8 Sights in Minamisatsuma, Japan (with Map and Images)

Takeya Shrine is a shrine located in Kaseda Miyahara, Minami-Satsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. In the past, it was called Takaya Daimyojin and was a shrine in Kaseda Township. It is said to be one of the oldest shrines in Kaseda and is a prefectural shrine.

Wikipedia: 竹屋神社 (南さつま市) (JA)

Typhoon Yancy, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Tasing, was one of the costliest and most intense tropical cyclones to strike Japan on record. Yancy was the sixth typhoon of the annual typhoon season and sixth tropical cyclone overall to impact Japan that year. Developing out of an area of disturbed weather in the open northwest Pacific on August 29, 1993, the precursor to Yancy tracked westward and quickly intensified to reach tropical storm strength on August 30. Just two days later, the tropical storm reached typhoon intensity as it recurved towards the northeast. A period of rapid intensification followed, allowing Yancy to quickly reach super typhoon intensity. The strong tropical cyclone reached peak intensity on September 2 with maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h (109 mph). The following day Yancy made its first landfall on Iōjima at nearly the same strength; over the course of the day the typhoon would make three subsequent landfalls on Japanese islands. Land interaction forced the tropical cyclone to weaken, and after its final landfall on Hiroshima Prefecture, Yancy weakened below typhoon intensity. After emerging into the Sea of Japan, Yancy transitioned into an extratropical cyclone; these remnants persisted as they meandered in the sea before dissipating completely on September 7.

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Noma Shrine is a shrine located in Kataura, Kasasa Town, Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Its former name was Noma Gongen. It was formerly designated as a village shrine. It is situated at the eighth station of Mount Noma.

Wikipedia: 野間神社 (南さつま市) (JA)

Atae Station was a station (now closed) on the Kagoshima Transportation Makurazaki Line (Nansatsu Railway) that was located in Miyazaki, Kanefune Town, Hioki District, Kagoshima Prefecture (now Minamisatsuma City, Kanefune Town, Miyazaki).

Wikipedia: 阿多駅 (JA)

Minamitafushi Station (Minamitafuseki) is a station (defunct) of the Kagoshima Kotsu Makurazaki Line (Minamisatsu Railway) that was once located in Oshita, Kinmine-cho, Hioki-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture (now Oshita, Kinmine-cho, Minami-Satsuma City).

Wikipedia: 南多夫施駅 (JA)

Mt. Kinpuzan is a 636-meter-high mountain consisting of Hondake, Higashi-dake, and Kita-dake located in Minami-Satsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture. It has been selected as one of the 100 famous mountains in Kyushu. Locally, it is also known as "Bijindake" because it looks like a beautiful woman sleeping in profile. Just west of the summit is the Kinho Shrine. Every year on October 19th, the 27th Emperor of the People's Republic of Japan, Emperor Ankan, holds a grand festival called "Mt. Kinpu".

Wikipedia: 金峯山 (鹿児島県) (JA)

Mt. Noma is a mountain composed of volcanic rocks that rises on the Noma Peninsula in the southwestern part of the Satsuma Peninsula. When viewed from a distance, it forms a steep conical shape, and is counted as one of the "Three Famous Mountains of the Satsuma Peninsula" or "Three Peaks of Satsunan" along with Mt. Kaimondake and Mt. Kinmine. Locally called bamboo, nomandake and nomantakedon.

Wikipedia: 野間岳 (JA)

Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Historical Archives Centre opened in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 2004. The collection includes the Important Cultural Property Eight Aspects of the Buddha's Parinirvana.

Wikipedia: Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Center for Historical Material (EN)