However, Daini-Kagoshima Middle School is regarded as one of the successors of Middle School Zoshikan (中学造士館, Chūgaku Zōshikan) in Meiji era, which originated from the han school called Zoshikan (造士館, Zōshikan) in Edo period.

[1][4] The school is located on the south (南) side of the Kotsuki River [ja] (甲突川, Kōtsukigawa).

In addition, there are birthplaces of Ōkubo Toshimichi, also called Ōkubo Kōtō (大久保甲東), and Saigō Takamori, also called Saigō Nanshū (西郷南洲), near the school.

[1] The ivy and the camphor tree in the schoolyard are the school symbols.

[4] The school emblem features deer antlers and a flower of dianthus.