Listed here are many of the optional tours which are available to choose from the following.
Applications for the tours will start being accepted on this website on Saturday June 26, 2010.
Click the button at the bottom of this page for detailed information regarding tours.
Free Tour 1 : SAKURAJIMA Half day tour
| Date and Time |
| 1) September 2(Thu) |
08:30 12:00 |
| 2) September 3(Fri) |
13:00 16:30 |
| 3) September 4(Sat) |
08:30 12:00 |
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Fare: Free
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Tour fee includes: Admission Fees |
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The tour will be accompanied by an English-speaking licensed guide with no tour escort staff. |

Sakurajima Visitor Center |

Arimura Lava Observatory |
SAKURAJIMA
Kagoshima's symbolic Sakurajima is a volcanic island, which floats in the sea only 4km from South Kyushu's hub city, Kagoshima. It is one of the world's greatest active volcanoes at 1,117 meters tall and 50km round. The volcano, which appeared on the south rim of Aira Caldera, is a stratovolcano consisting of two peaks, the North Peak and the South Peak, and has been repeating major eruptions. Among them, in a major eruption in 1914, lava filled a 400-meter wide strait causing the island to connect with Osumi Peninsula on the opposite shore. Approximately 10 billion ton of lava, a volume without parallel in the world, flowed out. There is an observatory with a view of the summit midway up the mountain where you can feel the power of the active volcano spewing smoke up close.
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Bus will depart from Castle Park Hotel (Shiroyama Kanko Hotel)
Hotel
Kagoshima Port
(Ferry)
Sakurajima Port
Sakurajima Visitor Center
Arimura lava Observatory
Sakurajima Port
(Ferry)
Kagoshima Port
Hotel |
Free Tour 2 : KAGOSHIMA CITY Half day tour
| Date and Time |
| 1) September 2(Thu) |
13:00 16:30 |
| 2) September 3(Fri) |
08:30 12:00 |
| 3) September 4(Sat) |
13:00 16:30 |
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Fare: Free
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Tour fee includes: Admission Fees |
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The tour will be accompanied by an English-speaking licensed guide with no tour escort staff. |
Museum of the Meiji restoration
A facility where stories about the end of the Edo Period and the Meiji Restoration, and the people involved such as Takamori Saigo and Toshimichi Okubo are told in an easy-to-understand manner using robots and video imagery.
Senganen
The Japanese garden created by the 19th lord of the Shimadzu Clan, Mitsuhisa for his townhouse utilizes the views of Sakurajima and Kinko Bay.
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Bus will depart from Castle Park Hotel (Shiroyama Kanko Hotel)
Hotel
Museum of MEIJI Restoration
Sakurajima Visitor Center
Sengan-en(Iso-Teien)
TENMON-KAN(Only getting off)
Hotel |

Museum of the Meiji restoration |

Senganen |
Pay Tour 1: CHIRAN & IBUSUKI-SPA 1 day tour
| Date and Time |
| 1) September 3(Fri) |
08:45 18:00 |
| 2) September 5(Sun) |
08:45 18:00 |
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Fare: JPY10,000 per person
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Tour fee includes: Admission fees and lunch |
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The tour will be accompanied by an English-speaking licensed guide with no tour escort staff. |
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Minimum number of participants: 25 persons. |
IBUSUKI & CHIRAN
Ibusuki, which is located in the southernmost tip of Japan, is a resort where subtropical plants thrive, and has been known from olden days as a place of abundant hot springs. In particular, the only natulal steam sand bath is one you would want to try at least once. The body is covered with sand heated by hot springs that naturally well up from the earth on the beach to provide therapy. It stimulates perspiration and produces a significant effect to reinvigorate the body and beautify the skin. In Chiran, you can tour a part of town where old samurai residences are preserved along beautiful streets in typical Japanese style.
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Bus will depart from Castle Park Hotel (Shiroyama Kanko Hotel) and Kagoshima-chuo Station
Hotel
Station
Chiran : Peace Museum and Bukeyashiki(Samurai houses)
Lake Ikeda
Ibusuki Nature Steam Bath & Hot SPA
Station
Hotel |

Chiran Bukeyashiki |

Ibusuki Nature Steam Bath |
Pay Tour 2 : YAKUSHIMA ISLAND 1 day tour
| Date and Time |
| 1) September 3(Fri) |
07:30 19:00 |
| 2) September 4(Sat) |
07:30 19:00 |
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Fare: JPY20,000 per person
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Tour fee includes: Admission fees and lunch |
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The tour will be accompanied by an English-speaking licensed guide with no tour escort staff. |
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Minimum number of participants: 25 persons. |
Yakushima
Yakushima is an island measuring 132 kilometers in circumference, surrounded by cobalt blue ocean and covered with ancient Yakusugi cedar trees. It is gaining popularity as a tourist attraction, and is easily accessible from Kagoshima City by jet foil ship, which only takes about an hour. Yakushima's magnificent natural beauty has gained it the title of "World Heritage" site, and it is a place that all Japanese should be proud of.
Yakusugi Ceder Land
You can casually explore the virgin forest of Yakushima with the 1,000-year old Yaku cedars. You may encounter wild animals such as deer and monkeys. There are four courses to choose from according to your time and stamina.
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Tour start from Kagoshima honko port
Kagoshima honko port
Yakushima Miyanoura port
Yakusugi Cedar Land(trekking)
Kigen-sugi Ceder
Botanical Park
Miyanoura port
Kagoshima honko port |
Pay Tour 3 : KIRISHIMA 1 day tour
| Date and Time |
| 1) September 4(Sat) |
08:45 18:00 |
| 2) September 5(Sun) |
08:45 18:00 |
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Fare: JPY10,000 per person
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Tour fee includes: Admission fees and lunch |
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The tour will be accompanied by an English-speaking licensed guide with no tour escort staff. |
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Minimum number of participants: 25 persons. |
KIRISHIMA
The area of Kirishima was the first to be designated as a national park in 1934 in Japan and is one of the most richly diverse national parks. It is a place of scenic mountain beauty where there is a concentration of volcanoes and crater lakes such as Mt. Karakuni (1,700m and the highest), Mt. Takachiho and Mt. Shinmoe. It is blessed with virgin forests of chinkapin, evergreen oak and red pine, and pristine wilderness, as evident in the song "Hana wa Kirishima (Kirishima is full of flowers)", and in the mountains you can enjoy anything from light walking, hiking to serious trekking. The area is legendary in the ancient mythology of Japan, and you can also see famous sites associated with the legends and traditional performances.
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Bus will depart from Castle Park Hotel (Shiroyama Kanko Hotel) and Kagoshima-chuo Station
Hotel
Station
Kirishima Shrine
Kirishima SPA(LUNCH&Bath)
Ebino kogen(Ebino Plateau)
Kagoshima Airport
Station
Hotel |

KIRISHIMA |

Kirishima Shrine |