I went on the shore excursion that visited the samurai gardens in Chiran and the Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots. Although many exhibits were in Japanese, they had translated some of the letters, poems etc, that the pilots wrote before they flew off to their death and there was a short film in English.
Kagoshima looked a very scenic port and I would have liked to have spent more time there. ...
We did a 5 Hour tour of the Kagoshima area with an onboard English speaking guide. The tour was arranged through Princess and was worth the money. We normally don’t do organise tours but due to the location we thought this was the better option and I’m glad we did it this way. To do similar on your own would be more than difficult and certainly not as safe. ...
We did the ferry ride to Mt. Sakurajima. It was very exciting to see an active volcano and the views were spectacular. Kagoshima is a beautiful, interesting clean port. Right next to the cruise terminal was a large clean park filled with locals picnicking, playing sports, running. It was nice just spending an hour walking around the large track there. We would have loved to spend time in downtown ...