A Cave Shrine, Moai & New Year in Kagoshima | Japan Road Trip 2/6

Day 3–4: New Year’s Eve on the Nichinan coast — Udo Shrine, built inside a sea cave, the seven moai of Sun Messe Nichinan, Miyazaki’s chicken nanban and spicy karamen, and a night in Tenmonkan, Kagoshima. Then New Year’s Day on the Satsuma Peninsula: a tunnel barely wider than the car, macaws that can add, Mt. Kaimon, Ryugu Shrine, Tokara horses and the birthplace of the spinning sōmen machine.

This is Part 2 of 6 of “Voyage to the Southern Seas” — 11 days and 2,140 km by car and ferry, from Shizuoka to Kyushu, Shikoku and Nara (filmed December 2023 – January 2024).

Places in this episode (official sites — also shown as QR codes in the video):
• Udo Shrine: https://www.udojingu.or.jp/
• Sun Messe Nichinan: https://sun-messe.co.jp/
• Tenmonkan: https://www.kagoshima-yokanavi.jp/spot/10027
• Nagasakibana Parking Garden: http://nagasakibana.com/
• Ryūgū Shrine: https://www.ibusuki.or.jp/tourism/view/ryugushrine/
• Kaimon Sanroku Shizen Kōen: https://www.ibusuki.or.jp/tourism/play/post-39/
• Tōsenkyō Sōmen Nagashi: https://www.ibusuki.or.jp/eat/somen/ibusukicity/

Opening hours, prices, routes and access can change — please check the official sites before you go.

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