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  • Kagoshima Museum of Environment: Planet Earth and Its Future
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Jousei 2-1-5
    An environment-themed public facility located a five-minute walk from the “Shinshoin,” “Somuta,” and “Harasho-mae” bus stops, and a seven-minute walk from the “Josai Koen-mae” bus stop.” Entry is free. The facility is divided into four environmentally conscious areas which look at greenery, water, air, and light; each area contains exhibits based on the principles of discovery, awareness, learning, and action. The facility holds a variety of interactive and participatory events throughout the year, and visitors can have fun while learning about environmental issues. The facility is an ideal destination for children assigned an independent research project. There’s also a reuse and recycle shop and the facility holds an environmentally friendly flea market.
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  • Saigo Takamori’s Hideout
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shiroyamachou
    Located immediately by the Saigo Takamori Dokutsu-mae bus stop on the Kagoshima City View route, this cave is where Saigo Takamori spent his last days with the administrators of his private school during the final stages of the Satsuma rebellion after returning from fighting numerous battles around Kyushu in 1877. They spent the six days from September 19th through 24th in this cave. It is a vital historic landmark as the site where Saigo lead the Satsuma army at the Battle of Shiroyama against the government military until the end. It was designated as a historic landmark of Kagoshima City in 1974.
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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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  • Akamizu Observation Plaza
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sakurajimakamizuchou 3629-3
    This plaza was established as the site for Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi’s all-night concert in 2004. A statue made from igneous rock known as the “Shouting Statue” serves as a popular spot for commemorative photos.
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  • Ikehata Tenmondo of Tourist Information and Souvenir Hall
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    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.
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  • Sekiyoshi Sluice Gate of Yoshino Leat
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    Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shimotachou 1263 ahead
    A flume extends approximately eight kilometers from this Sekiyoshi gate upstream on the Abeki River to Suzumegamiya. The flume was built by Shimazu Nariakira (lord of Satsuma Domain) to provide water for a water wheel which powered the Shuseikan blast furnace and a device for drilling gun holes. The gate was registered a World Heritage Site in 2015.
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  • Tenmonkan Dori
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Higashisengokucho Hoka
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  • Kagoshima City View
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Chuocho Hoka
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  • Sasshu Hamadaya Denbee
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    Kagoshima Ichikikushikino-shi Minatomachi 4-chome 1-banchi
    This brewery and distillery founded in 1868 produces honkaku shochu with a focus on recreations of shochu from the Meiji period. It also produces craft beers, liqueurs, and more. They are most notable for the level of attention paid to the earthenware pots, stills, koji room, and other facilities used to handcraft each of their refined honkaku shochu. One of their notable products is Nanako, an organic and undiluted shochu made with Japan's oldest existing culture of yellow koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae) that recreates the flavors of ancient shochu. Visitors can enjoy touring the brewery's facilities and tasting its products at the attached shop.
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  • Chikabi Museum
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    Kagoshima Ichikikushikino-shi Nomoto 21803
    This museum is located at the entrance of the work tunnels used to carve the underground tanks of the Kushikino National Underground Oil Reserve Base, Japan's first national oil reserve base. The museum is divided into four sections featuring intuitive hands-on exhibits that teach visitors about subjects including petroleum and how the oil reserve base works. The base is comprised of 10 underground oil tanks carved out of the bedrock capable of holding a total of 1.75 million kiloliters of oil. This volume, which is the equivalent volume of around 1.4 Tokyo Domes (a multipurpose stadium), is roughly the amount of oil that Japan uses in about three days.
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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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  • Ishin Furusato no Michi Promenade
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Kajiyacho
    "This historic promenade extends for about 440 meters on the left bank of the Kotsuki River. It features exhibits related to the history of the Meiji Restoration and Kagoshima, stone monuments bearing the ""Iroha uta,"" that formed the foundation of the Satsuma Domain's ""gochu"" samurai education system, samurai residences from the late Edo period, and more. Signs installed along promenade provide exposition on historical events from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration. Visitors can enjoy a taking a stroll through history by visiting sites such as the Boyhood Neighborhood of Okubo Toshimichi and the Birthplace of Saigo Brothers Takamori and Judo."
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  • Satsuma Glass Kogei
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    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.
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  • Miyagedokoro Satsuma Noren
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    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.
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  • Ogaku Pottery
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Sakurajimaakamizucho 1360
    This pottery located in the foothills of Sakurajima, the symbol of Kagoshima, creates Sakurajima ware. The pottery, which originally started out making white Satsuma ware, is notable for being operated entirely by women. Sakurajima ware is an original style of pottery made with Sakurajima's volcanic ash and hot spring water. Mixing volcanic ash with hot spring water that has a deep red color due to its high iron content gives Sakurajima ware a subdued elegance and a silver luster. The pottery also offers art workshops using Sakurajima's volcanic ash (reservation required).
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  • Nanshu Shrine
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Kamitatsuocho 2-1
    This shrine established in 1880 is located north of the Nanshu Cemetery, the final resting place of Saigo Takamori and many who died fighting on his side in the Satsuma Rebellion. It enshrines Saigo and his fellow casualties of the Satsuma Rebellion. The Nanshu Cemetery, a designated historical site of Kagoshima Prefecture, originally interred the remains of Saigo Takamori and 39 other individuals. The bones of another 224 supporters of his cause were reinterred there in 1879. Rebels killed outside of Kagoshima Prefecture would also be reinterred at the cemetery four years later, bringing the total number of interred individuals to 2023. The shrine was officially recognized in 1922 due to the increase in the number of visitors.
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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.
  • Kagoshima Machiaruki Tourist Information Station
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    Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Shiroyamacho
    This tourist information center located next to a statue of Saigo Takamori in front of Kagoshima City's Central Park. It offers a wide variety of tourism pamphlets with a particular focus on walking tours of the city. Visitors can even book a volunteer guided walking tour of the city. Each course has a different theme such as experiencing nature, touring local historic spots, or tracing the steps of Kagoshima's great historical figures.
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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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