【Firefly Viewing Spot】
FUTAWATARI FIREFLY BOAT 2023
(FUTAWATARI HOTARU-BUNE / 二渡ホタル舟)

【Firefly Viewing Spot】<br />FUTAWATARI FIREFLY BOAT 2023<br />(FUTAWATARI HOTARU-BUNE / 二渡ホタル舟)

Satsuma Town is a great spot for firefly watching.
This year, the popular Futawatari Firefly Boat will be running for the first time in four years and for the last time.

The flickering lights of countless fireflies on the firefly boat sailing down the Sendai River are very atmospheric.

Join in and experience the fantastic world of light!

Reservations required: tel 080-6447-0570 (Futawatari Garappa Botaru no Kai)
Reservations accepted: from the 1st of May

Start May. 20, 2023 〜 May. 24, 2023

First boat service: 7:50 pm

*Only the first boat is in operation, and the duration is shorter than the previous years.

Genre

Firefly Viewing

Address

Futawatari, Satsuma town, Satsuma county,
Kagoshima prefecture

(Map)

PlaceDeparture and arrival point: Futawatari Mizube Park
Parking

Available

Fee

Adults: ¥1,000
Elementary School Students: ¥500
Infants: ¥200

Contact Satsuma Town Office
TEL: 0996-53-1111
Webhttps://www.satsuma-net.jp/soshiki/yakuba/1013/1/kanko_site/event/haru/370.html
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