Street Spots in Amami / Okinoerabu Island Area

  • Yani Kawa Dori
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Irifunecho
  • Kanamizaki Sotetsu (Sago Palm) Tunnel
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Tokunoshimacho Kanami
    The tunnel is made of cycad trees between 300 and 350 years old and was originally planted in Kanami village in the northeastern part of Tokunoshima. At the end of the cycad tunnel is the Kanamizaki Observatory, where you can see both the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea at once.
  • Coralway
    Travel / Tourism
    Kagoshima Pref. Oshimagunyoronchou Ricchou

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.

Kagoshima Photo Album

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