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2-33 Kandacho Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu-Okinawa, Japan

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Slight misdirection

A travel blog entry by evelyncurry

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... again and helped us via a fluent speaking Japanese girl working at the Information Desk. She took us to the ticket office and explained our situation. They girl at the ticket office went to the terminals where you deposit your used tickets. She and another girl, took out 3 drawers containing a few hundred tickets EACH, and over the next hour, they ceaselessly looked for ...

Trapped in Limbo

A travel blog entry by mchao

... but it was fetching over $125. I cannot fathom having a $30 mango for the sake of having mango...

Anyway, breakfast went great, caught the bus to the airport OK and the flight still seemed to be OK. Until about an hour before it was scheduled to go and it was announced it was canceled. So began the saga of back and forth waffling. Do I wait for the next (and the the next) direct flight; do I change to Tokyo and spend extra money to take the train ...

Kagoshima: The Calm before the Storm

A travel blog entry by mchao

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... the restoration. With the change in fortunes and war (especially the absence of a war with Korea), the samurai class quickly became redundant. Takamori decided that the restoration had betrayed his samurai principles and resigned from his position in Tokyo. Instead, he and many supporters settled in Kagoshima and started a military academy with focus on the bushido code and old-fashioned samurai based principles.

During this ...

Around Kagoshima: Volcano and Festival

A travel blog entry by mchao

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... an eruption.

Many of the sites on Sakurajima are spread far apart. If you've got a car, then you can make a full loop (also by bike, but that takes 4-5 hours) and see a couple of lava fields, a torii from an island that was buried by ash and several viewing platforms. On foot, without resorting to buses, there are a few sites clustered around the central port. Next to the ferry docks is the Rainbow Onsen hotel, which has a 'magma' hot spring. Basically, ...

Kirishima: Plan B it is

A travel blog entry by mchao

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... several volcanic mountains. High up, they offer hikers a single long chain of scrubby volcanoes that face both the ocean on the Kagoshima side and the sea towards Korea. And today's weather was great--dry, cool and clear. But arriving at the bus stop at Kirishima jingu, I found out that the recent volcanic activity of one of the middle peaks, Shinmoedake, had basically closed down the entire trail. In fact, the visitor's center and ...

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