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Best Hotels Near Naha Airport Station | The Monorail Gateway to Okinawa
Naha Airport's monorail puts Kokusai-dori 15 minutes away — and Senagajima's white terraces and sunset baths sit just…
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Best Hotels Near Kokubu Station | Kirishima’s Shrine-and-Volcano Gateway
Kokubu is Kirishima city's hub — gateway to the great vermilion shrine, the volcanic highland trails and some…
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Best Hotels Near Taniyama Station | The Southern Suburb Line
Taniyama is south Kagoshima's suburb hub — tram terminus and JR stop on the way to Ibusuki's sand…
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Best Hotels Near Korimoto Station | Kagoshima’s Tram-and-Campus Crossroads
Korimoto is Kagoshima's tram-and-campus crossroads — university eats, two tram lines and JR, with Kagoshima-Chuo and Tenmonkan minutes…
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Best Hotels Near Hyuga-Sumiyoshi Station | The Beach-Plain Local Stop
Hyuga-Sumiyoshi serves Miyazaki's pine-backed northern beach plain — an origin-legend shrine, black-sand shore walks and the Seagaia resort…
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Best Hotels Near Sadowara Station | The Samurai Suburb
Sadowara keeps the lanes and temples of a 30,000-koku samurai domain — now a Miyazaki commuter stop near…
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Best Hotels Near Hyugashi Station | Surf Cliffs & the Cape of Crosses
Hyuga is Miyazaki's surf town — Okuragahama's long beach break, Umagase's columnar cliffs and the "cross of the…
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Best Hotels Near Minami-Miyazaki Station | The Southern Junction
Minami-Miyazaki is where the Nichinan line splits for Aoshima and the surf coast — a mall-anchored junction one…
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Best Hotels Near Miyazaki Station | Palm Trees, Chicken Nanban & the Surf Coast
Miyazaki is Japan's laid-back tropical capital — palm boulevards, chicken nanban, mango shaved ice and Aoshima's surf-ringed island…
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