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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