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Satsuma Town

Satsuma Town, located in the northwestern part of Kagoshima Prefecture, is a prestigious mountain village city with the charm of untouched rich nature and old history, surrounded by beautiful green mountains including the steep but rich Mt. Shibi, and with the clear stream of the Sendai River flowing slowly through the center of the town. It is full of highlights such as the famous "Shibi Hot Spring Resort," which has a history of about 500 years and attracts hot spring fans from all over the world as "hot water for beautiful skin," and beautiful cherry blossom trees that vividly color...

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Kodakarajima

Kodakarajima, located in the southern part of the Tokara Islands (Toshima Village), is a secret flat isolated island formed by the beautiful uplift of coral reefs, which is very compact with a circumference of only about 1 kilometer. When you look up at the island from afar, the giant rock in the center looks like a "pregnant woman (woman carrying a child)" lying down, so it is also famous as a sacred power spot for fertility. The biggest highlight is the natural outdoor bath "Yodomari Onsen," where hot spring water gushes out directly from the rough rock surface along the...

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Oura Observatory

Oura Observatory, standing on a small high mountain in Amami Oshima (Sumiyo-cho), is a dynamic superb view observation spot on the island where you can overlook the vast green carpet of the "Kuroshio Forest Mangrove Primeval Forest" and the deep blue sea of the beautiful Oura Bay at once. When you stand in the stylish wooden observation area, a grand panorama without any obstructions spreads out, and the mysterious work of the mangrove jungle, which changes its expression and shape of waterways every moment due to the ebb and flow of the tide, is very photogenic. While bathing in the...

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Takarajima

Takarajima, located at the southernmost tip of the Tokara Islands, is a mysterious isolated island of raised coral reefs that violently tickles the spirit of adventure, as its name suggests, where the legend that the famous British pirate "Captain Kidd" hid a huge treasure somewhere is still told realistically. The sea surrounding the island is called "Tokara Blue," and a world of emerald green boasting the world's highest level of overwhelming transparency spreads out. On the island, there are plenty of highlights such as the huge limestone cave "Fuketsu (limestone cave)" where it is said that pirates hid treasure, and...

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Akusekijima

Akusekijima, a volcanic island with a circumference of about 6 kilometers floating quietly in the Tokara Islands, is a secret isolated island where very dense folk beliefs breathe, known globally for the festival of the sacred masked god "Boze" that appears every year in the 7th lunar month. The Boze festival is also registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and its strange and dynamic appearance of the god deeply overwhelms overseas cultural anthropology fans. On the island, wild charms are packed, such as natural "sand bath hot springs" nurtured by volcanic heat, geothermal campgrounds where hot spring steam rises...

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Suwanosejima

Suwanosejima, the second largest in the Tokara Islands, possessing the active volcano "Mt. Mitake" which still continues very active activity, is the ultimate secret island that captivates volcanic enthusiasts and adventurers from all over the world, where you can experience the living powerful fetal movement of the earth and the wild volcanic energy closely and realistically. The non-ordinary panoramic view of white smoke rising vigorously from the summit and the black lava fields created by years of eruptions is breathtakingly powerful. On the other hand, the sea surrounding the island is famous as a sacred place for full-scale sea fishing...

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Nakanoshima

Nakanoshima, boasting the largest area in the Tokara Islands and having played a central role in the past, is a secret isolated island whose charm is the untouched magnificent volcanic landscape, with the beautiful famous peak "Mt. Mitake," praised from all over the world as "Tokara Fuji," rising to an altitude of 979 meters. At the foot of Mt. Mitake, which continues to be active, a rich natural "Nishiku Onsen (public bath)" nurtured by volcanic heat, clear highland mountain streams like crystal glass, and Japan's southernmost astronomical observatory are beautifully maintained, and at night, you can luxuriously monopolize the starry...

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Kuchinoshima

Kuchinoshima, located at the northernmost tip of the Tokara Islands and serving as the front gateway to the archipelago, is a secret isolated island whose charm is great nature adventure, where steep volcanoes such as "Mt. Furii," which still quietly raises white smoke, and the dynamic bounty of the Kuroshio Current are comfortably harmonized. The biggest surprise is that valuable wild black-haired cattle "Kuchinoshima beef," considered the purest breed in Japan, live leisurely and naturally in the deep primeval forests and grasslands on the island, and overseas travelers are deeply moved by the simple landscape where humans and nature gently...

