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Chiran Peace Museum

4.5

712 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Minamikyushushi Chiranchoukori 17881

This museum collects materials and personal items relating to the special attack unit (kamikaze unit) active at the end of World War II. The museum was erected on the site of a former launch base with the aim of preserving records of the time for future generations and in a prayer for peace. Parties of 10 or more can listen to a storyteller with advance reservation. The museum also provides English, Chinese, and Korean audio guides. A five-minute walk from the Tokkokannon-iriguchi bus stop.

We were on a tour, so I hadn’t read any reviews beforehand, but as we had limited time in the museum I did not hire an audio guide. I wish I had as very few exhibits have an English translation. The...
Flower Park Kagoshima

4.0

102 Reviews

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Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Yamagawaokachogamizu 1611

A botanical park opened in 1996 which makes use of the local warm weather to good effect. Visitors can enjoy flowers from around the world in a garden setting which harnesses the natural geography and surrounding pine forest. An abundance of events and classes are held at the park year round; the Flower Park Illumination, during which the park grounds are lit up at night from early December to early January, is particularly famous. A bus circles the park grounds and baby strollers and wheel chairs are also available to lend, making the park a facility which can be enjoyed by people of all ages. A 90-minute drive by car from within Kagoshima City or 20 minutes by bus from JR Yamakawa Station.

The park was very neat but lack intensity of floral display. The buggy offered for seniors were few in numbers. I saw only one which was insufficient. The labelling of plants and tress were all in...
Hotarukan Tomiya Shokudo

4.0

62 Reviews

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Kagoshima Pref. Minamikyushushi Chiranchoukori 103-1

This army dining hall was run by Tome Torihama, who was praised as the mother of the Special Attack Units during World War II. The dining hall has been restored, and is now a museum. On the first floor of the dining hall, there are valuable exhibits such as photographs and memorabilia of members of the Special Attack Units, and on the second floor, there are exhibits detailing the life of Tome Torihama.

We were looking forward to visiting this museum, as we had seen a few statues of Tome Tonihama around Chiran, and were familiar with her story prior to visiting. Tome owned a restaurant in Chiran...
Nagasakibana Parking Garden

3.5

52 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Yamagawaokachogamizu 1571-1

A sightseeing destination established 50 years ago on Cape Nagasakibana, an area tied to a legend concerning the Palace of the Dragon King. Boasting a sweeping view of Kaimondake Volcano and the East China Sea, this garden, which recreates a tropical jungle, is planted with some 1,000 varieties of tropical plants. Parrot and rat shows are held on the garden’s spacious grounds, but be sure not to miss the flamingo shows resembling something out of a south seas resort. The garden also holds a variety of special events during Golden Week and other long holidays. People of all ages are sure to enjoy meeting the animals which are allowed to roam grounds closely resembling their natural habitat.

If you want to see Nagasakibana, here is a good place. Also, this graden can give you chance to get touch with animals, for example, parrots. You can buy food for animals with cheap price
Satsuma Denshokan

4.5

61 Reviews

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Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Higashikata 12131-4

A history museum which presents the culture of the Satsuma (Kagoshima) region. The museum building was modeled after the Byodoin’s Phoenix Hall. The museum’s exhibits and exhibitions are designed around the concept of experiencing the history and culture of Satsuma with all five senses. Much of the museum’s collection consists of works of art from China and Satsuma handed down through the ages since ancient times in the region, including gorgeous ceramics decorated with gold. The museum also displays historic texts, medals, and calligraphic works dating to the late Edo period. Visitors can enjoy the tastes of Satsuma in the museum restaurant.

Wasnt sure what to expect and the tickets were a bit dear (1500 yen per person), but I have no regret entering this outstanding museum. The building is neat, very attractive from within as it is...
Bansei Tokko Peace Museum

4.5

26 Reviews

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Kagoshima Pref. Minamisatsumashi Kasedatakahashi 1955-3

A museum built on the site of the former Bansei Airfield, the last base used by the army for kamikaze fighters during the Pacific War. Opened in 1993, the museum’s numerous exhibits include Japan’s only extant Navy Type Zero reconnaissance seaplane (Aichi E13A), messages left by blood relatives of kamikaze fighters, and articles which belonged to kamikaze fighters as well as portraits. Through testimony provided by relatives and people involved as well as other videos, visitors can learn about the final moments of close to 200 kamikaze fighters, including pilots as young as 17. A memorial service is held in front of the museum’s monument each year in April.

