Audio tour · Japan
Kagoshima
A self guided audio tour of Kagoshima.
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The app is on the App Store
A self guided audio tour of Kagoshima.
Kagoshima looks across the bay to Sakurajima, a working volcano that sends fine ash drifting over the city on ordinary afternoons. The streets feel relaxed and subtropical, shaded by palms and wide enough to breathe in. It is one of those places where the drama is all in the landscape, and the city itself just goes about its life beneath it.
In the app, 30 stops in Kagoshima are narrated aloud, about 51m of listening across 4 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 14 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"You are standing near a place that has been changing its shape for thousands of years."
"You are looking at a whole family of volcanoes rather than a single mountain."
"That near-perfect cone in front of you is Kaimondake, and locals call it Satsuma Fuji for good reason."
"This is the most restless peak in the Kirishima cluster, a stratovolcano standing about 1,423 meters high in southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture."
"This broad sheet of water is the largest caldera lake on Kyushu, sitting inside an old volcanic crater about 40 kilometers south of Kagoshima city."
"Welcome to Ibusuki, an onsen town near the southern tip of the Satsuma Peninsula, looking out over Kagoshima Bay."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A sweeping arc from the iconic volcano ferry landing along the Iso Coast to the historic Sengan-en garden and its storied stone bridges
A highland traverse through the Kirishima volcanic chain from the tallest summit at Karakunidake down through the fiery crater of Shinmoedake to the mythic plain of Takachiho-gawara
Kagoshima's compact historic core from the art museum and Reimeikan through the castle ruins, up to Shiroyama's panoramic deck, and down into the lively Tenmonkan shopping district
A relaxed stroll through Kagoshima's southern quarter from the Nagashima Museum past the ancient Jigenji Temple and university gardens to the aquarium and ferry terminal on the bay
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.