Ibusuki Onsen ー
指宿温泉
Wonderful sand bath experience:
Ibusuki City is located at the tip of the Satsuma Peninsula, where it is warm throughout the year and the roadside trees are phoenix and palm trees which makes tropic atmosphere. In addition, it is famous for its hot springs where visitors are covered with the beach sand which is a unique bathing way continuing 300 years. This way of bathing is rare even all over Japan, so it must be an interesting experience. Besides the above, it is also a big resort in South Kyushu because there are many scenic spots such as Mt. Kaimondake and Mountain passes with good views.
Access and Getting Around
Ibusuki Onsen is to reach by train or car because it is near to Kagoshima.
Yet, trains or buses going round sights are not so many, so it is necessary to take enough time while making a tour plan.
A bicycle can be rented at the station which is used for city tour.
By train
1 hour 15 minutes from Kagoshimaｃhuo Station to Ibusuki Station by the JR Ibusuki-makurazaki Line with 1 train per hour.
By bus
1 hour 40 minutes from Kagoshimaｃhuo Station with 1 bus per hour;
1 hour 50 minutes from Kagoshima Airport with 10 buses per day.
By car
1 hour 20 minutes from Kagoshimachuo Station.
Features
-Onsen(Hot Spings)
Ibusuki Onsen is said that there are 500 hot springs with abundant water in the city,and a lot of various inns are lined along the shoreline from the station.The sand baths are not only available in some big inns but also in some city hop spring facilities,so tourists can enjoy the sand bath even without staying at an inn....
-Onsen(Hot Spings)
Saraku is a municipal sand bath facility which everyone can use.It is the center of hot spring downtown, and pick-up buses are offered from the inns....
-Culture
Satsuma Denshokan is a craft center which display the traditional Kagoshima craftworks.Tourists are impressed with the splendid ceramic and art crafts.Tourists are not only welcome to a hot spring but also to the Craft Center as there is a garden around it.It is on the site of Hotel Hakusuikan....
-Sea View
Nagasakibana is a cape at the southernmost tip of the Satsuma Peninsula,and the over-the-sea view of Mount Kaimondake seen from the white lighthouse is completely superb....
-Specific Nature
It is the greatest floating island in the gulf near the entrance of the Gulf of Kagoshima.It is an uninhabited island of 3 km around, where a 800-meter-long sandbank appearsat low tide during March and October,which attracts lots of visitors to come to see the unique island....
-Mountain View
Mount Kaimondake is located at the south end of the Satsuma Peninsula in Kagoshima,which is a volcano of 924 meters above sea level.It becomes the volcanic body directly from the sea, and it is also called another Satsuma Fujifor its wonderful conic image of mountain.The beautiful mountain can be seen from different parts of the Satsuma Peninsula.The silhouette shining in the sunset is particularl...
-Mountain View -Recreational Facilities
It is a very large natural park spreading out to the eastern foot of Mount Kaimondakewhere the view of Nagasaki Nose is great, and though there are botanical gardens of tropical and subtropical plants,the most impressive is that Tokara horses which are said to be the progenitor of Japanese horses have a leisure time.Generally speaking, the Japanese horses are small and quiet, yet on seeing the hor...
-Specific Nature
It is the biggest caldera lake in Kyushu with 19 kilometers around and 233meters the deepest.Along shoreline, there are restaurants, souvenir shops andcruisers etc.Eels with 2 meters in length and 50 centimeters of waist size inhabit in the lake....
-Shrines
It is a Shrine located at the foot of Mount Kaimondake with red walls surrounding it.Though not big, the red hall and the sculptures on the column are impressive.You may drop in for a short time while going to Mount Kaimondake....
-Mountain View
It is a mountain of 215 meters above sea level from which the sandbank of Chiringajima Island can well be seen.In addition, there a release stand of a hand glider, so it is also popular for its hang glider....
Accommodation around Ibusuki Onsen
