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Kagoshima Prefecture
TANEGASHIMA
ACCESS
Access to Tanegashima
Tanegashima is a long and slim
island located 43km south of
Cape Sata of Osumi penin sula, the southernmost tip of
Japan’s four big islands. It
stretches 58km from north to
south and is only about 12km
at its widest point. It is known
as a“Surfing Mecca”because
of the many surfing points scattered all around the island.
It is also known as the place
where matchlock guns were
introduced by the Portuguese.
Tanegashima is renowned as a
gateway to space because of its
well-known“Space Center.”
From Tokyo
By Train / Ship
By Air
Haneda Airport
Tokyo Station
Shinkansen (289min)
Hakata Station
Airplane
105min
Shinkansen (79min)
Kagoshima Airport
Kagoshima Port North Wharf
or South Wharf
Airplane
35min
Jetfoil (95 min)
or
Ferry Princess Wakasa 210min
Ferry Hibiscus 220min
Nishinoomote Port
Kagoshima Chuo Station
Station: Bus (20min) / Car (15min)
Tanegashima Airport
From Osaka
By Train / Ship
By Air
Shin Osaka Station
Shinkansen (226min)
Kagoshima Chuo Station
Station: Bus (20min) / Car (15min)
Osaka International Airport（Itami Airport）
Airplane
75min
Washrooms
Hinawajubei
Nishinoomote city
Kokura Station
Hakata Station
Jetfoil (95 min)
or
Ferry Princess Wakasa 210min
Ferry Hibiscus 220min
Nishinoomote Port
Airplane
35min
Tanegashima Airport
Kumamoto Station
●Kishikazaki Lighthouse
Beach
■City hall　7612 Nishinoomote Nishinoomote city
TEL 0997-22-1111
■City flower　Easter lily
■City tree　Akou tree
■Special Products : Sweet potato, sweet potato
shochu, brown sugar product,Nagarame abalone, spiny
lobster, flying fish,red frog crab, Tane-Basami scissors,
knife,Tanegashima pottery
■Distance between municipalities
Jetfoil 90min
Nishinoomote city…
…Kagoshima city
Ferry 210mi
Nishinoomote city…Jetfoil 70min…Ibusuki Port
Nishinoomote city…Jetfoil 45min…Miyanoura Port
Nishinoomote city…Jetfoil 50min…Anbo Port
Nishinoomote city － 44km － Minamitane town
Nishinoomote city － 28km － Nakatane town
Nishinoomote city － 48km － Shimama Port
Kagoshima Port North Wharf
or South Wharf
Kagoshima Airport
Surfing Areas
Camp site
1
Urata beach
and Camp site●
Fishing Spots
Lion Dance
●Urata Shrine
●Oku Shrine
Sea Turtle Landing Site
Kunigami elementary school○
Kunigami police box●
Kunigami
●Colony of Natural
Kandelia obovata mangrove
Tanegashima Muhi●
1
Urata beach and Camp site
From Fukuoka
By Air
By Train / Ship
Fukuoka Airport
Hakata Station
Shinkansen (79min)
Kagoshima Chuo Station
Station: Bus (20min) / Car (15min)
Airplane
40min
Kagoshima Airport
Kagoshima Port North Wharf
or South Wharf
Kagoshima Airport
Kagoshima-Chūō
Station
Jetfoil (95 min)
or
Ferry Princess Wakasa 210min
Ferry Hibiscus 220min
Nishinoomote Port
Airplane
35min
Kiln Rokudai●
Nishinoomote Port
TANEGASHIMA
YAKUSHIMA
●Ise Shrine
○Kaminishi elementary school
Statue of Tanegashima
Tokitaka
Tanegashima Airport
Miyanoura Port
By Ship
Shimama Port
Anbo Port
Visitor Information
Nishinoomota port
or Shimama port
Tanegashima Tourism Association
2
Kaminiahi
Tanegashima Map
Amamegakura
●Takasaki Shuzo CO.,Ltd
●Tanegashima Pottery, Tanegashima Kiln
Tanegashima junior high school○Yojo
Teppokan-Gun Museum●
○Yojo elementary school
Annou elementary school○
Nishinoomote city Hall◎ ɜYukigaoka
●Tanegashima Tourism Association
49-1 Nishimachi Nishinoomote city Kagoshima Prefecture
TEL 0997−23−0111
http://tanekan.jp
●Nishinoomote city Hall Economic and Tourism Division
7612 Nishinoomote Nishinoomote city Kagoshima Prefecture　TEL 0997−22−1111
http://www.city.nishinoomote.kagoshima.jp
●Nakatane town Hall Planning Division
5186 Noma Nakatane town Kumage Kagoshima Prefecture　TEL 0997−27−1111
http://www.town.nakatane.kagoshima.jp
●Minamitane town Hall Tourism Division
2793-1 Nakanokami Minamitane town Kumage
Kagoshima Prefecture
TEL 0997−26−1111
http://www.town.minamitane.kagoshima.jp
3
Nishinoomote Port
Dolphin rock●
12
Annou
11
●Wakasa park
●Municipal Playing Field
Shimonishi elementary school
○
Tanegashima police
station●
Tanegashima driving school●
Shimonishi
●Monument to First Japanese
Sweet Potato Plantation
