Brands of Kagoshima: beef, jidori chicken and pork

This guide lists 5 brands from Kagoshima (1 beef, 3 chicken and 1 pork). Only brands in this guide are counted; it is not a complete list for Kagoshima. One is registered as a Geographical Indication (GI): Kagoshima Wagyu. The one beef brand, Kagoshima Wagyu, requires Japanese Black cattle. None of the beef brands sets a meat quality grade. Rearing period conditions for chicken: Satsuma Jidori 120–150 days and Satsuma Wakashamo 75+ days. Kuro Satsuma-dori sets no rearing period. The one pork brand, Kagoshima Kurobuta, does not set a grade condition and sets a feed condition. Kagoshima Prefecture Jidori Promotion Council issues 3 of these brands: Kuro Satsuma-dori, Satsuma Jidori and Satsuma Wakashamo. With 5 brands, Kagoshima ranks 7th of the 46 prefectures that have any (tied with 5 others). The Kyushu-Okinawa region has 32 brands in this guide (Fukuoka 3, Saga 3, Nagasaki 2, Kumamoto 5, Oita 5, Miyazaki 6, Kagoshima 5 and Okinawa 3).