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鹿児島県 · Regional selections

Seika Foods Hioki Factory Ice Cream Factory Tour

中薩摩エリア

Built to be toured, so almost all the process can be seen. It makes close to 200 kinds of ice cream, with a tasting after the tour.

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Shochu-gura Satsuma Kinzan-gura

中薩摩エリア

A distillery making shochu and sake, set in mine tunnels, with the brewing open to view.

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Terushima Coast

中薩摩エリア

The north end of the Fukiagehama prefectural nature park, one of Japan's three great dune fields, with three kilometres of white sand and pines.

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Kagoshima Castle Tsurumaru-jo Goro-mon

中薩摩エリア

The main gate of the castle Iehisa Shimazu began about 1601. Burned in 1873, it was rebuilt in 2020 as the largest castle gate in Japan.

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Saigo Takamori Bronze Statue

中薩摩エリア

Made over eight years by Teru Ando, sculptor of the loyal dog Hachiko, to mark 50 years since Saigo's death. Finished in 1937, it stands eight metres …

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Sakurajima Island View

中薩摩エリア

A loop bus from Sakurajima port, taking about 60 minutes around the island's sights.

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Io World Kagoshima Aquarium

中薩摩エリア

An aquarium known for displays that suit the warmth of Kagoshima.

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Kagomania

中薩摩エリア

A shop selling clothing and goods with Kagoshima designs.

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Yunohira Observation Deck

中薩摩エリア

At the fourth station of Sakurajima's north peak, 373 metres up — the highest lookout on the island.

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Ferry Yakushima 2 Kagoshima Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks Viewing Boat

中薩摩エリア

A boat from which to watch the Kinko Bay fireworks from the water.

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Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo

中薩摩エリア

A zoo where you can see koalas, with Sakurajima in view and a footbath.

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霧島神宮

霧島・姶良エリア

The signature shrine of Kirishima, its ornate halls set among the nature of the volcano.

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Sogi Falls Park

霧島・姶良エリア

A waterfall park in the Okuchi basin.

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Maru-ike Yusui

霧島・姶良エリア

One of Japan's hundred fine waters. Some 60,000 tonnes a day rise through the sandy bed from the Kirishima foothills and serve the town's water supply…

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Onami-ike

霧島・姶良エリア

At 1,411 metres, known as a relatively easy climb.

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Japan's Largest Giant Tree: Kamō no Ōkusu

霧島・姶良エリア

In the grounds of Kamo Hachiman Shrine — a camphor held to be the largest tree in Japan.

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Kagoshima Jingu Shrine

霧島・姶良エリア

An old shrine in the Kirishima and Aira district.

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曽木発電所遺構

霧島・姶良エリア

The remains of a power station standing in the river, open again to visitors.

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Mount Karakuni

霧島・姶良エリア

At 1,700 metres, the highest peak of the Kirishima volcanoes, with a crater 900 metres across and 300 deep.

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Kirishima Open-Air Museum

霧島・姶良エリア

An art museum that sets its works outdoors, borrowing Sakurajima as scenery.

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Kirishima Onsenkyo

霧島・姶良エリア

The collective name for nine hot springs, large and small, southwest of the Kirishima range, all between 600 and 850 metres.

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Maruo Falls

霧島・姶良エリア

Twenty-three metres high and sixteen wide — an unusual waterfall of hot-spring water, gathering the flows of Einoo and Iozan springs.

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Takenaka-ike Park

霧島・姶良エリア

Fed by some 93,000 tonnes of spring water a day, with flowing somen and a municipal pool.

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Myoken Onsen

霧島・姶良エリア

A hot spring on the Amori River. Its sodium bicarbonate water is also drunk, and there is a drinking fountain.