Yokino beach●
8
Yukigaoka
●Mini Golf Center Wakasa
●Tanegashima Shuzo CO.,Ltd
7
○Genna elementary school
Genna police box●
●Shimofutatugou-daki
(Kappa-daki) waterfall
58
3
75
○Tanegashima High School
National joint government building●
Genna
Kazamoto Shrine●
●Yokino Pottery Fukumoto Shop
76
6
Sumiyoshi elementary school
Sumiyoshi Lighthouse● ○
Sumiyoshi
●Tide-water control forest of
Akou banyan trees at Sumiyoshi
4
5
Kanehama beach
Green arch of Ako banyan trees
5
Akou Banyan tree
7
Shimofutatugou-daki (Kappa-daki)
waterfall
4
Kanehama beach
●Furuta police box
Furuta elementary school○
Anjo
Furuta
Anjo elementary school○
6
2
Amamegakura
▲
9
Miyanoura port or Anbo port
Jetfoil (30∼50 min)
or
Ferry Taiyo
65min
●Okigahamada
Brown sugar workshop
●Tanegashima ranch
Ferry
Jetfoil
Plane
From Yakushima
●Monument to the crew
Iseki elementary school○ of the Cashmere shipwreck
ɜ Appo Land
Ibusuki Port
Tanegashima Airport
Iseki
10
Kagoshima Port
75
Tanegashima Firearms
Site of Akaogi Castle
1
Injou beach
9
Gessotei,
Akaogi Castle Cultural Heritage Museum
9
Teppokan-Gun Museum
(Tanegashima Development Center)
Nishinoomote City
8
Nakawari
6
Otatsu-Metatsu rocks●
○Hoshihara elementary school
●Hoshihara police box
Hoshihara
●Hoshihara post office
Yokino beach
Anno bo-odori (stick dance)
Tachiyama
Tachiyama elementary school○
Tanegashima Airport
●Monument to the crew
of the Cashmere shipwreck
2
Nakatane Town
Matate-no-Iwaya Cave
Minamitane Town
10
Appo Land
11
Wakasa park
12
76
Dolphin rock
58
Nokan
3
●Cosmo Resort
Tanegashima Golf Resort
●Obuchi and
●Injou beach
Mebuchi Waterfall
Masuda
○Nokan Shrine
○Nokan elementary school
6
Hongenji temple
Otatsu-Metatsu rocks
2
Matate-no-Iwaya Cave●
4
7
588
The Largest sago palm in Japan
○Tanegashima Chuo High School
Nakatane police box●
Nagahama beach○
Benny Chan
Folk Heritage/Historical Museum●●Nakatane town Chamber of
Nakatane junior high school○
Commerce and Industry
Nakatane town
◎Nakatane town Hall
■Town hall　5186 Noma Nakatane town Kumage
TEL 0997-27-1111
■Town Flower　Shell ginger
■Town Tree　Ubame oak
■Special Products : Brown sugar, spiny lobster, sweet
potato Shochu, Nagarame abalone, broad-finned squid
■Distance between municipalities
Nakatane town－28km－Nishinoomote city
Nakatane town－17km－　Minamiane town
Nakatane town－20km－Shimama Port
Nakatane town−Airplane 35min−Kagoshima
5
8
588
Men odori dance (dance with masks)
Yuku 75
○Yuku elementary school
58
Iwaoka
3
Nankai
Nankai elementary school○
Eisa dance
Shimama Phort
Shimama police boxɜ
Shimama post office●
Naginata odori dance
(dance with long-handled sword)
●Yotsumoto Shuzo CO.,Ltd
7
●The Largest sago palm in Japan
○Shimama elementary school
●Kumano beach
Nakatane town Onsen Center● ●Natural Recreation Village
Homan Shrine
Colony of Natural
Kandelia obovata mangrove●
3
●
Yokomine Ruins
Tanegashima Aka-gome kan
Hase
Tanegashima Public Hospital●
●Hamada beach
●Chikura-no-Iwaya
Hirayama post officeɜ
Daiwa Onsen Center
Minamitane post office
Seikai
○Okawa elementary school
Kaminaka
Rocket Launching
Kozuma Shuzo CO.,Ltd●
Observation Points
Chuhei elementary schoolɛ
●Maenomine ground
The earliest harvest of Koshihikari
rice in Japan
Minamitane town Hall◎
Minamitane Emergency Heliportɜ
The view from Nanairozaka
●Minamitane town
Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
Hirayama
Sea kayak
ɛʼnŪųŢźŢŮŢġŦŭŦŮŦůŵŢųźġŴŤũŰŰŭ
ɜHirota Remains
National Historic Site
75
⃃
4
Chikura-no-Iwaya
Torisashimai dance
Rocket Launching
Observation Points
●Hase park
58
75
Benkei odori dance
2
2
○Hase elementary school
58
Takesaki beach
Watari Onsen
●Yoshinobu Launch Complex
Kaguramai dance
Rocket Launching
Observation Points
3
Hyotan odori dance
Sea turtle hatchling release
Shimonaka
Homan Pond●
●Tanegashima Aka-gome kan
●Houman Shrine
586
●Space Museum
●Hachiman Shrine
Nishino post office● ○
Nishino elementary school
5
4
75
●Maenohama beach park
●Nanairosaka
6
6
Cape Kadokura
Anjo odori dance
Matchlock gun preservation society
Southern branch
●Cape Kadokura
1
Tanegashima Space Center
※ Pictures shown here are some of the many available on Tanegashima.
