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Kanoya Air Base Museum (Kanoya Sky Museum)

4.5

126 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kanoyashi Nishihara 3-chome 11-2

A museum located on the grounds of Maritime Self Defense Forces Kanoya Air Base. The museum presents information and rare items spanning the time period from when the naval Kanoya flying corps was created in 1936 up to and including the history of the current Maritime Self Defense Forces Kanoya Air Base. The second floor of the museum provides information on topics such as the rapid developments which occurred in aviation technology in the 30-year frame from when naval aviation began; and a full portrait of the kamikaze fighters which emerged as part of Japan’s strategies during the Pacific War. The first floor of the museum presents history from the launching of the Coastal Safety Force in 1952 up to its reformation as the Maritime Self Dense Forces and on to the present day.

You can see only one existing Kawanishi H8K a.k.a. Emily which was displayed in the U.S.A. after the 2nd world war and then brought to Tokyo and finaly here. This admission free Naval airforce museum...
Roadside Station Tarumizu Yuttarikan

4.0

144 Reviews

Transportation

Kagoshima Pref. Tarumizushi Ushinefumoto 1038-1

A roadside station located 30-minute drive from the Kokubu interchange on the Kyushu Expressway traveling along National Route 220 towards Tarumizu. Here visitors can enjoy spectacular scenery and hot spring bathing. Visitors can soak weary feet in the station’s footbath while taking in a view of Sakurajima floating in Kinko Bay and the distant Kirishima Mountains. In addition to a shop carrying a wide selection of local specialty products, the station’s hot spring bathhouse is constantly supplied “kakenagashi” style from a rare natural radon hot spring. With a little luck, you just might see dolphin swimming by from the station’s ocean view restaurant. Particularly recommended restaurant choices include the seafood rice bowl topped with local specialties yellowtail and amberjack. The hearty, flavorful sashimi covering the rice is sure to satisfy.

無料の足湯があり入浴しながら桜島が見れるからと思い行きましたが浴槽は枯れ葉が紛れ混んでて自然感があったかなレストランは、メニューが少なくて大半が、ブリ関連のメニューでした苦手なのでうどんをオーダーしましたが出汁は、見てないから確信できませんがヒガシマルうどんスープかな(笑) お土産屋コーナーは、スーパーみたいな感じでしたみかんと、ツマミを買いました。
Kanoya Rose Garden

4.0

47 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Kanoyashi Hamadachou 1250

This rose garden, the largest in Japan, is located in a hilly area on the east side of Kirishimagaoka Park. Some 35 thousand wild roses, English roses, and other rose varieties are grown on the garden’s vast grounds. Roses named after royalty and nobles, Kanoya’s own original Princess Kanoya, and other roses bloom in vivid color; the best time to visit the garden is during the festivals held during the peak blooming periods in spring and autumn. Visitors can try flower cutting in a green house and appreciate roses from around the world in facilities like a rose chapel and garden stage. The garden’s restaurant, which serves a wide variety of dishes made with roses, is also popular.

Lived in Kanoya for 1 year and had a Rose Garden park pass 50,000 of roses in 8 hectare so visited often. You can take the local bus from downtown Kanoya if you do not have a car. Cost about 620Y...
Roadside Station Sueyoshi

4.0

26 Reviews

Transportation

Kagoshima Pref. Soshi Sueyoshichoufukagawa 11051-1

A roadside station which carries a wide selection of local specialty products located a five-minute drive from the Sueyoshitakarabe interchange on the Kyushu Expressway. In the seasonal market area, there’s a farmer’s market selling fresh produce and local specialty products. The foods made with yuzu, a citrus fruit which is a Sueyoshi specialty product, are particularly popular. Other facilities include a restaurant, exhibition space and multipurpose hall, and craft workshop room. The restaurant, a certified Kagoshima Local Production for Local Consumption Promotion Establishment, is so popular lines of waiting customers form outside its door during lunch time. Lunch is served all-you-can-eat buffet style, and diners can enjoy an astonishing variety of Western, Japanese, and Chinese dishes made with local ingredients.

