Kirishima (Kagoshima)
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If I play at Kagoshima-shi and Kirishima, here. Recommendation tourist attraction 6 election with a child

The Kagoshima for which Sakurajima which is an active volcano is famous is dotted with tourist attraction and the park fused nature. The zoo where it can fit a koala only at Kyushu and, nationwide, the aquarium where a creature in circled Kagoshima is exhibited in 3 unusual seas (Pacific Ocean, East China Sea and Kinkouwan Bay). Valuable learning and Experience are done and are flooding the charm which can be tasted only in Kagoshima such as the magnificent scenery every spot. I'll introduce tourist attraction of fitting Kagoshima-shi and Kirishima to with children by this article 6.

The sightseeing pasture where the charm which can touch an animal while looking at a Kirishima mountain range is much

Only Sunday and a holiday, Experience, can, popular milker (no charge). An order ticket is distributed to 30 people of first arrival at the general information.
Only Sunday and a holiday, Experience, can, popular milker (no charge). An order ticket is distributed to 30 people of first arrival at the general information.

The sightseeing pasture in the border between prefectures with Miyazaki and the base in a Kirishima mountain range. Excited Experience is plenty in about 42 ha of vast site, and you can enjoy yourself throughout the day. "Animal contact Rand" as well as a tour in a cow barn and hitsujisha of noodles, then, to touch a cute sheep of Moco Moco directly.
Homemade Experience of butter (payment required) is also possible by preliminary reservation. From 3 years old, Experience, can, horseback riding has 4 courses and can touch a horse according to the age and the level from a draft horse course to the photography course.

It's satisfied with a pasture gourmet while enjoying a superb view.

It's possible to order "Mongolian mutton set" from 2 people (2000 yen for 1 person).
It's possible to order "Mongolian mutton set" from 2 people (2000 yen for 1 person).

After vigor was idle much, it's having a meal by "oh, Restaurant in a lumberyard" and a food court. I also have a popular soft ice cream in the child's menu and the pasture.
Recommendation in Restaurant is authentic Yakiniku BBQ and Grilled Mutton Dish of cow Boneless Beef Short Rib. Grilled Mutton Dish is the style baked by an iron plate of the unusual dome type in particular at Kyushu, and special sagging often tangles, and there are no bad smells and the real taste can be enjoyed. The menu I recommend the pizza and the Diced Steak by which mozzarella cheese is much, and which is popular from an adult to a child at a food court. The menu enriches both stores, so by a parent and child, big, they seem able to be satisfied.

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The bloom season of a cherry tree is also popular as a flower viewing spot, and it's also recommended to a picnic. You'd be able to refresh a heart and a body with a parent and child while looking at a superb view.

Takachiho Farm
  • The address5265-103, Yoshinomotocho, Miyakonojo-shi, Miyazaki MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from the JRKirishima shrine station, about 10 minutes
  • Bus DirectionI change trains by embussment and a Kirishima shrine from the JRKirishima shrine station and get off, immediately.
  • Business hours4-October 9:00-17:30 and 11-March 9:00-17:00
  • Days closedRegular holiday-less (※ for more information, of a official site, requiring confirmation).
  • AdmissionFree entrance
  • TEL0986-33-2102
  • ParkingFree

The zoo where it can fit a koala only at Kyushu

The "African grassland zone" where I chose between Sakurajima in Mount Kilimanjaro. The zebra, the rhinoceros and the giraffe which live at a savannah are seen.
The "African grassland zone" where I chose between Sakurajima in Mount Kilimanjaro. The zebra, the rhinoceros and the giraffe which live at a savannah are seen.

The zoo where the green in the location of the about 35 minutes by car from Kagoshima-chuo Station is abundant. There are no barriers which interrupt the sight, so an African grassland zone can observe animals imminently, and is powerful.
Its culture number of heads is also the zoo where it can fit a koala only at Kyushu, and best of Japan. You can observe carefully while feeling the smell of the eucalyptus at space with no disparity of a glass window between the koala. I recommend the meal time of 11:00 for a tour. Besides it's also highlight filling such as the animal seen only in Japan, TOKIIROKONDORU and the "crane zone of" the world where a crane as much as 11 kinds is judged by the number of best of Japan display.

