Culture & History

The famous garden of the Shimazu clan with a view of the dynamic Kinko Bay and Sakurajima Island.

A beautiful vermillion shrine standing on expansive grounds surrounded by a deep forest

The history of the kamikaze pilots and their possessions from the Second World War

A museum where you can see the giant branch of a massive 1660-year-old Jomon cedar tree on Yakushima Island

An exhibition facility under the theme of the World Heritage site of Yakushima

A comprehensive facility to easily understand the nature and culture of Yakushima Island

A valuable Western-style building constructed at the end of the Tokugawa Era and registered as a World Heritage site