Rent-A-Car und Kagoshi area aro ma airpo Recommended Seasonal Events The rt 092-282-1200 099-261-6706 Kokura Kokura-Higashi I.C. Private Taxi Hakata A wide array of tour courses to choose from. Spring Summer Dazaifu I.C. Jumbo taxi caters to a group of up to maximum 9 passengers available. Shin-Tosu Usa I.C. Tosu Jct. Hatsu-uma Festival Saga-Yamato Hiji Jct. Enquiries Kagoshima Taxi Association 099-222-3255 Spider Fight I.C. Oita The Sunday after the 18th day of the Third Sunday of Jun first month of the lunar calendar Kurume I.C. Kagoshima Jingu (Kirishima City) Kajiki Welfare Centre (Aira City) Spider Fight Sasebo Saga Port I.C. Sightseeing Bus Ryoma Honeymoon Walk Kirishima International Music Festival Mid-Mar Saiki I.C. Hatsu-uma Festival Late Jul Early Aug Makizono / Hayato / Miyama Conseru (Kirishima City) Tokyo Kagoshima Kirishima (Kirishima City) Osaka (Itami) Kagoshima Kumamoto Kumamoto I.C. Kirishima Sightseeing Bus Tenson Korin Kirishima Nagasaki Seoul Kagoshima Festival Nagasaki I.C. The “Kirishima Sightseeing Bus” tours Late Mar Early Apr Late Aug Shanghai Kagoshima Nobeoka I.C. Routes Nobeoka Jct. M O the significant sights of Kirishima City Tadamoto Park (Isa City) (Kirishima City) Taipei Kagoshima Shinyatsushiro from key trans portation hubs. Yatsushiro Jct. Fuji Matsuri Hong Kong Kagoshima Kokubu Station (Start 9:00) Kagoshima Airport The bus is decorated with a compelling Fruit Picking Kirishima International Tanoura I.C. (Start 10:20) design that depicts the natural surroundings (Japanese Wisteria Festival) Music Festival Mid-Apr Early May Fuji (Japanese Wisteria) Grape / Pear harvesting (Kirishima City); Ashikita I.C. Hayato Station of Kirishima and the statues of (shortest time) of Wake Jinjya (Shrine) Blueberry picking (Isa City) Hayato Station Takamori Saigo and Ryoma Sakamoto. Wake Park (Kirishima City) Minamata Hinatayama Segodon Village Visitors can enjoy every minute of the ride Shin-Osaka Kagoshima Chuo Shin Hitoyoshi I.C. minamata Kagoshima Jingu Shrine through Kirishima while appreciating Miyama-Kirishima of Kirishima (Kyushu Azalea) Izumi Hakata Kagoshima Chuo Kiyotake Jct. Kagoshima Airport the views without having to change buses. Mid-May Mid Jun Akune Mizobe Hinatayama Segodon Village Kagoshima Yoshimatsu Kirishima City / Yusui Town Kuko IC Kurino I.C. Miyazaki Seigo Park Satsuma Sendai Kokubu Station From Kagoshima city Mizuhiki I.C. Miyazaki I.C. Kareigawa Station Kajiki Jct. Miyakonojo Sakamoto Kurozu (Black Vinegar) Kirishima Jingu Shiohitashi Onsen Ryoma Park Tsubobatake Information Center & Restaurant (lunch) So Yagoro I.C. Chainsaw Art Maruo (lunch) Odd numbered months Kagoshima IC Mizobe Kagoshima Kuko IC Kagoshima IC Competition Uono-no-Unkai Kagoshima Chuo Shibushi utumn inter Kirishima Shinwa-no-Sato Park Kurozu-no-Sato Kakuida (lunch) A W (lunch) Even numbered months Ei I.C. Kasanohara I.C. Ibusuki Meisui Maruike Kansha Uono-no-Unkai Kagoshima Chuo Kirishima Jingu Kirishima Jingu Shrine Uenohara Jomon-no-Mori Makurazaki no Yube (Thanksgiving Night) (The sea of clouds of Uono) Kagoshima Chuo Yoshimatsu Early Sep Late Nov Late Jan Kirishima Jingu Shrine (bus stop) High-tech observatory JR Special Express Hayato-no-Kaze : 2 trips per day Maruike Park (Yusui Town) Around Uono Flight Area (Yusui Town) (Operates primarily during Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, as well as spring break, Maruo Kokubu Station Golden Week, summer break, and winter break. Call JR Kyushu for operated days.) Kyushu JR Line Shinkansen JR Hisatsu Line Ice World in Kagoshima Isa Line JR Kitto Line Kagoshima Airport Hayato Station Early Nov (2 days) Early Feb Kurinodake Recreation Village (Yusui Town) In front of Isa City Bunka Kaikan (Isa City) Expressway Hisatsu Orange Railway Line Hayato Station Kagoshima Airport Kagoshima Chuo Airport Adults 1,100 yen (children 550 yen) * Priority is given to customers with reserved seating Largest Camphor Autumn Festival E nquiries Kokubu Station (Finish 17:17) (walk-ins are accepted when there are seats available) Third Sunday of Nov Soft rime of Kirishima Kirishima City / Yusui Town Kagoshima Airport Information Counter 0995-58-2740 Reservation Kagoshima Transport Kokubu Sales Office (Aira City) Kagoshima City Tourism Exchange Centre 099-298-5111 (Weekdays 10:00-17:00) Tenson Korin Kagoshima Chuo Station Information Centre 099-253-2500 Late Nov Kumendaiko Show Enquiries Kirishima City, Kirishima PR Division Sogi Waterfall (Isa City) 1st Jan Kirishima City Publishing Autumn Leaves of Kirishima Kirishima in Winter Kagoshima Prefecture Aira-Isa Regional Tourism Promotion Committee Airaview-go Late Oct Nov Kirishima City / Yusui Town in Autumn Enquiries Kagoshima Prefecture Aira-Isa Regional Promotion Bureau Fares: Adults 3,800 yen, children 2,000 yen (including lunch) General Affairs and Planning Division Operated days: Call for information as operated days are subject to change according to seasons. 