The Island of Cherry blossom (Sakurajima - 桜島) and the Kagoshima, where constantly ash from two volcanoes precipitate, were our next targets on our rout for day number two.
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| Kagoshima and Sakurajima. My GPS track stopped by the time we left the Island. GPS tracking is rather battery consuming. |
When we arrived in Kagoshima it was time for lunch and of course my Japanese follows have long discussed in the car what to eat. Do you see the detour towards the south of the city on the map? That is were a famous Ramen (Japanese noodles soup) restaurant is. I have to admit, that it was one of my first noodle soup experience were I left the restaurant and had to say honestly this was really really good! Don't get me wrong! Most things are very good in Japan and there is hardly any dish I dislike, but this was just really tasty, especially as I'm not a big noodle soup fan.
We quickly checked in our luggage and the hostel we were planning staying in (close to the harbour) and were off to catch a ferry to Sakurajima. I don't want to write too much about it, as I visited the Island for the first time end of September last year and wrote about it; but two of us haven't been there!
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| Always smoking from the caldera - Sakurajima. |
So what was different this time? Well first of all there was no Taifun coming and the weather was just great. We enjoyed ourself at the park, close to Sakurajima ferry port, and since it was still quite chilly we relaxed our feet in a hot onsen bath.
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| Onsen (Hot spring) foot bath! |
As I was a bit hungry we ate some Mandarins (Mikan) from the Island and Ice cream made from these Mandarins, which was really refreshing. While we were strolling over the Island and gave the visitor centre a brief visit to check some facts on the Island, we also got a chance to discover our first Cherry Blossom this year.
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| First cherry blossom on the Island! |
After a beautiful sunset over Kagoshima, which we could follow from a dinosaur park on Sakurajima, we went back by boat. On our way back we found out that there is a cheap "romantic view spot" bus that brings us up the mountains of Kagoshima to see the city. It was indeed a good opportunity to discover something new in the city and a nice lady was talking during the ride about sights we could spot. After we were back in the hostel we quickly changed and were off to a Sentou (public bath) before jumping in our beds after a sec. round of Wizard.
Next stop was Kumamoto and Aso National Park.
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| Sunset over Kagoshima. |
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