Kagoshima, Japan

Today is another short day in port.
We missed first shuttle out of the port, so instead of waiting for 40min for another shuttle, we took a taxi to the center of the city. From there we were told we can take city bus or a tourist bus like hop-on-hop off to Sengan-en. It is is set as a traditional Japanese garden which was owned by the Shimadzu family (leading clan) for over 350 years.
The first city bus came and it was not wheelchair accessible. Then tourist bus came and it was also not wheelchair accessible. We gave up and took another taxi to the gardens.
Beautiful gardens with view of volcanic mountain. Not every path is accessible for a wheelchair, but we made the best we could.
Back in taxi to the center of the city, we had a little time to walk before returning to our ship.
The departure was scheduled at 3:00pm, but due to some problems we departed at 6:00pm.
Those wonderful local people on the dock were entertained us for over 3 hours.Read more