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PLAN

1-Day Kagoshima Nature & Food Culture Private Tour with Farm Visit & Distillery Experience

  • Sakurajima Ferry (image) ©鹿児島市

  • Farmland Sakurajima (image) ©鹿児島市

  • Shochu Distillery Tour (image)

  • Blending Experience (image)

  • Tour Details
1. With well-drained soil made of volcanic ash from Sakurajima and the Kirishima Mountains, rich seas including Kinko Bay, and a history as an important maritime trade hub through which various cultures from around the world have been introduced, Kagoshima is a land where a unique and rich food culture has been nurtured. Go on a tour tracing the natural and cultural roots of Kagoshima, which gave birth to this food culture.

2. From the city, board a ferry to Sakurajima, the symbol of Kagoshima. From the boat, behold the majestic Sakurajima rising over the tranquil Kinko Bay.

3. Visit a field that uses a regional circular farming method that utilizes the natural environment at the foot of Sakurajima, and enjoy sweets made from crops harvested from the field while listening to stories from farmers.

4. Visit a distillery that makes shochu, a specialty of Kagoshima, and experience blending an original shochu. A distilled alcoholic beverage unique to Japan, shochu features a unique aroma. Customers can freely take home their own original shochu blended to their liking as a souvenir of the trip.

5. On the way back to Kagoshima City, the tour will visit a shop selling Satsuma ware pottery. Enjoy the world of Japanese pottery that brings out the best of food.

6. This is a private tour where a charter vehicle is provided for each group of customers.

About Initiatives for Sustainable Tourism:
This tour promotes Environment(Eco)-friendly efforts, Cross-cultural Understanding, and Social Contribution as stated under Sunrise Tours' Sustainable Development Goals.
Please check the following page for details.
http://jtbgmt.com/en/g-web/sdgs


Sakurajima Ferry(image) ©鹿児島市
  • Tour Overview
Req. to Run Tour
2guest(s)
Req. per Booking
2guest(s)
Departs
Kagoshima
Guide Service
English
Tour Guide/Conductor Language
Not Available
Audio Guide
Not Available
Tangential multilingual assistant or multilingual reception accepted
Not Available
Meeting Place/Time
in front of Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Tourist Information Center／8:50
Included
National Government Licensed English Guide Interpreter fee; Other admission fees, experience fees, and transportation costs included in the tour
Not Included
Lunch
  • Remarks
Remarks
Planning Company: JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc.                                 

 　　　　　　Address: 2-3-14 Higashi Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo                                 

 　　　Japan Tourism Agency Registered Travel Agent (No. 1723)

A member of the Japan Association of Travel Agents
[Reception Method]

At reception, please show the reservation confirmation sheet or e-mail (printout/digital copy on mobile device) to staff.
[Cancellation Charge]

- Cancellation fees will be charged from 10 days in advance.
[Operation Conditions/Tour Conditions]

- If the minimum number of participants (2) is not met by 4 days before the scheduled date, the tour on that date may be canceled.

- The last reception day (reservation deadline) is 14 days prior to the tour.

- If the tour is canceled, customers will be notified by the conducting company or their travel agent.

- The itinerary displayed on the booking screen is the final itinerary.

- Please note that participants may not join partway through the tour. Also, participants may join only from the meeting location specified in advance.
[Exemptions/Itinerary Guarantee: Itinerary/Destinations]

- While transportation will be by private vehicle for each group, each experience included in the itinerary may be shared with other customers.

- The order of activities and arrival times may differ on the day depending on reasons such as road conditions and congestion at destinations.

- The experience activity in Farmland Sakurajima may be held in the indoor cafe on the premises due to reasons such as inclement weather.

- Please note that credit cards are not accepted for payment at Tarumizu Roadside Station where you will stop for your free lunch. Be sure to bring cash with you.

- Shochu made by customers during the shochu blending experience may be taken home in a 720 ml bottle per person. Please be aware that restrictions on bringing alcoholic beverages vary by country.

- Customers under 20 years of age cannot join the shochu blending experience.

