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  • Shiroyama Observatory
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shiroyamachou
    An observatory located in the heart of the city. The observatory is situated on 107-meter-high Mt. Shiroyama and looks out over the sites of numerous ancient battlefields connected to the Satsuma Rebellion. Over 600 varieties of temperate and subtropical trees and plants grow thick on the small mountain, including giant camphor, ferns, and sweet viburnum, making it a popular destination among locals to relax and refresh themselves. The observatory offers a sweeping view of Sakurajima, Kinko Bay, and the streets of Kagoshima City, and, on clear days, visitors can enjoy a vast panorama extending all the way to the Kirishima Mountains and Kaimondake Volcano in Ibusuki. The observatory is also famous for its beautiful nightscape. This fantastic scenery has also been designated a National Historic Site and Natural Monument.
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  • Miyama Toyukan
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Pref. Hiokishi Higashichikichoumiyama 1051
    This experience-type tourist facility is located in Hioki City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Pieces such as tableware and vases of Miyama's many pottery kilns are displayed and sold here. In addition, visitors can enjoy the pottery experience workshop while receiving guidance in creating pottery by hand or at a potter's wheel and in painting finished works. A reservation is required, due to the number of visitors, both domestic and international.

    We tried pottery making here. Sweet lady teaches us how to make and even helps us when it is about to break down when we are using rokuro the spinning machine for pottery making. for one session...

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  • Kurokami Buried Shrine Gate
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Kurokamicho (Kurokami Junior High School Yoko)
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  • Ichigo House Koba
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Ichikikushikino-shi Ozato 648
    This strawberry farm is located about a seven-minute drive from Ichiki Station. The farm grows two types of strawberries; Saga Honoka, which have little sourness and high sugar content, and Benihoppe, which are characterized by their juiciness. The farm grows their strawberries in carefully-cultivated soil rather than in a more easily managed hydroponic medium in order to maximize their fragrance and richness of their strawberries. Thanks to the farm's efforts to use as little agrochemicals as possible, it is possible to eat their strawberries without needing to wash them first.

    いちご狩りに行きました。3連休最終日で前日から天気が良くて絶好のいちご狩り日和でした。ほかの方も同様な考えで多くの家族連れがいました。午前中だったのでまだ大きくて美味しそういちごを詰むことができました。

  • Shiroyama
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shiroyamachou
    A small, 107 meter tall mountain located in the center or an urban area in Kagoshima City. The site of a castle which belonged to the powerful Kaminoyama family during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the mountain was also where the last bloody battle of the Satsuma Rebellion took place in 1877. Covered with some 400 year old great camphor trees, ferns, and sweet viburnum, and over 600 other varieties of plants, the mountain is a natural treasure trove home to countless wild birds and insects. A verdant walking path leads to a lookout deck and the sweeping view of Kagoshima City is breathtaking. The mountain was designated a national Historic Site and Natural Monument in 1931.
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  • Kagoshima City Museum of Archaeology
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Shimofukumotocho 3763-1
    "This two-story history museum is located inside Jigenji Park. Visitors can learn about the lives of the city's people and the history of its development. The museum's permanent exhibit hall features artifacts excavated from the Fudoji Temple archeological site including a fragment of a broken mirror designated as a cultural property of Kagoshima City. The museum also features an exhibit about the UNESCO World Heritage Site ""Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining"" listed in 2015. The museum's also offers popular hands-on activities in which participants can create items such as magatama beads and earthenware (reservation required)."

    慈眼寺駅から徒歩20分ほど。東迫遺跡のあった地にある博物館。 入館料300円。建物は2階建てで入口は2階にある。常設展示室1は吹き抜けとなっており、2階からスロープを下りながら見学する構造。1階中央には鹿児島市の形をした地形テーブルを設置。その先が常設展示室2、出口となっている。展示は遺跡からの出土品とその解説がほとんどで、他には鹿児島城の城下町の様子を表したジオラマなどが少しあるのみ。遺跡に興味...

