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

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.

Wikipedia: Typhoon Yancy (1993) (EN)

Takeya Shrine (竹屋神社, Takaya Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Kaseda Miyahara, Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. In the past, it was called Takaya Daimyojin and was a sosha in Kaseda Township. It is said to be one of the oldest shrines in Kaseda, and the former shrine is a prefectural shrine.

Wikipedia: 竹屋神社 (南さつま市) (JA)

Nandovshi Station (Nandovshi Station) is the station (abandoned station) of Kagoshima Traffic Pillow-Saki Line (Nandovshi Railway) under the big tail of Jin Feng Town, Hitchi County, Kagoshima Prefecture (now under the tail of Jin Feng Town, South Samo City).

Wikipedia: 南多夫施駅 (JA)

Ata-eki Station (阿多駅, Ata-eki) is a disused railway station on the Kagoshima Kotsu Makurazaki Line (Nansatsu Railway) located in Miyazaki, Kinho-cho, Hioki District, Kagoshima Prefecture (now Miyazaki, Kinmine-cho, Minamisatsuma City).

Wikipedia: 阿多駅 (JA)

Takeda Shrine (竹田神社, Takeda Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Today, it is read as "Takedajinja", but when the shrine was first built, it was read as "Takatajinja".

Wikipedia: 竹田神社 (南さつま市) (JA)

The Kakoinohara Site (栫ノ原Ruins) is a complex archaeological site located in Kaseda Murahara, Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. On March 11, 1997, it was designated as a national historic site.

Wikipedia: 栫ノ原遺跡 (JA)