Kashima
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Kashima (鹿島) is the name of several places in Japan:
- Kashima, Ibaraki, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Kashima, Saga, a city in Saga Prefecture
- Kashima District, Ibaraki, a district in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Kashima District, Ishikawa, a district in Ishikawa Prefecture
- Kashima, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture
- Kashima, Ishikawa, a former town in Ishikawa Prefecture (now part of Nakanoto, Ishikawa)
- Kashima, Kagoshima, a former village in Kagoshima Prefecture (now part of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima)
- Kashima, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
- Kashima, Shimane, a town in Shimane Prefecture
Other:
- Kashima is a Shinto god who restrains the Namazu.
- Kashima Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki.
- Kashima-Shinryu is a koryū martial art.
- Kashima Shinto-ryu is a koryū martial art focusing on kenjutsu.
- Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū is a koryū teaching kenjutsu.
- Kashima Antlers is a professional football team playing in the J. League.
- Kashima is also a Japanese surname.
- Kashima was a cruiser in World War II.