With the East China Sea and the Sendai River, one of the three major rivers in Kyushu, this area that stretches along the basin prospered as a cornerstone of land and water transportation from early on and developed as the center of SATSUMA. IOUZAN SHOCHIIN Taiheiji Temple (Shingon), Niita Shrine (shinkisan), Kyodomari Catholic Church-Leon Kizaemon
【Product name】 Green House Kumquat (Kagoshima Kumquat/Iriki) 【Type】 Fortunella japonica 【Producing area】 Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture (JA Kitasatsuma) 【Origin of name】 I heard that it was named after the meaning of citrus fruit that shines in golden color. 【Major features】 At Fujikawa Tenjin in Togo Town (Sugawara Shrine: a legend that Michizane, known as the god of learning and relocated to Dazaifu, retired and died in this area), “garyobai plum trees” is in full bloom, and the double-flowered pale pink Flowers are telling worshipers that spring is coming soon. It is in full bloom until the middle of March. It is called garyobai plum trees because it becomes an old tree, its branches fall down, its roots come out from the part in contact with the ground, and its trunk looks like a dragon that crawls on the ground. About 300 plum trees in the precincts had a lightning strike at Sugawara no Michizane (pavilion used as the emperor’s habitual residence (in Heian Palace) on Jun...