Every Place in the Catalogue
1,610 spots
Illustration — not a photographKabira Bay
Well knownKabira Bay (川平湾) is Ishigaki Island's most iconic scenic spot — a shallow turquoise bay dotted with forested islets, whe…
Illustration — not a photographChiran Tea Fields
Well knownChiran produces some of Japan's highest-grade sencha green tea, grown on terraced hillsides south of the samurai distric…
Ebino Kogen Plateau
Well knownEbino Kogen (えびの高原, 1,200m elevation) is a volcanic highland plateau in the Kirishima range, featuring a collection of c…
Tenmonkan Arcade
Well knownTenmonkan (天文館) is Kagoshima City's main shopping and entertainment district — a covered arcade stretching 1km through t…
Lake Ikeda
Well knownLake Ikeda (池田湖) is a volcanic caldera lake — the largest lake in Kyushu at 15km circumference — with Mt. Kaimon (開聞岳, 9…
Illustration — not a photographShiroyama Observatory
Well knownShiroyama (城山, 'Castle Mountain') rises 107 meters above central Kagoshima City, providing the definitive panoramic view…
Sengan-en Garden
Well knownSengan-en is a vast feudal lord's garden (50,000 m²) created in 1658 by the Shimadzu clan — rulers of Satsuma Domain for…
Kirishima Shrine
Well knownKirishima Jingu is a Shinto shrine complex set deep in the forested slopes of the Kirishima volcanic range, dedicated to…
Chiran Samurai Gardens
Well knownChiran was an outer castle town of the Satsuma Domain, where samurai families built residences along a preserved street…
Illustration — not a photographKurobuta Pork
Well knownKurobuta (黒豚, 'black pig') is Kagoshima's most famous culinary product — Berkshire pigs raised on sweet potato feed, pro…
Ibusuki Sand Bath
Well knownIbusuki is famous for sunamushi onsen (砂むし温泉) — hot sand baths where attendants bury visitors up to the neck in naturall…
Sakurajima Active Volcano
Well knownSakurajima is one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupting thousands of times per year — smoke plumes and ash fall…
Amano Yasukawara Cave
Well knownAmano Yasukawara (天安河原) is a large riverside cave along the Iwato River, believed to be the site where 8 million kami (g…
Obi Castle Town
Well knownObi was a castle town ruled by the Ito clan for over 400 years, preserving Edo-period streetscapes with samurai residenc…
Aoshima Island
Well knownAoshima is a small island (1.5km circumference) connected to the mainland by a walking bridge, famous for two features:…
Takachiho Yokagura
Well knownBetween mid-November and early February, 20 villages across Takachiho hold all-night kagura ceremonies in private homes…
Illustration — not a photographSun Messe Nichinan
Well knownSun Messe Nichinan is a hillside park featuring seven full-scale Moai statues — officially licensed replicas of Easter I…
Udo Jingu Shrine
Well knownUdo Jingu is one of Japan's most dramatically sited shrines — built inside a seaside cave carved into volcanic cliffs, w…
Ogura Honten
Well knownOgura Honten is the legendary restaurant that invented Chicken Nanban with tartar sauce — one of Japan's most beloved co…
Kirishima Onsen Village
Well knownThe Kirishima volcanic plateau sits at 600–1,700 meters elevation, where two dozen active and dormant volcanoes have sha…
Takachiho Gorge
Well knownTakachiho Gorge is one of Japan's most dramatic natural landscapes, carved by the Gokase River through ancient volcanic…
Kinrinko Lake
Well knownLake Kinrin (金鱗湖, 'Lake of Golden Fish Scales') is a small spring-fed lake at the eastern edge of Yufuin town that produ…
Myoban Onsen
Well knownMyoban Onsen is a hot spring district on Beppu's western hillside famous for yunohana (湯の花, 'hot spring flowers') — crys…
Illustration — not a photographKannawa Steam Cooking
Well knownJigoku Mushi Kobo (地獄蒸し工房鉄輪) is a public steam cooking facility where visitors cook their own food using 98°C geothermal…
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