Green Guest House

Kagoshima


Clean and compact, this five-storey hostel is very convenient to the ferry docks, which is useful if you're planning a trip to Sakurajima. Separate-gender dorms and private rooms are available. Check out the views of Sakurajima from the roof deck. Some English is spoken at the front desk, and all important signage is in English and Japanese.

It's about a 10-minute walk to central Tenmonkan, on a main street lined with chain restaurants.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kagoshima attractions

1. Nishi Hongan-ji Kagoshima Betsuin

0.46 MILES

The current building of this large Buddhist temple near Tenmonkan dates from 1982 and was renovated in 2013. Inside, it's unlike most temples you may have…

2. Kagoshima City Hall

0.49 MILES

Kagoshima's large city hall, in a tan brick building, is a handy landmark.

3. Saigō Takamori Statue

0.58 MILES

Kagoshima's most famous historical figure, Saigō Takamori has been called the 'last samurai' and was known as both a loyalist and a rebel. His statue is…

4. Kagoshima City Museum of Art

0.61 MILES

The Kagoshima City Museum of Art has a small permanent collection of works by modern-day Kagoshima painters, as well as some 16th-century porcelains and…

5. St Francis Xavier Church

0.64 MILES

This landmark church, originally built in 1908 but rebuilt in 1999, honors the first Christian missionary to visit Japan.

6. Reimeikan

0.68 MILES

The Reimeikan has extensive displays on Satsuma history and ancient sword-making. It's inside the site of Kagoshima's castle, Tsurumaru-jō (1602); the…

7. Terukuni-jinja

0.71 MILES

This famous shrine is in memory of Shimazu Nariakira (1809–58), celebrated 11th leader of the Satsuma clan in the late Edo period. He is credited with…

8. Museum of the Meiji Restoration

0.92 MILES

This museum offers insights into the unique social system of education, samurai loyalty and sword techniques that made Satsuma one of Japan's leading…