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Kagoshima Prefectural Museum of Culture Reimeikan

4.0

115 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Shiroyamacho 7-2

The museum is located on the site of Kagoshima Castle (Tsurumaru Castle), the residence of the Shimazu family. The moat, stone walls, and stone bridge from the Kagoshima Castle period still remain on the grounds (designated as a prefectural historic site).

Visited this museum after it had been recommended by someone in the community center nearby, which I passed after coming from the ferry terminal on foot. For the price, building design, display...
Grilled Eel Sueyoshi

4.0

170 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 14-10

This long-established eel specialty restaurant is located in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Tenmonkan Street in the downtown area. The restaurant uses the eels from Osumi Peninsula, which are special even among Kagoshima’s abundance of eel farms, due to the care taken in raising them with the spring water from the Shirasu Plateau. Soaked in a secret sauce that had been handed down for around 80 years, the restaurant’s prized eels are grilled over a charcoal fire. Popular menu items include the “Unadon” and “Unaju,” which are bursting with the delicious taste of the eels. A square of colored paper on which the children’s author, Hatoju Muku wrote “Sueyoshi has the best eel in Japan” is displayed here.

At Tenmonkan street, where we found Favori bakery, 100¥ shop, Kagoshima speciality shop and chanced upon this unagi eel shop. It was packed withlocal tourists. The young lady serving us introduced...
Tontoro

4.0

413 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yamanokuchichou 9-41

A popular ramen restaurant that is also one of Kagoshima's best located in the Temmonkan-dori shopping arcade. As its name implies in Japanese, the restaurant's specialty Tontoro Ramen is topped with pork that practically melts in your mouth. The broth, made with pork bones, chicken bones, and seafood, is surprisingly light, making it popular with the shop's women customers as well. The rice with roasted pork is also popular and includes a heaping helping of chashu roast pork made with neck meat, a rare delicacy of which only a small amount can be obtained from one animal. A three-minute walk from Takamibaba Station on the municipal tram.

My sinful indulgence while still living in Kagoshima. Broth was thick and sumptuous, all that bone brothy goodness just overflowing in every spoonful.
Starbucks Coffee Kagoshima Sengan-en

4.5

58 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Kagoshima-shi Yoshinocho 9688-1

Found this Starbucks unexpectedly on a long walk by a busy road. The building is beautiful with multiple rooms on two floors. Otherwise, it has most of what other Starbucks offer. The staff were very...
Karen (Kagoshima Restaurant)

4.5

118 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yamanokuchichou 3-12

A traditional ryotei Japanese restaurant located a three-minute walk from Takamibaba Station on the City Tram. Owned and operated by the local JA agricultural cooperative with the aim of promoting sales within the prefecture and beyond, here customers can enjoy meat dishes created based on the concept of local production for local consumption. The restaurant’s shabu-shabu, seiro mushi steamed dishes, and piping hot stone plate sautéed dishes are made with meats like Kagoshima’s vaunted brand Kagoshima black beef, and flavorful Kagoshima Berkshire pork. The seiro mushi steamed dishes, which bring out the innate flavor of the ingredients, are hearty yet light, making them particularly popular with women. This restaurant is a great place to enjoy local Berkshire pork.

Visited the restaurant for dinner on Thurs night, didnt make prior reservation and immediately have a table with tatami seats and place to place legs under the table. Good service as service staff...
Kagoshima Black Pork Kurobuta

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sennichichou 3-2 Kamaguki Building 1F

A Berkshire pork cuisine specialty restaurant. The restaurant uses only Berkshire pork raised in Kagoshima and designs its dishes around this meat. The restaurant’s signature black tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet contains charcoal mixed in with the batter. Despite its dark black coloring, this unique, lightly flavored batter covers juicy pork meat. The establishment also offers a variety of local Kagoshima dishes like silver-stripe round herring from the waters off Kagoshima served sashimi style, and satsuma-age deep fried fish paste made with flying fish. There’s also the luxurious Kagoshima Berkshire pork shabu-shabu.
Kumaso tei