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  • Terukuni Shrine
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Terukunichou 19-35
    Approximately a five-minute walk from the Tenmonkan bus and tram stop, this shrine dedicated to Shimazu Nariakira, the 11th leader of the Satsuma domain, is located close to the Kagoshima Prefectural Museum. Given the name Terukuni Daimyojin by royal decree in 1863, the main building was completed the following year and it became known as Terukuni Shrine. Many people believe even today that it is the guardian of Kagoshima Prefecture. The National Flag Festival that commemorate the official announcement by the shogunate of the plan to make the Hinomaru flag Japan's naval ensign is held on July 11, and the Rokugatsudo Summer Lantern Festivals in Kagoshima are held on July 15 and 16.
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  • 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。

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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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  • Kagoshima Prefectural Museum of Culture Reimeikan
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    4.0
    115 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Shiroyamacho 7-2
    The museum is located on the site of Kagoshima Castle (Tsurumaru Castle), the residence of the Shimazu family. The moat, stone walls, and stone bridge from the Kagoshima Castle period still remain on the grounds (designated as a prefectural historic site).

    Visited this museum after it had been recommended by someone in the community center nearby, which I passed after coming from the ferry terminal on foot. For the price, building design, display...

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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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  • Roadside Station Sakurajima Hinoshima Megumikan
    Transportation
    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sakurajimayokoyamachou 1722-48
    A roadside station located a five-minute walk from the Sakurajima Ferry Terminal. Situated in a location with a superb view of Sakurajima, one of the world’s foremost active volcanoes, the station is a convenient destination for people both driving and walking through the area. The station’s local products market sells Sakurajima’s famed daikon radishes and mikan mandarin oranges as well as other local specialty products, including fruits and vegetables, seafood, processed foods, arts and crafts. The adjoining restaurant serves Japanese home style dishes lovingly made with choice ingredients from Sakurajima. The popular Sakurajima ko-mikan (a type of mandarin orange) soft serve ice cream has a refreshing fragrance and rich, sweet flavor.
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  • Kiln of 15th Chin Jukan
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    Kagoshima Pref. Hiokishi Higashichikichoumiyama 1715
    This historic pottery in Miyama is operated by the 15th potter to go by the name Chin Jukan. This lineage of potters is best known for their beautiful works of white Satsuma ware. The masterpieces of previous Chin Jukans are displayed inside the building. Visitors can purchase works of white Satsuma ware and even watch the potter at work in his wheel room through the window.
  • 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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  • 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...

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  • Terayama Charcoal Kiln
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yoshinochou 10710-68
    The site of a charcoal kiln built over 150 years ago. Built to make charcoal for a reverberatory furnace used for creating cannons, guns, and other weaponry for the bygone Satsuma Domain, the kiln produced white charcoal, a type of charcoal which burns hotter than standard charcoal. In 2015, the site was registered as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining listing. Today, the site is part of a nature trail; those seeking to access the site by car must park in Terayama Fureai Park and walk the rest of the way.
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  • Karasujima Observatory
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sakurajimakamizuchou 3629-12
    An observatory built on the west side of Sakurajima. The observatory is encircled by a vast lava plain. Sakurajima is a volcano and used to be a separate island called “Karasujima”. During the great eruption of 1914, huge quantities of lava flowed into the ocean, joining the island to the mainland. This observatory was built to memorialize the fact that it was once an island. 100 years after the eruption, the once barren lava plain is now covered with black pines. Accordingly, the site is also used as a point from which to observe changes in the vegetation in the area.
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  • Yogan Nagisa Trail
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Sakurajimayokoyamacho
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  • Satsuma Kinzangura
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    Kagoshima Pref. Ichikikushikinoshi Noshita 13665
    This refined sake brewery, Kagoshima’s foremost, is located a 10-minute drive from JR Kushikino Station. Utilizing a 120-kilometer-long tunnel dug as part of the Kushikino Mine which once supported the bygone Satsuma Domain, the brewery produces shochu liquors based on recipes predating the Meiji period. Visitors can ride a mine trolley and view the earthenware vessels used for brewing and at the same time experience the vestiges of what was once a prosperous mine. The brewery’s shop sells gifts and souvenirs such as local specialty products and Satsuma Kinzangura brand shochus and refines sakes. Visitors can also relax in the adjoining brewery café.
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  • Musougura
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    1-1-17 Natsushima, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
    A facility where you can see and hear up close the processes involved in creating Kagoshima’s famed sweet potato shochu liquor. Here visitors can breathe in the scent of koji wafting from one of the top wood barrel stills in the prefecture, and view the traditional production process involved as the chief brewer and other workers go about tending the great earthenware pots buried in the ground. The adjoining shop sells some 200 varieties of Satsuma (Kagoshima) shochu, including popular and limited run products, plus other products and merchandise offered no place else. Shop to your heart’s content while sampling shochu liquors and umeshu plum liqueurs.
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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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