Shopping Spots in Kagoshima Area

  • Tenmonkan Mujaki (Main Store)
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sennichichou 5-8
    This is the original shaved ice “white bear” shop in the Tenmonkan G3 arcade. The “white bear”, also known as a Kagoshima specialty, is made by pouring home-made milk on finely shaved ice and topping with colorful fruit. The size is quite large so for those who don’t think they could finish a serving we recommend the baby size. There are a variety of toppings such as chocolate and caramel pudding.

    予てよりいきたかったお店。本物のシロクマは本当に美味しかった。2月に氷なんて食べられるかと心配して2人でベビーサイズいシェア。暖かい飲み物とともに注文したが、普通サイズを頼めばよかったと後悔した。メニューも豊富で楽しめるお店。

  • Amami no sato
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Nanei 1-8-1
    A sightseeing destination where visitors can come in contact with the culture and natural beauty of Amami Oshima. The 52 thousand square meter grounds enclose a beautiful, sprawling garden, and visitors can enjoy the site of tropical plants like Bougainvillea and Sago palms. There’s also a museum dedicated to the history of Oshima tsumugi pongee where visitors can learn about the history of this gorgeous fabric. Visitors can also experience area culture and try dyeing fabrics with vegetable dyes, weaving, and kumihimo string craft, or watch up close as masters weave spectacular Oshima tsumugi with specialized tools and skilled techniques. The adjoining restaurant serves local cuisine.

    たまたま前を通り 良さそうので寄ってみた 海外に今は行けないが バリの庭付きホテルを思い出させる 昼にコーヒーを飲んで ホテルでチェックイン後 夜も食事に再度訪れた 接客 雰囲気 料理 全て満足した

  • Frespo JUNGLE PARK
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yojirou 1-11-1
    This shopping mall is located where Kagoshima International Jungle Amusement Park once stood. On the first floor, there are fashion and sports equipment stores and restaurants, and on the second floor, there are baby goods, a karaoke bar and a large cinema that has ten screens. There is also a special venue on the first floor where events are regularly held.
  • Kagoshima Brand Shop
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Meizanchou 9-1 Kagoshima Prefectural Industry Center 1F
    A shop which presents and sells local Kagoshima products. The shop’s selection spans some 2,100 specialty products and crafts, including local sweets, tea, satsumaage fried fish cakes, and items made from Yakushima cedar. Customers can also make their own gift sets, making this shop a great place to pick up a present or souvenir. Products purchased here can be shipped anywhere in the country. A four-minute walk from Asahidori Station on the tramway.

    鹿児島県産業会館の1階にある、鹿児島県の特産品を扱うお店です。 食品やお菓子などはもちろん、大島紬の小物などの伝統工芸品などもあり、鹿児島に関するものはなんでも揃います。 駐車場が少ないので注意です。

  • Kagoshima Fish Market
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Jounanchou 37-2
    Approximately a ten-minute drive from JR Kagoshima-Chuo Station, this central wholesale market was the first to open in Kyushu in 1935. Originally adjoining the fruit market, it was moved due to aging of the building and to expand its size. Although it does not sell to general consumers, you can visit if you apply at the entrance to the market. In addition, groups can also go on a tour with reservations in advance. Some fish caught in Kagoshima Prefecture have been selected as Kagoshima Seasonal Fish for specialty products, and you can enjoy seasonal tastes in the restaurants and direct sales stores throughout the prefecture.
  • Eguchi Hourai Hall
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    4.5
    24 Reviews
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Pref. Hiokishi Higashichikichouizakuda 7425-5
    A local specialty products market opened in 2003 with the aim of stimulating and promoting the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries in Higashiichiki Town. The market is operated by the Eguchi Fishery Cooperative. In the market’s restaurant, diners can enjoy a view of the East China Sea and fresh seafood from the Eguchi Fishing Port. The market sells seafood from Eguchi Port, local produce, and foods made from these. The additive-free Eguchi Chirimen dried young sardines are particularly popular.

    日置市江口浜にある物産館にあるレストラン。地元の江口漁港で上がった魚貝類が食べられます。特選刺身定食1,330円は非常に美味しかったです。

  • Roadside Station Sakurajima Sakurajima Bussankan
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sakurajimakamizuchou 1427
    A large rest stop, one of the largest in Kagoshima. The facility’s distinctive sign is decorated with a large Sakurajima daikon radish statue. The first floor of the facility is a market where visitors can purchase shochu liquor and other Sakurajima specialty products. In the second-floor restaurant, you can enjoy a meal along with a view of the magnificent, mountainous landscape of Sakurajima. Visitors can also view the volcano from the facility’s observatory, and there’s even a space for taking a commemorative photo.

