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
Culture Tsunuki Distillery Festival 2026 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...
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 Japan Travel For some, crows are associated with evil spirits, but for the young Satoshi, a persistent crow in Kagoshima was able to provi...
Activities Southern Japan's Natural Heritage Luca De Pasquale Discover the rich nature of Kagoshima Prefecture on a 5-day trip from Tokyo. Venture through volcanoes, primeval forests, and...
Culture Kyushu Travel Guide: Video Japan Travel Kyushu, Japan’s third-largest and southernmost island, is a cultural collection of natural beauty, historic charm, spiritual ...
Activities Maenohama Cosmos Festival 2026 Kim Bergström Each year in early November, the town of Maenohama in Kagoshima Prefecture is home to a cosmos festival. Along with the spaci...
