Culture Ohara Festival 2026 Nov 2nd - Nov 3rd Kagoshima's biggest annual festival returns each November promising traditional dance parades, taiko performances and a whole..
Festivals Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2026 Mid Jun The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred years:..
Festivals Tanegashima Space Art Festival 2026 Early - Late Nov On Tanegashima, the island often called Japan's "gateway to space," art and science come together in a unique cultural celebration...
Culture Kagoshima Christmas Market 2025 Dec 5th - Dec 25th Enjoy cosy Christmas festivities at Kagoshima Christmas Market
Culture Kagoshima's History Walk Arlene Bastion Kagoshima is filled with tributes to its heroes who led Japan into modernization, learnt about on a walk.
Historical Yakushima - Jomon Sugi Chris Cooper Follow a forest trek leading to Jomon Sugi, a magnificent beast of a tree that is 2000 - 7000 years old
Culture Kagoshima Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks 2026 Late Aug Every summer, the Kagoshima Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks lights up the skies over southern Kyushu in one of the region’s m..