鹿児島県 · Kyushu Region
Kagoshima Hidden Gems
The volcanic south — an active cone smoking across the bay from downtown, sand baths on the coast, and an ancient cedar forest offshore.
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Climate & Best Season
Subtropical, hot and very wet, with typhoons in late summer and ashfall from Sakurajima. Mild winters; spring and autumn are easiest.
Famous For (Food)
- Kurobuta pork
- Satsuma-age
- Shochu
- Kibinago
Signature Sights
- Sakurajima volcano
- Ibusuki sand baths
- Sengan-en garden
- Yakushima cedar forest (UNESCO)
Kagoshima
Kagoshima· Izumi
Izumi Fumoto Samurai District
Satsuma did not concentrate its samurai in one castle town. It scattered them across more than a hundred fortified admin…
Izumi Fumotosamurai districtSatsuma+2
Kagoshima
Kagoshima· Izumi
Izumi Crane Observation Centre
More than ten thousand cranes fly in from Siberia to winter on the reclaimed farmland at Izumi — mostly hooded and white…
Izumi craneshooded craneSpecial Natural Monument+2