Urata
20
Space Museum
1
Tanegashima Space Center
●Tashiro Fossil ɛʼnŢůŢŮŪůŦġelementary school
Nishino
Nishino police boxɜ
Maenohama beach park
1
Kukinaga post office● ɛŌŦŪůŢůġelementary school
Kukinaga police box●
Kukinaga
75
5
Drive
Time table
Kawachi Onsen Center
○Minamitane junior high school 586
●Monument to
Sunasaka Magozaemon Monument ●Uchugaoka park
5
2
Mangrove
9
●Minamitane town Youth Outdoor Learning Center
Shimama
3
9
1
“Zo-no-mizunomi”rock reef,
“Elephants’watering place”
Stone to Deflect Arrows●●House of the Furuichi Family 8
Kumano post officeɜ
●Kumano Shrine
●Otsubo farm ruins / Tachikiri ruins
588
5
Tanegashima Korina Hall
Nakatane town Onsen Center
○Iwaoka elementary school
Ears of red rice
Masuda Tracking and Communication
Station
Obuchi and Mebuchi
Waterfall
●Tanegashima Korina Hall
Homan Pond
3
●Masuda Tracking
and Communication Station
○Masuda elementary school
Taiyo-no-Sato●
3
4
Gendara odori dance
Noma elementary school○
House of the Furuichi Family
1
75
10
Appo Land
15
Nishinoomote Port
Chuta kun
20
35
Minamitane town
■Town hall　2793-1 Nakanokami Minamitane town Kumage
TEL 0997-26-1111
■Town Flower　Chinese ixora, Hibiscus
■Town Tree　Asian bog myrtle
■Special Products
Spiny lobster, red frog crab, Nagarame abalone,brown sugar,
sweet potato, red rice, Shochu
■Distance between municipalities
Minamitane town－44km－Nishinoomote city
Minamitane town－17km－Nakatane town
Nishinoomote Port…Jetfoil 90min・Ferry 210min…Kagashima city
Kaminaka－8.2km－Shimama Port
Shimama Port…Ferry65min…Miyanoura Port
25
Kanehama beach
Tanegashima Airport
35
15
Noukan
Noma
10
20
Sakai
Shimama Port
15
15
1
20
15
Kaminaka
30
15
10
15
10
*The numerical number
indicates the travel
time by car in minutes.