国道１０号沿い下り方面の道の駅。道路脇の巨大な和牛のモニュメントにモウビックリ。隣にはＳＯＵ！モォ-ッと幸せになる鐘とイミフな飾り物に突っ込み所満載で笑えます。コロナ対策として鐘を鳴らすのは自重された方が良いでしょう。
Cape Sata

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kimotsukigunminamiosumichou Satamagome 417

A cape located on the southernmost tip of Kyushu facing the Osumi Strait. Located at 31 degrees north, the same latitude as New Delhi and Cairo, the cape is warm year round and subtropical plants such as Livistona and sago palms flourish here. Cape Sata Observatory Park and the surrounding area are currently closed due to renovations (as of January 2017) and are scheduled to reopen in 2018.
Kirishimagaoka Park

4.5

13 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Kanoyashi Hamadachou 1250

This park is located to the south of the city area of Kanoya City. It has various facilities such as a campsite, large play equipment, go-kart field and flying disc golf course on its vast hilly premises. From the observation deck in the park, you can enjoy panoramic views of the surrounding area such as Sakurajima Island, Mt. Kaimon, Kinko Bay and Shibushi Bay, and you can also enjoy the flowers that bloom each season. In addition, Kanoya Rose Garden, one of the largest rose gardens in Japan, also adjoins the park.

高台にあり、開放的な公園です。天気がいい時は、遠くまで見渡せ、パノラマビューが心ゆくまで楽しめます。
Roadside Station Kunino Matsubara Osaki

3.5

12 Reviews

Transportation

Kagoshima Pref. Sogunosakichou Jinryou 2419

A roadside station located a 30-minute drive from Kanoya City on National Route 220 traveling towards Shibushi. Rhinoceros beetle sumo is a popular event in Osaki Town, and two giant rhinoceros beetle statues stand in front of the station. Situated on the grounds of Asupal OSAKI, visitors will find a hot spring bathhouse, hotel, restaurant, and shop available for their use. The Osaki Fureai no Sato Park is a renowned destination for cherry blossom viewing and bustles with visitors during the blooming period in spring.

国道２２０号沿いの道の駅。道路脇２匹の巨大なカブトムシのモニュメントがイミフで笑えます。案内所のスタッフは気さく。室内顔ハメ看板を写真に取っていたら「一緒に写真撮りましょうか？」など世話を焼いてくれます。「お先に失礼します。」と思わず突っ込みたくなります。
Kihoku Astronomical Observatory

4.0

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Kanoya-shi Kihokucho Ichinari 1660-3

This astronomical observatory is located inside Kihoku Uwaba Park at an elevation of 550 meters. It was built to commemorate Kihoku Uwaba Park's four consecutive years as Japan's best stargazing spot according to the Ministry of the Environment's Star Watching Network. The observatory is notable for its unique space-themed exterior. A 65-centimeter Cassegrain reflector telescope is installed inside of the observatory's dome. There is also a gallery on the third floor featuring photographs of the surfaces of planets captured by space probes, astrophotography taken through the telescopes, and other exhibits.

星が綺麗なキャンプ場があるとのことで、大隈半島めぐりの帰路で下見に立ち寄ってみました。標高550mの高台なので風が強く少し肌寒い感じでした。風が強いだけあって巨大な風車がいくつもあり、高千穂峰と並んで眺めるのが面白い風景。輝北天球館では予約すれば星空観察もできます。環境庁主催の星空継続観測で、過去７回...
Daguri Cape Amusement Park

4.0

12 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Shibushishi Shibushichounatsui 211-2

This amusement park is located in Shibushi City, Kagoshima Prefecture. The park features a attractions such as a Ferris wheel popular for its panoramic views of Shibushi Bay as well as go karts and a chair swing ride. One of its most popular attractions is its seawater pool, which features a 100-meter-long lazy river and a water slide.

