Active Sakurajima, Yakushima’s Jomon Sugi and Ibusuki sand baths: walking Kagoshima’s natural heritage

About Kagoshima

Kagoshima is at the southern tip of Kyushu with Kagoshima City as its capital, known for the active volcano Sakurajima, Satsuma culture and the nature of Yakushima.

Main walking areas in Kagoshima

Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.

• Kagoshima City (Sengan-en, Tenmonkan arcade)
• Sakurajima (Yunohira Observatory, Furusato Onsen)
• Ibusuki (sand-bath onsen)
• Yakushima (Jomon Sugi, Shiratani Unsuikyo)

Kagoshima trivia

Yakushima is a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site, preserving rare forests centred on the Jomon Sugi, a cedar said to be thousands of years old.

Tips for finding smoking areas in Kagoshima

• Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
• Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
• Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
• Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone

Find efficiently with Mottosuitai

Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=kagoshima for the Kagoshima list.