Things to do in Shibushi, Kagoshima

Do

• Daguri Cape Beach

  

  Shibushi, Kagoshima · 099-473-1061

  A beach at Daguri Cape on Shibushi Bay, surrounded by subtropical plants and overlooking Biro Island.

• Daguri Cape Amusement Park

  

  Shibushi, Kagoshima · 099-473-1061

  The Osumi Peninsula's only amusement park, at Daguri Cape in Nichinan Coast Quasi-National Park.

• Yomogi no Sato

  

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  Core tourist facility of former Ariake Town, with warm baths, a restaurant, and a waterfront park.

• Tanoura Yamamiya Shrine Dago Festival

  

  Shibushi, Kagoshima · 099-472-1111

  Harvest-prayer festival offers colorful dago-flower rice cakes on bamboo; eating them is said to bring year-long health. Kagura is performed.

• Ariake Kaiden no Sato Park

  

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  Stroll to nearby Takenoyama. From the observatory in cherry season, see 1,000 blossoms, Ariake fields, and distant Shibushi Bay.

• Kaseda Tourist Farm

  

  Shibushi, Kagoshima · 099-487-2100

  All-you-can-eat strawberry picking late December to late April; sweets and jam sold in the garden.

• Handmade Hojicha Roasting Experience (Wakoen / Horiguchi Tea)

  

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  Roast stems and leaves over a direct flame until brown, brew the hojicha, and take it home.