Kagoshima Bay

The port city of Kagoshima and its well-protected harbor lie on the bay's western coast, just opposite the former island (now peninsula) of Sakurajima.

Hydrothermal vents including volcanic chimneys with rare mineral deposition exist on the bay's sea bottom.

BP depopulated the bay by pyroclastic flow, tsunami and ash during the earliest stage of the Jōmon period.

[5] Before written records the area was likely repopulated by the Jōmon and then it is likely they were replaced by the Kumaso whose culture was completely suppressed by the 7th century.

Francis Xavier's party of Jesuits, having been first refused the right to land in Japan first went ashore in Kagoshima on 15 August 1549.