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Sakurajima
The Yunohira lookout, the highest point open to the public, and the Akamizu viewing ground. The roadside station Hinoshima Megumikan stands here too.
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Shiroyama Park
A lookout and nature path with Sakurajima in view, a place connected with the Meiji Restoration.
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Seika Foods Hioki Factory Ice Cream Factory Tour
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
A distillery making shochu and sake, set in mine tunnels, with the brewing open to view.
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Terushima Coast
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
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
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 with its plinth.
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Sakurajima Island View
A loop bus from Sakurajima port, taking about 60 minutes around the island's sights.
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Io World Kagoshima Aquarium
An aquarium known for displays that suit the warmth of Kagoshima.
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Yunohira Observation Deck
At the fourth station of Sakurajima's north peak, 373 metres up — the highest lookout on the island.
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Kagoshima City Hirakawa Zoo
A zoo where you can see koalas, with Sakurajima in view and a footbath.
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Kirishima Jingu Shrine
The signature shrine of Kirishima, its ornate halls set among the nature of the volcano.
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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.
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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.
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Sogi Power Station Ruins
The remains of a power station standing in the river, open again to visitors.
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Mount Karakuni
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
An art museum that sets its works outdoors, borrowing Sakurajima as scenery.
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Kirishima Onsenkyo
The collective name for nine hot springs, large and small, southwest of the Kirishima range, all between 600 and 850 metres.