, Shimane, a town in Shimane Prefecture
• Kashima Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki

Martial arts and sport

• Kashima Antlers (from Kashima, Ibaraki) is a professional football team playing in the J. League
• Kashima-Shinryu is a koryū martial art
• Kashima Shinto-ryu 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

People

• Kashima is a Japanese surname which may refer to:
• Kashima (god) is a Shinto god who restrains the Namazu.^{[citation needed]}
• Hitomi Kashima, swimmer
• Takehiro Kashima, gymnast
• Yukari Kashima, anime character

See also

• Kajima, the construction corporation, pronounced with a J instead of a SH sound