Experience & Sightseeing
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Experience & Sightseeing
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Ibusuki hosts unparalleled phenomenon
and landscapes created through volcanic activity
An abundance of experiences
only possible here await you
This road of sand stretching roughly 800m continues to the island of Chiringashima floating in Kinko Bay.
Between the months of March and September, it mysteriously connects to the land when the conditions of the ebb and flow of the tides align.
Cross the road on foot while inhaling the salty scent of the sea.
Natural sand steam hot springs drawn from a spring that wells up on the coast.
Lie down and let your entire body feel the weight and warmth of the sand. A popular attraction among many visitors for its detoxification and beauty effects.
Mount Kaimon is an active volcano with a conical, gently-sloping ridgeline.
This beautiful mountain that symbolizes Ibusuki is also called by another name: "Satsuma Fuji."
It has an altitude of 924m that can be climbed using the upward trails in place on the mountain.
This natural stove uses high-temperature water vapor that springs up from all over the Unagi area.
Savor steamed dishes with vegetables and eggs made using this stove.
Located next to Miyagahama Station is a shochu distilled liquor brewery that offers shochu only brewed there for purchase as well as brewery tours and taste-testing. Located approx. 10 min. on foot from Kinkouroh.
Yamagawa Port formerly prospered as the Satsuma Clan's entranceway to the sea. Today, it is famous for its bonito catches.
The "Michi-no-Eki" facility there offers bonito dishes and high-grade dried bonito shavings for purchase.
You may also see a bonito catch in the process.
This tour will take you to the site of a former saltworks that used heat from hot springs and the Yamagawa Geothermal Power Plant that generates power using the heat of the earth.
See clouds of high-temperature white steam rise right in front of you.
An exhibit room can also be accessed with a reservation.
In Chiran, which is famous for the tea of the same name, visitors can see the "Samurai Residence Garden" to get a feel of the aura of the Satsuma Clan during the Edo era and the "Chiran Peace Museum," where materials on the Special Attack Forces who fought at the close of World War II are on display.
Yakushima Island was the first location in Japan to be registered as a World Heritage Site. Visitors will be overwhelmed by the Yakushima cedar trees, which are a rarity in the world with an age exceeding 1,000 years, and the natural beauty of the island's pristine natural forests. Yakushima can be accessed in 75 min. by a high-speed ship leaving Ibusuki Port.