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A museum about the Meiji restoration and its relationship with the local history. An excellent audio-guide in English is available for free. In the basement, projections (25 min) and robot animations (20 min) relating this period are presented hourly, with English translation though the audio-guide. Allow between 1.5 and 2 hours.
The Museum of the Meiji Restoration is a history museum in Kagoshima, Japan. Located by the Kōtsuki River, it is a gallery where visitors can learn about the Meiji Restoration. In the basement hall, sound, light, and robots are used to present a three-dimensional experience of the Meiji Restoration. On the first floor, exhibits describe the people, things, and events of Satsuma Province.
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A large Ferris wheel atop AMU Plaza attached the Kagoshimachuo station. Enter from 6F near cinema and game arcade. You’ll also find a rubbish bin (rare!) and public toilets on 6F, so it could be an inexpensive and quick way to take in the view of Kagoshima if just passing through.
城山公園
Mountain park in Kagoshima. You can see the panoramic view of Kagoshima including Sakurajima from the observatory.
Art museum that contains works of Marc Chagall, Auguste Rodin, and Kuroda Seiki.
鶴丸城, Tsurumaru-jō
Once the castle of the Shimazu clan who governed the Satsuma domain till the Meiji Restoration, it was destroyed during the Satsuma Rebellion. The only parts remaining today are the wall and the moat. Reconstruction of the castle's gate was completed in April 2020. The Reimeikan is located inside the gate on the former castle grounds.
黎明館,Reimeikan
Beautiful museum with nice expositions retracing the origin and evolution of the first habitants of the southern Kyushu area till the Meiji restoration. Generic information is available in English but for more details about the different pieces contained in the exposition, a Japanese reading friend should be brought to fully enjoy all the information available.