Natural
Recreation Village
Tanegashima
Space Center
Cape Kadokura
Marine leisure
Beach
Location
Name
Transportation
Nishinoomote → Kunigami/Urata
（20min. by car,12km）
Nishinoomote
city
Nishinoomote → Yokino beach
During
the
Yokino beach summer vacation
（15min. by car, 8km）
Nakatane
Airport → Kumano beach
Kumano beach July.1 – Aug.31
（25min. by car, 19km）
town
Urata beach
Open
TEL
Apr.30 – Sep.20
0997-28-1187
Minamitane
Hamada beach July.1 – Aug.31
town
Camp site
Location
Nishinoomote
city
Nakatane
town
Minamitane
town
Name
Name
TEL
Location
Sea-Mail Tanegashima
0997-24-3960
7253-15 nishinoomote nishinoomote city
0997-27-8785
Name
TEL
Location
Shiozaki fishing tackle shop
0997-23-0306
7462-11 nishinoomote nishinoomote city
Name
TEL
Wakasa Mini Golf Course
0997-23-0897
Nishinoomote city
Transportation
TEL
Nishinoomote → Kunigami/Urata
Urata Camp site Apr.30 – Sep.20
0997-28-1187
(20min. by car,12km)
Natural Recreation July.1 Aug.31 Airport → Kumano beach
0997-27-8785
–
Village
（25min. by car, 19km）
Kaminaka → Uchugaoka park Minamitane Town Construction Division
Uchugaoka park
All year
（20 min. by car from Kaminaka）
0997-26-1111
O-mato Hazimeshiki
March
Rice Planting Ritual at Yahata Shrine（Minamitane town）
Tanegashima Rocket Marathon（Minamitane town）◎
Nakatane town
Name
TEL
Location
Name
TEL
Land Earth
Ocean Guides
0997-23-5139
0997-22-0880
6387-30 nishinoomote nishinoomote city
14477 nishinoomote nishinoomote city
Cosmo Resort
Tanegashima Golf Resort
0997-27-7888
April
Urata Beach and Camp Site open（Nishinoomote city）
Rice Planting Ritual at Homan Shrine（Minamitane town/Cultural properties designated by
Kagoshima prefecture）
Open
Nakatane town
Nakatane town
Name
TEL
Location
Island Jam
0997-27-3110
16464-7 noma nakatane town
Onsen
(Hot spring)
Name
Type
Minamitane town
Name
TEL
Location
T.N.A Tours
0997-26-1595
2237-2 nakanokami minamitane town
Tanegashima Rocket
May
Marathon
Tanegashima Cup（Nishinoomote city）◎
Children’s festival at Tanegashima Teppo-mura (Gun village)（Nishinoomote city）
TEL
Nakatane Town Onsen Center Large public bath / Sauna
0997-27-9211
Minamitane town
Name
*Open hours are subject to change. Please contact each swimming beach / facility
directly for more details.
Type
July
Municipal swimming pool open to the public.（Until August 31）（Nishinoomote city）
Tanegashima Sunset Wheelchair Marathon（Nishinoomote city）◎
Municipally sponsored long-distance swimming meet ”Ware wa umi-no-ko
kuroshio-no-ko”（Nishinoomote city）
Yokino beach open（Nishinoomote city）
Tanegashima Cup
Yokoyama Bon-odori dance（Nishinoomote city/Cultural properties designated by Kagoshima
TEL
Daiwa Onsen
Large public bath / Sauna / Family bath
0997-26-1888
Kawachi Onsen Center Large public bath / Sauna / Family bath / Pool 0997-26-2510
Watari Onsen
Private room bath
0997-26-0900
prefecture）
Guide to tourist facilities
Nakatane town
Nishinoomote city
〈Individuals〉　Adult 157yen、Elementary and junior high school students 52yen、
High-school student 84yen
〈Groups of 20 or more〉　Adult 105yen、Elementary and junior high school students
31yen、High-school student 52yen
■ Open:09:00 AM to 17:00 PM（Last admission 4:30 PM）
Closed: Mondays, The year-end and New Year holidays (Dec.28 ～ Jan.4)
During exhibit change (temporary)
■ Contact: TEL 0997-27-2233
〈Individuals〉　Adult 420yen、Elementary and junior high school students
130yen、High-school student 270yen
〈Groups of 20 or more〉 Adult 360yen、Elementary and junior high school
students 80yen、High-school student 220yen
■ Contact: TEL 0997-23-3215
■ Open: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM(Last admission at 16:30)
■ Closed: 25th of every month (Except in July / August)
Nishinoomote city
● Kyodo-kan (Museum of Local history and folklore)
■ Admission：Free
■ Open:09:00 AM to 17:00 PM
■ Closed：Monday, the fourth Friday of each month, (Dec.28 ～ Jan.4)
■ Contact: TEL 0997-26-0663
Minamitane town
Kyodo-kan (Museum of Local history and folklore)
August
Matchlock gun firing event to welcome tourists and homecoming people
（Nishinoomote Port）◎
Tanegashima Sunset
Wheelchair Marathon
Yoira-iki festival（Nakatane town）
Rocket festival（Minamitane town）◎
Tanegashima Firearms festival（Nishinoomote city）◎
Tanegashima Space Camp（Minamitane town）
Nishinohongokuji bon-odori dance（Minamitane town）
September
Ceremony to commemorate the introduction of the matchlock gun（Minamitane
Tanegashima Firearms
town）◎
●Tanegashima Aka-gome kan
■ Admission：Free
■ Open:09:00 AM to 17:30 PM
■ Closed：31 December & 1 January
■ Contact: TEL 0997-26-7444
Gessotei,Akaogi Castle Cultural Heritage Museum
〈Individuals〉　Adult 200yen、Elementary and junior high school students 100yen、
High-school student150yen
〈association〉　Adult 150yen、Elementary and junior high school students 50yen、
High-school student 100yen
※ Discount tickets for Tanegashima Development Center (Teppokan - Gun Museum)
are available.
