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  • Iriki Fumoto Samurai Residences
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    4.0
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    Kagoshima Satsumasendai-shi Irikicho Uranomyo Fumoto

    鹿児島では有名な武家屋敷らしいが、武家屋敷はその物はなく、通りと石垣が残っている。小さく、静かな通りや川沿いを歩くのも１興である。

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  • Gessotei Akaogi Castle Cultural Museum
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    3.5
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    Kagoshima Nishinoomote Nishinoomote 7528

    鉄砲館から歩いて５分もしないところにあります。鉄砲館との共通券も売られています。訪れると、お茶とお菓子を出してくれます。のんびりしながらビデオを見せてもらいます。あとは自由に見学することができます。

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  • Bronze statue of Saigo Takamori
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shiroyamachou 4
    Saigo Takamori made his mark on history during the Meiji Restoration. This bronze statue of the man was erected on the 50th anniversary of his death on Shiroyama, the place where he met his end during the Satsuma Rebellion. Standing eight meters tall, this majestic monument was created by Kagoshima City local Teru Ando, the same man who crafted the famous Hachiko Memorial Statue.
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  • "Akamizu Observatory Square The ""Portrait of a Scream"" Monument"
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sakurajimakamizuchou
    This monument is in the Akamizu Tenbo Hiroba in Sakurajima Akamizu-cho, Kagoshima City. It was placed to commemorate Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi's All Night Concert, held in 2004. Made from Sakurajima lava rock used in the concert arena, it has become a place of pilgrimage for the singer's fans.
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  • Aira no Yama no Ue no Misasagi (Aira Imperial Tomb)
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kanoyashi Airachoukanmyou 5250-1
    "This imperial tomb known to locals as the ""Airasanryo"" is one of the so-called ""Kamiyo San Misasagi"". Visitors can enjoy the lush, beautiful scenery and clean air along the roughly 500-meter-long riverside promenade. The area has earned the nickname ""Koise"" (little Ise) due to its resemblance to the Ise Grand Shrine. Many people visit in the spring and the fall to see its famous cherry blossoms and fall foliage, respectively."
  • Ruins of Kagoshima Castle (Tsurumaru Castle)
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shiroyamachou 7
    Also known as “Tsurumaru Castle,” Kagoshima Castle was built by Shimazu Iehisa (the first lord of Satsuma Domain) in 1602. It was a “mansion-style” castle without a tower. Today, only the original walls and moat are still extant. The Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material stands on the former site of the inner citadel, while the Kagoshima Prefectural Library and Kagoshima City Museum of Art are situated on the former location of the outer citadel.
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  • Nanshu Park
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Kamitatsuochou 22-1
    This park is approximately a 17-minute drive from the Chuo Station, and is associated with the grave of Saigo Takamori. In memory of the centennial anniversary of his death, this park was built in 1977 next to the Saigo Nanshu Commemorative Museum. In addition to Saigo Takamori, who took his own life in 1877 during the Satsuma Rebellion, 40 other soldiers were memorialized here. As the remains of the Satsuma warriors were found scattered in various areas, they were brought here to be buried, totaling 2023 bodies. To the north of the memorial is the Nanshu Shrine enshrining those lost in battle. The Nanshu Cemetery was designated as a Historic Landmark of Kagoshima Prefecture in 1955.
  • Okubo Toshimichi Statue
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Nishisengokuchou 1
    This bronze statue is approximately 4.3-meter-tall, and is located around a five-minute walk from the JR Kagoshima Chuo Station. It was made by sculptor Shinya Nakamura, to commemorate 100 years since the death of Okubo Toshimichi, who was one of the Three Great Nobles of the Meiji Restoration. The statue gazes towards Kotsuki River and his hometown of Kajiya-cho. And, at its feet, are statues of the coachman and the horse that died while assassinating Okubo Toshimichi.
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  • The Remains of Nanshu Saigo
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    Oshima-gun, Kagoshima Tatsugo-cho Ryugo 166
    This wooden residence is where Saigo Takamori lived for around three years when he was ordered to stay in Amami Oshima Island. It is now a private property managed by the son of his wife, Aigana, and is open to the public as a paid-entry museum. The residence has valuable items such as Saigo Takamori's personal history and private writings, and a stone monument to his wife, Aigana, on display. There is also another monument with the lettering from Katsu inscribed on it.
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  • Monument to the Stranding of the Drumeltan
