Kanoya
Kanoya (鹿屋市) is a city of 104,000 people (2015) in Kagoshima. Kanoya is popularly called the "Town of Roses".
Understand
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Kanoya City is in the center of the Osumi peninsula of Kagoshima prefecture in Japan.
Tourist information site
[edit]The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated machine translation.
Get in
[edit]Kanoya is the most populous city in Japan without any connection to railway services.
By plane
[edit]The nearest airport is Kagoshima Airport in Kirishima City. Kanoya Bus Stop (in front of Lina City Kanoya) is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes by limousine bus from Kagoshima Airport.
By car
[edit]It takes about 1 hour and 14 minutes on the highway and about 1 hour and 40 minutes on the general road (via National Highway 504) by private car.
By bus
[edit]By ferry
[edit]Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Kanoya Air Field Archives — Imperial Japanese Navy exhibition of the history of the era to the present day of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. There are also many exhibits related to the kamikaze corps . free entrance.
- Kirishima months hill park — equipped with one of Japan's leading rose gardens, athletics, and bungalows (some charges apply).
- Airacho Railway Museum (former Osumi Line Aira Station Ruins)
Do
[edit]- Kanoya Rose Festival (May, November) — held at Kirishimagaoka Park
- Marine Festa in Kanoya (July, Marine Day)
- Kanoya Summer Festival (late July)
- Summer Fireworks Festival (late July) —