The amusement park where an animal and Sakurajima are seen from a Ferris wheel is also juxtaposed.

The playground equipment which can be enjoyed by a parent and child assembles. It's possible to play with a ticket of taking at 100 yen for 1.
The playground equipment which can be enjoyed by a parent and child assembles. It's possible to play with a ticket of taking at 100 yen for 1.

An amusement park very popular with family with kids is also in the park. A merry-go-round and a flight tower are enriched from small playground equipment to large playground equipment, and so popular that there are about 100,000 users in the year. Sakurajima and Kinkouwan Bay and also a Kirishima mountain range can be viewed on a day of African giraffe in a grassland zone, zebra and clear sky from a Ferris wheel.
Additionally there are changing a diaper space, Nursing Room, Waiting Room and Shop at each place, so I'm relieved at small with children. When going around in the zoo, it's every 15 minutes and use of the bus in the park which runs is also recommended. A stroller can also take it together.

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There are also keeper's story (4th Sunday every month) and a meal tour event of roughness and the carnivore (29 days every month). The "tatting section" which can touch an animal is also recommended while asking the polite explanation by a keeper. (For more information, of formal HP, requiring confirmation)

Kagoshima-shi Hirakawa animal park
  • The address5669-1, Hirakawacho, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Kagoshima-chuo Station, about 35 minutes
  • Bus DirectionJR Goino Station (in front of Fukuhira Agricultural Co-operatives) empty embussment and "Hirakawa, animal park" getting off, immediately.
  • Business hours9:00-17:00 (for entrance, to 16:30)
  • Days closedDecember 29-January 1
  • Admission500 yen of the small size and junior high school student 100 yen※ preschooler are generally free.
  • TEL099-261-2326
  • ParkingLarge-sized motor vehicle and once of bus of 400 yen A regular-size car and once of minicar of 200 yen

The Tsutomu Osako's Kuroshio Current big water tank JINBEEZAME swims expansively

A Kuroshio Current big water tank of water meter 1,500t is force perfection. The biggest fish and JINBEEZAME in the world are exhibited only at Kyushu.
A Kuroshio Current big water tank of water meter 1,500t is force perfection. The biggest fish and JINBEEZAME in the world are exhibited only at Kyushu.

The aquarium where you can get a bird's-eye view of Sakurajima at about 15 minutes on foot from Kagoshima Station. A creature of about 800 kinds of Nansei-shoto and 10,000 points is exhibited from Kinkouwan Bay. You can also meet the valuable "SATSUMAHAORIMUSHI" etc. which is judged from the coral, the tropical fish and Kinkouwan Bay which live in Nansei-shoto spread on the south of the prefecture mainland including the creature who lives in a sea around the Kagoshima mainland.
Sea slug permanent display Property more first in Japan "sea slug research center" is must-see. The color would be vivid and be healed by the pretty appearance.

For the memory which can't touch Shaw of a dolphin and a creature and forget it.

The ability of the dolphin and the section which introduces mechanism of a body "time of whether you're here" are held every day (I have that in case of cancellation by physical condition of a dolphin.)
The ability of the dolphin and the section which introduces mechanism of a body "time of whether you're here" are held every day (I have that in case of cancellation by physical condition of a dolphin.)

The contents which can be learned happily by the parent and child such as "touch pool" (the outdoors Property) and an event with a detailed comment by a culture one who can look at a creature of an water tank and touch actually are also enriched.
Seen events hold the state of the meal of a seal and the state by which an electric eel catches food by electricity every day including "blue sky dolphin watching". The state by which PIRARUKU called freshwater fish of the world maximum level is a powerful meal is seen only on Saturday. It isn't sometimes held by creature's physical condition, so I'll check the day's information.

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A Kuroshio Current big water tank is the scale of the highlights! The part of the water tank is a tunnel, so it's possible to see fish from the various angles. A worldview in a sea in Kagoshima spreads, and I gaze carelessly, so it's recommended to have a plenty of leeway in time and drop in.