■ Contact: TEL 0997-22-2101
■ Open: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Last admission 4:30 PM)
■ Closed: 25th every month (Except in July / August)
Hamada beach open（Minamitane Town）
Kumano beach and camp site open（Nakatane town）
Running water pool service open（Nakatane town）
Minamitane town
● Folk Heritage/Historical Museum
Teppokan-Gun Museum (Tanegashima Development Center)
festival
October
Lion Dance（Nishinoomote city/Cultural properties designated by Kagoshima prefecture）
Tanegashima O-odori （Nishinoomote city/Cultural properties designated by Kagoshima
prefecture）
Minamitane town
Folk Heritage/Historical Museum
Nakatane town
●Space Museum（Tanegashima Space Center ）
● Masuda Tracking and Communication Station
■ Admission：Free　■ Open:09:30 AM to 17:00 PM（May to August 07, 09:30 to 17:30）
■ Closed：Every Monday（If Monday is a national holiday, it is closed on the following day.）
January to 1 December 29,
Rocket launching days ※ Generally open every day in August
■ Other：Guided tour Three times a day facility（11:00, 13:30, 15:30）
Required time: 1hour 15min.
※ Admission free.　Booking necessary. Admission fee to Space Museum is not included.
■ Contact: TEL 0997-26-9244
■ Admission：Free
■ Open:10:00 AM to 17:00 PM
■ Closed：Rocket launching days
■ Contact: TEL 0997-27-1990
Masuda Tracking and Communication Station
Teppokan-Gun Museum
(Tanegashima Development Center)
January
O-mato Hazimeshiki（Nishinoomote City/Cultural properties designated by Kagoshima prefecture）
Uchu e habatake,“Fly into space”kite flying event（Minamitane town）◎
Kaikomai dance（Minamitane town/Cultural properties designated by Kagoshima prefecture）
Nishinoomote city
Golf Courses
Sea kayak, others
0997-26-1111
Event Information
Nishinoomote city
Nishinoomote city
0997-22-1111
20min. by car from Kaminaka
Fishing
Dive shops
Men odori dance (dance with masks)（Nishinoomote city/Cultural properties
designated by Kagoshima prefecture）
Tanegashima Judan Fureai Walk（Nakatane town）
Yoira-iki festival
Tanegashima Osakana matsuri (fish festival)（Nishinoomote city）
Tanegashima Aka-gome kan
November
Festival for commercial and industrial products（Nishinoomote city）◎
Festival for agricultural, forestry and fishery products（Nakatane town）
Furusato (hometown) festival (Nov.2-3)（Minamitane town）◎
※◎ Marked events include matchlock guns test firing programs
※ The month of each event is subject to change.
※ Admission fees and/or opening hours are subject to change. Please contact each facility directly for more details.
Gessotei,
Akaogi Castle Cultural Heritage Museum
Eat Play
Tour information
Shochu, loved by many people, is produced
on land where Japan’
s first sweet potatoes
were cultivated.
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Nishinoomote city
Name
“Good materials and ingredients” unique to
Tanegashima, fresh air and the sound of waves
“Spring” “Summer” “Autumn” “Winter”
Please enjoy all the seasons.
Location
TEL
Tanegashima Shuzo Co., Ltd 0997-22-0265 13589-3 Nishinoomote, Nishinoomote city
【Kinbe】
http://www.tanegasima.co.jp/
Takasaki Shuzo Co., Ltd
【KANRO】
0997-22-0707 6993-1 Nishimachi Nishinoomote city
http://www.takasakishuzo.com/
Nakatane town
Name
TEL
Yotsumoto Shuzo Co., Ltd
【SHIMANOIZUMI】
YAKUSHIMA
Location
0997-27-9015 323 Tajima Nakatane town
TANEGASHIMA
Pottery Kilns
Nishinoomote city
Name
TEL
Location
Tanegashima Pottery, Tanegashima Kiln
Yokino Pottery Fukumoto shop
Tanegashima Muhi
Kiln Rokudai
0997-22-1350
0997-23-1410
0997-28-1802
0997-23-2612
6463 Nishinoomote, Nishinoomote city
Kamiyokino, Sumiyoshi, Nishinoomote city　Kamifuruta, Kunigami, Nishinoomote city
259-4 Nishinoomote, Nishinoomote city
Tanegashima Scissors / Kitchen Knife
Minamitane town
Nishinoomote city
Name
TEL
Kozuma Shuzo Co., Ltd
【NANSEN】
Location
Name
0997-26-0012 2480 Nakanokami Minamitane town
Ikenami cutlery shop　TEL
Location
0997-22-0513
9881 Ikeda, Nishinoomote city
※ Pictures shown here are some of the many available on Tanegashima.
Tokobushi abalone
Spring
Sashimi
Broad-finned
squid
Best served as sashimi. Fleshy and
sweet. The taste does not change
after being frozen, so it makes
a good souvenir. It can also be
enjoyed grilled with salt or butter.
