Sengan-en Garden & Shoko Shuseikan
A stunning 17th-century samurai garden set against Sakurajima volcano with Kagoshima Bay as its "borrowed scenery." Adjacent to Japan's first Western-style industrial factory complex (now a museum).
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The garden's borrowed landscape uses Sakurajima volcano as its backdrop — one of Japan's most dramatic garden settings. The Shoko Shuseikan adjacent to the garden was Japan's first Western-style factory (1852) — the machinery displays are fascinating. The Satsuma kiriko cut glass workshop is excellent. Combine with the Iso foot onsen (free) directly on the garden's beach edge.
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