Japan's Southernmost Train Station | Ibusuki & Nishi-Oyama One-Day Trip Guide!

| Ibusuki & Nishi-Oyama One-Day Trip Guide!
📍 Destination: Ibusuki & Nishi-Oyama Station
🔥 Highlights:
✅ Check in at Japan's southernmost JR station📍
✅ Admire Satsuma Fuji (Mount Kaimon)🏔
✅ Experience a sand bath♨️
✅ Stroll along Cape Nagasakibana and visit Ryugu Shrine⛩️

🚆How to get to Ibusuki?
- With a JR Pass, you can reserve the Ibusuki no Tamatebako sightseeing train 1 month in advance (recommended).
- Regular trains also go to Ibusuki. We recommend taking the 8:35 train (to ensure you have enough time to connect to the bus).
- Fare: Approx. JPY 1,000–1,500 one way without a JR Pass.

🗺 Tips:
✔ Want to find the Eevee manhole cover? Take the 8:35 train. You'll have enough time to find it after arriving!
✔ Ibusuki Station provides maps. Look for the female staff member in uniform. She is Chinese and can communicate in Chinese!
✔ There is a 7-Eleven nearby where you can buy snacks.

📍 Cape Nagasakibana | Japan's southernmost cape🌊
🚏 How to get there:
Take the 11:05 bus from Ibusuki Station to Cape Nagasakibana (JPY 600, approx. 1 hr).

🏝Recommended attractions at Cape Nagasakibana:
- Ryugu Shrine⛩️Pray for good luck and visit the popular turtle statue!
- White lighthouse📷A beautiful spot for photos, perfect for those who love minimalist aesthetics!

🚉 Nishi-Oyama Station | Japan's southernmost JR station

📍How to get from Cape Nagasakibana to Nishi-Oyama Station:
🚶Option 1: Walk 2.8 km (approx. 35 mins)
🚌Option 2: Take the 13:07 bus to Tokumitsu-Komae Station, then walk 1.8 km.
🚖Option 3: Take a taxi for approx. JPY 1,700 (you can ask a shop to call a taxi for you).

✨Highlights:
✅ Japan's southernmost JR station, with a commemorative plaque📍
✅ Stunning views of Satsuma Fuji (Mount Kaimon)🏔
✅ Unique yellow postbox📮Send a postcard as a souvenir!
✅ Shop: Get a commemorative stamp, buy postcards (including postage), and purchase local specialties.

🚆 Return train times:
- 15:07 (back to Ibusuki Station)
💡There's plenty of time to stroll, take photos, and relax!
- If you have a reservation for the Ibusuki no Tamatebako train, you can seamlessly transfer back to Kagoshima-Chuo Station.
- No reservation? You can also return to Kagoshima by regular train and experience the Ibusuki onsen♨️.

♨️ Ibusuki Sand Bath (Sunamushi Kaikan Saraku)
🕒 If you have time, try a sand bath!
📍Location: Sunamushi Kaikan Saraku (Ibusuki's most famous sand bath).
💰Price: Approx. JPY 1,000
🔥Features: Your whole body is buried in hot sand, allowing you to enjoy natural geothermal therapy!

📌 Summary | Ibusuki & Japan's Southernmost Station Itinerary
✅ 8:35 Take the train → Ibusuki Station (find the Eevee manhole cover)
✅ 11:05 Take the bus → Cape Nagasakibana (lighthouse + Ryugu Shrine)
✅ 13:07 Take the bus or walk → Nishi-Oyama Station (Japan's southernmost JR station)
✅ 15:07 Take the train back to Ibusuki (try a sand bath)
✅ Take the Ibusuki no Tamatebako or a regular train back to Kagoshima-Chuo Station.

📍 A classic Kagoshima day trip. If you want to experience the "southernmost" feeling, you must come!🚀