Kitamatsu

Kitamatsu is a fictional town featured in the Godzilla film series by Toho Company. It was the main setting for the 1956 film Rodan, directed by Ishirô Honda.

Description & History
Kitamatsu was a small mining town located in Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. Up until the mid 1950s, one of the mines was the secret nesting ground for a species of enlarged mutated prehistoric insect known as Meganulon. At some point in the area's history, a flying dinosaur-like creature known as a Rodan nested in the underground catacombs as well and laid an egg.

In 1956, several miners were brutally attacked by some Meganulon, and a few were even killed. As more and more workers turned up missing, several of the miners, as well as a policeman, went into the mines to investigate. They too were killed by the Meganulon, their bodies turning up later with deep lacerations across their necks. The mining company's head of security, Shigeru Kawamura, ventured into the mines and discovered the Rodan egg. The egg hatched and the infant Rodan ate the nearby Meganulon for nourishment.

Shortly thereafter, a fully grown Rodan was spotted flying across Kyūshū, moving at supersonic speeds and confounding members of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force. Fighter jets fought back and succeeded in driving Rodan into a river, but it re-emerged soon after and took refuge at Mt. Aso. As military and scientific analysts researched the phenomenon, they discovered that there were actually two Rodans present in Kyūshū. Mt. Aso was an active volcano, that erupted, seemingly destroying both of the creatures.