Kashima (鹿島市) is a city in Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Get in

By train, Kashima is located along the Nagasaki Main Line which runs from Tosu to Nagasaki. There are 4 stations located within the city (Hizen-Kashima, Hizenhama, Hizen-Nanaura, Hizen-Iida). The Limited Express Kamome train stops at Hizen-Kashima (running from Nagasaki to Hakata (Fukuoka). All other stations are served only by local trains. If traveling from the direction of Saga, be aware that some local trains split at Hizen-Yamaguchi Station (the other cars will follow the Sasebo Line to Sasebo). Make sure you're in the right car.

See

Yutoku Inari Shrine

• 1 Yutoku Inari Shrine (祐徳稲荷神社). (updated May 2016)
• 2 Kashima Castle Ruins (鹿島城跡). (updated Nov 2017)

Do

Kashima Gatalympics is held every May in a small town called Hama, near Kashima City. This event involves playing a variety of sports in the mudflats of the Ariake Sea.

Go next

• Ureshino
• Tara
• Takeo
• Shiroishi
• Saga
• Isahaya
• Unzen
• Omura
• Nagasaki

Routes through Kashima

Saga ← Shiroishi ←

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→ Tara → Nagasaki