Miyazaki
Kitagō Roadside Station
A roadside station in Nichinan, dealing in bonito landed locally.
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KagoshimaHistoric DistrictsKagoshima
Maru-ike Yusui
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.
Kagoshima
Japan's Largest Giant Tree: Kamō no Ōkusu
In the grounds of Kamo Hachiman Shrine — a camphor held to be the largest tree in Japan.
Kagoshima
Izumi Crane Observation Center
From mid October cranes arrive from Siberia; more than 10,000 winter here until about March. A special natural monument.
KagoshimaHistoric DistrictsKagoshima
Kuro no Seto and Kuro no Seto Bridge
The strait between Akune and Nagashima, one of Japan's three fastest tidal races, reaching eight knots. Otomo no Tabito wrote a poem about it.
KagoshimaHistoric DistrictsKagoshima
Tosenkyo Somen Nagashi
The birthplace of revolving flowing somen, whose rotating vessel was registered as a design in 1970. It uses spring water from one of Japan's hundred fine water districts.
Kagoshima
Popular Pokémon Eevee and Evolution Manhole Covers
One cover was set outside Ibusuki Station in December 2018, and eight more added in February 2019, placed near sights and on footpaths.
KagoshimaHistoric DistrictsKagoshima
Cape Nagasaki
The southernmost cape of the Satsuma peninsula. Urashima Taro is said to have set out for the dragon palace from here, so it is also called Ryugu-bana.
Kagoshima
Chiran Bukeyashiki Teien-gun
Streets of clipped hedges and gardens that borrow Mount Hahagatake as their scenery.
KagoshimaHistoric DistrictsKagoshima
Mizonokuchi Doketsu
A cave cut over thousands of years by spring water from the Kirishima range: 14.6 metres wide and up to 6.4 high.
Kagoshima
Amami Sightseeing Habu Center
Shows film of the habu snake and the mongoose, and explains the snake's habits and what to do if bitten.
OkinawaHistoric DistrictsOkinawa
T Galleria Okinawa
The only shop in Japan where you can buy duty-free while travelling domestically.
Outlying Islands
Akiba Chiteiko
An underground lake formed by groundwater in a limestone cave on Minamidaitojima, beneath the sugarcane fields.
OkinawaHistoric DistrictsOutlying Islands
Baribari-iwa
Minamidaitojima is said to move about seven centimetres northwest each year. These fissures were opened by that movement.
Kume Island
Uezu Family Residence
The house of a samurai family held to descend from the lords of Gushikawa Castle on Kumejima, ringed by stone walls and old fukugi trees.
OkinawaHistoric DistrictsMiyako Islands
Irabu Ohashi Bridge
A 3,540-metre bridge joining Miyakojima with Irabujima. Opened in 2015, it is the longest toll-free bridge in Japan.
OkinawaHistoric DistrictsOkinawa
Nirai Bridge and Kanai Bridge
A bridge 660 metres long and 80 metres high, named after Nirai Kanai, the paradise beyond the sea.
Okinawa
Chura Yashi Park Okinawa and Southeast Botanical Gardens
Opened in 1968. One of the largest outdoor botanical gardens in Japan, with over 50,000 plants of some 1,300 tropical and subtropical species.
OkinawaHistoric DistrictsYaeyama Islands
Euglena Mall
An arcade with over a hundred souvenir shops and restaurants, holding the Ishigaki municipal market.
Miyako Islands
Yukishio Museum
A salt works on Miyakojima. Its Yukishio salt won a Monde Selection gold medal in 2012.
OkinawaHistoric DistrictsOkinawa
CAVE OKINAWA
A limestone cave in the centre of the main island, with formations tens of thousands of years old, marked by red and white stalactites.
OkinawaHistoric DistrictsOkinawa
Gangala Valley
A valley formed when a limestone cave collapsed. Walk it with a guide to see the great banyan Ufushu Gajumaru.