Kagoshima Prefectural Tsurumaru High School (鹿児島県立鶴丸高等学校, Kagoshima Kenritsu Tsurumaru Kōtō Gakkō) is a high school in Kagoshima, Kagoshima

Kagoshima, Kagoshima

is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, founded in 1894. It is one of the top high schools in Kagoshima Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

. There are approximately 1,000 students that attend the school.

The school is operated by the Kagoshima Prefectural Board of Education.
In 1964, the school replaced its old school building with a newer facility.

Notable alumni

• Shigenori Togo
  Shigenori Togo
  was Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Empire of Japan at both the start and the end of the Japanese-American conflict during World War II...
  
  
• Mitsuru Ushijima
  Mitsuru Ushijima
  - Notes :...
  
  
• Masafumi Arima
  Masafumi Arima
  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. A pilot, he is sometimes credited with being the first to use the kamikaze attack, although official accounts may have been invented for propaganda purposes.-Biography:...
  
  
• Midori Karashima

Surrounding area

• Kagoshima High School
• Kagoshima Main Line
  Kagoshima Main Line
  The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company between Mojikō in Kitakyūshū, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu...
  
  
• Route 3
  Route 3 (Japan)
  National Route 3 is a major highway on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It connects the prefectural capital cities of Kagoshima National Route 3 is a major highway on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It connects the prefectural capital cities of Kagoshima National Route 3 is a major highway on the...
  
  
• Kagoshima-Chūō Station
  Kagoshima-Chuo Station
  is the main railway station in Kagoshima, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the Kyūshū Shinkansen and is located on the Kagoshima Main Line, and Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line...
  
  
• Kyushu Shinkansen
  Kyushu Shinkansen
  The ' is a Japanese high-speed railway line between the Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima in Kyushu, running parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line and operated by the Kyushu Railway Company . The southern 127 km opened on 13 March 2004...
  
  

External links

• Kagoshima Prefectural Tsurumaru High School (Japanese version only)