Kagoshima Airport 1 hr 7
Terukuni Shrine (57 min)
Landmark, 19th-century Shinto shrine featuring a tree pruned into the shape of a flying bird. Kagoshima City Aquarium (52 min)
Popular aquarium featuring a variety of native marine life, along with feedings & dolphin shows. Roadside Station Tarumizu Yuttarikan (10 min) Kagoshima Castle Ruins (58 min)
Landmark urban site featuring the moats & stone wall ruins of a 1601 castle, plus a history museum. Kurokami Buried Shrine Gate (11 min)
Remains of a gate from a landmark shrine buried by a huge volcanic eruption in 1914. Sakurajima (21 min)
Formerly on an island, a 1914 eruption connected this active stratovolcano to the Osumi peninsula. Kagoshima City Museum of Meiji Restoration (1 hr 1)
Small history museum dedicated to the Meiji restoration period in 19th-century Imperial Japan. Sakurajima Visitor Center (13 min)
Volcano, museum, and nature Sengan-en (59 min)
Traditional Japanese garden & former residence of a feudal lord, with guided tours & volcano views. 湯之平展望所 Yunohira View Place (20 min) Mt Shiroyama (58 min)
Once a historic battle site, this urban peak offers a promenade & observation deck with city views. Yoshino Park kagoshima (1 hr 8) Arimura Lava Observatory (2 min)
Free observatory on the Taisho lava field at the foot of Minamidake offering mountain views. Shiroyama Park Observation Deck (1 hr) Shoko Shuseikan Museum (1 hr)
History museum charting Japan's industrial revolution in an 1865 factory & World Heritage site. | 