I'm here, the world basket striped aquarium
  • The addressThis Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima port town 3-1 MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Kagoshima-chuo Station, about 10 minutes
  • Bus DirectionEmbussment gets off JR Kagoshima-chuo Station "before basket striped aquarium", immediately.
  • Business hours9:30-18:00 (for an entry, to 17:00) ※ GW, Saturday . Sunday of summer holidays, a holiday and a period Lantern Festival are to 21:00.
  • Days closedFrom 1st Monday of December, 4 days
  • AdmissionAdult of 1500 yen Small size and junior high school student 750 yen and a (more than 4 years old) of infant of 350 yen
  • TEL099-226-2233
  • ParkingIt's free until 1 hour.

The natural park where you can play with a dinosaur of the size of original

The park where the naturalness which can play with Sakurajima approaching soon is abundant
The park where the naturalness which can play with Sakurajima approaching soon is abundant

The park where it's in a hill for about 2 minutes by car from Sakurajima harbor ferry terminal. A dinosaur model of 7 kinds of size of original is in the park AROSAURUSU, BURONTOSAURUSU and DIPURODOKUSU according to the violent primitive image in Sakurajima. There is also a dinosaur which becomes a slide and a small tunnel in the inside, and it's very popular with children. The body height, the time when I was living and the feature are written conversantly near the model, to acquire a form of knowledge.
I look at Kagoshima city and Kinkouwan Bay from a view place, and I get a bird's-eye view of Sakurajima, and, the beautiful landscape can also be enjoyed.

A long slide of about 50 m of full length also enriches athletics.

About 12.5 m of slide equivalent to the height of the 4th floor of building
About 12.5 m of slide equivalent to the height of the 4th floor of building

Field Athletics and a roller slide of about 50 m of full length are also besides the model of a dinosaur in the park. You can wish for Kagoshima city as well as Sakurajima from the top of the slide.
Playground equipment, a jungle gym and, yes, Tarzan rope and a swing have abundant Tei at 14 kinds all together. The spring is also popular as a flower viewing spot, and I bustle with many people with children. I'm exposed to forest scents, and the scenery is enjoyed, and if, adult is also the spot which can enjoy an outdoor.

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Restroom, Drinking Fountain and a footbath place are also established in the vast park. When visiting by a parent and child, it's also recommended to bring a leisure seat and enjoy a picnic by the shade of a tree.

Sakurajima dinosaur natural park
  • The addressKagoshima-shi, Kagoshima Sakurajima 79, Yokoyamacho MAP
  • DirectionFrom Sakurajima harbor ferry terminal, about 10 minutes on foot
  • Business hoursOpen everyday
  • AdmissionFree
  • TEL099-216-1366 (the Kagoshima-shi park afforestation department)
  • ParkingFree

The Jomon culture is learned from national designation historic site "Uenohara remains".

Early artifacts are exhibited in the Jomon Era.
Early artifacts are exhibited in the Jomon Era.

Property which preserved and made use of the "Uenohara remains" in the location of the circled altitude 250m in Sakurajima, Kinkouwan Bay and a Kirishima mountain range. Uenohara remains is national designation historic site, and it's confirmed that it's the village trace where the domestic maximum scale and the oldest order settled down. A jar-shaped, 767 points of relics by which earthenware , a clay figure and an earring were unearthed are designated as national important cultural property.
One in the vast park where an ancient forest was reproduced splits up into 2 areas, and the spotted state of the unearthing relics and about 10,600 years before can be seen in the tour area, and Experience of Jomon Era and athletics can be enjoyed in the Experience area.

Fire Sweet and Crispy Crackers Experience which can enjoy itself together by a parent and child

"Fire Sweet and Crispy Crackers Experience" (50 yen) are the day's reception, and Experience is possible (for less than 4th grader of elementary school, guardian accompanying).
"Fire Sweet and Crispy Crackers Experience" (50 yen) are the day's reception, and Experience is possible (for less than 4th grader of elementary school, guardian accompanying).