- A tour of the Ryumonji pottery studio is not included. Only the adjacent shop will be visited.
[Important Notes/Supplements: Meeting/Pick-up/Pick-up Location]

in front of Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Tourist Information Center
*Tourist Information Center near the East Exit rotary outside the station building. Please note that this is different from the Kagoshima-chuo Station Information Center right after exiting the Kagoshima-chuo Station ticket gate.

*Customers who are late for the departure time will have their reservations canceled. Please give yourself plenty of time.


Access:

- Immediately accessible from Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Station Square
[Important Notes/Supplements: Guide/Tour Conductor]

- There will be an accompanying National Government Licensed English Guide Interpreter from the tour meeting location to the tour end location.
[Important Notes/Supplements: Regarding Children/Infants]

- Children up to 5 years old may join free of charge, but will not be provided with vehicle seats or experience activities. If vehicle seats or experience activities are required, please make a booking under the child rate.
[Important Notes/Supplements: Regarding Meals]

- Customers are free to have lunch at the Tarumizu Roadside Station. Customers are to pay for their own lunch as it is not included in the tour booking charge.
[Important Notes/Supplements: What to Wear/Bring]

- As suitcases cannot be brought during the tour, please leave them in a locker or at your hotel before participating.

- We recommend bringing a handkerchief or small towel, as there is a possibility of getting your hands or shoes dirty in the fields.
[Important Notes/Supplements: Bus/Hired Car Company]

- Nangoku Taxi, Kagoshima Daiichi Koutsu, Kagoshima Kotsu, Azuma Kotsu, Asahi Kotsu, or Hani Kotsu

If otherwise, it will be specified in the final itinerary.

*Depending on the number of tour participants, transportation to be used may be other than a hired car (passenger vehicle, van, minivan), a large bus (mid-size bus, small bus), a taxi, or a train or route bus on some parts of the tour.
[Important Notes/Supplements: Language Support]

Guide Language Support: English - The tour is accompanied by a National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter.

*Drivers do not work as guides.

In the event that a bus company not listed in the Remarks/Important Notes will be used, customers will receive a separate confirmation document via email at least 1 day in advance.