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Tairajima

Tairajima, a small volcanic island with a circumference of about 7 kilometers floating quietly in the central part of the Tokara Islands, is a very simple and beautiful secret isolated island where the historical romance of the Heike samurai (fugitives) who secretly landed to escape the battle during the turbulent period of the Warring States period and built their own warm life remains deeply. On the island, mysterious sea caves called "Ana no Kannon," where it is said that samurai hid themselves, and old villages where traditional giant banyan trees stand, remain, and a somewhat nostalgic feeling drifts. The surrounding...

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Toshima Village

Toshima Village, consisting of 7 inhabited islands floating in a straight line in the vast sea area between Yakushima and Okinawa, called the Tokara Islands, is the ultimate volcanic isolated island area that never stops attracting core adventurers and nature travelers from all over the world as "the last secret region that is most difficult to move and takes the longest time to move" in Japan. On each island, untouched beautiful cobalt blue seas, dynamically active volcanoes, naturally gushing secret hot springs, and unique warm islander culture remain like a miracle. In the overwhelming silence 100% free from the noise...

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Iojima “Higashi Onsen”

"Higashi Onsen," standing alone on the rock surface of a steep cliff where the fierce rough waves of the Pacific Ocean crash on Iojima, Mishima Village, is a wild-tasting, natural, superb, full-scale open-air bath highly acclaimed by adventurers and hot spring fans from all over the world as "the ultimate secret hot spring on the highest peak on earth." The hot, emerald green, strongly acidic hot spring water gushing from Mt. Iodake, a bounty of the volcano, fills the bathtub hollowed out of natural rock, and the infinity experience where you become completely one with the sea while overlooking the...

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Mt. Iodake

Mt. Iodake, standing steeply on Iojima in Mishima Village, boasts an altitude of 703 meters, and is one of the world's leading dynamic active volcanoes where you can witness the living beat of the earth closely and realistically, continuing to powerfully raise white smoke every day and drift the unique scent of sulfur. The mountain surface is covered with rough reddish-brown and yellow rock surfaces where plants cannot grow, and its overwhelming landscape, like another world, deeply overwhelms visiting international tourists. Along the coast at the foot of the mountain, there is a natural secret hot spring "Higashi Onsen," nurtured...

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Mishima Village

Mishima Village, consisting of three isolated islands of Takeshima, Iojima, and Kuroshima, floating dynamically on the southern ocean of the Satsuma Peninsula, is the ultimate secret adventure area where you can directly experience the wild breath of the earth, with the entire area designated as the Kirishima Kinkowan National Park (Mishima Village Mishima Daimyo Bamboo Geopark). The active volcano "Mt. Iodake," which continues to powerfully raise white steam even now, and the landscape of the port where the sea color changes to vivid emerald green or brownish-brown due to the rich components of the volcano, create a non-ordinary panorama that...

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Amami City

Amami City, the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Amami Oshima, is the best base city for island trips, where tropical atmosphere full of fervor and the overwhelming great nature of World Natural Heritage are compactly gathered. It is full of wild nature adventures such as the deep blue Oshima Strait, where a beautiful rias coastline spreads, and the "Mangrove Primeval Forest," the second largest in Japan, where you can push through mysterious jungles by canoe. On the other hand, in Naze, the central city, there are many retro famous shops where you can enjoy traditional "island song" live shows...

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Tatsugo Town

Tatsugo Town, located in the northern part of Amami Oshima, is a very energetic coastal resort town where transparent emerald green seas, untouched rich subtropical nature, and deep traditional culture are comfortably condensed. It is full of highlights such as "Oshima Tsumugi Village," where you can experience the sacred mud dyeing of the world's highest peak silk fabric "Authentic Oshima Tsumugi" with your five senses, and the miraculous "Heart Rock" that appears only at low tide, which has become globally famous on SNS in recent years. Also, it possesses "Tebiro Beach," a sacred place for top-class surfing, and is filled...

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Ootaniwatari Colony

Ootaniwatari Colony (nest fern colony), spreading in the rich mountains of Amami Oshima (Uken-son), is a very dynamic and mysterious nature area that symbolizes the rich forests of the World Natural Heritage, where huge epiphytic fern plants "Ootaniwatari" (nest ferns) grow thick in many layers. The sight of magnificent, beautiful green leaves that remind you of a tropical jungle growing in clusters as if clinging to the trunks of old giant trees and rock surfaces is full of impact, and it invites travelers who have stepped in to an overwhelming extraordinary world as if they had slipped back in time...

