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Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/26 15:30
Hello all,

Ifd really like to visit Chiran and the museum when staying in Kagoshima. Japan Guide suggests that I can take a train to Hirakawa and then a 35 min bus. However when using Google maps it wants to take me almost all the way around the peninsula and then get a bus, making for a >3 hr one-way trip.

Does anyone know if the bus is still running, or an alternate way plan the route?

Thanks in advance!
by Orangezorki  

Re: Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/26 17:13
You will board kagoshima kotsu bus from
Kagoshima chuo ekimae,cost 1060 yen for 75 minutes ride to visit chiran
by Redcliff (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/26 17:28
https://www.chiran-tokkou.jp/access_station.html

Here is some options. The direct bus from Kagoshima Chuo seems the easiest. Same time as the train plus bus option, but no transfers.

Unless you have a JR pass and are penny pinching.
by h (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/26 20:23
Thank you so much the both of you.

I think a great deal of that information was not available on the English version of the site.

I will have a rail pass, and do tend to prefer the train, but agree that the tiny saving isn't worth the risk of missing a connection. I've since found out that Apple Maps does a better job on this route than Google, but even then suggests the bus most of the time and when it does include the train, even though I know the transport is 99.9% likely to run on time, my chances of making a 3 minute connection are a great deal less!
by Orangezorki rate this post as useful

Re: Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/27 08:52
A really long time since I made the trip, but based on my experience, don't get the train and then the bus. Direct bus is a lot easier.
by JapanCustomTours rate this post as useful

Re: Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/27 15:20
I visited a few years ago but cant help with your travel plans as I cycled there from Kagoshima (en route to Nish-Oyama station). I can confirm that there is not a huge amount of information in English at the museum but I thought it was an incredibly moving place & I am extremely glad that I visited.
by Stan Norrell rate this post as useful

Re: Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/27 18:21
I thought it was well worth the visit, BUT it is a bit out of the way. Chiran is a small place (albeit with a nice atmosphere), but the museum itself is a short way outside the town.

We did a one-day car hire from Kagoshima and combined Chiran with a sand bath at Ibusuki...
by Winter Visitor rate this post as useful

Re: Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/27 20:49
Honestly - if you can drive then I think it's best to do this. Here is my trip from 2020. I can also confirm that there is not too much to do around here, apart from the gardens and museum.

https://www.japan-guide.com/community/mfedley/report-3399

Some other museums similar on the Satsuma Peninsula are below:

https://www.japan-guide.com/community/mfedley/report-3401
https://www.japan-guide.com/community/mfedley/report-3398

The Kanoya Air base museum was quite interesting, with the most around it to do from memory

by mfedley rate this post as useful

Re: Chiran from Kagoshima in a day? 2023/3/28 01:38
You can buy kagoshima , chiran and ibusuki
unlimited day pass for 2200 yen,valid 2 days
by Boris (guest) rate this post as useful

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