Best Hotels Near Kokubu Station | Kirishima’s Shrine-and-Volcano Gateway
Kokubu is Kirishima city's hub ā 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 ā 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 ā university eats, two tram lines and JR, with Kagoshima-Chuo and Tenmonkan minutes…
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Best Hotels Near Kagoshima-Chuo Station | Sakurajima & the Deep South
Kyushu Shinkansen Guide Ā· Kagoshima-Chuo Station Best Hotels Near Kagoshima-Chuo Station: Beneath the Sakurajima Volcano āThe Deep South…
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Satsuma-Sendai Station Guide | Gateway to the Koshikijima Islands
Kyushu Shinkansen Guide Ā· Satsuma-Sendai Station Satsuma-Sendai Station Guide: The Gateway to the Koshikijima Islands& Northwest Kagoshima A…
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Best Hotels Near Izumi Station | Cranes & a Samurai Town
Kyushu Shinkansen Guide Ā· Izumi Station Best Hotels Near Izumi Station: Ten Thousand Cranes &a Preserved Samurai Town…
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Kyushu Shinkansen Guide: Hakata to Kumamoto & Kagoshima
Shinkansen Line Guide Ā· Kyushu Shinkansen Kyushu Shinkansen Guide: Hakata to Kagoshima āKumamoto, Volcanoes & the Deep South…
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Yakushima: Japan’s Ancient Cedar Forest ā How to Trek to Jomon Sugi
"It rains 35 days a month" (ć²ćØęć«35ę„éØćéć). This is an exaggeration, but not by as much as it…
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Kagoshima & Sakurajima: Living Under an Active Volcano ā How Locals Do It
At the southern tip of Kyushu, a city of 600,000 people goes about its daily business under a…
Read more āYakushima vs Okinawa: Which Southern Island Should You Choose?
This question comes up constantly among visitors planning their first trip to Japan's southern islands, and the answer…
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Hiking in Japan for Beginners: The 10 Best Trails for Non-Experts
Japan's hiking culture has a reputation problem for international visitors ā the country's most internationally famous hikes (the…
Read more āForest Bathing (ę£®ę굓, Shinrin-yoku) in Japan: The Science & the Best Forests
Shinrin-yoku (ę£®ę굓) ā literally "forest bathing" ā was coined as a term by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture,…
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