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The rainy-day Kagoshima

Wet or ashy weather — arcades and aquarium do the work. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~4h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore

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Photo: Nissy-KITAQ / CC BY-SA 3.0

Door to door

~4h

From the gangway and back

Best for

A wet day

Wet or ashy weather — arcades and aquarium do the work

What it costs

~¥2,000 per couple

Transport spend: ~¥2,000 per couple. Museums + shirokuma add ~¥1,500 pp.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

+0:00
Shuttle to the city, walk into the covered Tenmonkan arcades
Kilometers of roof — the city planned for weather
What you will see here →Full guide: Tenmonkan →
+0:30
Shirokuma at Mujaki, unhurried
Rain thins the queue
What you will see here →
+1:30
Museum of the Meiji Restoration
The samurai-modernizers story, fully indoors
+2:30
Taxi to the aquarium by the ferry terminal
Whale sharks over wet pavements
What you will see here →
Photo: Marek Piwnicki / Pexels
+3:30
Shuttle/taxi back to Marine Port
Free shuttle if your line runs one; taxi ~¥1,500 from Tenmonkan
What you will see here →
Photo: jetalone / CC BY

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.

What the day looks like

Kagoshima, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

The bronze statue of Saigo Takamori in Kagoshima — The bronze statue of Saigo Takamori in KagoshimaPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / Public domain

Sakurajima erupting with an ash plume above Kagoshima Bay — Sakurajima erupting with an ash plume above Kagoshima BayPhoto: Marek Piwnicki / Pexels

Bottles of Japanese shochu lined up in a bar — Bottles of Japanese shochu lined up in a barPhoto: Jon Discipulo / Pexels

Satsuma kiriko cut glass in red and indigo — Satsuma kiriko cut glass in red and indigoPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY 2.0

The hedged samurai street of Chiran — The hedged samurai street of ChiranPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 4.0

Sengan-en — Sengan-enPhoto: Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert / CC BY 4.0

Different hours, different day

The other routes in Kagoshima

The Tenmonkan sprint2–3 hours · ~2.5hShort calls — shirokuma, arcades, and back on the shuttle The volcano crossing4–6 hours · ~5hThe thing only Kagoshima offers — an active volcano by city ferry Lords & lava8 hours or more · ~7.5hFull-day calls — the garden, the crossing and the postcard hill

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