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Orange Railway and Kagoshima 2026: All Posts
#0 Index
Eight days in Kagoshima Prefecture along the Hisatsu Orange Railway: samurai streets in Izumi, the sea at Akune, quiet Satsumasendai, and Tenmonkan nights.
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First Night in Izumi, and a Bit of Happenstance
#3 Yumezen Izumi
Two places to drink in Izumi, Kagoshima: Yumezen, the izakaya inside KOKO STAY Izumi with all-you-can-drink shochu, and BASE, a tachinomi open late in an alley.
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Late Flights Have Their Good and Bad
#2 Getting to Izumi
The airport bus from Kagoshima Airport to Izumi runs about an hour for 1,900 yen. KOKO STAY Izumi sits right by the station — roomy, clean, and kind staff.
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This Time, a Different Kagoshima
#1 Prologue
Aomori hotels were double the usual, so I went south instead — a Hisatsu Orange Railway trip from Izumi through Akune to Satsumasendai, ending in Kagoshima.
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Kanazawa Travel Tips, From My Own Trip
#41 Epilogue
Firsthand Kanazawa travel tips from a 7-day trip: Komatsu Airport, city buses, a Shirakawago day trip, seafood like nodoguro, shopping, and a full list of spots.
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Last Night in Kanazawa, Best Meal of the Trip
#40 Ozeki
Dinner at Ozeki, a taishu kappo in Kanazawa’s Kiguramachi: Kanazawa oden like kurumafu and akamaki, fresh sashimi, and a baigai whelk worth every single yen.
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Taniguchi & Son: Tradition Rendered in a Modern Language
#39 Yoshiro and Yoshio Taniguchi Museum of Architecture
Kanazawa’s Taniguchi Museum of Architecture, where father Yoshiro and son Yoshio render tradition in a modern language, with the Yushintei annex recreated inside.
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