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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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Scenes from the Street: Part 2
#15 Around Tenmonkan
There are many reasons why I love traveling to Kagoshima. Fresh and delicious ingredients,an incredible variety of shōchū,the hot spring at Shiroyama Hotel, and the view of Sakurajima — all those things, of course. But there’s one more reason.And it’s a bit unusual. Kagoshima has only one downtown area. Of course, there are shopping malls […]
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Shochu Lovers, This Is Your Place
#14 Shochu Bar S.A.O
Whenever you talk about Kagoshima,you can’t avoid talking about shochu. And when you talk about shochu in Japan,you can’t avoid mentioning Kagoshima. That’s how deeply connected this city is with shochu —“Shochu means Kagoshima, and Kagoshima means shochu.” So for a Kagoshima trip, shochu is essential.It’s one of the biggest reasons why I travel to […]
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Sushi with Kagoshima’s Seasonal Fish
#13 Sushi Kaoru
I often travel to Japan,but strangely I don’t eat sushi much during trips.I’m not sure why — it just happens that way. Maybe because many good sushi restaurants require reservations,while I usually decide where to eat on a whim.So I end up in izakayas for dinner and drinks, rather than sushi counters. I also tend […]
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A Bold First Impression, a Generous Taste
#12 Roppakutei
When people think of Kagoshima, the first thing that comes to mind is kuro-buta — black pork. I usually prefer to eat it as shabu-shabu, but there’s another famous Japanese dish made from pork: tonkatsu. If you search for restaurants while planning a trip to Kagoshima,you’ll soon notice that the most common type of restaurant […]
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Recovery with Kurobuta Pork
#11 Shiroyama Hotel Suiren
It had been a while since I travelled, and maybe because of that, on the first night of the trip I drank much later than intended. Thanks to that (or because of that?), the second day of the trip became a full rest day. I soaked in the hot spring, and lay on the bed.I […]
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