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PLAN

(2026) 1-Day Kagoshima Nature & Food Culture Private Tour with Farm Visit & Distillery Experience (2-7 People)

  • Sakurajima Daikon Field（image）[©鹿児島市]

  • Sakurajima Ferry（image）[©鹿児島市]

  • Lunch（image）

  • 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, then enjoy lunch 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 along with a guide *Each experience activity included in the itinerary may be shared with other 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.
- We advocate for responsible travel, and urge one and all to become responsible travelers. Please check the dedicated 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
Not Available
Tour Guide/Conductor Language
English
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 9:05
Included
English Guide Interpreter fee; Lunch; Other admission fees, experience fees, and transportation costs included in the tour
  • 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]

- The number of customers for 1 group booking for this tour is 2-7.

- 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.
[Exemptions/Itinerary Guarantee: Itinerary/Destinations]

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

- 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.

- During the tour, the guide will confirm with customers their drop-off location on the return trip. (Drop-off is available only for hotels in Kagoshima City. )
[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.

- As this tour includes an experience with alcohol included, customers 6-19 years old will be charged at the Child rate.
[Important Notes/Supplements: Regarding Meals]

- Please make a request when booking if you prefer a vegetarian menu. If no request is made, the standard meal will be served. (Same-day changes are not allowed.)

*Please note that requests for allergy-friendly meals, gluten-free meals, etc. or requests to remove or change ingredients due to personal preferences are not accepted.
[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.

- As hands and shoes may get dirty when visiting the field, bringing a handkerchief and small towel is recommended.
[Important Notes/Supplements: Language Support]

Tour Guide Language: English

*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)
19:059:15 Kagoshima-chuo Station
East Exit Tourist Information Center Meet-up		Please 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 
19:3510:20 Kagoshima Port Sakurajima Ferry Terminal
Departure		   
1  20TransferOn clear days, the magnificent Sakurajima can be seen from aboard the boat.Boat 
110:0010:40 Sakurajima Port Sakurajima Ferry Terminal
Arrival		   
1  20Transfer Hired car 
1  25Sakurajima Daikon Field
(Farmland Sakurajima)		In a field at the foot of an active volcano, listen to stories from local farmers about life and agriculture in Sakurajima. 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.
*Cultivation conditions of field crops vary depending on the season.		  
1  5Transfer On Foot 
1  60Lunch
(Café Shirahama)		Enjoy a lunch set menu that makes use of produce harvested from the field visited on the tour and the local area at a dining venue next to Farmland Sakurajima. Lunch
1  90Transfer Hired car 
1  70Shochu 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 of 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 
1  20Stop 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  40Transfer Hired car 
117:3017:50 Drop-off at Specified Hotel in Kagoshima CityTour ends at hotel specified for drop-off.
*Hotel drop-off service is limited to hotels in Kagoshima City. During the tour, the guide will confirm with customers their hotel　accommodation.		  
 
  • Itinerary

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DayTimeDurationItineraryItinerary Details/Special ItemsTransportationMeal
StartEnd(min)
19:059:15 Kagoshima-chuo Station
East Exit Tourist Information Center Meet-up		Please 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 
19:3510:20 Kagoshima Port Sakurajima Ferry Terminal
Departure		   
1  20TransferOn clear days, the magnificent Sakurajima can be seen from aboard the boat.Boat 
110:0010:40 Sakurajima Port Sakurajima Ferry Terminal
Arrival		   
1  20Transfer Hired car 
1  25Sakurajima Daikon Field
(Farmland Sakurajima)		In a field at the foot of an active volcano, listen to stories from local farmers about life and agriculture in Sakurajima. 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.
*Cultivation conditions of field crops vary depending on the season.		  
1  5Transfer On Foot 
1  60Lunch
(Café Shirahama)		Enjoy a lunch set menu that makes use of produce harvested from the field visited on the tour and the local area at a dining venue next to Farmland Sakurajima. Lunch
1  90Transfer Hired car 
1  70Shochu 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 of 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 
1  20Stop 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  40Transfer Hired car 
117:3017:50 Drop-off at Specified Hotel in Kagoshima CityTour ends at hotel specified for drop-off.
*Hotel drop-off service is limited to hotels in Kagoshima City. During the tour, the guide will confirm with customers their hotel　accommodation.		  
 

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