Aside from Sakurajima, Sengan-en is one of those things that comes up a bunch when you’re looking for things to do in Kagoshima.
It’s a former residence dating back to the 1600s that’s been turned into a pretty amazing garden.
It costs 1000 yen to get in (about 11 bucks Canadian), but it’s totally worth it.
Just getting there is pretty spectacular. It’s about two kilometres from the city, and you could take a bus, but the walk is impressively scenic; it’s clearly the way to go. I mean, I think this video speaks for itself.
Then you get there and it’s enormous and seriously impressive.
That’s not to mention the hiking trail that leads to a spectacular view of the surrounding area.
It’s pretty much just endless steps going up, so it’s crazy exhausting, but once you get up there it’s totally worth it.
That’s not a bad view at all.
