Shibushi, Kanoya, Osumi Peninsula Travel Guides

The Shibushi, Kanoya, and Osumi Peninsula area offers tourist attractions such as Peace Park, Railway Memorial Hall, and Terukita Celestial Museum, tourist events such as horseback archery, Natsukoshi Festival, and Air Memorial in Kanoya, and local delicacies such as Karukan, brown sugar shochu, and Akumaki.

Uchinoura is also known as a rocket launch city. JAXA's Uchinoura Space Center, located on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, has launched numerous rockets carrying spacecraft since the "Osumi" in 1970.

Hayabusa" also left for space from here. Visitors can tour the base and see the launch pad and huge parabolic antenna up close.

For a base for your Uchinoura trip, we recommend the National Guest House Cosmopia Uchinoura. For a reasonable price, you can enjoy natural hot spring baths and local cuisine that makes the most of seafood such as eggane. However, it is difficult to make reservations before and after rocket launches due to the number of people involved and tourists, so early check is recommended.

In Osumi, you can also enjoy a factory tour and tasting at "Tenboshi Sake Brewery" named after the city to the space. The "Futamata River Campsite, Kinugen no Mori" is located along a beautiful valley and is equipped with camping equipment for rent, so beginners can easily try their hand at camping. Shower rooms are available, and there is even a Goemon Bath, which is recommended for female campers.

There are seven waterfalls in the vicinity of Kamikawa Otaki Park, the most impressive of which is Kamikawa Otaki Falls, which cascades down from a height of 25 meters with an explosive sound. You will be refreshed by the negative ions.

Cape Sata, the southernmost cape in Kyushu, is home to Japan's oldest lighthouse. We recommend exploring the promenade through the jungle to Misaki Shrine and the observatory. From the observatory, you can see seven islands, including Tanegashima and Yakujima, as well as Mount Kaimondake.

Travel to Kagoshima is generally by land or air, but you can also take the "Ferry Sunflower" from Osaka and land in Shibushi. It takes longer, but the advantage is that you can save a lot of money.

You can't miss the chance to interact with dolphins, penguins, and sea turtles at the "Daikoku Dolphin Land in Shibushi Bay. Cape Daguri Amusement Park is a leisure land on the sea where visitors can play with attractions such as a Ferris wheel, go-carts, and a fairy-tale train. In summer, the park has a water slide, swimming pool, and even a swimming beach, so don't forget your swimsuit.