Culture Yakushima Culture Village Center Peter Sidell On Japan's rainforest island Yakushima, the Environmental Culture Village Center is a one-stop information center and exhibit...
Accommodation Minshuku Umikawa, Yakushima Peter Sidell Close to Miyanoura port on Japan's Yakushima rainforest island, Minshuku Umikawa is a comfortable, convenient and inexpensive...
Culture Nagashima Museum, Kagoshima Peter Sidell In Kagoshima on Japan's Kyushu island, the Nagashima Museum has an interesting, varied collection of artworks, and also comma...
Activities Yakusugi Land, Yakushima Peter Sidell Yakusugi Land is a 'Natural Recreation Forest' on Yakushima, an island south of Kagoshima on Japan's Kyushu, where you can ex...
Beauty & Spa Tanuki Yu Stacey Lin Onsen with natural water, free range chicken meal, & beautiful tanuki statues in the mountains!
8 Activities Senrigataki Falls Senén Germade Senrigataki Falls is the largest drop of any of the falls in the Kirishima range, an area in Kagoshima blessed with the sceni...
Activities Kagoshima on a JR Kyushu Bus Tour Perri Silverstein With only one day in Kagoshima I opted for the JR Kyushu Bus Tour, a convenient way to see many of the popular sights in the ...
Accommodation Yon Maru Cafe and Kominka Inn Percival Constantine A nice, old-fashioned Japanese inn that gives you a great taste of rural life, attached to a modern coffee shop.
8 Activities Izumi's Wintering Cranes Mandy Bartok Elegant cranes spend their winter months on the plains of Izumi in northern Kagoshima.
Activities Long Walk to a Priceless View Mabaleng Kgaphola Enjoy hiking in an area with depth and learn more about how this crater came to exist. Onami-no-ike mountain gives you all of...