Kagoshima: all 12 tours and excursions for your cruise

Explore Kagoshima at your leisure during your full-day (8-hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your driver and English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Mt. Sakurajima, Senganen Garden, Sakura Jima Ferry,...

Explore Kagoshima at your leisure during your half-day (4-hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your driver and English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Mt. Sakurajima, Senganen Garden, Sakura Jima Ferry,...

Explore Kagoshima at your leisure during your full-day (8-hour) sightseeing tour via private car. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your driver and English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned car and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Mt. Sakurajima, Senganen Garden, Sakura Jima Ferry,...

Explore Kagoshima at your leisure during your half-day (4-hour) sightseeing tour via private car. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your driver and English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned car and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Mt. Sakurajima, Senganen Garden, Sakura Jima Ferry,...

Mt. Sakurajima, Foot BathYou will reach Mt. Sakurajima by coach followed by a short ferry ride. It is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula. Its summit has three peaks. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption connected it with the Osumi Peninsula. It is still the most active volcano in Japan. The volcanic activity still continues, dropping volcanic ash on the surroundings. Earlier eruptions built the white sand highlands in the region.Mt. Sakurajima also has hot springs. You...

Indulge your senses with the exquisite gardens and flavours of the 'Southern Gateway' to Japan during this delightful, half-day garden and sushi excursion to Kagoshima.Kagoshima, Iso Garden, Shoko Shuseikan Museum (outside view) and La Maison GotenDepart the pier for the scenic, approximate 40-minute drive to the 17th-century Senganen Gardens (Iso Garden). Upon arrival, take a guided tour of these exquisite gardens, which feature beautiful flowers, rock pools, small bridges and shrines, and offer...

At the southwestern end of the peninsula, about 70minute drive from the pier, is located Makurazaki, famous for the production of bonito, an essential ingredient in the Japanese cusine which use you are about to learn.Bonito Flakes Factory, demonstration & tastingFirst stop at Bonito Flakes Factory. Bonito flakes, known as Katsuo-bushi in Japanese cuisine, are flakes of dried, smoked bonito fish and look similar to wood shaving. The factory staff teach and show you how to make bonito flakes;...

(Please acknowledge the 'Important Note' section reported down below) Ibusuki is an onsen town located in southern Kagoshima Prefecture. Unlike other onsen towns in Kyushu, Ibusuki is famous for its sand baths. Scenic drive & photo stop at Lake IkedaBefore heading to Sand Bath, make a memorable photo stop at Lake Ikeda which is the biggest volcanic lake in Kyushu, with a circumference of 15 kilometers and a surface area of 11 square km, and a depth of up to 233 meters. The almost...

Explore the highlights of Japan's 'Southern Gateway' via land and water during this scenic, full-day sightseeing excursion to Kagoshima and its environs. Kagoshima, Sakurajima, Ferry-Rides, Kagoshima Bay, and Arimura Point and ObservatoryDepart the pier for the scenic, approximately 45-minute drive to the Kagoshima Ferry Port. Upon arrival, embark a ferry-boat for the short ride to Sakurajima. After disembarking the ferry, board a coach for the drive to Arimura Point. Here, a visit...

Explore the history and traditions of Kagoshima during this memorable, half-day excursion to the historic Samurai Houses at Chiran and tour a museum dedicated to World War II kamikaze pilots. Satsuma Peninsula & Chiran Samurai HouseDepart the pier for the scenic, approximate 50-minute drive along the Satsuma Peninsula. Along the way, an exterior visit is made at the Chiran Samurai House. During Japan's Feudal Era, Chiran was a stronghold of the Shimazu Samurai. During your visit, take...

Embrace the scenic beauty and flavours of Kagoshima during this panoramic half-day sightseeing excursion to this historic city. Shiroyama Scenic Overlook & Last Samurai StatueDepart the pier for the scenic, approximate 30-minute drive to the Shiroyama Scenic Overlook. After a brief photo stop here, re-board your coach and drive by the bronze statue of Saigo Takamori, known as the 'Last Samurai'. Kagoshima Tour & Amaminosato, Traditional Oshima SilkNext, your tour continues to...

Explore the highlights of Japan's 'Southern Gateway' via land and water during this scenic sightseeing excursion to Kagoshima and its environs. Iso Gardens and La Maison Goten Depart the pier for the approximate 40-minute drive to the 17th-century Iso Gardens, or 'Senganen'. Upon arrival, take a guided tour of the exquisite gardens. The gardens feature beautiful flowers, rock pools, small bridges and shrines, and offer splendid vistas of the sea, the Sakurajima Volcano and...