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The Best Attractions In Kagoshima Prefecture

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Kagoshima is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the Naples of the Eastern world for its bay location , hot climate, and emblematic stratovolcano, Sakurajima. The city was officially founded on April 1, 1889.
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The Best Attractions In Kagoshima Prefecture

  • 1. Sakurajima Kagoshima
    Sakurajima is an active composite volcano and a former island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Osumi Peninsula. It is the most active volcano in Japan.The volcanic activity still continues, dropping volcanic ash on the surroundings. Earlier eruptions built the white sand highlands in the region. The most recent eruption started on May 2, 2017. On September 13, 2016 a team of experts from Bristol University and the Sakurajima Volcano Research Centre in Japan suggested that the volcano could have a major eruption within 30 years.Sakurajima is a stratovolcano. Its summit has three peaks, Kita-dake , Naka-dake and Minami-dake which is active now. Kita-dake is Sakurajima's highest peak, rising to 1,117 m above sea level. The mou...
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  • 2. Sengan-en Garden Kagoshima
    Sengan-en is a Japanese garden attached to a former Shimazu clan residence in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Designated a Place of Scenic Beauty, together with the adjacent Shōko Shūseikan it forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining. Sengan-en is managed by Shimadzu Ltd.
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  • 3. Chiran Peace Museum Minamikyushu
    The airbase at Chiran, Minamikyūshū, on the Satsuma Peninsula of Kagoshima, Japan, served as the departure point for hundreds of Special Attack or kamikaze sorties launched in the final months of World War II. A peace museum dedicated to the pilots, the Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots , now marks the site.
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  • 4. Museum of the Meiji Restoration Kagoshima
    The Museum of the Meiji Restoration is a history museum in Kagoshima, Japan. Located by the Kōtsuki River, it is a gallery where visitors can learn about the Meiji Restoration. In the basement hall, sound, light, and robots are used to present a three-dimensional experience of the Meiji Restoration. On the first floor, exhibits describe the people, things, and events of Satsuma Province.
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  • 6. Kagoshima City Aquarium Kagoshima
    Kagoshima is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the Naples of the Eastern world for its bay location , hot climate, and emblematic stratovolcano, Sakurajima. The city was officially founded on April 1, 1889.
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  • 7. Nagashima Museum Kagoshima
    Nagashima Museum opened in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1989, the centenary of the City's official foundation. Located on a hill overlooking Sakurajima and Kagoshima Bay, at an elevation of 110 metres, the Museum's collection of some thousand objects amassed by businessman Nagashima Kōsuke , includes works by Kuroda Seiki, Rodin, and Chagall, as well as Satsuma ware.
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  • 9. Takachiho no Mine Kagoshima Prefecture
    Takachiho was the second and final Naniwa-class protected cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by the Newcastle upon Tyne-based Armstrong Whitworth Elswick shipyard in the United Kingdom. The name Takachiho comes from a mountain in the volcanic Kirishima range between Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures in Japan, which was a prominent location in Japanese mythology. Takachiho played a major role in the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, but was lost in combat in World War I.
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