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Kagoshima

Sunny climate set to a Sakurajima backdrop

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Ohara Festival

Ohara Festival

Nov 2nd - Nov 3rd

Kagoshima's biggest annual festival returns each November promising traditional dance parades, taiko performances and a whole..

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Maenohama Cosmos Festival

Maenohama Cosmos Festival

Early Nov

Each year in early November, the town of Maenohama in Kagoshima Prefecture is home to a cosmos festival. Along with the spacious..

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Ryokan Ginsyo

Ryokan Ginsyo

Mandy Bartok

Soak in the views of Kagoshima Bay while simultaneously soaking in a rooftop onsen at Ryokan Ginsyo in Ibusuki

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Remote Kirishima 2023

Remote Kirishima 2023

Rey Waters

Kirishima boasts the first National Park in Japan and has lots of great hiking trails with scenic views throughout the park. There..

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About Kagoshima

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Kyushu
Island Kyushu
Capital Kagoshima
Population 1,706,242
Area 9,188.10 km²

If you love history, Kagoshima Prefecture (鹿児島県, Kagoshima-ken) is the place to go. Christianity was first introduced to Japan in Kagoshima by Francis Xavier, and Western technology entered Japan at Tanegashima in the form of muskets. But perhaps most notably, the powerful Satsuma Domain, which ushered in the Meiji Restoration, was located in Kagoshima; not surprisingly, the leader of the Satsuma Rebellion, the revered Saigo Takamori, was born there as well. Kagoshima also houses the somber Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots.

History aside, the southernmost prefecture of Japan (excluding Okinawa) is famous for Yakushima Island, a World Heritage Site; the island is noted for its majestic Yakusugi trees and is an excellent hiking location. The great volcano of Sakurajima, one of the most active in the world, towers over the city.

Some of Japan’s best sake is brewed in Kagoshima from their Satsuma sweet potatoes. 

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