KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Senganen Park

-Historic Sites 

Senganen Park is about 15,000 square meters of its site.The wide garden was originally built by the lord of Shimazu fami...

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Kagoshima Castle Site

-Historic Sites 

The castle was built by Shimazu family in 1607, but was burnt down and the site only remains.That the Daimyo was so powe...

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Shiroyama Observatory

-Historic Sites  -Mountain View 

Shiroyama Observatory is on a small hill of 100 meters sea levelwhere the downtown of Kagoshima City and Sakurajima Isla...

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Museum of the Meiji Restoration

-Culture 

It is a good place to know about the political turbulence of Japan even if a person does not know Japanese historybecaus...

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Sakurajima Island

-Mountain View 

Sakurajima Island is a volcanic island located on the opposite shore of Kagoshima Bay facing with Kagoshima City,whose c...

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Sakurajima Visitor Center

-Culture 

It is a 10-minute walk from Sakurajima Port where visitors may learnabout the history of the Eruption of Sakurajima....

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Arimura Lava Observatory

-Mountain View 

Arimura Lava Observatory is located at the southern foot of Sakurajima Islandwhich was made on the lava field of 1914 in...

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Sakurajima Lava Nagisa Promenade

-Mountain View 

It is a promenade 3 km long on the lava zone spreading out from the west of Sakurajima Ferry Pier,which is called a live...

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Maibotsu-torii

-Specific Nature 

The torii which was buried in the roadside of the Sakurajima east shoreline.In the big eruption of 1914, eight villages ...

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KYUSHU    [ Kagoshima ]

Ohara Festival

-Festivals 

It is the biggest festival in southern Kyushu,where 20,000 people from different parts take part in and dance to folk so...

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