After arriving back in Kagoshima City from Sakurajima by ferry, I took the tram towards the center of the city. My last stop of the day was Yataimura right across from Kagoshima Chuo Station. Kagoshima Yataimura is an area with 25 yatai stands located right across from the Chuo Station. Each specializes in different meibutsu […]
Sakurajima, the volcanic island, which actually isn’t an island. Anymore. The prefecture of Kagoshima is shaped like a horseshoe with Sakurajima right in the middle of Kagoshima Bay, but it is connected to land on the eastern side. I wondered how the people of Kagoshima could get away with calling it an island, though it […]
Next stop around Kyushu is Kagoshima, the southernmost prefecture of the four main islands of Japan. I made my way there through mountains from Hitoyoshi, many times the lone passenger of a one car train. I had no idea what to expect from this next stop on my journey around the island. As I approached […]
After a great day and fun night out in Fukuoka, I head southwest by local train and arrive in Kumamoto by mid-morning. It was a city I had not known much about, but after stepping out of the station it is clear that it brims with a classic charm. I took a streetcar from the very […]