Sights in Mishima, Kagoshima

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• Bell of Hope and Bell of Happiness

  

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  Erabu Cape, called Lovers' Cape, is a high-cliff viewpoint with two bells rung against Mount Io.

• Shunkan-do

  

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  Hall enshrining Shunkan, exiled to Iojima in 1177, who died there in 1179; Bon fires still burn.

• Lovers' Cape

  

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  Legendary cape on southern Iojima where couples are said to unite. Views of Iodake, Yakushima, Kuchinoerabujima, and Tanegashima.

• Nagahama Bay

  

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  Central crater cone of Kikai Caldera; mystical coastline dyed seven colors by constantly gushing hot springs.

• Sawako Ariyoshi Literary Monument

  

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  Monument to author Sawako Ariyoshi, inscribed with the title of her 1959 novel set on Kuroshima.

• Kuroshima Peace Park

  

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  Kamikaze peace Kannon statue built by an emergency-landed member and comrades, plus a peace bell; memorial service each May.