ThereвЂ™s perhaps no more tranquil an experience than floating in the deep warm water, surrounded by beautiful foliage and looking out onto great scenery. Located some 100 metres above sea level, the bath offers an unparalleled view of the peakвЂ™s green foothills and craggy top. Yamakawa Hot Sand Bath Sayuri is a 25-minute ride followed by a 10-minute walk, but it affords stunning views of Kaimon-dake, the local mountain known as Satsuma Fuji due to its physical likeness to JapanвЂ™s most famous peak.ДЇor stunning views of one prefectural icon, the active volcano Mount Sakurajima, ease yourself into the outdoor hot spring at Shiroyama Hotel in Kagoshima city. As well as being a stress reducer, the 50ЛљC experience aids circulation, removes impurities from the body and improves complexion-all during a mere 10 minutes under the surface.ДЄt just four minutes by bus from Ibusuki Station, Sand Bath Hall Saraku is the closest sand bath by public transport. One of the most unique hot springs is the Ibusuki sand bath, where you don a cotton kimono and be buried in geothermally heated sand while looking out over the ocean. ItвЂ™s delicious as a side in meals and can be found in many cakes and traditional sweets.ДЄnd nutritionally balanced cuisine is not all that results from the prefectureвЂ™s lush fields you can enjoy drinks that are good for health, too. Packed with fibre, vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants, this root vegetable is beloved by local people and can be found in many colourful varieties. Kagoshima also produces more satsuma-imo sweet potato that any other prefecture. ItвЂ™s practically a superfood! In Kagoshima, katsuobushi is enjoyed as an ingredient in miso soup or heaped on favorites like okonomiyaki. The result is a product that not only is delicious but also contains every essential amino acid required by the body. Manufacturers here cut, boil, debone, smoke and age each fish in a painstaking process that takes more than six months. The southern port town of Makurazaki has been the countryвЂ™s top producer of katsuobushi bonito flakes for the past 20 years. With a huge coastline, expansive natural landscape and fertile volcanic soils, Kagoshima is one of JapanвЂ™s agricultural and fishing heartlands.

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