Sights in Tatsugo, Kagoshima

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• Saigo Nanshu Exile Site

  

  Tatsugo, Kagoshima · 0997-62-3368

  Saigo Takamori lived here over three years in exile; the wooden house and Katsu Kaishu monument remain.

• Heart Rock

  

  Tatsugo, Kagoshima · 0997-69-4512

  A natural heart-shaped tide pool on a white sand beach, appearing only at low tide, popular with couples.

• Ganganbana Tunnel

  

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  Sunset enters the 29-meter tunnel in En, Tatsugo, for days before the spring equinox and after the autumn equinox.

• Ryugaku-kan (Saigo Pine)

  

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  Entrance shows wooden statues of Saigo and Aikana made from the damaged Saigo Pine.

• Aikana Spring

  

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  Well said to have been used by Aikana, in front of a field Saigo prepared for her.

• Agiyaba Sotetsu and Basho Grove

  

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  Spectacular Agiyaba grove of cycads and Japanese bananas, once used as famine food and daily materials.

• Saigo Pine Site

  

  Tatsugo, Kagoshima · 0997-69-4512

  Ryukyu pine where Saigo tied the stern rope of the Fukutoku Maru in 1859; only the trunk remains.