Kashima (鹿島) may refer to:

Places in Japan

  • Kashima District, Ibaraki, a district in Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Kashima, Ibaraki, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Kashima Soccer Stadium
  • Kashima Soccer Stadium Station, railway station
  • Kashima Power Station
  • Kashimajingū Station, railway station
  • Kashima-Ōno Station, railway station
  • Kashima Shrine, a Shinto shrine
  • Kashima, Saga, a city in Saga Prefecture
  • Hizen-Kashima Station, railway station
  • Kashima Gatalympics, an annual sporting event
  • Kashima, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
  • Kashima, Shimane, a town in Shimane Prefecture
  • Kashima, Fukushima, a former town in Fukushima Prefecture (now part of Minamisōma, Fukushima)
  • Kashima Station (Fukushima), railway station
  • Kashima District, Ishikawa, a district in Ishikawa 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 Station (Osaka), a railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
  • Kashima Domain, a historical tozama feudal domain of the Edo period
  • Port of Kashima, seaport located in the cities of Kamisu and Kashima

Martial arts and sport

  • Kashima Antlers (from Kashima, Ibaraki), is a professional football club playing in the J1 League
  • Brew Kashima (from Kashima, Saga), is an amateur football club playing in the Kyushu Football League
  • Kashima Shin-ryū is a koryū martial art
  • Kashima Shintō-ryū is a koryū martial art focusing on kenjutsu
  • Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū is a koryū teaching kenjutsu

Ships

Military

  • Japanese battleship Kashima, a pre-dreadnought battleship operating from 1906 to 1924
  • Japanese cruiser Kashima, a light cruiser operated from 1940 until 1947
  • JDS Kashima (TV-3508), a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force training vessel operated from 1995 to present

Civilian

  • Kashima Maru (1913), a Japanese ocean liner that sailed from 1913 to 1943

Other uses

  • Kashima (god), a Shinto god who restrains the Namazu
  • Kashima (surname)
  • Kashima Railway Line, a closed railway line
  • Kashima Reiko, a Japanese urban legend, similar to Teke Teke

See also

  • Kajima, the construction corporation, pronounced with a J instead of a SH sound