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  • Itinerary

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DayTimeDurationItineraryItinerary Details/Special ItemsTransportationMeal
StartEnd(min)
18:509:00 Meet at Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Tourist Information CenterPlease show your reservation confirmation sheet at reception. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the departure time.
*Tourist Information Center near the East Exit rotary outside the station building. Please note that this is different from the Kagoshima-chuo Station Information Center right after exiting the Kagoshima-chuo Station ticket gate.		  
1  20Transfer Hired car 
19:2010:00 Depart from Kagoshima Port Sakurajima Ferry Terminal   
1  20Transfer Boat 
19:3510:15 Arrive at Sakurajima Port Sakurajima Ferry Terminal   
1  15Transfer Hired car 
110:3011:3060Chat & Tea Time with Local Farmers
(Farmland Sakurajima)		Farmland Sakurajima is a rare farm located at the foot of an active volcano. As part of initiatives to coexist with nature, a variety of crops are grown here using a regional circular farming method that utilizes nature, in which seaweed grown in Kinko Bay is used as fertilizer and clean water is returned to the sea. On this tour, sit on the field with a magnificent view of Sakurajima towering right before your eyes and enjoy sweets made with field-grown crops while listening to stories from farmers.  
1  30Transfer Hired car 
112:0012:4545Lunch (meal charges not included in the tour)
Tarumizu Roadside Station		The tour will stop at Tarumizu Roadside Station located in Tarumi, an area which became connected to Sakurajima due to a past major eruption, and is surrounded by the natural beauty of Kagoshima, including Sakurajima, Kinko Bay, and the Kirishima Mountains.
Customers can purchase their own lunch here.		  
1  75Transfer Hired car 
114:0015:0060Shochu Distillery Tour & Blending Experience
(Wakashio Distillery)		Kagoshima is known as the kingdom of shochu, with over 100 breweries and more than 2,000 brands in the prefecture. Shochu, produced in the blessed nature of Kagoshima, is one Japan's most popular distilled beverages. At Wakashio Distillery, after a tour of the distillery where shochu is actually made, customers can enjoy a shochu blending experience where they can mix various shochu according to their own taste to create their own original shochu. Shochu that customers blended can be taken home in a bottle.  
1  80Transfer Hired car 
116:2016:4020Stop at Ryumonjiyaki Pottery ShopAt the end of this culinary tour of Kagoshima, visit a direct sales shop of a pottery studio where tableware that goes well with food is made. Kagoshima is famous for its Satsuma ware pottery. There are two types: Shiromon (White Satsuma), which is primarily used for ornaments and figurines, and Kuromon (Black Satsuma), which is often used for items such as sake utensils for drinking shochu and other beverages. Ryumonjiyaki is a school of Satsuma ware that continues the tradition of Kuromon.
*Touring the pottery studio is not included. Only the shop next to the pottery studio will be visited.		  
1  50Transfer Hired car 
117:3017:50 Tour Ends in front of Kagoshima-chuo Station   
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DayTimeDurationItineraryItinerary Details/Special ItemsTransportationMeal
StartEnd(min)
18:509:00 Meet at Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Tourist Information CenterPlease show your reservation confirmation sheet at reception. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the departure time.
*Tourist Information Center near the East Exit rotary outside the station building. Please note that this is different from the Kagoshima-chuo Station Information Center right after exiting the Kagoshima-chuo Station ticket gate.		  
1  20Transfer Hired car 
19:2010:00 Depart from Kagoshima Port Sakurajima Ferry Terminal   
1  20Transfer Boat 
19:3510:15 Arrive at Sakurajima Port Sakurajima Ferry Terminal   
1  15Transfer Hired car 
110:3011:3060Chat & Tea Time with Local Farmers
(Farmland Sakurajima)		Farmland Sakurajima is a rare farm located at the foot of an active volcano. As part of initiatives to coexist with nature, a variety of crops are grown here using a regional circular farming method that utilizes nature, in which seaweed grown in Kinko Bay is used as fertilizer and clean water is returned to the sea. On this tour, sit on the field with a magnificent view of Sakurajima towering right before your eyes and enjoy sweets made with field-grown crops while listening to stories from farmers.  
1  30Transfer Hired car 
112:0012:4545Lunch (meal charges not included in the tour)
Tarumizu Roadside Station		The tour will stop at Tarumizu Roadside Station located in Tarumi, an area which became connected to Sakurajima due to a past major eruption, and is surrounded by the natural beauty of Kagoshima, including Sakurajima, Kinko Bay, and the Kirishima Mountains.
Customers can purchase their own lunch here.		  
1  75Transfer Hired car 
114:0015:0060Shochu Distillery Tour & Blending Experience
(Wakashio Distillery)		Kagoshima is known as the kingdom of shochu, with over 100 breweries and more than 2,000 brands in the prefecture. Shochu, produced in the blessed nature of Kagoshima, is one Japan's most popular distilled beverages. At Wakashio Distillery, after a tour of the distillery where shochu is actually made, customers can enjoy a shochu blending experience where they can mix various shochu according to their own taste to create their own original shochu. Shochu that customers blended can be taken home in a bottle.  
1  80Transfer Hired car 
116:2016:4020Stop at Ryumonjiyaki Pottery ShopAt the end of this culinary tour of Kagoshima, visit a direct sales shop of a pottery studio where tableware that goes well with food is made. Kagoshima is famous for its Satsuma ware pottery. There are two types: Shiromon (White Satsuma), which is primarily used for ornaments and figurines, and Kuromon (Black Satsuma), which is often used for items such as sake utensils for drinking shochu and other beverages. Ryumonjiyaki is a school of Satsuma ware that continues the tradition of Kuromon.
*Touring the pottery studio is not included. Only the shop next to the pottery studio will be visited.		  
1  50Transfer Hired car 
117:3017:50 Tour Ends in front of Kagoshima-chuo Station   

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