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Segodon Village in Kagoshima: A Hidden Samurai’s Place in Hayato Town
The Man Kagoshima Still Calls by a Nickname Most countries keep their revolutionary heroes at a respectful distance — a name on a plaza, a face on currency, a statue too tall to look in the eye. Kagoshima does something different. Ask almost anyone here about Saigo Takamori (西郷隆盛) — the samurai who helped end…