Description
Points of Interest
- Sakura Jima
- Senganen (Iso Garden)
Be sure to read the Special Notes further down this page for important requirements and restriction.
Get up close and personal with Japan's feudal history. This half-day tour takes you to Arimura Lava Observatory for sweeping views of Sakurajima (weather permitting), one of Japan's most active volcanoes. Next, you'll drive to Iso Garden (Sengan-en) constructed in 1658 by Daimyo Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the feudal clan that controlled Kagoshima and the Satsuma-hanto Peninsula from the Feudal Era to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. With Sakurajima and Kagoshima Bay as its backdrop (weather permitting), Sengan-en (Iso Garden) boasts cherry blossoms in the spring, and a variety of plants and trees that make for an interesting landscape, as well as small ponds, streams, shrines and a bamboo grove. Then you'll visit Shoko Shuseikan Museum. Housed in the first Western-style factory ever built in Japan, the museum chronicles over seven centuries of Shimazu clan history. Your tour concludes with a relaxing drive back to the pier.
Special Notes:
Shokoshuseikan Museum is closed due to ongoing renovation work. A photo stop at Sakurajima Lava Nagisa Park & Footbath will substitute until the renovation work at Shokoshuseikan museum is finished (planned to complete in October 2024).The visit to Senganen Garden includes walking over uneven, bare and graveled grounds. Some parts of Senganen Garden are not wheelchair accessible. This tour is not recommended for passengers with walking difficulties.
We suggest passengers carry local currency for purchases.
The view of Sakurajima is subject to weather conditions.
Details
Tour timeline may vary to avoid overcrowding, etc.