Area2 KAGOSHIMA

The site is located on the western side of Kagoshima (Kinko) Bay, formed from the collapsed Aira volcanic caldera and dominated by the active Sakurajima stratovolcano, and is backed by sheer and wooded cliff faces traversed by narrow valleys. Shuseikan is a National Historic Site. Sengan-en, the location and setting for the Shuseikan complex, was a garden created by the 19th Lord Mitsuhisa Shimadzu in 1658.