Culture 8-day Adventure Tour in Amami-Oshima Tom Roseveare Embark on an epic 8-day adventure covering the best of Kagoshima’s Amami-Oshima region, one part of a wider region designated...
Culture Tsunuki Distillery Festival 2025 Kim Bergström If you have an interest in what happens behind the scenes of liquor making, head to the Tsunuki Distillery Festival. The fest...
Culture Wake-jinja and Inukai Falls Guillaume Doré Not too far from Myoken onsen, you can find a shrine that Sakamoto Ryoma and his wife Oryo visited during their honeymoon, as...
Ibusuki Nanohana Marathon 2025 Kim Bergström Nanohana are a symbol of spring's impending arrival in Japan, and their vibrant yellow hues add a colorful dose of cheer to a...
Culture 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. ...
Beauty & Spa Shiohitashi Spa Ryoma Park Guillaume Doré Visit the park named after the famous samurai Sakamoto Ryoma and bath in the same onsen as he did with his wife Oryo during t...
6 Activities Kumaso no Ana Cave Guillaume Doré Along the main road to Myoken onsen, you can find an interesting cave with painting inside
7 Activities Satsuma Fuji and JR's Southernmost Station, Nishi-Oyama Masayoshi Hirose Japan's map master Tadataka Ino called Banshobana Park "a place with great views of the world." Take in views at unmanned Nis...
A Crow's Message in Kagoshima Veronica Carnevale For some, crows are associated with evil spirits, but for the young Satoshi, a persistent crow in Kagoshima was able to provi...
Activities Kanoya Rose Garden Kim Bergström The Kanoya Rose Garden in Kagoshima lays claim to being Japan's largest rose garden, with an impressive 50,000 roses covering...
