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Ogamiyama Park

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Kagoshima Amami-shi

This park is located on Mt. Ogami, the symbol of Naze City, at the top of a promenade of uphill slopes and steps. It features a scenic plaza, a stone memorial commemorating the return of the islands to Japan, a playground, and more. Visitors can enjoy a sweeping view of downtown Naze City and Naze Bay. A stone memorial engraved with a poem and a bust of Horo Izumi, the father of the return of the Amami Islands to Japan, have been erected in the park's Memorial Plaza. There is no parking, so visitors must use one of the paid parking lots near the shopping arcade.
Amami Ocean Exhibition Hall

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Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Koshuku Ohama 701-1

"This aquarium and museum has a theme of ""the coexistence of the ocean and people."" Visitors can learn about the deep connection between the lifestyle of the people of the Amami Islands and the ocean from a wide range of exhibits. A large aquarium modeled after the underwater terrain of the ocean around the Amami Islands exhibits sea turtles, sharks, tropical fish unique to the islands, and more. A number of small aquariums offer an up-close view of shrimp, crab, and other familiar sea creatures. Another exhibit hall covers subjects such as the ecology of corals and coastal vegetation. Visitors can also try handcrafting an original item from coral, sand, seashells, and other materials."
Amami City Amami Museum

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Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Nagahamacho 517

This museum opened in 1987 as the first general museum in the Amami Islands. It conducts investigative research and the collection and preservation of artifacts in order to understand the nature, history, culture, and of the Amami Islands. The museum underwent a complete renovation in 2019. The ocean-themed first floor features exhibits on boats and fishing in the Amami Islands, live specimens of Amami Oshima's rare native wildlife, and more. The second floor features hands-on exhibits such as looms and sugar cane presses that teach visitors about the lifestyle of the Amami Islands. The museum also features outdoor exhibits including a relocated and restored traditional Amami home and elevated storehouse.
Amami Nature Center

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Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Wakocho 12-8

This tour guide service offers eco tours such as birdwatching, night animal watching, and forest walking on Amami Oshima Island. Each tour is designed to minimize the ecological impact on the island's nature based on the nature observation experience of its guides and on investigative research. Their popular forest walking tours allow participants to explore places such as the virgin forests of Kinsakubaru, which will have you thinking you have traveled back in time to a primeval era, as well as Mt. Yuwan, the highest peak on the island. Tour plans aimed at observing the Amami rabbit, an endangered species found only on the islands of Amami Oshima Island and Tokunoshima Island, are growing increasingly popular. Please note that Amami rabbit sightings cannot be guaranteed due to its status as a protected species.
Hanaze Nature Park

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Kagoshima Kimotsuki-gun Kinkocho Tashiro Kawahara 4264-1

This expansive nature park is located upstream of the Ogawa River. It is best known for the approximately 60 meter-wide and two-kilometer-long riverbed of natural cobblestones made from welded tuff from the Ibusuki Caldera. Historical records indicate that the feudal lord Shimazu Nariakira once enjoyed a winding stream party here in the Edo period. The park is also famous for its cherry blossoms and wisteria flowers. The Hanaze Park Festival is held in April and the Yamannaka Music Fest is held in August at the park .
Okuhanaze Rainbow Park

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Kagoshima Kimotsuki-gun Kinkocho Tashiro Fumoto 5138-529

This popular fishing spot surrounded by clear streams and natural forests is located about a 35-minute drive from Nejime Port. People of all ages can enjoy fishing for unlimited rainbow trout here upstream of the Hanaze River from early spring to the fall (additional charges apply for catches over one kilogram). Guests can enjoy eating dishes made with the trout they just caught, somen nagashi (thin wheat noodles served down a trough of cold running water), and more while listening to the sound of the babbling brook at the adjacent Seseragikan.
Outdoor Yakushima Guide System

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Kagoshima Kumage-gun Yakushimacho Anbo 2354-7

"This tour guide service offers eco tours of the mountains, forests, rivers, and ocean of Yakushima Island. Tour participants can enjoy the nature of Yakushima Island, which has a climate that ranges from subtropical to cold-temperate. Tours are guided by the company's owner, who was born and raised on Yakushima Island. Having been spent a childhood amongst the island's nature, he is incredibly knowledgeable about the hidden charms of Yakushima Island above and beyond the usual tourist attractions like the Jomon Sugi cedar or Mt. Miyanoura. Their popular Shiratani Unsui Gorge Exploration Tours take participants on a half-day to day-long trip through a moss-covered world said to have served as the inspiration for the setting of the film ""The Princess Mononoke."" Participants can experience this mystical world while listening to lectures on subjects including the origin of the forests and about the ecology of moss."
Yakushima Comprehensive Nature Park