桜島から都井岬に到る国道は220号線と448号線が重なる部分、やがて恋ヶ浦サーフポイントの先で土砂崩れとかで不通となる。この辺りはまだ志布志湾沿いの美しい海岸線。うらやましい。波も南海トラフの影響も少なそう。
Asupal OSAKI

4.0

12 Reviews

Transportation

Kagoshima Pref. Sogunosakichou Jinryou 2419

A lodging and activity facility adjoining Roadside Station Kuni-no-Matsubara Osaki located a 30-minute drive from Kanoya City on National Route 220 traveling towards Shibushi. Facilities include a hotel, hot spring bathhouse, restaurant, and shop. In the Shoin no Yu bathhouse, visitors can enjoy bathing in the skin beautifying waters of a hydrogen carbonate spring; the bathhouse has a private bath which can be used with a wheelchair. The restaurant serves chicken nanban made with flavorful Sakurajima-dori chicken and oju lunch boxes made with local eel from Osaki Town. The local specialty products shop sells fresh vegetables and seafood, gifts, souvenirs, and shochu.

こちらには両手で数えるくらいドライブで道の駅に遊びに来たりたまには安いので宿泊をすることもあります。温泉もきれいで日頃の心身の疲れを取るのにも良いです。近くにはキャンプ場もあるので今流行りのソロキャンプには良いでしょう。私はここをベースに高隅山、甫与志岳、国見山、稲尾山に登りました。標高は低山ですが味わいのある山だと思います。ホテルの皆様には大変お世話になりました。眼鏡を一時温泉に忘れてひと騒動し...
Nejime Onsen Neppikan

4.0

5 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kagoshima Pref. Kimotsukigunminamiosumichou Nejimekawaminami 732

A hot spring bathhouse and hotel where visitors can stay the night, go for a day trip, and enjoy banquet plans located in Nejime, Minamiosumi Town. The bathhouse’ unusual vitality restoring (minus ion) water bath is said to beautify the skin. The other baths are constantly replenished “kakenagashi” style from a sodium - chloride strong saline spring whose waters well up from 1,203 meters underground. Popular with women due to their skin beautifying properties, in winter, these waters warm the body to the core. The bathhouse is also replete with an outdoor bath, jacuzzi, and far infrared sauna. The adjoining restaurant serves a variety of dishes made with local Kagoshima brand ingredients.

町の温泉施設、ネッピー館の中にある食事処です。ラストオーダーが20時半なので、温泉に浸かってからでも夕食が頂けます。かんぱち南蛮丼(¥900)を頂きました。メニューには2月までの期間限定と書いてありましたが、3月でも注文できました。かんぱちがオススメのようです。
Semi-submersible Observation Boat Satadei-Go

2.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Kimotsuki-gun Minamiosumicho Sata Magome 486-4

This semi-submersible observation boat takes passengers on tours of Satamisaki Marine Park, Japan's first marine park. Passengers can enjoy viewing an alien world of emerald blue from seats located under the waterline. The rich waters of Satamisaki Marine Park are a natural treasure trove densely populated by brilliantly-colored corals. Passengers can see schools of tropical fish, colonies of seaweed, and maybe even a sea turtle or two through the boat's glass bottom. The view of the Satamisaki Lighthouse from the boat's deck is also particularly beautiful. Sunset cruises that allow passengers to enjoy watching a fantastic sunset are also available (reservation required).

電話予約して現地に到着したら、何と「フリー客が先に来たので出港したので戻ってから出港となるので待ってくれ」とのこと。電話予約のときに名前も電話番号も聞かれなかったので、なんていいかげんなんだろうと思ったが、予約客を無視する姿勢に唖然。この船に乗るときには「予約を無視して出港したりしないでしょうね」と確認してからがいいです。常識が通用しない世界なので。
Sarugajo Gorge Michi no Eki Tarumizu

4.0

4 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Tarumizushi Shinmidou 1344-1

This nature experience facility adjacent to Sarugajo Gorge is located at the base of the Takakuma Mountains inside a prefectural natural park. It is equipped with heated and air-conditioned cottages, a cooking pavilion, multipurpose conference rooms, a workshop, and other facilities. Visitors can enjoy activities such as exploring the lush nature around the gorge or canyoning in the summer (reservation required).

