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On Friday, November 13, 2026, Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan will hold a one-night-only event pairing five sake from Fukuoka with dishes made with Kagoshima ingredients. The fee is ¥4,000 including tax, and reservations are required.
Caramel sweets specialty shop CARAMER is holding its first pop-up at Yamakataya Kagoshima from October 7 to October 13, 2026, featuring the new CARAMER Sand Maron Cassis alongside its signature CARAMER Sand.
Oshushi Hanare, a new annex of the popular Tenmonkan sake izakaya Oshushi, opens near Kagoshima Chuo Station on September 21, 2026, serving the original restaurant's signature irori-grilled dishes and oden alongside original menu items exclusive to the annex.
On Sunday, October 18, 2026, Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan holds its first-ever sweets buffet at 13th-floor restaurant BLUE KITCHEN, lining up more than 30 items built around sweet potato, chestnut, and pumpkin, with views of Sakurajima.
Hikidashi and Seika Foods are releasing BE@RBRICK Bontan Ame 100%, a Medicom Toy collaboration figure inspired by the packaging of Bontan Ame, the Kagoshima candy loved since 1925, with online pre-orders opening September 10 ahead of in-store sales in Kagoshima and at Medicom Toy shops nationwide.
For one month only in October 2026, Cafe "&More by Sheraton" at Sheraton Kagoshima will serve a Halloween Afternoon Tea, while the hotel's cafe and 19th-floor bar VIVARIUM also roll out Halloween-themed pastries and cocktails from September 16 to October 31.
Kyukamura Ibusuki begins serving its seasonal Ise Ebi (Japanese spiny lobster) course from September 1, timed with the citywide Ibusuki Autumn Gourmet Festival, and is also adding a new a la carte Ise Ebi tempura and miso soup dish this year.
The capsule toy specialty store gashacoco is opening its 37th franchise location, gashacoco Haruya Bookstore Sendai, inside Haruya Bookstore's Sendai branch in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima on August 28, 2026 — the first gashacoco in Satsumasendai City.
YOKAI Immersive Experience Exhibition KAGOSHIMA welcomed its 30,000th visitor with a commemorative ceremony, as the immersive digital art museum on Japanese yokai continues its run at Reimeikan in Kagoshima City through August 31.
An official record video has been released for YOKAI Immersive Experience Exhibition KAGOSHIMA - Imagination of Japan -, the immersive digital art museum bringing Japan's yokai paintings to life through 3D CG, projection mapping, and sculpture. Running through August 31 at Reimeikan in Kagoshima City, the exhibition has already drawn more than 250,000 visitors across its Nagoya and Tokyo runs and now makes its first stop in Kyushu.
Ibusuki Hakusuikan in Kagoshima has introduced a new special suite called "Hakusha no Ma" (White Sand Room), a cave-like retreat inspired by the region's famous sand-steam baths and available to just one group per day.
Vision Glamping Resort Yamanakako in Yamanashi Prefecture and Koshikano Onsen in Kagoshima Prefecture are introducing Shark's high-power tower fans for a limited time this summer, joining SharkNinja's initiative to keep guests cool in fully private tents and rooms at no extra charge.
A new two-day, one-night tour launching September 30, 2026 takes shochu lovers to five breweries on Kagoshima's Osumi Peninsula, with a sweet potato harvest, brewing experiences, a whiskey tasting, and a make-your-own blended shochu workshop.
Following more than 200,000 visitors in Nagoya and Tokyo, YOKAI Immersive Experience Exhibition KAGOSHIMA - Imagination of Japan - opens July 3 at Reimeikan in Kagoshima City, bringing Japan's yokai paintings to life through 3D CG, projection mapping, and sculpture for visitors of all ages.
Sheraton Kagoshima is hosting a limited-time "Tarumizu City x Mediterranean Fair" from July 1 to September 30, 2026, featuring premium local ingredients from Tarumizu City prepared with Mediterranean-inspired cuisine across four dining venues.
SESAME STREET MARKET is launching special pop-up stores across six prefectures—Okinawa, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima—from June 2026 through May 2027, with exclusive region-limited merchandise at each venue.
Starting June 1, 2026, Sheraton Kagoshima will offer "SHERATON LOVELY," a three-layered sweet potato cake developed in its first-ever collaboration with Festibaro, a popular Kagoshima confectionery shop specializing in sweet potato sweets.
The private villa resort Dei Amami on Amami Oshima marks one year since opening with a special campaign offering complimentary BBQ plans for guests staying during select periods.
SHIROYAMA HOTEL kagoshima has launched a special accommodation plan counting down to Saigo Takamori's 200th birth anniversary and 150th death anniversary in 2027, offering themed dinner courses, historical perks, a breakfast buffet, and outdoor hot spring access, with stays available from April 10 to September 30, 2026.
On May 31, 2026, a special walking event along the Hisatsu Line lets participants walk roughly 6.4 km from Ōsumi-Yokogawa Station to Kirishima-Onsen Station, including a rare chance to walk on the railway tracks themselves ahead of the line's planned reopening.
BLUE KITCHEN, the 13th-floor restaurant at Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan, is adding freshly fried dishes and just-baked sweets to its already popular curry buffet. The upgraded lunch buffet launches on May 1, 2026.
A new anime and game merchandise corner called "Comi Lab." opens at Miraiya Shoten Kagoshima Bay on April 24, 2026, offering over 1,200 types of official goods including Genshin Impact, Zenless Zone Zero, and Honkai Star Rail.
The Hatsuuma Festival, one of Kagoshima's most celebrated spring events, returns to Kagoshima Shrine in Kirishima City on March 8, 2026. The festival draws around 100,000 visitors each year and features the distinctive "Suzukake" decorated horses dancing to taiko drums and shamisen music.
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Kyushu Shinkansen full line opening, a Kagoshima tourism campaign titled "Kagonmarvelous" is scheduled from March 12 to June 30, 2026, featuring a stamp rally, a discounted train pass, prize campaigns, and more.
Starting March 1, 2026, the bar VIVARIUM on the 19th floor of Sheraton Kagoshima is offering a limited-time afternoon tea featuring seasonal strawberries and rich chocolate, priced at ¥5,000 per person.
Chef Ken Imai, the first Japanese to win at a Naples pizza competition, offers a limited-time farm-to-table course featuring Kagoshima ingredients at TO THE HERBS by Trattoria TAVOLA Kagoshima from February 21-23, 2026.
A special goshuin (temple stamp) rally at 78 shrines and temples across Kyushu begins February 20, 2026. Visitors can collect unique commemorative stamps at sacred sites across seven prefectures using special JR train passes.
House Foods releases a new limited-edition Umakacchan Kurume Tonkotsu instant ramen featuring the signature frothy soup and rich tonkotsu aroma characteristic of Kurume ramen, approved by the Kurume Ramen Association.
Hioki City, Kagoshima Prefecture has launched a metaverse project to preserve and share three traditional taiko dances designated as Intangible Folk Cultural Properties. Starting January 13, 2026, visitors can experience these historical performances virtually on VRChat.
Overview and History of “Ibusuki Onsen” “Ibusuki Onsen” is a hot spring area located in “Ibusuki City,” Kagoshima Prefecture, famous especially for its unique “natural sand bath” which is rare even on a global scale. Although the exact opening period of “Ibusuki Onsen” is unclear, it has been used as a sand bath therapy since […]