    ツアーバスで立ち寄りました。巨大な桜島大根のオブジェが2か所あるので記念写真の撮影には良いと思います。ちょっと寂れた雰囲気ですが、昭和な感じのドライブインで心が和みます。12月の桜島小ミカンの季節だったのですが、店の中で集配を行っています。1箱2500円くらいなので2箱東京へ送りました。ネットでもなかなか手に入らないのと、現地で味の確認もできるので安心です。とても甘くておいしかったです。贈答用とは...

  • Nakagawa Jumbo Mochiya
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yoshinochou 9673
    A Japanese confectionary shop which has been in business since the Meiji period. “Jumbo mochi” specialty shop, the establishment only sells jumbo mochi. Consisting of bite sized balls of mochi (glutinous, pounded rice), jumbo mochi are lightly grilled before eating and covered in sauces such as sweet miso, zarame brown sugar, and kudzu. After the Satsuma Rebellion during the Meiji period, it is said these sweets were first created by a former guard of the inner garden of the Sengan-en garden. The 12 mochi plate, which comes garnished with pickles for cleansing the palate, is particularly popular. The shop’s wares are also available for takeout.

    仙巌園-集成館寄ったあとに行きました。歩いても行ける距離ですが、タクシーでそのまま鹿児島駅まで行きました。 味は予想通り普通のみたらし団子でした。

  • Ikehata Tenmondo of Tourist Information and Souvenir Hall
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 14-5
    A souvenir shop located in the Tenmonkan shopping arcade in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture which carries a wide selection of interesting goods for tourists and students on school trips. In addition to foods like kurobuta pork, snacks, and local liquors, the shop also offers traditional crafts like Satsuma kiriko glass and local character goods. The shop’s own Tenmondo, yakiimo shochu liquor and Cheeseimon, madeleine-like pastries, made with red sweet potatoes, are particularly popular. Visitors can also find goods relating to the historic figure Saigo Takamori.
  • Qjiki, Kagoshima Main Store
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Chuocho 1-1 Kagoshima Chuo Sta. Shinkansen Ticket Gate Mae 「Ekimachi 1-chome Kagoshima」
  • Jokiya
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    4.0
    81 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Higashisengokucho 13-14