巨大な岩がゴロゴロしている清流に沿って遊歩道が整備され、近くには財宝温泉、売店、喫茶店もありました。残念だったのは遊歩道や釣り橋が災害のため所々通行止めになっていたことです。早い時期の復興を願います。
Cape Sata Observatory

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kimotsukigunminamiosumichou Satamagome 416

An observatory located on the 31st parallel north on Cape Sata, the southernmost tip of Kyushu, a 60-minute drive from Nejime Port. The facility was newly remodeled in January 2018, and portions of it are open to the general public. A provided walking route leading from the park entrance to the observatory takes around 30 minutes (alternative routes available as of September 25, 2018). A parking area, rest area, and observatory are situated at the park entrance, and on clear days visitors can see all the way to the islands of Tanegashima and Yakushima.
Roadside Station Osumi Yagoro Legendary Village

Transportation

Kagoshima Pref. Soshi Osumichouiwagawa 6134-1

A roadside station with a distinctive monument to livestock located a 30-minute drive from Shibushi City. The station’s name is derived from the tale of a legendary giant called Yagoro which is told in the Miyazaki and Kagoshima regions. The Yagorodon Festival Hall stands on the grounds and houses a “life-sized” statue of Yagoro. The Yagoro Farmer’s Market, also located on the station’s grounds, sells seasonal vegetables, meats and animal products, and processed foods. The market bustles in summer with customers come to purchase super sweet Yagoro watermelons which boast a Brix reading of at least 11 degrees.
Ogawa Falls

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Kimotsuki-gun Minamiosumicho
JAXA Uchinoura Space Center

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Kimotsukigunkimotsukichou Minamikata 1791-13

This facility, located two hours from the Kagoshima interchange on the Kyushu Expressway via the Kasanohara interchange on the Osumi Jukan Road, is used primarily for scientific observation rocket and satellite launches as well as for tracking and data acquisition. Since 1962, over 400 rockets have been launched from here. The space center was the site of the launch of Japan’s first satellite and since that time has been used to launch close to 30 other satellites and probes. Visitors can enter the observation deck. The facility displays models of rockets and science satellites as well as scientific equipment. Visitors can also buy space related merchandise from vending machines.
Kuninomatsubara Campground

4.5

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Pref. Sogunosakichou Masumaru 226-1

This pine forest is located in Osaki Town, So County. It is constructed as a protected forest to prevent salt damage, and it is a scenic spot with white sand and blue pine trees that extends over seven kilometers along the shores of Shibushi Bay. There are also facilities such as a campsite and exercise park, and outdoor swimming pool facilities operated by the town open every summer.

We all love this camp site, iv been here once before with my family and this time we came back with some children who booked an English school camp experience with us, they loved this site. I will...
Mizonokuchi Cave

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Soo-shi Takarabecho Shimotakarabe
Takarabe Onsen Health Center

3.0

1 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kagoshima Soo-shi Takarabecho Shimotakarabe 357-1

"A hot spring bathhouse located along the Yokoichigawa River, south of Mochio Park in Soo City. The water used is a sodium hydrogen carbonate spring that bubbles up from 1,702 meters underground. Since it leaves the bather's skin smooth and soft, and it is known as ""beauty water."" The facility offers various kinds of options, including ordinary baths, saunas, and whirlpool baths. After bathing, visitors can enjoy local cuisine in the facility's restaurant or relax free of charge in the lounge. The facility's shop sells locally grown vegetables. The workout room contains machines that loosen up the body, such as massage machines and devices that one's body can hang from. This facility can be used as a place to shake off everyday tiredness and encourage interactions with the local people."

ここの温泉は、濃厚でぬるぬるします。温泉成分が皮膚や角質を溶かしていると思われ、効果絶大です。入り口にぶっさんはんばいもあり、お風呂上がりに地元の物産も購入できます。朝早い方が空いていていいかも。

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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.