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Sights in Kanoya, Kagoshima
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Osumi Lake
Lake below seven peaks over 1,000 meters, with spring cherries, early-summer hydrangeas, autumn leaves, and winter birds.
Kanoya Air Base Museum
Displays Navy history, special-attack portraits and wills, a restored Zero, and the world's only Type 2 flying boat.
Kanoya City Folk Museum
Displays about 600 ethnic items, including costumes, instruments, toys, and dolls, from 14 Asian countries.
Kanoya City Narinoo Ranch
City pasture of 71 hectares at 500 meters on Takakuma's western foothills, with grazing Holsteins.
Kihoku Uwaba Park and Kihoku Tenkyukan Observatory
Hilltop park at 550m with 360-degree views, top starry skies, and a space-themed observatory.
Otsukayama Park
108.9m hill in Kushira farmland with 360-degree views, popular for sunrise.
Aira Sanryo
Rock-cave mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu's parents, called Little Ise, with cherry blossoms and autumn leaves.
Sugawara Shrine (Arahira Tenjin)
Shrine to Sugawara no Michizane, god of learning, stands on Tenjin Island; sandbar path sinks at spring high tide.
Kanoya Rose Garden
One of Japan's largest rose gardens, with about 35,000 bushes on 8 hectares and themed gardens.
Kushira Peace Park
Some 5,000 flight trainees trained at former Kushira Naval Air Base; the runway is now a cherry-lined road.
Kanoya City Railway Memorial Hall
Former JNR Osumi Line museum, closed 1987, with 400 exhibits; a diesel car can be ridden.
Oka Monument and Nozato National School Site
Near Kanoya Air Base, monument enshrining Jinrai members who sortied south in spring 1945.
Kozuka Park (Former Kanoya Air Base Special Attack Memorial Tower)
Eleven-meter tower on Kozuka Hill honors 908 members who flew from Kanoya Base to Okinawa, topped by a white dove.
Shintoku Inari Shrine
Photogenic shrine with a transparent torii and red thousand torii gates.
Damask Wind
One of few organic, pesticide-free rose gardens in Japan, with damask roses and herbs. Cafe sells rose soft-serve and cosmetics.
Ikoi-no-Sato Hydrangea Garden
Hydrangeas bloom mid-May to mid-June on a private hillside with paths and Kinko Bay viewpoints.
Kannonbuchi Medieval Memorial Towers
About 90 medieval stone memorial towers in a natural cave, with famous spring water visitors collect.
Minamishimizugawa Irrigation Association Cosmos Garden
About 800,000 cosmos bloom on 2 hectares near Minami Elementary School, with unique seasonal scarecrows.
Kushira Base Ruins First Telegraph Room Bunker
Concrete bunker about 7 meters deep and 51 meters long received special attack telegrams. Kanoya cultural property since 2015.
Kawahigashi Aircraft Shelter at Kasanohara Base Ruins
Concrete shelter disguised as a small hill to protect Zero fighters and supplies. Only nearly complete one of about 200.