Beach Spots in Kitasatsuma Area

  • Akune Oshima Beach
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Akune Haru Chinai
    "Akune Oshima is an uninhabited island about 10 minutes by boat from the Akune Shin-ko port ferry terminal. The island, with a circumference of approximately four km, is home to a pine forest selected as one of the 100 best pine trees in Japan, as well as a forest of white oaks and other giant trees. With a campground and swimming beach, it is a mecca for marine sports and outdoor activities that attracts many tourists throughout the year. The beach with calm waves is a scenic beach recognized as one of the ""100 best 'comfortable' bathing beaches in Japan"". Wild deer sometimes come to the beach where green pines grow wild, which makes the beach a popular place to enjoy swimming surrounded by nature."
  • Tonohama Beach
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Satsumasendai-shi Ozucho
  • Akune Oshima Beach
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Akune Haru
  • Wakimoto Beach
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Akune Wakimoto

Kagoshima Areas

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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.

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