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    Kagoshima Kumage-gun Minamitanecho Shimonaka
    "This stone monument is located inside Maenohama Seaside Park. The massive memorial engraved with the name ""Drumeltan"" stands along an eight-kilometer-long white sandy beach. The seas south of Tanegashima Island have long been plagued by shipwrecks, with many wrecks washing up on its shores during the typhoon season. When the English sailing ship the Drumeltan was stranded on the island in 1894, islanders hospitably took care of and engaged in substantive cultural exchanges with her crew. Ingi-dori, the breed of chicken that is a specialty of Tanegashima Island, can be traced back to chickens gifted to the islanders by the ship's crew at this time. The monument was erected with the hope that this heart-warming tale from a time when Japan had just opened its borders after centuries of isolation would continue to be told for posterity."
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  • Boyhood Neighborhood of Okubo Toshimichi
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Kajiyacho
    "This place is where Okubo Toshimichi, one of the ""three great nobles of the Restoration,"" spent his formative years attending the same ""goju"" samurai school as fellow ""three great noble"" Saigo Takamori. Two stone monuments have been erected here along the Kotsuki River about a 10-minute walk from Kagoshima-Chuo Station. Although Saigo Takamori had died a renegade, he was posthumously pardoned and conferred the court rank of shosanmi (senior third rank) following the proclamation of the Meiji Constitution. This was the impetus for the erection of stone memorials in Okubo and Saigo's respective old neighborhoods in 1889. Care was taken at the time to assure that both men were honored equally by, among other things, using monuments of identical design and size with identical specifications and planting the same number of the same species of trees next to the monuments."
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  • Birthplace of Saigo Brothers Takamori and Judo
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Kajiyacho
    "This place is where Saigo Takamori and his younger brother Saigo Judo were born and spent their formative years. Saigo Takamori is known as one of the three great nobles of the Restoration along with Okubo Toshimichi and Kido Takayoshi. A stone monument bearing the words ""Birthplace of Saigo Takamori"" has been erected here about a 10-minute walk from Kagoshima-Chuo Station. Saigo's younger brother Judo famously served in many several cabinet minister positions following the Meiji Restoration. After serving in the Boshin War, he would join the imperial navy, eventually becoming Japan's first Grand Admiral as well as its first Navy Minister."
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  • Remains of the Shigakko Private School
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Shiroyamacho
    These historic ruins were the site of the private military academy established by Saigo Takamori after resigning from his government positions in protest following the so-called Political Upheaval of 1873. The academy was comprised of an infantry school and an artillery school created for the sake of the young men who followed Saigo in leaving the government and returning home to Satsuma. Branch schools were later established across Kagoshima Prefecture in 1876. Many young men would be educated by these schools, which were originally intended to train soldiers in the event of a national crisis. However, they would end up serving as an outlet for the discontent of the region's former samurai, eventually triggering the Satsuma Rebellion. The area around the school saw intense fighting during this conflict, which would leave the school's stone walls marred by bullet holes to this day.
  • Site of Saigo Residence (Saigo Park)
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Take 2-28
    This park was developed on the former site of the samurai residence that was once the home of Saigo Takamori. Saigo lived here for four years after returning to Kagoshima after losing the 1873 debate on whether to take military action in Korea until the start of the Satsuma Rebellion. Although the original residence burned down during the conflict, it was reconstructed in 1880. The original garden well used by Saigo has been preserved in the park and still produces water to this day. A statue of a seated Saigo Takamori and his friend Suge Sanehide, who was the house elder of the Shonai (Tsuruoka) Domain, has been erected on the site.
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  • Site of Nomanoseki Border Checkpoint
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    Kagoshima Izumi-shi Shimosabacho 2577
    "This plaza located about a 10-minute drive from JR Izumi Station was the site of the border checkpoint that was entrance to the Satsuma Domain. The region so strictly controlled its borders during Edo period that it was called ""an isolated country within an isolated country."" Describing the excessive strictness, the late Edo period scholar Takayama Hikokuro wrote ""the people of Satsuma know nothing of the world beyond the Karikaya no Seki Checkpoint."" The site of the checkpoint is currently designated as an Izumi City monument. A stone monument was erected in order to convey the existence of the checkpoint to future generations. The old well nearby still looks as it did during the Edo period. The scenic plaza blooms with cherry blossoms in the spring, making it a popular photo opportunity."
