Your trip to Kagoshima.

1. Morning
   Sengan-en and Shuseikan

   Take the bus to Sengan-en garden, with Sakurajima as a backdrop, and visit the Shoko Shuseikan museum next door, in one of the 19th-century factories.

2. Afternoon
   Ferry to Sakurajima

   Cross by ferry in about 15 minutes, then take the circular bus to the Yunohira lookout. On the return, walk the Nagisa lava trail and stop at the footbath.

3. Late afternoon
   Shiroyama lookout

   Back in the city, climb Shiroyama hill to see the volcano and the bay in the late-afternoon light.

4. Evening
   Tenmonkan

   Dine in Tenmonkan: kurobuta pork, Kagoshima ramen and sweet potato shochu. For dessert, try the shirokuma shaved ice, with condensed milk and fruit.

Day 1

1. Morning
   Shiroyama and the historic center

   Start at the Shiroyama lookout and walk down the trail to the center, passing the statue of Saigo Takamori and the Reimeikan museum, on the site of the old castle.

2. Afternoon
   Sengan-en

   Spend the afternoon at Sengan-en and Shoko Shuseikan, leaving time for the house tea and sweets.

3. Late afternoon
   Waterfront and Dolphin Port

   Walk along the harbor waterfront, with the volcano across the bay and footbaths in the Dolphin Port area.

4. Evening
   Dinner in Tenmonkan

   Taste Satsuma cuisine: satsuma-age (fried fish cakes) and jidori chicken, with local shochu.

Day 2

1. Morning
   Sakurajima

   Catch an early ferry and take the circular bus to Yunohira, the highest lookout open to visitors, when the alert level allows.

2. Afternoon
   Kurokami and the island’s coast

   By car or bicycle, circle the volcano to Kurokami, where the torii of a shrine was buried by the 1914 eruption; only its top emerges above ground.

3. Late afternoon
   Nagisa footbath

   Return to the port and stop at Nagisa Park’s long footbath, facing the bay and the city.

4. Evening
   Return to the city

   Cross back and dine near the station, or take the train to sleep in Ibusuki.