Whisky Distilleries, Kanosuke, Mars Tsunuki and Satsuma Ware Pottary Kiln, Chin Ju Kan
Joined 2023
Kanosuke Distillery is a fouth generation shouchu distillery that built Kanosuke in order to further explore the potential of distilled spirits. As a long time distiller of shochu and a pionner in the field of aged shochu, it has developed a deep understanding of the delicate craft of distilling and is now trying its hand at single malt whisky. It aim to make mellow yet flavorful whisky from its distillery located along a 50 kilometer long white sand beach.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
at your hotel or cruise ship port
Mars Tsunuki Distillery
Tsunuki is surrounded by 500-meter mountain rages to the east and west and is a basin-shaped area with hot summers and extremely cold winters and this climate has a major impact on the aging of whisky.
lunch at local wagyu beef yakiniku restaurant
Kanosuke distillery factory tour
Milling, Mashig Tun, Washback, Pot still, second Washback, Warehouse then the Mellow Bar that you can enjoy tasting more than 3 kinds of whisky overlooking the beautiful ocean. Tours are held on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:45 and 13:45.
Museum of Satsuma Ware Pottery
The Satsuma Pottery Museum introduces the 400-year history of Satsuma ware, which was introduced from Korea, and features a large number of ceramics from successive generations of Chin Ju-kan. Healthy Medicinal cuisine is served at Chin Ju Kan Tea Room
departure to your hotel or cruise ship port
End of the tour
Ending Point
at your hotel or cruise ship port
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee
Transportation: chartering a taxi is recommended, average chartered taxi fare; up to 3 for 39,000 JPY, up to 8 for 50,000 JPY.
Kanosuke Distillery factory and tasting tour: 1,000 JPY
Lunch(you and guide) around 2,000 JPY per person.
Chin Family Heirlooms Storage Facility Admission Fee: Adults (high school students and above) 500 JPY.
Tour Important Information
This tour involves some walking, so make sure to wear comfortable shoes.
Important message from the supplier
Tours are all open to any kind of arrangement. please feel free to let me know your preferences.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2023
About Tour Guide Hitomi A.
Hello! I’m Hitomi. I was born and raised in Kagoshima. After graduating from the college, I mostly lived in Tokyo and came back to my hometown 10 years ago. I love communicating with people and sharing each other’s culture and history. As I used to work for an airline company, I could travel to many foreign countries with lots of joy experiencing their unique cultures. Now, I want to help visitors from abroad enjoy Japanese unique culture, history, nature.
Reviews
William G.
“Highlights of Kagoshima, Sakurajima and Sengan-en Garden”
Hitomi was wonderful. She was so easy to work with and made everything easy for our small group of cruisers. She is very knowledgeable and passionate about guiding through her city. I highly recommend her.
Hitomi A.
I really enjoyed showing you and your group around Kagoshima. Your sense of humor and sociable personality made our tour that much more enjoyable, even when the weather turned to rain and wind in the afternoon. I wish you all the best.
Thomas M.
“A nice day exploring Sakurajima, Sengan-en, and more”
Hitomi was fun and easy to talk to, and very knowledgable! I learned a lot about Kagoshima's history and about the places we visited. It was nice to be able to explore Sakurajima without the hassle of renting a car and driving (and note that the tourist bus doesn't make the complete loop around). We also had a nice lunch and explored Sengan-en and surrounding sites (plus a fun side adventure). Great!
Hitomi A.
Thank you for traveling around Japan while staying in Japan for months on a digital nomad visa. I was amazed at your wealth of knowledge of Japanese history. And it was a great pleasure to talk to each other about it. The spiritual and spirited places we first visited on the recommendation of your guide in Yakushima will likely be my first and last visit, as you told me, unless a visitor like you visits Kagoshima City again. The places you have visited and will visit in Japan are places we Japanese would love to visit too. Your taste in choosing the places to visit is amazing. I hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in Japan and make a lot of money while you are here.
Katherine W.
“Amazing day in Kagoshima with Hitomi”
As a group of six on a cruise stop in Kagoshima, we booked a day tour with Hitomi to easily see all of the sights. Hitomi met us early at the cruise terminal and took us in a taxi on the car ferry over to Sakurajima volcano, where we were able to explore the whole volcano and have a very relaxing foot bath! We then had a delicious wagyu yakinuki lunch which we all loved, and finished the day with an exploration of Sengan-en garden. Thank you Hitomi for a fantastic day, there is no way we would have been able to see as much as we did on our own.
Hitomi A.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review. I am so grateful to know that you were able to enjoy three attractions of Kagoshima! It was a pleasure for me to take you into the deep side of Sakurajima, Japan’s best Wagyu beef restaurant and the World Cultural Heritage Site Senganen! Thank you for your patience to listen to my stories from the start to the end.
$518/ per group
More tours by Hitomi A.
Highlights of Kagoshima, Sakurajima and Sengan-en Garden
Fell the wonder of nature by experiencing the real active volcano Sakurajima, an oblong massive trapezoid volcano rises above Kagoshima Bay, erupts on average 200 times a year, enjoy Japan's longest 100 meter footbath. Sengan-en, 12 acres of calming traditional gardens built in 1658. Discover peaceful ponds, mysterious shrines, a bamboo grove, the lord's house lived in and loved by generations. World Heritage site of the modernisation project and sophisticated crystal cut glass craftsmanship.
A Deep Full Day of Active Volcano Sakurajima
Feel the wonder of nature by experiencing the real active volcano Sakurajima! An oblong massive trapezoid volcano rises above Kagoshima Bay. It erupts on average 200 times a year. You will be able to experience nature that you have never experienced before. There is Japan's longest 100 meter footbath that will warm your mind and body. Then visit 3 main observatories to experience the real volcano.
Real Natural Hot Sandbath in Ibusuki and Chiran Peace Museum
Natural steam sandbaths are something you would want to try at least once in your life. Your body is covered with sand heated by hot springs that naturally well up from the earth. Tosenkyo rotating flowing noodles which swirl around in front of your eyes is a unique dining experience. Visit Japan’s largest floral park. Chiran Peace Museum preserves and displays materials left by the deceased Army pilots of the unprecedented ramming attack known as Kamikaze during the final moments of WWⅡ.
Oshima Silk Wearing Experience, Chiran Samurai Village and Peace Museum
Enjoy a stroll through the subtropical garden wearing Oshima Silk, one of the three great textiles in the world along with Gobelins and Persian carpets. Chiran is home to more than 500 samurai residences during the late Edo period. The breath of history is still felt after more than 270 years. Chiran Peace Museum preserves and displays materials left by the deceased Army pilots of the unprecedented Tokko operation in Okinawa during the final moments of WWⅡ, known as Kamikaze internationally.
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