Cultural Property Spots in Kagoshima Area

Area

Kagoshima
- Japan
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- Shikoku
  
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  Kagawa
  
  Ehime
  
  Kochi
- Kyushu / Okinawa
  
  Fukuoka
  
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  Nagasaki
  
  Kumamoto
  
  Oita
  
  Miyazaki
  
  Kagoshima
  
  Okinawa

Category

Travel / Tourism

History / Culture / Tour

Cultural Property

Terayama Charcoal Kiln

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yoshinochou 10710-68

The site of a charcoal kiln built over 150 years ago. Built to make charcoal for a reverberatory furnace used for creating cannons, guns, and other weaponry for the bygone Satsuma Domain, the kiln produced white charcoal, a type of charcoal which burns hotter than standard charcoal. In 2015, the site was registered as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining listing. Today, the site is part of a nature trail; those seeking to access the site by car must park in Terayama Fureai Park and walk the rest of the way.
Sekiyoshi Sluice Gate of Yoshino Leat

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shimotachou 1263 ahead

A flume extends approximately eight kilometers from this Sekiyoshi gate upstream on the Abeki River to Suzumegamiya. The flume was built by Shimazu Nariakira (lord of Satsuma Domain) to provide water for a water wheel which powered the Shuseikan blast furnace and a device for drilling gun holes. The gate was registered a World Heritage Site in 2015.

Kagoshima

Kagoshima Kirishima Kitasatsuma Minamisatsuma Osumi Amami / Okinoerabu Island Tanegashima / Yakushima

Travel / Tourism History / Culture / Tour Cultural Property

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.