    細長い店内の1・2Fに、ケーキ・和菓子・屋久杉製品・陶器・喫茶など、所狭しと並んでいます。見て歩くだけでも鹿児島を体感できるのでおすすめです。

  • Satsuma Glass Kogei
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Yoshinocho 9688-24
    This glasswork studio and gallery shop is located next to Sengan-en, one of Japan's most exemplary daimyo (feudal lord) gardens. It creates, exhibits, and sells works of Satsuma Kiriko cut glass. This style of glasswork originated as part of an industry promotion program sponsored by the Shimazu Clan, the lords of the Satsuma Domain. It is one of just a few cut glass studios in Japan that does everything from shaping, cutting, and polishing the glass entirely by hand. Best of all, visitors can watch the studio's skilled Satsuma Kiriko craftsmen at work.
  • Miyagedokoro Satsuma Noren
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Yoshinocho 9700-1
    This souvenir shop is located on the grounds of Sengan-en, one of Japan's most exemplary daimyo (feudal lord) gardens. The marketplace-themed shop is packed with famous Kagoshima sweets, handicrafts, confections exclusive to Sengan-en, and more. Sengan-en's specialty is Jambo mochi, which are large rice flour dumplings served on two bamboo skewers. The confection, which has been beloved since the Edo period, was named for its resemblance to a samurai wearing two swords (a long sword and a short sword). Visitors can watch the shop's craftsmen make treats such as Satsuma-age (fried fish cakes) and kintsuba (a traditional Japanese sweet made from sweet potato paste wrapped in wheat flour dough) through a window. The shop's sweet potato flavor and shochu flavor ice creams are also popular.
  • Karukan Ganso Akashiya Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Kinseicho 4-16
    This venerable Japanese confectionary shop established has continued to create karukan since being established in 1854. Karukan is a famous confection of Kagoshima created on the recommendation of Shimazu Nariakira, the lord of the Satsuma domain at the time. Made from nothing more than natural yam, rice flour, and sugar, the confection is notable for a simple sweetness and soft texture that reflects Satsuma's spirit of simplicity and fortitude. Its characteristic flavor and dignified white appearance has remained unchanged. Some of the other popular products include karukan manju, which features karukan stuffed with adzuki bean paste, as well as sakura-sakura, which features gyuhi (soft rice cake) wrapped around white bean paste and topped with a salted cherry blossom.
  • Kagoshima Ichiba
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Yamanokuchicho 12-16 Fukutoku Building 1F
    This specialty shop is located in Tenmonkan, the biggest shopping district in Kagoshima City. It carries a huge selection of Kagoshima products including the prefecture's specialties as well as famous Kagoshima sweets made right there in the shop. The first thing you will notice when you enter the shop is Kagoshima shochu section, which carries more than 150 varieties. Its shelves are packed with the representative shochu brands of Kagoshima including Mori Izo, Murao, and Mao. Karukan, a famous confection of Kagoshima, as well as various sweets made with sweet potatoes, make great Kagoshima souvenirs. Most conveniently, the shop stays open relatively late, allowing you to visit after a day of sightseeing.
  • Ikeda Seicha Tenmonkn Main Store Kagoshima Tea Direct Sales Store
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Sennichicho 3-11
    This direct sales tea shop is operated by the tea manufacturer Ikeda Seicha. It carries many varieties of Chiran tea, a brand of tea grown in Kagoshima, including sencha (standard green tea), matcha (powdered green tea), karigane (twig tea), genmaicha (tea with toasted rice), and gyokuro (high-quality green tea). The tea, which ranges from affordable everyday grades to high-end luxury grades, is sold in convenient resealable bags. The shop even has a cafe space where visitors can enjoy drinking green or matcha tea and eating sweets made from tea.
  • Karukan Ganso Akashiya Chuo Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Chuocho 2-2
    This venerable Japanese confection shop with a history dating back more than a century is said to have originated karukan, a famous confection of Kagoshima. The air trapped in this rectangular sweet made with Japanese yam and sugar gives it an airy melt-in-your mouth texture. The shop sells a wide variety of sweets including Karukan Manju, which feature karukan stuffed with strained adzuki bean paste, Harukoma, which feature sticky adzuki bean paste wrapped in a bamboo leaf, and Daikokumochi, which feature brown sugar gyuhi (soft rice cake) stuffed with coarse adzuki bean paste.
  • Biouren Main Shop
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Nakamachi 5-2
    This venerable tea vendor has been in business for more than a century. Customers can inspect the color and fragrance of the tea leaves in each of the cans that line the shop's shelves. The shop sources all of its tea from superior tea plantations in Kagoshima Prefecture. Brands on offer include the famous Satsuma Homare produced by master tea processers as well as Oku Kirishima grown in the foothills of Mt. Kirishima. The shop also sells sweets made with tea. These include chamedora, which features cream and red bean paste sandwiched between two pancakes made with kudzu powder, chamefuku, which feature rice cake stuffed with cream and red bean paste, soft-serve ice cream, and parfaits.
  • Agetateya Tenmonkan Shop
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Higashisengokucho 13-16
    This satsuma-age (fried fish cake) take-out shop is operated by the satsuma-age manufacturer Agetateya. The shop fries up and sells satsuma-age formed at the company's factory. Their piping hot freshly-fried satsuma-age can be ordered one at a time, making them a great snack to eat on the go. Their most popular varieties of satsuma-age include cheese, lotus root, and corn. The shop also offers seasonal varieties made with seasonal ingredients such as shiitake mushroom and pumpkin.

    ネットで人気のさつま揚げの店です、1個からでも販売してくれますまたいろいろな価格帯のお土産の種類も豊富です、私も食べましたが味は普通です、友人は3000円ぐらいの商品を家族に送っていました、少し期待が大き過ぎたばかりに期待はずれですね。

  • Tokunagaya Honten
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
    Shopping
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Higashisengokucho 4-23
    This venerable satsuma-age (fried fish cake) shop has a history dating back more than a century. The shop produces its satsuma-age the traditional way by pulverizing fresh seafood with a stone mortar. Their selection of satsuma-age is focused on vegetable-accented varieties including ninjin (carrot), kikurage (wood ear mushroom), and gobo (burdock root). One of their most popular varieties is Shimazu-age, which is branded with the Shimazu Cross that features wood ear mushroom and burdock root.

    以前、某有名店のさつま揚げをお土産に買って行ったら身内の評価が・・・だったので、今回は失敗は許されず、悩み抜いた末、東京には出店していないこちらにて買い物。さつま揚げに特上、超特上があり、送料含んで数件に送ると、かなりの高級品になります。でも味は大正解でした。

Kagoshima Areas

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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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