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  • Yakushima Lighthouse
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    Kagoshima Kumage-gun Yakushimacho Nagata
    This chalk white lighthouse stands to the west of Inakahama Beach, one of Japan's biggest sea turtle nesting sites. First lit in 1897, it is the oldest lighthouse on Yakushima Island. It is also counted amongst the so-called Taiwan Route Lighthouses. The area below lighthouse where raging waves crash into deep granite reefs below is famous as a great fishing spot. The lighthouse insured the safety of boats traveling in Yakushima's coastal waters since its construction more than a century ago.
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Kagoshima Tanegashima / Yakushima
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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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