This peace hall manages to convey both the futility of the waste of young lives with a recognition of those bravery of those involved. It’s a tricky balance but in delivering this the museum finds...
Chiran Peace Museum

3.0

17 Reviews

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Kagoshima Pref. Minamikyushushi Chiranchoukori 17880

"This history museum's theme is one of ""The Blending Waves of Culture"". Its exhibits and theater shows teach about the history and culture of Chiran, where the cultures of Ryukyu and Yamato blended. Additionally, Satsuma's hidden Amida Buddhism, Bukeyashiki Street and Chiran Castle ruins are introduced in detail to visitors. There is also the Chiran Peace Museum nearby, and visitors can purchase a joint admission ticket here."

知覧特攻平和会館を出た私たちは、その西隣にあったこちらの施設、ミュージアム知覧に入って見ました。平和会館やその前庭の像など、特攻関連の施設を見てきたので、こちらのミュージアムもそうだろうと思って何気なく入って見たのですが、違っていました。こちらのミュージアムは、「交錯する文化の波」をテーマに、南九州を紹介する施設でした。音や映像で楽しむシアターがあり、南九州市の武家屋敷や知覧城跡、薩摩の...
Maeda Strawberry Farm

4.0

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Minamikyushu-shi Chirancho Naga Sato 3319-2

This tourist farm is located 40 minutes from Kagoshima City and 15 minutes from the Chiran Interchange on the Ibusuki Skyline via Prefectural Route 23. Here visitors can enjoy picking ripe strawberries grown with a focus on safety and health, as well as on taste over size. The farm also grows its strawberries in greenhouses, ensuring you can have fun going strawberry picking even on rainy days. In addition, you can buy the strawberries you pick by volume to take home. The farm also offers fun activities in which you can use the fresh strawberries you just picked to make strawberry daifuku rice cakes, or strawberry jam (separate fee and advance reservation required).

知覧特攻平和会館から指宿に行く途中に立ち寄りました。何棟もハウスがあり、いろいろな種類のいちごを生産しているそうです。前日の天気が悪かったせいか、あまり甘くはなかったんですが、農家さん直売なので安心かなと思いました。
Kyukamura Ibusuki

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Higashikata 10445

A hot spring hotel situated on the edge of Kinko Bay near the “Kyukamura Ibusuki” bus stop. A free footbath constantly replenished from a source spring “kakenagashi” style and hammocks caressed by sea breezes can be found in the Sun Terrace area in front of the lobby. The woody fragrance of the lobby engenders a gentle atmosphere. The magnificent view of Kinko Bay from the hotel’s guest rooms further enhance the southerly, tropical resort mood. You can refresh body and mind in the main building’s Chirin no Yu bathhouse; Ibusuki’s famous sand baths; and a private reservable semi-outdoor private bath with a stunning view you’ll have all to yourself. Nothing beats a hot spring bath while listening to the sound of crashing waves. The hotel’s sand baths are said to promote recovery from fatigue and treat nerve pain and sensitivity to cold; they are also available to non-guests.
Bandokorobana Nature Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Minamikyushushi Eichoubeppu 5202

A nature park built along the coast in Minamikyushu City. “Bansho” means “guardhouse” in Japanese, a reference to a guardhouse which once stood in the area. The circular inlet was formed naturally through the erosion of volcanic rock by ocean waves. The park is famous for its picturesque scenery and view of beautiful Kaimondake Volcano just across the sea. The Japanese cartographer Ino Tadataka, who traveled the country making maps, praised the scenery here as the most spectacular in Japan. Seahorses live in abundance here, and the nearby Seahorse House aquarium breeds seahorses.
Kaimon Sanroku Fureai Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Ibusuki-shi Kaimonjucho 2626
Fukiage-hama Kaihin Koen (Seaside Beach Park)

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Minamisatsumashi Kasedatakahashi 1936-2

A seaside park located a 40-minute drive from the Taniyama interchange on the Ibusuki Skyline. Designed based on the theme of a place which coexisted with nature where people could regain their humanity, the park’s vast, 110 hectare grounds encompass paid facilities such as a swimming pool and campground as well as a sports ground, wild bird watching facility, and outdoor obstacle course, making it a popular destination for families with children. The park is also replete with physically challenged accessible parking and toilets. Further, the park’s store, learning garden, and soccer dome toilets have diaper changing stations, making it easy for those with babies to enjoy the park as well.
Iwaya Park Camping Ground

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Minamikyushu-shi Kawanabecho Kiyomizu 3882
Ibusuki Archeological Museum Jiyukan Cocco Hashimure

