Birthday Trip to Kagoshima 2025
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Why Does My Condition Always Feel the Best on the Last Day?
#25 Epilogue
In my recent trips, I failed to wake up properly in the morningand even missed flights or had to switch to later flights in a rush.Since the flight from Kagoshima Airport to Korea operates only once a day,I knew that if I missed it, there would be no backup flight. So last night, I didn’t […]
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A Lively, Affordable Local Izakaya
#24 Bunke Mujaki
On my last night in Kagoshima, I was unsure where to have dinner.After thinking for a moment, I decided to visit this place. I had first discovered Bunke Mujaki in 2017, and their kuromiso oden was so delicious that I promised myself to return one day. It sits inside a narrow alley in the northern […]
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Shochu Day, a Big Street Festival
#23 Shochu Street 2025
Kagoshima’s biggest festival is the Ohara Matsuri.It takes place every year on November 2–3 in the Tenmonkan area.It is not only the biggest festival in Kagoshima but also the biggest one in Southern Kyushu. If I had known this when planning my trip,I would have stayed longer to see the Ohara Matsuri too.I only realized […]
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A Quiet Residential Street, and a Calm Cup of Coffee
#22 &COFFEE
Japan doesn’t actually have as many cafés as I expected.There were many times when I walked for more than an hour thinking, “My legs hurt… I should rest at a café somewhere.” In Korea, you just stop for a moment, look around,and there are two or three cafés nearby.So maybe Korea simply has a lot […]
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My Favorite Tonkatsu in Kagoshima, After All
#21 Juan
I am not someone who eats tonkatsu very often,but since I came to Kagoshima for this trip,I decided to enjoy it properly. A few days ago, I had the tonkatsu at Roppakutei. It was bold and intense,so I described it as “tonkatsu for young people.” Today I wanted something easier to eat and still delicious.This […]
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Scenes from the Street: Part 4
#20 Near Chuo Park
The largest shrine in Kagoshima is, of course, Terukuni Shrine. And right in front of the shrine runs Terukunidori, stretching north to south. The west side of this street is Tenmonkan.It’s the area I visited every night for drinks,and the one I’ve shown many times across previous posts. On the opposite side of Tenmonkan,meaning the […]
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The Shochu Bar I Visited for the First Time
#19 Ishizue
Kagoshima and shochu. I keep repeating these words through this whole travel series.You might be tired of hearing it by now.But what can I do?Kagoshima really is the city of shochu. And the reason I travel to Kagoshima is simple —I want to drink shochu. The first time I arrived in Kagoshima was during my […]
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92 Years of History — Local Cuisine from a Traditional Restaurant
#18 Sanei
The reason — or maybe the trigger — for this trip was simple. It was my birthday. I didn’t want to spend it alone at home.There is a certain charm in spending a birthday alone while traveling,but spending it alone at home feels only lonely, nothing else. Today is my birthday. Right after checking into […]
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Scenes from the Street: Part 3
#17 Kagoshima Port Area
This post is a collection of photos and short videosfrom the Kagoshima Port area, where the Fish Market, Waterfront Park, and Kagoshima Aquarium are located. Aside from short comments for each photo,there isn’t much writing this time. Hope you enjoy it. First, I walked toward the Kagoshima Fish Market. Kagoshima doesn’t actually have many tourist […]
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A Gentle, Healthy Bowl of Soba
#16 Tenjinbo Marushin
The theme of this trip is actually a “birthday trip.”And today is my birthday. I already booked a pretty expensive restaurant for dinner tonight. So for lunch, I wanted something light and easy to digest.After drinking a bit too much last night,I thought it’d be better to soothe my stomach firstso I could enjoy dinner […]
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