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Embark on this experiential tour visiting places related to food, sake, and tableware, and trace the natural and cultural roots that gave birth to Kagoshima's food culture.
Begin with a scenic ferry ride to majestic Sakurajima. Visit a local farm for a sustainable agriculture lesson and enjoy a delicious, farm-fresh lunch. Next, immerse yourself in Kagoshima's renowned shochu culture at a distillery, where you'll blend your own unique shochu to take home. Conclude your day exploring exquisite Satsuma ware pottery.
This private, guided tour for 2-7 people offers personalized service with an English-speaking guide and private transport. Discover Kagoshima's true essence – a story of nature, taste, and craftsmanship.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Meet your your guide holding a JTB Sunrise Tours sign at Tourist Information Center near the East Exit rotary outside the station building. This is NOT the Kagoshima-chuo Station Information Center
Tour 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 your hotel accommodation.
Itinerary
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1Ferry Boarding to Sakurajima
Departure for Sakurajima Ferry Terminal
20 minutes • Admission ticket included -
2Sakurajima Daikon Field
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.
25 minutes • Admission ticket included -
3
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, you can enjoy a shochu blending experience where you can mix various shochu according to your own taste to create your own original shochu. Shochu that you blended can be taken home in a bottle.
1 hour 10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4
At 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.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that participants may not join partway through the tour
- The order of activities and arrival times may differ on the day depending on reasons such as road conditions and congestion at destinations
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that participants may not join partway through the tour
- 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
- As this tour includes an experience with alcohol included, customers 6-19 years old will be charged at the Child rate
- 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)
- Meeting Point is 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
- 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
- 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
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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