Eat
Amberjack
Wild amberjack with its moderate
fat caught by pole-and-line fishing
is exquisite. It can be served as
sashimi, grilled or cooked.
Eat
Striped bonito
Rich in protein. Best served
as sashimi or tataki (slightly Deep-fried minced
roasted).
flying fish paste
Try this,
too.
Fully ripened Mango
Miso-grilled
Features rich vitamin C, deep
and full sweetness. Best
Tokobushi abalone fragrance
eaten when cut into small pieces.
Peanut curd
All
Seasons
Summer
Fresh and wild vegetables such as
thistle, Nigadake bamboo shoots
and potatoes, as well as local
dishes such as Kakaran dango,
Tsunomaki and peanut curd are
available throughout the year.
Tankan
Miso soup
Try this,
too.
Red frog crab
Features its sweet smell,
fresh sour taste and richness
in vitamin C. Its jellylike fruit
pulp has a unique sweet
taste and aroma, and is good
for making jelly, sorbet and
juice.
Make Tsukiage using fresh fish caught in the sea near Tanegashima. Mitsuwa Kamabokoten（Nishinoomote city）
TEL　0997-22-0433　FAX　0997-22-2571
■ Experience pottery making
Try making Tanegashima Pottery
T.N.A Tours（Minamitane town）
TEL　0997-26-1595　FAX　0997-26-1222
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~minamiso/
■ Experience pottery making
Experience pottery making using local soil
Yokino Pottery Fukumoto Shop（Nishinoomote city）
TEL　0997-23-1410
■ Experience pottery making
Make a choice between a potter’s wheel or your own hands.
Tanegashima Pottery, Tanegashima Kiln（Nishinoomote city）
TEL　0997-22-1350
■ Kokuto zukuri
Experience traditional brown sugar making .　（December to March）
Nakatane-fureai-no-sato
TEL　0997-27-3990
Nakatane town Hall Planning Division
TEL　0997-27-1111
http://www.town.nakatane.kagoshima.jp
Souvenir shops
Snap garden peas
Nishinoomote city
Spiny lobster
Lives in rocky shores facing the
Black Current. You can enjoy
all parts in many ways such
as sashimi, grilled and in Misosoup.
Locust lobster
Passion fruit
The best way to enjoy blue sprat is sashimi
hand torn. Dip it in a sauce flavored with
vinegar and miso. Can be enjoyed in many
different ways: grilled, cooked with vegetables
or deep-fried. Chiri-nabe pot is blue sprat
cooked lightly along with vegetables and tofu
soybean curds and eaten after dipping in a
vinegar-flavored sauce. Recommended during
hot summer. Other ways of appreciating Blue
sprat is dried and salted overnight or dried
with mirin.
Sashimi
Fried
Eat
Try this,
too.
Kakaran Dango　(sweet rice dumpling wrapped in
Smilax china leaf)
Tunomaki　（Sweet rice cake wrapped in Dachiku
bamboo leaf）
Blue sprat
Autumn
Winter
This abalone-like snail locally
known as Nagarame is a specialty
product of Tanegashima. The
clam is soft and the best season
is early summer. Best enjoyed as
sashimi or grilled with soybean
paste flavor.
Sugar cane
Brown sugar
Caught mainly around Tanegashima. The Tanegashima
Japanese name is Zori-ebi lobster. It is purple sweet
called Zori (Japanese sandal) because potato
of its flat shape. It may be flat on the
outside, but inside the shell it is filled with
an enjoyable chewable nature. Very good
as sashimi, boiled or grilled with butter.
Annou sweet potato is famous as the king
of sweet potatoes. It is a special and unique
product of Tanegashima, where the salty wind
blows across the island. This brand is very
popular because it is moist and sweet, with a
sugar content as high as 16 degrees. Shochu
made from Annnou sweet potato is also
delicious.
TEL
Location
Aoyasu shop
Tsuchiya Souvenir shop
Souvenir shop“Higesan-no-mise”
Challenged People’s Association Shop in Nishinoomote
Maternal Welfare shop
Matsushita Souvenir shop
Maruyama Souvenir Center
0997-22-0224
0997-22-1569
0997-23-2428
0997-23-0375
0997-22-0819
0997-22-0634
0997-23-0220
In front of Nishimachi Shinko port
7603 Nishinoomote
36 Nishimachi
49-1 Nishimachi
49-1 Nishimachi
49-1 Nishimachi
7-1 Nishimachi
Name
TEL
Location
Hime Studio
Ryuseikan
0997-27-5678 Masuda
0997-27-7936 6624 Nokan
Minamitane town
Name
TEL
Daiwa tourist souvenirs center
0997-26-2800 2128 Kaminaka
Location
Tanegashima offers many products unique to the island. Local
products are available for purchase at various locations.
