Sakurajima Island

The next day was much more chill, we were going to Kagoshima's signature volcano island: Sakurajima. It was very close, we walked to the station and got some McDonald's for breakfast. Put our stuff in the lockers and got on a very pleasant ferry ride to the island. We first went to the nearby lava path and took shelter from the rain before making our way further until we saw a hungry and thirsty cat family. We gave what we could and continued on. We explored the island mostly by bus, jumping down on some cool sites and making our way up to the top to see the volcano as close as we can get. We had our first shirokuma at the visitor center. It was pretty much shaved ice and condensed milk with some fruit. I've tried the ones here in Tokyo but the ones in Kagoshima were really next level. After the volcano ride, we went back to where we first started and used the volcanic foot baths to relax and then finally getting on the ferry back to the train station to make our way to Miyazaki. Things weren't going to be so smooth sailing for us however as with the coming thunderstorm, the trains got delayed a couple of hours so we were left in the waiting room for a long while. When we were finally allowed to get on the train, the train still got delayed multiple times and we arrived pretty much late at night already.Read more