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Kagoshima Kumage-gun Yakushimacho Miyanoura

This nature park is located on the banks of the Miyanoura River. The roughly 80,000-square-meter park features a botanical garden, an outdoor stage, a rest house, and other facilities. The botanical garden, which is situated in the middle basin of the Miyanoura River, grows alpine plants and endemic species of Yakushima. Most notably, it grows and exhibits Yakushima rhododendron, one of the island's most exemplary species of flower. Seedlings of this rare plant are also available for purchase. Visitors with an advanced reservation can even enjoy bathing in the middle of a forest in the wood-fired Yunoko no Yu baths.
Yakushima Guide Association

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Kagoshima Kumage-gun Yakushimacho Koseda 1436-56

This tour guide service has been offering eco tours on Yakushima Island since 1989. Its objective is to contribute to be the development of Yakushima Island through a tourism business that protects the island's nature and culture while leveraging its rich resources. The tours are guided by a professional staff devoted to acquiring the knowledge needed to guide tours without damaging the natural environment. They are popular for allowing participants to viscerally experience the importance of the coexistence of humanity and plants by being connected to nature through the five senses. The company offers a full selection of rental equipment including trekking shoes and rainwear.
Yakushima Nature Planning FIELD

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Kagoshima Kumage-gun Yakushimacho Mugio 318-9

This tour guide service received the Special Prize (the Environment Minister's Prize) at the 12th Ecotourism Awards. Its original eco tours offer a chance to experience the nature, history, and culture of Yakushima Island. Each of their professional staff guides has completed two years of nature guide training in order to master skills and knowledge including lecture skills, guide skills, and the ability to read the weather. The company is able to provide eco tours that meet the customer's schedules, physical ability level, and other preferences. Their half-day Shiratani Unsui Gorge and Yayoi Sugi Cedar tours allow participants to enjoy being soothed as they explore the famous moss-covered valley at a relaxed pace.
Yakushima Botanical Research Park

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Kagoshima Kumage-gun Yakushimacho Mugio 896-1

This botanical garden is located in the Mugio District on southeastern Yakushima Island. Its vast grounds feature an herb garden, a tropical fruit orchard, a butterfly conservatory, and other facilities. It offers visitors a rare chance to view tropical fruits. The garden's observatory offers a commanding view of the coastal Toroki Falls and Mt. Mocchomu. There is also a shop that sells fresh-squeezed fruit juices made with domestic fruit including fruit harvested in the garden.
Yakushima Field Information Center

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Kagoshima Kumage-gun Yakushimacho Onoaida 673-14

"This tour guide service offers eco tours with a theme of ""conversing with the environment and the water."" Activities include Canoeing (River Kayaking) down the Anbo River, trekking in the backwoods of Yakusugi Land, and playfully exploring tide pools during the low tide. Their Anbo River canoeing tours are especially popular. Participants can chose the course that suits their schedule and physical ability from a range of options including a short two-hour course and a full day course. Although 80% of tour participants are beginners, the company's instructors provide them with all the support they need to assure they have an enjoyable experience. Most conveniently, the company accepts last-minute bookings made the day before or the day of the tour."
Uchugaoka Park

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Kagoshima Kumage-gun Minamitanecho Kaminaka

This park is famous as a place to watch the rocket launches at Tanegashima Space Center. Located on high ground, the park offers a sweeping view of Tanegashima that makes it one of the most scenic spots on the island. The park, which sees large crowds on the days of launches, is also a great a place to enjoy seeing a starry night sky. A stone memorial engraved with a poem composed by the former emperor and empress has been erected in the park. Thanks to its location near Tanegashima Space Center, its attached Space Science Museum, and other points of interest, the park is visited by many local residents as a place to rest and relax even on days without rocket launches.
Higashi Farm

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Kagoshima Satsumasendai-shi Hiwakicho Ichihino 4784

This tourist farm offering strawberry picking is located about a 30-minute drive from Sendai Station. It has continued to grow strawberries using reduced agrochemicals with a focus on quality over quantity. The most popular all of the three varieties they grow is Satsuma Otome (Suntear), a cultivar unique to Kagoshima. The others are Oi C Berry, which is noted for the richness of its flavor, and Beni Hoppe, which is known for its juiciness. The farm's greenhouse has a barrier-free design that allows guests in wheelchairs or with baby carriages to enjoy picking strawberries.
Kaseda Tourist Farm

