 Iso Tei-en |
 Sakurajima |
 Yoshino Koen |
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Iso Tei-en |
Sakurajima |
Yoshino Koen |
Kagoshima is a small city on the southern tip of the island of Kyushu. It is best known for being just across a bay from Sakurajima, an active volcano. A good place to view the volcano is from Yoshino Koen, a vast public (free!) park on a plateau overlooking Kagoshima Bay. It is actually possible to walk from Yoshino Koen to Iso Tei-en, a nice garden near sea level, but it is not for the faint-of-heart since it involves walking on a narrow, busy highway with no sidewalk. Ferries run between Kagoshima and Sakurajima every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day.