588
Shimama Port
Name
Nakatane town
Annou Sweet Potato
The color is vivid red and rich,
tasting sweet and delicate. Delicious
boiled with salt, but even more
so for pot cooking and soup. Mix
Shochu into the shell with the crab
innards and drink it to enjoy a
different taste.
※ For more information, please check directly to each contact.
■ Shochu brewery tour
Takasaki Shuzo Co., Ltd（Nishinoomote city）
TEL　0997-22-0707　FAX　0997-23-0036
■ Shochu brewery tour
Tanegashima Shuzo Co., Ltd（Nishinoomote city）
TEL　0997-22-0265　FAX　0997-23-0015
■ Beach seine experience
Planning Division, Nakatane town Hall（Nakatane town）
TEL　0997-27-1111　FAX　0997-27-3634
■ Experience Tsukiage (fish paste) making
Shochu brewery
KAGOSHIMA
TANEGASHIMA
All
Seasons
Rocket festival
Space Museum
ɜ Shimama Elementary School
ɜ
Minamitane Town Youth Outdoor Learning Center
Rocket Launching Observation Points
ShimamaKeep outside the 3 km radius from the space launch complex during launch.
ɜ
Yokomine Ruins
ɜ
Chikujra-no-Iwaya
ɜ
Tanegashima Public Hospital
58
75
Hamada Beachɜ
Hase
ɜ
Hase park
Hirayama
58
Closed
Clos
losed du
during
d
launch
ɜ Daiwa Onsen
ɜ Hirota Remains
75
Keep outside
Maenomine ground the 3 km radius
ɛ
Minamitane Town Hall
ɜ
from the space
Watari Onsen
launch complex
ɜ
Minamitane Emergency Heliportɜ
Kawachi Onsen Center
during launch.
Kaminaka
Seikai
ɜ
Sunasaka-Magozaemon Monument
ɜ
Noonotateishi
586
Uchugaoka park
75
ga
Kukinaga
ɜ
os
shinobu Launch
aunch Complex
Co
Yoshinobu
launch
Closed duri
during lau
aunch
au
Akagome Red Rice
Planting Festival
ɜ
aA
Akagome Museu
seum
um
Museum
ɜ Tanegashima
ɜ
Homan Shrine
ɜ
Closed
during
C
Clo
du
durin
ur n
ng launch
Homan Pond
586
Tanegashima
Tanegas
T
an
shima Space Center
s
ɜIngi (English) Chicken
ɜ
Space Museum
Mus
Mus
Mu
se
seum
Shimonaka
Nishino
Hachiman Shrine
ɜ
ɜ
Maenohama beach park
75
ɜ Cape Kadokura
■Hase park(Hase Minamitane town)
■ Maenomine ground(Kaminaka Minamitane town)
■ Uchugaoka park(Kaminaka Minamitane town)
▲ Hase park
Accommodation guide
Taxi
JUMBO means availability of jumbo taxi.
Nishinoomote city
Company Name
TEL
Location
Ichimaru Taxi
Hayashi Taxi
0997-22-1010
0997-22-1411
Higashimachi Nishinoomote
Nishimachi Nishinoomote
※JUMBO
Company Name
TEL
Location
Ichimaru Taxi
0997-27-1010
Asahimachi Noma Aakatane town
○
○
Nakatane town
※JUMBO
×
Minamitane town
Company Name
TEL
Location
※JUMBO
Shimama Taxi
Minamitane Taxi
Daiwa Kanko Taxi
Hayashi Taxi
0997-26-4231
0997-26-0373
0997-26-6366
0997-26-2727
Shimamam Minamitane town
Kaminaka Minamitane town
Kaminaka Minamitane town
Kaminaka Minamitane town
×
○
○
○
Rent-a-car
Company Name
Nishinoomote Port office
Toyota Rental & Lease
Airport office
Nishinoomote office
Nippon Rent-a-Car
Nishinoomote shop
Nissan Rent-a-Car
Airport Shop
Tanegashima shop
ORIX Rent-a-Car
Nishinoomote office
Fukumura Rent-a-Car
Nakatane office
Nishinoomote office
Hayashi Rent-a-Car Airport office
Minamitane office
Nishinoomote office
Nansei Rent-a-Car
Airport Branch
Lotas Itoh
Hidaka Rent-a-Car
Hirayama, Nishinoomote city
Nishinoomote city Urban area
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Tanegashima Araki Hotel
Ryokan Miharusou
Hotel New Tanegashima
Business in Tanegashima
Minshuku Hidakasou
Minshuku Selvi
Business Hotel Inomoto
Minshuku Terada
Minshuku Okura
Minshuku Nagareboshi
Minshuku Naozushi
Earth Village Dolphin
Minshuku Hibari
Minshuku Himawarisou
Minshuku Seiryukyo
0997-22-1555
0997-22-1393
0997-23-4567
0997-23-3400
0997-22-1852
0997-23-0403
0997-22-1100
0997-22-0643
0997-23-3308
0997-23-0034
0997-23-3711
0997-23-0747
0997-23-2551
0997-23-2838
0997-23-0268
Bus Companies
Tanegashima/Yakushima Kotsu Co.Ltd Tanegashima Branch office
TEL 0997-22-0450
Daiwa Kanko Bus TEL 0997-26-2231
※ For more information, please contact the company directly.
