# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Yakushima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yakushima): Kagoshima, Attraction. A UNESCO World Heritage island with ancient cedar forests, said to have inspired Princess Mononoke.
- [Kirishima Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kirishima-shrine): Kagoshima, Shrine. Grand vermillion shrine dedicated to the deity Ninigi-no-Mikoto who descended from heaven to found the Japanese nation, set in misty mountain forests.
- [Amami Oshima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/amami-oshima): Kagoshima, Attraction. A UNESCO World Heritage island between Kyushu and Okinawa, with pristine mangrove forests, vibrant coral reefs, and rare wildlife including the Amami rabbit.
- [Tanegashima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tanegashima): Kagoshima, Attraction. Southern island famous as the site where firearms first arrived in Japan and home to JAXA's spectacular seaside rocket launch facility.
- [Satsuma Peninsula](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/satsuma-peninsula): Kagoshima, Attraction. Southern peninsula with coastal cliffs, the Chiran Kamikaze pilot museum, sand baths at Ibusuki, and views of offshore islands including Yakushima on clear days.
- [Sakurajima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sakurajima): Kagoshima, Attraction. One of Japan's most active volcanoes rising from Kagoshima Bay, accessible by a short ferry ride.
- [Kirishima Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kirishima-onsen): Kagoshima, Onsen. Cluster of mountain hot spring resorts in the volcanic Kirishima highlands, offering diverse mineral waters and dramatic natural settings.
- [Sengan-en Garden](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sengan-en-garden): Kagoshima, Garden. Edo-period garden and villa of the Shimazu clan, using Sakurajima volcano and Kinko Bay as borrowed scenery.
- [Kagoshima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kagoshima): Kagoshima, City. A subtropical southern city facing the active Sakurajima volcano across the bay, with a samurai history and a distinct local cuisine. Ash falls often enough that the city issues bags for it.
- [Ibusuki Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ibusuki-onsen): Kagoshima, Onsen. A unique hot spring resort where visitors are buried in naturally heated volcanic sand on the beach for a one-of-a-kind onsen experience. The geothermally warmed sand reaches temperatures of around 50-55 degrees Celsius.
- [Chiran Samurai District](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/chiran-samurai-district): Kagoshima, Historic site. A beautifully preserved Edo-period samurai district featuring seven exquisite gardens and a 700-meter stone-walled street.
- [Shoko Shuseikan](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shoko-shuseikan): Kagoshima, Museum. The Shimazu family's history museum, housed since 1923 in the stone machine factory of the Satsuma domain's Shuseikan works, finished in 1865. The museum calls it the oldest Western-style factory building still standing in Japan. It is part of the Former Shuseikan component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution, and one 1,600 yen ticket covers it together with Sengan-en next door.
- [Tokunoshima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tokunoshima): Kagoshima, Island. A farming island in the Amami group, south of Amami-Oshima, split between three towns and known across Japan for its bullfights. Two blocks of mountain forest, about a tenth of the island, are inscribed as part of the World Natural Heritage site Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island. The Amami rabbit lives there, and the main forest road for night viewing is gated: you go with a certified guide.
- [Cape Sata](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/cape-sata): Kagoshima, Landmark. The southernmost point of mainland Japan, at the tip of the Osumi Peninsula. From the car park an 800-meter trail through cycads and banyans passes Misaki Shrine and ends at an observation deck facing Sata Misaki Lighthouse, first lit in 1871. Free, open from 8:00 until sunset, and realistically reached only by car.
- [Tokara Islands](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tokara-islands): Kagoshima, Island. A chain of islands between Yakushima and Amami-Oshima that make up Toshima village, with people living on seven of them. No airport reaches them: the village ferry leaves Kagoshima at 23:00 about twice a week, and there are no restaurants, taxis or banks on the islands, so you book a minshuku with meals before you board.

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Last updated: 2026-11-13