Sakurajima Getting there & around

Getting there & around

A 24-hour passenger and car ferry service shuttles frequently back and forth between Kagoshima and Sakurajima (¥150, 15 minutes); pay at the Sakurajima end.

The Sakurajima ferry terminal is a short bus ride from JR Kagoshima-Chūō station. Take the City View Bus or any bus bound for the aquarium and get off at Suizokukan-mae (¥180, half-hourly).

Getting around Sakurajima without your own transport can be difficult. Bicycles can be rented from Sakurajima Renta Car (293-2162; 1/2hr ¥400/600) near the ferry. Cars are available as well (per two hours ¥6500).

Local buses operate regularly on the island until about 8pm. JR buses from the ferry terminal pass Furusato Onsen (¥290) and run up to the Arimura lookout. Otherwise, the Furusato Kankō Hotel at Furusato Onsen offers a limited free shuttle service to and from the port, departing roughly every half hour except during lunchtime and on Monday and Thursday mornings when the onsen closes.