Now that I have come hard, it's Jomon Experience by all means. Many fire Sweet and Crispy Crackers, bow and arrow making and accessary making have complete set of the Experience menu a child appreciates in a Experience area.
At the inside, recommendation, "fire Sweet and Crispy Crackers Experience". They're MAI GIRI (tool of fire Sweet and Crispy Crackers) and the fire, it's about 30 minutes using a board, Experience, can. Experience where the adult such as "accessary making" and the "Miumi pearl work" which improves and makes a turban shell who shaves and makes a stone called Nameishi is only immersed in other ones, too. It also fits memory making of travel with the family.

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The valuable display which is seen only here such as a Jomon ware and an earring different in design is must-see. There are diorama and a mini theater to which the state of the Jomon Era was expressed, and even a child can learn from adult happily.

Forest of Uenohara Jomon
  • The addressForest 1-1 of Kagoshima Kirishima city Kokubun Uenohara Jomon MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Kokubu Station, about 20 minutes
  • Business hours9:00-17:00 (for an entry, to 16:30)
  • Days closed5 days in Monday (in case of a holiday, the next day) and December 30-January 1 and the middle of February
    ※ For more information, a official site, it's subject to confirmation.
  • AdmissionKo and a college student of 210 yen are small 320 yen for an adult, a* junior high school student of 150 yen and infant no charge
  • TEL0995-48-5701
  • ParkingFree

I glide by a super slider while looking at a Kirishima mountain range.

It's guardian accompanying below the "a supermarket, slider" (including the chair lift fare, 600 yen)※ second grade of an elementary school who slips refreshingly from a view square.
It's guardian accompanying below the "a supermarket, slider" (including the chair lift fare, 600 yen)※ second grade of an elementary school who slips refreshingly from a view square.

The park established attached to "road station Kirishima" in the location of about 5 minutes by car from a Kirishima shrine. Property which can play by a parent and child and playground equipment such as putting golf and the vehicle which calls a sleigh and the lawn slope POKKARU which slips and gets off are enriched.
The view square of about 670 m of altitude where the one I want to visit by all means can get a bird's-eye view of great outdoors of Kirishima. I walk or go to lift boarding point by road train, get on a sightseeing lift and go. There is also a photo spot in a view square, so don't also leave photography. Though I taste exhilarating feeling by the super slider about 390 m of full length is on the way back, it's recommended to go down.

The panoramic park where I get a bird's-eye view of great outdoors of Kirishima

The magnificent scenery which sees a Kirishima mountain range, Sakurajima and Kinkouwan Bay
The magnificent scenery which sees a Kirishima mountain range, Sakurajima and Kinkouwan Bay

After playing much, it's to Restaurant "road station Kirishima, relievedly, Kirishima house". Curry in addition to "the Saigo DON table" and the this place menu of the "black pig SHABU pot Set Meal" etc. of 10 meals of 1 day limitation, noodles and soba filled with Kagoshima gourmet have complete set of the rich menu.
The blueberry soft ice cream of "than, gate market" in the site "quietly, fog-dream (the bounds-MU)" is recommended to a dessert after meal. It's making by hand with the blueberry grown at a private farm in the park and is the light taste which feels the sweetness and the sour taste slightly.

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There are about 500 cherry tree trees, and it's also popular as a flower viewing spot. Around the middle of July-end of August, blueberry hunt, Experience, can. Nature of Kirishima in each season, big, it's the park where you can play happily by a parent and child while enjoying fully.

Sato park of a paulownia striped myth (road station Kirishima)
  • The addressKagoshima Kirishima city Kirishima Taguchi 2583-22 MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR "Kirishima shrine" station, about 15 minutes
  • Bus DirectionI get off embussment and "Sato park entrance of" the paulownia striped myth from JR "Kirishima shrine" station, immediately.
  • Business hours9:00-17:00
  • Days closedOpen everyday (March 16, 2026 and the 17th are closed specially. March 18, 2026 and the 19th run only Restaurant and Shop and close park Property specially.)
  • AdmissionSightseeing lift (round trip): 600 yen (more than 4 years old)
    Super slider: 600 yen (more than 4 years old. For less than 6 years old, guardian accompanying)
    Road train (one way): 200 yen (more than 4 years old)
    ※ Additionally please check it in formal HP for details.
  • TEL0995-57-1711
  • Parkingari (no charge)

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