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Junichou 2290

This archeological museum is just a 10-minute walk from the JR Ibusuki Station, adjoins the nationally designated historic spot that primarily exhibits the Ibusukibashi-Muregawa remains. Here, in the No. 1 exhibition hall is a historic theater that reenacts the conditions under which the ruins were discovered and a reproduction of eruption of the Aira Caldera. In No. 3 exhibition hall one can observe a day in the life of a village from 1500 years ago through a light and sound display experience. Magatama, archaic bead, making workshops are offered and if desired, you can request that a museum teacher (exhibit guide) accompany your tour.
Yume/Kaze-no-sato Agri-land Ei

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Minamikyushushi Eichoumakinouchi 15025-5

This leisure facility uses part of Kumagaya Farm. The facility makes use of its spacious location and high elevation with various attractions such as a 730-meter go-kart track, grass skiing and a petting zoo for small animals, where visitors can feed rabbits and goats. There is also a campsite, a restaurant and hot spring facilities, so visitors can enjoy a full day here.
Ibusuki Mango Forest

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Ibusuki-shi Yamagawaokachiyogamizu 1332-4

This fruit farm is located next to Flower Park Kagoshima in the foothills of Mt. Kaimon. The farm grows Shiawase mangoes, a gift of the sun worthy of the title of the king of fruits. Shiawase mangoes are characterized by their sweet scent and rich flavor. This great fruit is grown in soil carefully cultivated using primarily organic fertilizer, assuring that it is both delicious and healthy. Visitors can purchase products such as assortments of fully-ripened mango, mango jellies, Mango Forest jams, and other products at the farm's shop. There is also a cafe space where visitors can enjoy sweets made with dragon fruit, passion fruit, and other fruits.
Onodake Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Minamikyushu-shi Eicho Kori

"This park is located a 20-minute drive from the Ei Interchange on the Ibusuki Skyline. The park has stairs consisting of 108 steps leading up to the top of Mt. Onodake called the Chaju Stairs, a reference to the Japanese term for one's 108th birthday. The stairs are inscribed with the words in Japanese for one's 60th birthday (""kanreki""), 77th birthday (""kiju""), and 88th birthday (""beiju"") along the way. Onodake Shrine, a Shinto shrine built over 700 years ago, stands near the top of the mountain, while from the mountaintop Shiroro Observatory, visitors can get a sweeping view of the entirety of the Nansatsu Plateau."
Sebira Nature Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Minamikyushu-shi Eicho Kori Nagasaki

"This park is located a five-minute drive from Ei Station on the JR Ibusuki Makurazaki Line. Primarily consisting of coastline along National Route 226, the sight of Mt. Kaimondake, nicknamed the ""Satsuma Fuji,"" as seen from the shade of the park's old pine trees is truly stunning. On clear days, visitors can also see all the way to the islands of Iwo Jima, Takeshima, and even distant Yakushima. During sillago fishing season, the park is visited by many families with children; it's also the perfect place to take a break while enjoying a scenic drive through the area. A stone monument stands on the grounds which is dedicated to famed poet Tekkan Yosano and his wife author Akiko Yosano, who visited the area in 1929."
Kiyomizu Iwaya Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Minamikyushu-shi Kawanabecho Kiyomizu 3882

This park is situated along the upper reaches of the lush Manose River a 15-minute drive from the Kawanabe Interchange on the Ibusuki Skyline via National Route 225. The park grounds are the location of the Kiyomizu Magaibutsu, a group of Buddhist sculptures carved into a cliff 20 meters tall and 400 meters long. The park's campground, open year-round, and river-powered lazy river pool (open only in summer) are particularly popular. The park's array of facilities which aid visitors in relaxing also includes the Sakura no Yakata, a cafe operating out of a building resembling the Ginkakuji in Kyoto. Visitors can enjoy leisure activities and the great outdoors in the park year-round, including viewing cherry blossoms in spring, fireflies in early summer, and fall foliage in autumn.
Kaimon Sanroku Nature Park

3.5

27 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Ibusuki-shi Kaimonkawashiri 6743

大人2人、子供2人で入場料は千円を超えます。トカラ馬と展望台の眺望を楽しむところですね。トカラ馬は仔馬の母子以外は放牧されており、場内を移動しています。とても大人しく、見て飽きません。第一展望台のレストハウスはほぼ閉鎖。トイレは使用できる模様。長崎鼻や山川地熱発電所、大隅半島等々の眺望は素晴らしかったです。

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Kagoshima Areas

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.