4.0

119 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 6-10

A restaurant specializing in local Satsuma (Kagoshima) cuisine located on the north side of the Tenmonkan. Diners can enjoy a variety of colorful Kagoshima dishes, including pork bone and belly meat slow stewed for three hours until it can be cut with chopsticks, shabu-shabu with Roppaku Kurobuta pork from Kagoshima, sake-zushi fermented overnight with only local sake, fresh silver-striped round herring sashimi caught in Kagoshima Bay (Kinkou Bay) and served with a homemade mustard and vinegared miso sauce, and satsumaage deep-fried fish paste. Private rooms in a variety of sizes are also available, making this a perfect place to have a party or banquet.

We enjoyed a delicious pork shabu shabu set dinner with attentive and friendly service. All of the courses were delicious, and the lovely server made sure we knew which sauces went with what and that...
Ichi Ni San (Main Restaurant)

4.5

38 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shimoarata 1-21-24

A shabu-shabu specialty restaurant which makes use of Berkshire pork. Produced by “Sobachaya Fukiagean” Japanese soba noodle restaurant chain, here customers can enjoy their shabu-shabu with a soba noodle-style tsuyu sauce flavored with dashi. Customers can also get free refills of this light and tasty tsuyu. The meats on offer primarily consist of cuts of Berkshire pork raised in Kagoshima and fed copious amounts of sweet potatoes. The restaurant’s shabu-shabu is accented with special yuzu pepper. Customers can finish off their meal with the company’s fresh, handmade soba noodles.

Stopped by Ten Park Street in Kagoshima for lunch. Walked around Ten Park St and found OneTwoThree Black Pork restaurant. Went in to try different types of black pork menu. Very delicious and nice...
Sabo Kakashi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 13-14 Confessor Yokocho 2F

A café owned and operated by the Satsuma Jokiya Japanese confectionary company and located in the Tenmonkan Pira Mall shopping arcade in Kagoshima. The café is located on the second floor of the Kakashi Yokocho confectionary shop and can be reached by taking the stairs inside the establishment. The café’s specialty is its “Kasutadon Parfait,” which is made with a whole “Kasutadon” cake, one of Satsuma Jokiya’s signature sweets. Customers can enjoy ice cream, red bean jam, and fruits along with the custard cream and fluffy sponge cake of the “Kasutadon.” Other menu selections include a Japanese confection set, baked donut set, and unique items like the “Kurokuma”—Kagoshima-style “shirokuma” shaved ice topped with kuromitsu brown sugar syrup.
Casual Restaurant Maki

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yojirou 1-10-28

A classic “yoshoku” Japanese-style Western food restaurant. An old-fashioned case filled with plastic models of the restaurant’s dishes stands in front of the establishment. Inside, the restaurant sports a retro “American” decor. The menu consists of such staple “yoshoku” dishes as hamburg steak; breaded, deep fried shrimp; spaghetti Napolitan; and omelet rice. The restaurant’s signature dish is its “black bear” kurokuma shaved ice, a contrast to the “white bear” shirokuma shaved ice so popular in the region. Kurokuma consists of a light brown flavored ice heaped high in a tall parfait glass. The source of the brown coloring is coffee, and the ice, flavored with condensed milk, is garnished with a refreshing coffee fragrance.
Café Kanojo no Ie (Naya Restaurant)

3.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Nakamachi 6-132F

A community-based café. Inside, the café sports a charming and relaxing décor. For its coffee, the café makes use of beans roasted in-house using a unique method which employs lava stone from Sakurajima. The café’s signature light and fluffy “Kiguma” (“yellow bear”) shaved ice, a contrast to the shirokuma (“white bear”) shaved ice so popular in the region, is covered with cut mangoes and mango sauce. Other popular menu selections include moist and chewy pancakes as well as piping hot waffles.

