Kashima (嘉島町, Kashima-machi) is a town located in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

Kumamoto Prefecture Kashima has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.

After the Meiji restoration, the villages of Okawa, Uejima and Roka were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889.

Yamato has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 11 members.

In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Kumamoto 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.