12 Suwa-cho, Kajiki-cho, Aira-shi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan 899-5212 Route: Seasonal Course Further Enquiries Regarding Events TEL 0995-63-8109 Departs from JR Kagoshima Chuo Station at 9:15 HRS / Arrives at 17:00 HRS Issued in March 2019 Kirishima City Hall 0995-45-5111 Aira City Hall 0995-66-3111 Enquiries Aira View Operations Office Translation: Kagoshima Prefecture International Affairs Division Isa City Hall 0995-23-1311 Yusui Town Hall 0995-74-3111 Google Maps Google Maps Google Maps Google Maps Kirishima City Isa City Aira City Yusui Town An ancient tree and the cobblestone trails – Travel through time and enjoy the endless romance. Kagoshima IC (A street lined with samurai residences) Kamo Bukeyashiki Dori Kinko Bay Kinko Bay Kinko Bay A display of the unique military defense strategy of Satsuma domain (present day Kinko Bay Trekking on Kirishima Sogi Waterfall Park in Spring Kagoshima), which combines aesthetic beauty and utilitarian functionality. Kirishima Open Air Museum Exhibits As of July 2013, certain areas are closed. For more information, kindly contact Kirishima City Tourism Division at 0995-45-5111. Highly Highly Kirishima Mountain Range Hot Spring Villages (Onsenkyo ) Sogi Waterfall recommended! The Camphor Tree of Kamou Shigetomi Coast Maruike Natural Spring recommended! Having a volcanic cluster of Boasting the grandest scale with This hydropower generator was Recognised as the largest tree The area has a spring that is An outdoor art museum that about 20 volcanoes, the a width of 210 meters (the originally built in 1909. It is in Japan in 1988, with an designated as one of the showcases the works of Kirishima mountain range is widest in Japan) and a height of usually half submerge d but estimated age of 1,500 years 100 Greatest Springs of local and overseas artists. blesse d with breathtaking 12 meters, the waterfall is also during the dry season from May and the trunk circumference Japan. The spring produces Enjoy the perfect balance of sce neries across the four called The Niagara Falls of the to September, the water level measuring 24.22m. art and nature here! seasons, attracting many East. goes down, revealing the full day, and visitors can see the tourists and hikers alike. brick structure. water bubbling up. Highly Tadamoto Park Yunoo Hot Spring Tastumonjizaka recommended! Ryumon Waterfall Takenaka Swimming Pool Kurinodake Hot Spring These two wooden train This swimming pool, equipped There are four different bath stations, oldest in the prefec- The tourist c omplex has a with slides of different sizes facilities here white mud bath, ture, have been in operation restaurant, souvenir shop, foot and a children s pool, is filled healing hot spring, drinkable hot since 1903. They are desig- spa, and tourist information with natural spring wate r spring, and steam sauna.The nated as a National Tangible center in addition to flowing from the foot of the to wn has fumaroles called Cultural Asset. Segodon-no-Yado (Takamori Kirishima mountain range. Hachiman Daijigoku whic h Saigo s lodging.) continuously fume white steam. Kirishima Jingu Shrine Kagoshima Jingu Shrine Koriyama Hachiman Jinjya Shrine Shirakanezaka The Yamada Arch of Kirishima Art Farm Uono Flight Area The deity Ninigino-Mikoto from The royal shrine of the ancient The Koriyama Hachiman Shrine Triumph Visitors can explore a natu- The moisture on the ground the ancient myth Tenson Korin Osumi country, the Hatsu- was built in 1194. When repair Discovered in 1977, this is the Okujisso Gorge ral forest trail on a leisurely rises as mist in the early is enshrined here. During certain uma Festival, where horses works were carried out in 1954, largest Edohigan cherry tree for the safe return of soldiers during the horseback ride. mornings in winter, creating a events, one can also catch the decorated with bells are scribbling by the carpenters who in Japan, with a height of Russo-Japanese war. majestic sea of clouds distinc- Kirishima Kagura, a traditional paraded, is held here every built the shrine was discovered. 28m, a circumference of tive to a valley. Visitors can music and dance performance, spring. 10.99m and an estimated try paragliding, too. in the shrine complex. Sekihira Spring Water / Fukuyama Kurozu Isa Shochu Liquor Isa Rice Kajiki Manju Ryumonjiyaki Yusui Tea Check Sekihira Hot Spring Black Vinegar Check Isa city is blessed with cool temperature and With a large annual Check Glutinous rice, rice malt and Amazake Pottery Ware Check High quality tea grown on The fre sh spring mine ral water rich natural environment. Using good quality te mpe rature range and (fermented rice beverage) are mixed A simple but exquisite style of highlands with a large daily this out! this out! this out! this out! from the Maruike spring is said to water, rice and sweet potatoes, the city abundant fresh water, Isa and kneaded into dough, in which sweet po ttery with vario us natural temperature range produces Imo-jochu (sweet potato Shochu city is famous for its red bean paste is added to make this glazes. be good for your health and beauty! liquor), famous throughout Japan.