As part of our journey to unearth Japan\u2019s endless discoveries, we found ourselves in the middle of Kagoshima, a far-fetched prefecture in the Kyushu island of Southern Japan.<\/p>\n
Although less frequented by tourists, Kagoshima emerges as a much-needed respite away from Japan\u2019s tourist-laden cities. Dubbed as the \u201cNaples of the East,\u201d it will make you fall in love with its deeper appeal, as seen through its exceptional cuisine, abundant hot springs, and local artistry.<\/p>\n
Beyond its iconic spots, it is significant to note that Kagoshima is the trailblazer of modern Japan. In this feature, we\u2019ll be walking you through some of the locale\u2019s unmistakable charms\u2014one that you can only witness in Kagoshima.<\/p>\n
Getting to Kagoshima:<\/strong><\/p>\n Manila to Tokyo Haneda Airport: approximately 4 hours Getting around Kagoshima: <\/strong><\/p>\n Kagoshima is accessible by bus, ferry, and city tram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As part of our journey to unearth Japan\u2019s endless discoveries, we found ourselves in the middle of Kagoshima, a far-fetched prefecture in the Kyushu island of Southern Japan. Although less frequented by tourists, Kagoshima emerges as a much-needed respite away from Japan\u2019s tourist-laden cities. Dubbed as the \u201cNaples of the East,\u201d it will make you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kagoshima"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1625,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions\/1625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHaneda Airport to Kagoshima Airport: approximately 2 hours<\/p>\n