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Kagoshima Shibushi-shi Matsuyamacho Shinbashi 1709

This tourist farm is located 30 minutes from the So-Yagoro Interchange on the Higashi-Kyushu Expressway. It offers all-you-can-pick strawberries from late December to late April. It grows three varieties of strawberry; Saga Honoka, noted for its pronounced sweetness and its juiciness, Satsuma Otome, which is characterized by its large average size, and Sachinoka, which has a high Vitamin C content. Although a different fee is charged for each variety, no time limit is imposed, so guests can enjoy picking strawberries to their heart's content. The strawberries in soil carefully cultivated with organic fertilizer and reduced agrochemicals, giving guests peace of mind.
Ibusuki Mango Forest

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Kagoshima Ibusuki-shi Yamagawaokachiyogamizu 1332-4

This fruit farm is located next to Flower Park Kagoshima in the foothills of Mt. Kaimon. The farm grows Shiawase mangoes, a gift of the sun worthy of the title of the king of fruits. Shiawase mangoes are characterized by their sweet scent and rich flavor. This great fruit is grown in soil carefully cultivated using primarily organic fertilizer, assuring that it is both delicious and healthy. Visitors can purchase products such as assortments of fully-ripened mango, mango jellies, Mango Forest jams, and other products at the farm's shop. There is also a cafe space where visitors can enjoy sweets made with dragon fruit, passion fruit, and other fruits.
"Heiwa Park Leisure Pool ""Aqua Zone Kushira"""

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Kagoshima Kanoya-shi Kushiracho Arisato 5183-1

This large water park open only during the summer is located inside Kushira Heiwa Park, one of the most famous cherry blossom viewing destinations on the Osumi Peninsula. The park, which has a sunny Mediterranean theme, features a 200-meter-long lazy river, a children's pool with a waterfall, a 76-meter-long water slide, and other attractions that make it a fun destination for people of all ages. The park is also fully equipped with amenities such as lockers, showers, hair driers, and a shop.
Takasu Beach

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Kagoshima Kanoya-shi Takasucho

This huge beach extending along the eastern shore of Kinko Bay (Kagoshima Bay) is located southwest of downtown Kanoya City. Visitors can enjoy a sweeping view of Mt. Kaimon. Boat docks, boat houses, and other facilities have been built along the wide and shallow beach, making it a major destination for yachting and other forms of marine recreation. The Kanoya Marine Festa is held here and other beaches in the city each summer. Attendees can enjoy swimming, marine sports such as windsurfing and yachting, beach sports, and other activities. The beach is also famous for being one of Japan's largest sea turtle nesting grounds.
Hamada Beach

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Kagoshima Kanoya-shi Hamadacho

This expensive beach facing Kinko Bay (Kagoshima Bay) is located southwest of downtown Kanoya City. Visitors can enjoy a sweeping view of Sakurajima, the symbol of Kagoshima, and of Mt. Kaimon. Beautiful white sand beaches and shoals continue for about two kilometers along the coast. Relaxing amongst the groves of century-old pine trees is one of beach's main attractions. The Kanoya Marine Festa held here and at other beaches in the city every summer. Many people attend the festival to enjoy swimming and marine sports such as windsurfing and yachting.
Nukumi Beach

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Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Kiire Nukumi Cho 1345-8

This beach is located in the Kiire District in southern Kagoshima City about a 45-minute drive from the Kagoshima Interchange on the Kyushu Expressway or around a 10-minute walk from Nukumi Station. The long and shallow beach is notable for its beautiful white sand and green pine trees. The breakwater built just offshore of the beach protects it from high waves, allowing beachgoers to enjoy swimming with peace of mind. The attached beach house conveniently offers free lockers, showers, and other amenities.

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Kagoshima Areas

Over 100 active volcanoes across Kagoshima make it one of the Japan's most exciting prefectures. The prefectural capital, Kagoshima city, looks out to one of the prefecture’s most spectacular volcanoes, Sakurajima, an island of its own that can be visited and seen close up or admired from afar, with the promise of breathtaking sunsets complete with frequent puffs of smoke and ash. Down the Satsuma Peninsula, the most southerly part of mainland Japan, waterfalls, sand onsen, and fascinating history await, while Kagoshima's abundance of satsuma imo (sweet potato) provide a wholesome snack as well as one of Japan's favourite drinks - shochu.