Update Blog
Information about shelters in Kagoshima city
Aug. 05, 2017A big typhoon No.5 is heading to Kagoshima. Kagoshima city announced to prepare for evacuation, and if you think it is dangerous, please evacuate to safe ...
Summer Festivals & Fireworks Displays 2017 in Kagoshima
Aug. 02, 2017Enjoy hot festivals in Kagoshima! *****Areas***** Kagoshima City / Central Part of Satsuma Kirishima / Aira Hokusatsu / North Satsuma ...
Walk Across The Sea to Chiringa-jima
Aug. 01, 2017Click HERE for information about the sandbar appearance times (important: the sandbar linking the island to the mainland is only exposed at certain low ti...
2017 ROKUGATSUDO SCHEDULE
Jun. 29, 2017Rokugatsudo season is coming. Rokugatsudo is held only in the area where used to be Satsuma Domain and it is related to a Shimazu lord. Detai...
ROKUGATSUDO (六月灯)
～Festival Peculiar to Kagoshima～
Jun. 20, 2017
I didn’t know until I became an adult that Rokugatsudo (六月灯), the festival I’ve enjoyed since I was a child is actually held only in Kagoshima (former Sat...
Ogionsaa Mikoshi (Portable Shrine) Bearers Wanted
Jun. 19, 2017Come and join us carrying the mikoshi (portable shrine) for the big festival in Kagoshima! Ogionsaa festival is an annual energetic event, which h...
Marine Port Kagoshima
– Cruise Ship Port Call Schedule -
Jun. 16, 2017
Cruising around the world on a luxury cruise ship would be marvelous. We hope people who come to Kagoshima have a great time here! Click here to see the ...
Chiringa−Jima Sandbar Information
↑NOW THE SANDBAR IS COMING BACK!
Apr. 25, 2017
* *Walking across to Chiringa-jima had been impossible because the sandbar had been washed away after the typhoon last year. However, now the sandbar is c...
The Girls’ Festival (Joshi-no Sekku / 上巳の節句) ~ March 3rd ~
Mar. 03, 2017The 3rd of March is the Girls' Festival. People decorate their house with Hina dolls and invoke their daughters' good health and growth. But, original...
Sengan-en’s Traditional New Year
～The New Year at The Shimazu Daimyo Garden
(Garden of a Feudal Lord) ～
Dec. 30, 2016
Sengan-en (仙巌園) , also known as Iso-teien (磯庭園), is a Japanese style landscape garden incorporating the view of Sakura-jima and Kinko bay as borrowed...