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Funangyo Falls

Funangyo Falls, hidden quietly deep in the deep, deep subtropical primeval forest of Sumiyo-cho, Amami Oshima, is a beautiful famous waterfall in a secret region known only to those in the know, flowing down dynamically over a drop of about 35 meters from a steep, sheer, huge granite cliff. It is said that the name comes from the fact that people used the rich trees in this surrounding area to "cut out (Funangyo)" "boats," and the workings of great nature and the historical romance of the islanders breathe here. Beautiful wooden promenade trails are maintained up to the front of...

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Mt. Yuwan

Mt. Yuwan, rising high on Amami Oshima (Uken-son/Yamato-son), is the highest mountain on the island boasting an altitude of 694 meters, and is a sacred mountain spot where untouched, dynamic subtropical plants remain, which became the core region of the World Natural Heritage in 2021. The entire area around the summit is often shrouded in mysterious mist, and deep evergreen primeval forests where the huge fern plant called "Living Fossil," "Cyathea lepifera," and the valuable endemic ecosystem unique to Amami breathe, spread out. From the beautifully maintained wooden promenades and observation decks, you can safely enjoy overflowing negative ions and...

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Aira City

Adjacent to the north side of Kagoshima City and facing the calm Kinko Bay, "Aira City" is a highly convenient coastal city where rich great nature energy and old historical romance are comfortably fused. The biggest highlight is the "Gamo's Great Camphor Tree," which is designated as a national special natural monument and is said to be the largest giant tree in Japan with an age of about 1,500 years; the moment you stand in front of it, you are wrapped in overwhelming sacred spiritual energy and silence. Also, it is full of photogenic famous places such as the "Ryumonji-zaka,"...

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Adventure Park Mori no Kawanabe

Spread dynamically in the rich primeval forest of Kawanabe-cho, Minamikyushu City, "Adventure Park Mori no Kawanabe" is a very popular, latest experiential nature amusement park that utilizes the vitality of untouched great nature and can be enjoyed safely by everyone from beginners to authentic outdoor enthusiasts. The biggest appeal is the zip line that crosses the ropes stretched between towering giant trees, gliding like a bird over the forest, and the athletic experience, which is highly acclaimed by international tourists. It is a blissful healing adventure area where you can forget the noise of the city completely, bathe your whole...

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Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots

Located in Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, the "Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots" is a solemn historical museum visited by many people from all over the world to pray for peace, preserving and displaying precious belongings and historical materials of young members who dedicated their lives in the Okinawa battle at the end of World War II as "special attack forces (human history)," a harsh operation unprecedented in human history. Inside the museum, real fighter planes "Zero Fighter" and pure handwritten testaments, letters, and photos left by members to their families and lovers are displayed in an easy-to-understand manner, deeply overwhelming...

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Minamikyushu City

Located in the south-central part of the Satsuma Peninsula, "Minamikyushu City" is a highly energetic, major tourist city where the vast green carpet-like tea plantations of "Chiran Tea," one of Japan's leading high-class, prestigious tea producing areas, and deep historical culture are comfortably fused. "Chiran Samurai Residence Group," an important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings where the breath of samurai in the Edo period remains miraculously, and the holy ground of peace that conveys the precious aviation history of the Pacific War, are examples of places where the romantic history of modern Japan's turbulence breathes everywhere in the...

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Shibushi City

Shibushi City, located in the eastern part of Kagoshima Prefecture and facing the vast Shibushi Bay, is a vibrant seaside coastal city that has flourished as a base for maritime trade since ancient times, where rich marine bounty and idyllic rural landscapes are gently harmonized. Scattered in the town are prestigious traditional "Shibushi-Fumoto Gardens (samurai residence groups)" designated as a National Place of Scenic Beauty, and just walking through them allows you to deeply immerse yourself in the historical romance of the good old samurai era. Also, it is globally famous as a sacred place for "eel (aquaculture)," one of...

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Fukiagehama

Fukiagehama, located on the west coast of the Satsuma Peninsula and spanning Minamisatsuma City, Hioki City, and Ichikikushikino City, is one of the three great sand dunes in Japan, a grand coastal scenic spot where pure white sand dunes and blue pine forests continue beautifully for about 47 kilometers. The panoramic view overlooking the vast East China Sea without any obstructions is simply breathtaking. At dusk, you can overlook the world's most beautiful sunset sinking in a straight line to the horizon, captivating travelers and photographers from all over the world. Every spring, the "Fukiagehama Sand Festival" is held, and...

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