Minamitane

Minamitane lies along the Pacific coast of southern Tanegashima, where low, cultivated ground extends toward an open-ocean shoreline. The town occupies the island’s southern end in Kagoshima Prefecture, between Kyushu and the island chain stretching farther south. Its defining modern landmark is the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center; the Yoshinobu Launch Complex here has launched Japanese rockets into space. Tanegashima is also associated with the arrival of Portuguese firearms in 1543, an event that gave the Japanese matchlock its familiar name, tanegashima. Browse other webcams across Kagoshima Prefecture and Tanegashima to place Minamitane in a wider geographic context.

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