Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival Laura Keating The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred years:..
Festivals Ohara Festival Japan Travel Kagoshima's biggest annual festival returns each November promising traditional dance parades, taiko performances and a whole..
Culture Sakamoto Kurozu Tsubobatake Sandra Isaka Kagoshima's Sakamoto Kurozu Tsubobatake, a traditional vinegar storage facility and factory shop, is a unique and fascinating..
11 Temples & Shrines Kirishima Shrine Senén Germade I highly recommend a visit the beautiful traditional Kirishima Shinto shrine in Kagoshima Prefecture. You can have a peaceful ..
Historical Sengan-En Garden, Kagoshima Peter Sidell Sengan-En is a beautiful, relaxing traditional landscaped garden to the south of Japan's Kagoshima City, which also includ..
Historical Samurai Residences of Izumi Percival Constantine The Fumoto Samurai Residences in Kagoshima's Izumi City provides visitors with the opportunity to dress in a kimono, participate..
Culture Air Memorial in Kanoya Sarah Mitchell Celebrating the JMSDF's 60th anniversary, the 2014 Air Memorial in Kanoya features the exhibition flying of Blue Impulse, JASDF's..
Museums Musee Nakamura Shinya, Kagoshima Peter Sidell In Kagoshima on Japan's Kyushu island, Musee Nakamura is a small museum dedicated to Japanese sculptor Nakamura Shinya, pa..