11.16.2007

桜島 (SAKURAJIMA)

- 桜島 Sakurajima

Volcano Island (Nov 2007)

http://kagoshima-live.com/sakurajima.html

Access:
Take the Sakurajima ferry from 鹿児島 Kagoshima to 桜島 Sakurajima
http://www.sakurajima-ferry.jp/
From 鹿児島中央駅 Kagoshima-chuo station(市電 tram 14mins)-> 水族館口電停 Kagoshima Aquarium(walk 5mins)->鹿児島本港櫻島桟橋 Sakurajima Sanbashi (桜島フェリー15mins)-> 桜島港 Sakurajima harbour
Tel: 099 293 2525 (Sakurajima Ferry)
Opening hours: ferry operates 24 hours
Features:
Active stratovolcano
大根 (daikon) white radish field with huge radishes
桜島小みかん (sakurajima komikan') small oranges from Sakurajima

view of Sakurajima from Kagoshima City

we didn't drive but you can drive onto the ferry to cross over to Sakurajima



front row seat!


mountain of lava rock

more lava rock...

and more...

"Danger! Stepping in the lava area is prohibited"






soft ice-cream break - flavour from local oranges

volcano view - a major eruption 29,000 years ago caused the "Aira-caldera" hole




local small oranges flavoured-candy freebies

a buried 鳥居 (torii) Japanese gate in lava rock


大根 (daikon) white radish field


whopping huge radish! the heaviest radishes here had made it to the Guiness Book of World Records before


another buried 'torii'



souvenir store selling local Sakurajima goodies

桜島小みかん (sakurajima komikan) Sakurajima small oranges

another huge radish - you can see the comparison here...

桜島自然遊覧コース (sakurajima shizen yuran cousu) Sakurajima tour bus JPY1700 (operating hours 09:40-11:50, 14:20-16:30)


back on the ferry to Kagoshima City

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