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Sights in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima
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Tanegashima Development Center Gun Museum
Exterior evokes foreign ships. Displays 1543 Portuguese guns, Japan's first domestic gun, old firearms, and culture dioramas.
Akaogi Castle Ruins
Former Tanegashima family castle with remaining stone walls and earthworks, named for its large akou tree.
Tanegashima Tokitaka Bronze Statue
Tokitaka's bronze statue stands at former Yojo Junior High entrance; he received Portuguese guns in 1543.
Gessotei, Akaogi Castle Cultural Heritage Hall
1795 Habu family residence later occupied by the Tanegashima family, a valued cultural property.
Tanegashima Family Cemetery (Gobo Cemetery)
Tanegashima family cemetery from the earliest era, with first-generation graves north of prayer temple Jion-ji.
Tennyogakura
360-degree observatory plus camping, picnic space, and hang glider and paraglider takeoff and landing.
Kioresaka
Good views contrasting sky and the Pacific; named for a daughter who broke branches as return markers.
Wakasa-hime Cemetery
Daughter of Yaita Kinbee; married a Portuguese to help him produce matchlock guns domestically.
Yaita Kinbei Kiyosada Statue
Blacksmith from Mino who came to Tanegashima and made domestic matchlocks in 1545.
Itajiki Cape
Flat stone-like area and sheer rocks, clear coral water, and beautiful East China Sea sunsets.
Kishika Cape
Northern tip of Tanegashima with a lighthouse and observatory views over Osumi Strait.
Mehirugi Native Community
Tropical mehirugi reaches 8 meters and blooms white in August; river kayaking is available.
Hego Natural Colony
In Nishinoomote, a humid stream basin of about 1 km under cedar and bamboo holds wild hego tree ferns.
Ise Shrine
Busy Nishinoomote shrine to Amaterasu and Toyouke for harvest, family safety, health, and safe birth.
Tanegashima Family Cemetery (Gohaito Cemetery)
A Gohaito on Seirin Shrine grounds, established as a second cemetery of the Tanegashima family.
Jion-ji Ruins (inside Yasaka Shrine)
Founded in 809 as a Kofuku-ji branch, demolished in 1868; its only relic is a hand-washing basin.