The 10 Best Museums in Kagoshima, Kyushu-Okinawa

May 29, 2021 Claudia Navarrete

Take a quick ferry ride to Mount Sakurajima, a smoldering volcano, Or, if you prefer to view active volcanoes from a more comfortable distance, stop at one of the many lookout points around the city. (Siroyama Observatory is a good choice.) Finally, if there’s anything better than a foot bath after a long day of sightseeing, it’s a free foot bath after a long day of sightseeing… and you can enjoy one at Sakurajima Nagisa Foot Bath Park.
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1. Nakamura Shinya Museum

2366, Ishidanicho, Kagoshima Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-246-7070
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

Nakamura Shinya Museum

2. Art Space & Shop Haru

9-31 Hiranocho, Kagoshima 892-0848 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-295-3758 [email protected] https://haru-graphic.com
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Art Space & Shop Haru

Art Space will hold exhibitions, events and workshops. The shop deals with art works, doll-related works, handmade works, art flowers, and more. It is also the official certified shop of "Blythe".

3. Nagashima Museum

3-42-18 Take, Kagoshima 890-0045 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-250-5400 [email protected] http://www.ngp.jp/nagashima-museum/index.html
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4.5 based on 51 reviews

Nagashima Museum

4. Saigo Nanshu Kensho Kan

2-1 Kamitatsuocho, Kagoshima 892-0851 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-247-1100 [email protected] http://saigou.jp/
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4.5 based on 18 reviews

Saigo Nanshu Kensho Kan

5. Museum of the Meiji Restoration

23-1 Kajiyacho, Kagoshima 892-0846 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-239-7700 http://ishinfurusatokan.info/
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4.0 based on 430 reviews

Museum of the Meiji Restoration

Reviewed By rpver

This is a very interesting museum showing the importance of the people from Kagoshima at the end of the Shogunate era. The Restoration Experience Hall has two performances throughout the day with robots explaining the Satsuma history from the end of the Shogunate era to the Meiji Restoration and of the Satsuma students going abroad to study in the UK. You can request headsets to follow the dialogue in English (and probably other languages). You can follow many displays throughout the museum using an app that provides an explanation in English. The entrance fee is reasonable- 300 Yen for adults, 150 yen for children. It is about a 650 meter walk from the Kagoshima Chuo Station.

6. Ishibashi Park

1-3 Hamamachi, Kagoshima 892-0812 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-248-6661 [email protected] http://www.seika-spc.co.jp/ishi/
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4.0 based on 59 reviews

Ishibashi Park

7. Shoko Shuseikan Museum

9698-1 Yoshino-cho, Kagoshima 892-0871 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-247-1511 http://www.senganen.jp/en/experience/shoko-shuseikan-museum/
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Shoko Shuseikan Museum

Shoko Shuseikan is a museum set in a 150 year old stone building originally used as a machine factory. Learn about the 700 year history and culture of the Shimadzu family, and the first steps towards the industrialization of Japan. In July, 2015 Shoko Shuseikan and neighboring Sengan-en were recognized as World Cultural Heritage Sites related to Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution. Entrance fee includes access to Sengan-en.

8. Reimeikan

7-2 Shiroyamacho, Kagoshima 892-0853 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-222-5100 http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/reimeikan/
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4.0 based on 110 reviews

Reimeikan

9. Sakurajima Visitor Center

1722-29 Sakurajima Yokoyamacho, Kagoshima 891-1419 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-293-2443 http://www.sakurajima.gr.jp/svc/
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4.0 based on 222 reviews

Sakurajima Visitor Center

Welcome to our small but quite informative volcanic museum! Sakurajima Visitor Center is a great place to learn how this volcano is like, which has exhibitions, movies, and nice staffs. Our museum shop deals with lots of fancy goods, including camelia oil, volcanic-ash-colored ice cream and other typical items. The center also has good access to the hot spring for foot and the pedestrian path on the real lava field. It opens all year around, 9am-5pm, and admission is free. Please come and see here, as a kick-off for your great Sakurajima trip!

Reviewed By xlne - Singapore, Singapore

I arrived at the visitor centre before 9am but it wasn’t open yet, so I went for a dip in the free foot onsen nearby before coming back here again. Was pleasantly surprised by the small museum in the visitor centre, especially the real-time camera footage and status of the island’s active volcano Sakurajima. There were also many interactive displays that teach about volcanoes and stuff so kids would love it here. The staff in the visitor centre was very friendly too, even though they don’t speak much English.

10. Kagoshima City Museum of Art

4-36 Shiroyamacho, Kagoshima 892-0853 Kagoshima Prefecture +81 99-224-3400 http://www.city.kagoshima.lg.jp/artmuseum/
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4.0 based on 66 reviews

Kagoshima City Museum of Art

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