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  • Statue of Shigechiyo Izumi
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    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Isencho Asan
    Shigechiyo Izumi, who was born in Asan, Isen Town in 1865 and died in 1985 at the age of 120, is said to have been the last survivor of the Edo Period (1615-1868). In 1976, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized him as the longest-lived human, and in honor of this achievement, a copper statue and a museum were built in the agricultural area on the southern part of Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, where Izumi's home was. The museum contains a large number of photographs and personal items that convey the story of Izumi's long life to present-day visitors.
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  • The Coral Stone Walls of Aden
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    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Kikaicho Aden
    Located about a 15-minute drive from the Kikaijima Airport, in an area where no pit vipers live, these numerous coral stone walls are especially well preserved and highly regarded as important cultural properties. The hamlet of Aden contains an especially large number, and it is part of an island walking route led by local residents who act as volunteer guides. The Aden route takes visitors to the place where ethnographer Ichiro Iwakura was born, and to the sites where a number of movies were filmed.
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  • Shimao Toshio Literary Monument
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    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Setouchicho Oshikaku
    This plaque is located in Bungakujin Memorial Park, about a ten-minute drive from Seso Port in Setouchi Town. Shimao Toshio, who was later known as a writer of literary fiction, was head of a suicide mission unit at the Nominoura Naval Base during World War II. It is said that meeting his wife and his extreme experiences here were the starting points of his literary career. In addition to novels such as The Sting of Death, which describes his intense love for his wife, he published many other works, including poems and essays. He won many famous literary prizes during his career.
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  • Naoko Road Monument
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    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Amagi Cho Yonama
    Located about a ten-minute drive from Tokunoshima Kodakara Airport, this monument was erected in 2000 to commemorate the training camp held by Naoko Takahashi, gold medalist of the Sydney Olympics Women's Marathon. A 31.2-kilometer training course that starts from the monument and runs around the north side of Tokunoshima Island is called Naoko Road, and makes use of the rugged terrain of Tokunoshima to train for strong physical and mental strength. Marathoner participants from all over the country come to practice, and you can even see them running on the course.
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  • Statue of the 46th Yokozuna Asashio Taro
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    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Tokunoshimacho Inokawa
    This statue was erected in 1995 in commemoration of Asashio Taro, a Yokozuna (grand champion highest rank in sumo) from Tokunoshima, to praise the achievements of the hero of Amami. Taro Asashio, with his blessed physique and thick, dignified eyebrows, is known for his powerful pushing technique, and boasts a record of five Makuuchi championships and four distinguished service awards. On top of a small hill, the statue stands with an imposing figure against the backdrop of the lush greenery of Mt. Inokawa. As Tokunoshima is an area where sumo wrestling thrives, there are many rings that can be found. After retiring, Asashio Taro trained many powerful sumo wrestlers as head of the Takasago stable.
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Over 100 active volcanoes across Kagoshima make it one of the Japan's most exciting prefectures. The prefectural capital, Kagoshima city, looks out to one of the prefecture’s most spectacular volcanoes, Sakurajima, an island of its own that can be visited and seen close up or admired from afar, with the promise of breathtaking sunsets complete with frequent puffs of smoke and ash. Down the Satsuma Peninsula, the most southerly part of mainland Japan, waterfalls, sand onsen, and fascinating history await, while Kagoshima's abundance of satsuma imo (sweet potato) provide a wholesome snack as well as one of Japan's favourite drinks - shochu.

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