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Sights in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima
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Sendai Space Museum
Hands-on astronomy facility with a 50cm reflecting telescope, daytime solar viewing, and space computer games.
Nitta Shrine (Eno Mausoleum)
Shrine to Ninigi no Mikoto on 70-meter Kamikameyama, beside the Eno Mausoleum managed as his tomb.
Satsumasendai City Sendai History Museum
Museum of Sendai archaeology, history, folklore, and art, with an outdoor garden and a Satsuma-style boat.
Sendai Nuclear Power Plant Exhibition Hall
Japan's first full-scale reactor model, 12 meters high and 4.5 meters in diameter, plus nuclear displays.
Ningyo Rock
Strangely shaped rock on the Nishikata coast along Route 3, natural art in evening backlight.
Shochu Museum
Japan's first shochu museum in an Edo-period brewery, showing tools and books, with tasting and sales.
Omiya Shrine (Birthplace of Kimigayo)
Head shrine of the Irikiin clan; Kimigayo is recited in its Twelve-Person Sword Dance.
Iriki Fumoto Samurai Residences
Medieval-to-Edo samurai district with round-stone walls, hedges, gates, and other historic remains.
Fujikawa Tenjin Shrine (Garyubai)
Shrine to learning deity Sugawara no Michizane; about 300 plum trees, 55 sprawling dragon-like Garyubai.
Bronze Statue of Saigo Takamori's Dog Tsun
Bronze statue of Saigo Takamori's Satsuma dog Tsun, erected in 1990 beside the Fujikawa Tenjin approach.
Imuta Pond Nature Park
Pond about 1 km across, 3.5 m deep, nearly 300 floating peat islands; natural monument and Ramsar site.
Tombolo Observatory
A tombolo about 1500 m long and up to 1000 m wide links islands and holds Sato Town's central village.
Koshiki Daimyojin Bridge
420m, 8m-wide bridge between Kamikoshiki and Nakakoshiki at the rock shrine said to originate the Koshiki name.
Ota-no-hama Seaside Park
Autumn sunsets that silhouette Koshiki Daimyojin are supremely romantic.
Maenohira Observatory
Observatory facing azure East China Sea and Napoleon Rock, symbol of Shimokoshiki, with Sesenoura village behind.
Tsurikakezaki Lighthouse
Lighthouse opened in 1896 on a 146 m cliff, guiding East China Sea ships; light reaches about 55 km.
Teuchi Fumoto Samurai Residence Ruins
About 700 m of former samurai houses in central Teuchi; stone walls remain. Japan Heritage, 2019.
Yajiri Observatory
Observatory on a forest road overlooking both coasts, Kashima mountains, Naka-Koshiki, and Satsuma Peninsula amid birdsong.
Nagame-no-hama Observatory
About 10 minutes by car from Sato Port on Kamikoshiki, overlooking a 4 km sandbar.
Tanoshiri Observatory
Overlooks Namako Pond, Nagame-no-hama, and the East China Sea.
Mirage Hill
Doctor's mirage poem monument, also in Dr. Koto's Clinic. Napoleon Rock and East China Sea sunsets visible.
Sato Fumoto Samurai Residence Street / Teuchi Samurai Residence Street
Samurai streets in Teuchi and Sato remain from Ogawa rule near Kamejo, with stone walls and hedges. Japan Heritage, 2019.
Sendai Magokoro Literature Museum
Displays Arishima brothers materials, especially Satomi Ton, Shirakaba works, and Kaizo magazine manuscripts and letters.
Kanoko Bridge
A 240-meter bridge linking Naka-Koshiki Island and Nakajima, named for wild kanoko lilies, ideal for sunsets.
Kedoin Joryu Tokoro
Mukoda Park
A town oasis with Yosano Tekkan's poem monument and a fountain; spring cherries color the town.
Tenjin Ike Tembo Tokoro
Nakago Ue Ike
Seo Kannon Three Falls Park
55 m three-stage falls on southern Shimokoshiki Island, 10 minutes by car from Nagahama Port; Kannon statue at the basin.
Torinosuyama Observatory
Observatory below a lighthouse on northern Shimokoshiki, enjoyable year-round; flowers bloom June to August; fine Koshiki Bridge view.
Ryuseki
Rock at 462 m with a female-dragon-to-stone legend; ten-minute walk to the summit.
Tsukiyayama / Sendaigawa Arashi
160 m hill near Sendai Port where the Sendai River meets the East China Sea, with a summit observatory.
Koshikijima Islands
Three islands about 35 km long with contrasting terrain, cliffs, diving, and overlooks.
Nagano Falls
Beautiful falls from a rocky gap, viewable from a deep cave behind the basin. Filming site for 2018 drama Segodon.
Koshiki Museum
Reopened April 2025, showing about 1,000 Koshiki fossils and rocks from land and sea.
Kiyoshiro Castle Ruins Trench
Entrance trench of the Irikiin clan castle, with steep shirasu dry moats blocking invaders.
Former Masuda Family Residence
Main house and stone storehouse preserved; roof restored from tile to original thatch.
Kedoin Ecosystem Conservation Facility Aquaim
Freshwater-fish exhibits and books on Imuta Pond, a key site for rare dragonflies.
Kinokuchi Observatory
Southern Nakakoshiki lookout over Shimokoshiki Island and 1,533-meter Koshiki-Oshima.
Koshiki Bridge
Kagoshima Prefecture's longest bridge at 1,533 m, linking upper and lower Koshiki and viewable from observatories.
Kamejo Castle Ruins
Hilltop castle ruins built by Ogawa Suenao after the 1221 Jokyu War, with a view over the town.
Sesenoura Village
Odd rocks rise in the sea just in front, a unique landscape. A Heike refugee legend is also told.
Solitary Island Wild Dog Monument
Monument to Muku Hatoju's children's story about Koshiki mountain dogs, called ancestors of Saigo Takamori's dog Tsun.
Christian Martyrdom Site
Memorial at Tsurikakesaki, Shimokoshiki's southern tip, for those who gave their lives for faith. Sad legend remains.
Tsuguchi Guardhouse Ruins
Built in the Edo period for maritime control and monitoring foreign ships.
Mitchiri Grassland
Early summer yellow Nishinohama daylilies and later pink Kanoko lilies bloom against blue sea and sheer cliffs.