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Sakurajima Visitor Center (桜島ビジターセンター)
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This visitor center for Sakurajima is located in Kirishima Kinkowan National Park (Sakurajima). The center features informational exhibits about the history of the volcano's eruptions as well as the nature on the island. It is popular for allowing visitors to experience the living Sakurajima through its high-definition theater, dioramas, computers, and other media. Exhibits include volcanic projectiles of various sizes from actual eruptions, a cross-sectional model of the volcano's layers, live camera footage of its Showa crater, and real time seismograph data, and up-to-date numbers of past eruptions. There is also a museum shop where visitors can purchase souvenirs such as the island's special products as well as volcanic ash and rocks.
Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Sakurajimayokoyamacho 1722-29 (Kagoshima / Mt. SakurajimaArea)
0992932443
9:00-17:00
Review of Sakurajima Visitor Center
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
Reviewed:2019/04/28
Friendly, helpful staff
Reviewed:2019/04/23
Great first stop when you come to Sakurajima
Reviewed:2018/06/30
some information about the volcano
Details
- Address
- Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Sakurajimayokoyamacho 1722-29 [map]
- Phone
- 0992932443
- Hours
- 9:00-17:00
- Closed
- open everyday
- Fees
- Free
- Parking Lot
- Available(10spaces)
*Free, Free parking lot around the area ManyAvailable - Credit Card
- Available (VISA, MasterCard, JCB, AMEX, DISCOVER, Diners Club, others)
- Smoking
- Not available
- Wi-Fi
- Available(synapse_free)
- Estimated stay time
- 0-30 minutes
- Wheelchair accessible
- Available
- Infant friendly
- Available
- Pet friendly
- Yes (OK when you are in a cage or when you are holding it)
Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN
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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.