日替わりパスタランチを食べました。スープ、サラダ、ガーリックトースト、パスタ、コーヒー、デザートと品数は多いのですが、量が少ないので女性向けです。コーヒーはとても美味しいでした。
Shochuan Takezo

4.0

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Chuouchou 7-1-1F

A Japanese izakaya pub which serves local Kagoshima-style cuisine. Passing through the secret hideaway-like entryway, customers are greeted by décor which engenders a soothing, relaxing atmosphere, and the establishment is replete with semi-private and private seating areas. “Shochuan” means “Shochu Hermitage,” and as its name implies, the pub carries a wide lineup of sweet potato shochu liquors. The establishment’s food menu primarily consists of local-style cuisine made with Kagoshima grown vegetables and seafood caught in its coastal waters. The pub also serves healthy and somewhat unconventional vegetable dishes like fried daikon karaage and tomato tempura.

鹿児島中央駅の近くにありますが少し入ったところにあります。ですが比較的わかりやすいと思います。お店はこじゃれた感じのお店で非常に良いと思います。個室になっていたので子供連れには助かりました。料理はどれもおいしく、今回はコースでしたが十分満足できるものでした。なにより接客が素晴らしい。とにかく素早い対応で飲み放題のお替りも瞬時に出てきました。また行きたいお店です。
Roadside Station Sakurajima Sakurajima Bussankan

4.0

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sakurajimakamizuchou 1427

A large rest stop, one of the largest in Kagoshima. The facility’s distinctive sign is decorated with a large Sakurajima daikon radish statue. The first floor of the facility is a market where visitors can purchase shochu liquor and other Sakurajima specialty products. In the second-floor restaurant, you can enjoy a meal along with a view of the magnificent, mountainous landscape of Sakurajima. Visitors can also view the volcano from the facility’s observatory, and there’s even a space for taking a commemorative photo.

ツアーバスで立ち寄りました。巨大な桜島大根のオブジェが2か所あるので記念写真の撮影には良いと思います。ちょっと寂れた雰囲気ですが、昭和な感じのドライブインで心が和みます。12月の桜島小ミカンの季節だったのですが、店の中で集配を行っています。1箱2500円くらいなので2箱東京へ送りました。ネットでもなかなか手に入らないのと、現地で味の確認もできるので安心です。とても甘くておいしかったです。贈答用とは...
Nakagawa Jumbo Mochiya

4.5

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yoshinochou 9673

A Japanese confectionary shop which has been in business since the Meiji period. “Jumbo mochi” specialty shop, the establishment only sells jumbo mochi. Consisting of bite sized balls of mochi (glutinous, pounded rice), jumbo mochi are lightly grilled before eating and covered in sauces such as sweet miso, zarame brown sugar, and kudzu. After the Satsuma Rebellion during the Meiji period, it is said these sweets were first created by a former guard of the inner garden of the Sengan-en garden. The 12 mochi plate, which comes garnished with pickles for cleansing the palate, is particularly popular. The shop’s wares are also available for takeout.

仙巌園-集成館寄ったあとに行きました。歩いても行ける距離ですが、タクシーでそのまま鹿児島駅まで行きました。味は予想通り普通のみたらし団子でした。
Ramen restaurant Komurasaki

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 11-19

A long-standing ramen restaurant which has been in business since 1950. The establishment continues to make use of an open kitchen layout which, at the time it first opened, was quite unusual. The restaurant’s mainstay ramen consists of a rich yet simple broth, a hearty portion of cabbage, and homemade chashu roasted pork made with Berkshire pork raised in Kagoshima. The Berkshire pork chashu rice side dish, likewise made with this tasty chashu, is also popular. The restaurant also offers takeout and mail order ramen using semi-fresh noodles.
Tonkatsu Maruichi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yamanokuchichou 1-10 Kagoshima Chuo Building B1F

A tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet restaurant which makes use of Berkshire pork raised in Kagoshima. The establishment’s menu primarily revolves around three varieties of breaded, deep fried foods: pork loin cutlets, pork fillet cutlets, and shrimp. The restaurant offers a variety of set meal assortments customers can choose from among based on the time of day and their dining situation. The establishment uses large, thick cuts of pork for its cutlets, slow frying them for ten minutes or longer after a customer makes their order. The restaurant has plastic models of the dishes on its menu out front so first-time customers can see how big their meal will be before ordering.
Café Kanojo no Ie (Tenmonkan Restaurant)

4.0

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 8-18B1F

A community-based café. The café’s coffee beans are roasted in house using lava rock from Kagoshima. The café’s signature dessert is its “Kiguma” (“Yellow Bear”) shaved ice made with an abundance of mangoes, a contrast to the “shirokuma” (“white bear”) shaved ice so popular in the region. The “Tenmonkan Parfait” is exclusive to the Tenmonkan location and consists of chestnut chiffon topped with orange sweet potatoes and sweet potato chips to represent the Tenmonkan dome.

ガイドブックにも載っており有名ですが、お店の雰囲気は昭和チックで、地下にあるせいか雰囲気も暗い。女子にはあまり人気がなさそう。ただシロクマに対抗した黄熊は見応えあります。でもシロップは甘めで、冷凍マンゴー、氷のキメも粗く身体が冷えきりました。最後に支払い方法のクレジットカード使えるシールがあるのに使えず、ペイペイしかダメでした。
Kintoun RISING

3.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Chuouchou 2-8

A creative and novel ramen restaurant. Here customers can enjoy ramen with unconventional touches unlike anything found in any other establishment. One of the most popular items on the menu is the “Mazegumo”—thick, soup-less maze soba noodles and vegetables covered in a flavorful oil. The restaurant has been featured in media publications and its noodles were also sold as a special, limited time instant noodle cup in the FamilyMart convenience store chain. The establishment also serves four varieties of hot ramen for customers to choose from: WHITE cloud (Light taste soup), Yellow cloud (Miso soup), PURPLE cloud (Soy sauce soup), and DEEP RED cloud (Spicy soy sauce soup).

鹿児島ラーメンランキング第1位ということで行ってみました。鹿児島中央駅から歩いてもすぐにあり便利な場所だと思います。お兄さん二人が切り盛りするカウンター10席くらいの小さなお店なので日曜日13時では並びはないものの満席が続くような状態です。カウンターの背中側も狭く人が通るたびに背中に当たるようなお店です。なんとなく一番上にあった白雲（あっさり）を食べましたがクセがなく思った以上にあっさりで...
Ichi Ni San (Amu Plaza Kagoshima Restaurant)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Chuouchou 1-1 Amu Plaza Kagoshima 5F

A pork shabu-shabu restaurant. The establishment makes use of Berkshire pork raised on Kagoshima and fed copious amounts of sweet potatoes. After cooking the thin slices of meat in boiling broth, you can dip them is a light and tasty soba noodle-style tsuyu sauce made with an abundance of dashi bonito stock. Customers can also order free, unlimited servings of chopped Welsh onions and yuzu pepper made with local ingredients. At the end of the meal, you can order high quality sarashina soba noodles made with carefully ground buckwheat flour. The restaurant’s menu also includes a la carte selections like tontoro fatty pork; tonkatsu breaded pork cutlets; nikomi stewed dishes; and satsuma-age deep fried fish paste, a local specialty.
Satsuma Kinzangura

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Ichikikushikinoshi Noshita 13665

This refined sake brewery, Kagoshima’s foremost, is located a 10-minute drive from JR Kushikino Station. Utilizing a 120-kilometer-long tunnel dug as part of the Kushikino Mine which once supported the bygone Satsuma Domain, the brewery produces shochu liquors based on recipes predating the Meiji period. Visitors can ride a mine trolley and view the earthenware vessels used for brewing and at the same time experience the vestiges of what was once a prosperous mine. The brewery’s shop sells gifts and souvenirs such as local specialty products and Satsuma Kinzangura brand shochus and refines sakes. Visitors can also relax in the adjoining brewery café.

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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.