22 Sights in Kagoshima, Japan (with Map and Images)

Sengan-en (仙巌園) 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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Sakurajima is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Ōsumi Peninsula. It is the most active volcano in Japan.

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Muregaoka Wind Farm is a collective wind farm located in Miyanoura, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by Minamikyushu Clean Energy Co., Ltd. There are a total of eight IHI-NORDEX IN-1300 wind turbines, and the rated output of the power plant is 10,400 kW.

Wikipedia: 牟礼ヶ岡ウインドファーム (JA)

Kagoshima Shrine is a shrine located in Kusamuta 2-chome, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. In the past, it was called "Uji (Mr.) Se Shrine", and the former company status was a prefectural shrine. It is said to be the landlord god of Kagoshima, and during the feudal period, it was considered one of the three shrines of Kagoshima (Ichinomiya Shrine, Kagoshima Shrine, and Kawakami Tenmangu), and was also called Ninomiya. It is adjacent to the Gokoku Shrine in Kagoshima Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 鹿児島神社 (鹿児島市) (JA)

Kagoshima Castle was an Edo period flatland-style Japanese castle located in the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2023. Kagoshima Castle was listed as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles by the Japan Castle Foundation in 2006.). It is more popular known in Kagoshima as Tsurumaru Castle (鶴丸城)

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The Kotsuki River Five Stone Bridges are a group of stone bridges that once spanned the Kotsu River, which flows through Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. From upstream, Tamae Bridge, Shinjo Bridge, Nishida Bridge, Goryeo Bridge, and Takenobashi Bridge. Due to the Great Flood of Kagoshima on August 6, 1993 (Heisei 5), two of the five stone bridges, Shinkami Bridge and Takenobashi, were washed away, and three bridges, Tamae Bridge, Nishida Bridge, and Koryo Bridge, were relocated and preserved in Ishibashi Memorial Park in Hamamachi.

Wikipedia: 甲突川五石橋 (JA)

Nanatsushima is a town in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The postal code is 891-0132. It has a population of 8 people and 8 households (as of April 1, 2020). There is Nanatsushima 1-chome and Nanatsushima 2-chome.

Wikipedia: 七ツ島 (鹿児島市) (JA)

Nanshu Shrine is a shrine located in Kamiryuo-cho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The former company status was unqualified. It is located next to the Nanshu Cemetery, where the war dead of the Saigo Army in the Southwest War are buried.

Wikipedia: 南洲神社 (JA), Website

Ishibashi Park is a park in Hama-machi, Kagoshima, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, local lord Shimazu Shigehide had five bridges, collectively called the Gosekkyō, built across the Kōtsuki River. Two of them collapsed in floods in 1993. The remaining three were moved to a new location and restored. Ishibashi Park consists of these three bridges and a museum.

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Terukuni jinja (照国神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. This shrine is considered to be a dwelling place for the kami of Shimazu Nariakira, whose posthumous name is Terukuni Daimyōjin (照国大明神).

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Ichinomiya Shrine is a shrine located in Moto-2-chome, Kagoshima City, and is the first of the three shrines in Kagoshima. The old name was "Miyo Shrine", "Ichijo Shrine" around the time of Genroku, and "Gunmoto Shrine" from the town name in the Meiji era.

Wikipedia: 一之宮神社 (鹿児島市) (JA)

The Kankichi Irrigation Canal is a waterway located in Shimoda Town, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed in 1852 (the 6th year of the Kaei era) and was used as a power source for the Shuseikan project carried out by the 28th head of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Nariakira.

Wikipedia: 関吉の疎水溝 (JA)

Shiomibashi Bridge is a bridge over the Wada River, which flows through the southern part of Kagoshima City. Until 2006, it was a stone bridge, but it was removed due to river renovation work on the Wada River. On the balustrade of the stone bridge was written "Shiho Mihashi".

Wikipedia: 潮見橋 (JA)

The Saigo Nanshu Memorial Hall is a museum located in Kamiryūomachi, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. It opened in July 1978 and is situated next to the Saigo Takamori grave at Nanshu Shrine in Nanshu Park. The museum exhibits information centered around Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshimichi, and the Meiji Restoration, and nearby are the stone walls of the private school where the Saigo army rose up during the Satsuma Rebellion, Shiroyama where the final battle took place, Saigo Cave, and the site of Saigo Takamori's death. It is also located in the old town area of Kagoshima City (Kamimachi district), which has many historical sites such as the Fukushoji ruins.

Wikipedia: 西郷南洲顕彰館 (JA)

Minamikata Shrine is a shrine located in Shimizu Town, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, and is the first of the five shrines in Kagoshima. It is a branch of Shinshu Suwa Taisha and is also called Suwa Shrine. He was deeply revered by the lord of Satsuma, but he lost his patronage and declined. In 2004, the shrine was demolished due to deterioration. The current shrine was rebuilt in 2010.

Wikipedia: 南方神社 (鹿児島市) (JA)

Kasuga Shrine is a shrine located in the urban area about 450 meters northeast of JR Kagoshima Station in Kasuga-cho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Kasuga Taisha shrine. The fourth shrine of the Kagoshima Five Shrines.

Wikipedia: 春日神社 (鹿児島市) (JA)

Kagoshima Kenko no Mori Park is an urban park (general park) in Kagoshima City, located in Inusako-cho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Under the designated manager system, the Kagoshima City Park Public Corporation manages and operates the park.

Wikipedia: かごしま健康の森公園 (JA)

Kinkowan Park is an urban park (scenic park) located in Hirakawa Town, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. It is adjacent to Hirakawa Zoo, and its management is handled by the Kagoshima City Park Greening Division.

Wikipedia: 錦江湾公園 (JA)

Mount Shiroyama is a mountain located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The true height is 107m. The original name is Tsuru ga mine The mountain is famous as the site of the Battle of Shiroyama in 1877, at the end of the Satsuma rebellion.

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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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Hirata Kamon Yukie was a Japanese karō and samurai retainer of the Satsuma Domain best known for his involvement in the 1754 Hōreki River incident. His familiar name was Shinzaemon (新左衛門), and he later adopted the hyakkanna name "Kamon".

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The Shōko Shūseikan is the site of a pre-modern industrial complex created in the Bakumatsu period by Satsuma Domain in the city of Kagoshima Japan. It was designed a National Historic Site, with the designation expanded in 2013. (ID1484-006) It was later designed as a component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, which received UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2015.

Wikipedia: Shōko Shūseikan (EN), Website