Company Name
TEL
Availability
0997-23-3211
50
0997-27-7077
0997-23-5050 20
0997-24-3923
45
0997-27-5523
0997-23-4152 28
0997-23-1661
51
0997-24-8056
0997-22-1800
0997-24-8077 45
0997-26-1164
Fee
Okigahamada, Nishinoomote city
R a t e
consistent
with other
prefectures
Ocean View Log House
Tanegashima Umino Yado 0997-25-1000
Yanagida Ryokan
Minshuku Simasaki
Sunny Spot
0997-26-7244
0997-26-7873
0997-26-7243
Nakatane town Urban area
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Green Hotel Sakae
Hotel & Restaurant Sun Post
Hotel & Restaurant Koen-Dori
Ryokan Taneyakusou
Minshuku Ichini
Minshuku Shirahae
Business Hotel New Chiyoda
0997-27-0008
0997-27-2200
0997-27-0394
0997-27-0134
0997-27-1200
0997-27-0379
0997-27-1131
Minamitane town Hirayama
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Eminoyu Ryokan
Hamayusou
Shimayado Hope
0997-26-7872
0997-26-7511
0997-26-7235
Minamitane town Nishino
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Tanegashimashimayado Hapisuma 0997-26-0333
Nakatane town Kumano
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Minshuku Haeno
0997-28-0287
TEL
Nakatane town Masuda
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
0997-27-7888
Tanowaki, Nishinoomote city
R a t e
consistent
w i t h
Kagoshima
car rental
association
0997-23-2838
25
0997-22-0222
0997-27-9955
25 Depending on
4 vehicle type
Type
Bicycle
Nishimachi Nishinoomote city 0997-22-1511
Motorbike
Tanegashima Onsen Hotel 0997-27-9311
Tanegashima Golf Resort
Bicycle and Motorbike Rental
Location
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Location
Tenjincho Nishinoomote city
Masuda Nakatane town
Kamomecho Nishinoomote city
Tenjincho Nishinoomote city
Masuda Nakatane town
Higashimachi Nishinoomote city
Higashimachi Nishinoomote city
Masuda Nakatane town
Ikeda Nishinoomote city
Masuda Nakatane town
Kaminaka Minamitane town
Uenohara Nishinoomote city
In the airport
Ikeno Nishinoomote city
Sakai Nakatane town
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Minshuku Furukawa
0997-25-0088
Yokino, Nishinoomote city
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Minshuku Mutha
0997-23-4067
Osaki Nishinoomote city
▲ Uchugaoka park
Minamitane town Kukinaga
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Availability Prices per day
2
1,200yen
Lotas Itoh
2
3,000yen
5,000yen
（9-24 hours）
Tanegashima Araki Hotel Nishimachi Nishinoomote city 0997-22-1555 Power-assisted bicycle
2 Fee per hour
1,000yen
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Izakaya Minshuku Sangosho 0997-23-0005
Bubu, Nishinoomote city
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Log Cottage Mauna Village 0997-25-0811
Minamitane town Urban area
Hotel / Ryokan / Minshuku (Inns) TEL
Daiwa Onsen Hotel
Hotel Katsuraso
Kadokuratei Minamiso
Business Hotel Minokichi
Ryokan Iwatsubo
Umino Ryokan
Ryokan Kiku
Hidaka Ryokan
Ryokan Wakasaso
Ryosou Ozora
Minshuku Tateyama
Business in Nagata
Watari Onsen
Minshuku Yuyu
Hotel Sandalwood
Business Hotel Sunrise
0997-26-1331
0997-26-1155
0997-26-1221
0997-26-0033
0997-26-0026
0997-26-0391
0997-26-1377
0997-26-1141
0997-26-1175
0997-26-1700
0997-26-0311
0997-26-1107
0997-26-0900
0997-26-1919
0997-26-0015
0997-26-0057
Ticket Reservations
Taneyaku Jatfoil Co.Ltd Reservation center
Nishinoomote office　0997-22-1224
Contact Nakatane　0997-27-3663
Contact Minamitane　0997-26-1231
Tanegashima Aviation Center
(TaneYaku-Tourist)
0997-27-3737
Airport office　0997-27-5555
Nishinoomote office　0997-23-2232
Tanegashima Travel Planning Ltd.
Nishinoomote　0997-23-0808
T.N.A Tours
Minamitane　0997-26-1595
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