Ibusuki - Day 1
I heard a lot about Kagoshima from my friend. It's a small city where you can walk around, shop, eat and enjoy for a short vacation.
One day I found a special offer on a direct flight from Hong Kong to Kagoshima, so I booked the tickets immediately without a second thought. Hardly you can find any detailed English travel information about Ibusuki and Kagoshima apart from the official website, so here I shared my journey with you, and hope it can inspire more foreign tourists to appreciate the beautiful nature of Ibusuki.
Day 1
Despite the heavy rain in Hong Kong, the flight could take off with a short delay. It was a small plane, housing 180 passengers, but the flight was not smooth due to unstable air and inclement weather. I later learnt that a flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo was cancelled on the day, so I felt I was being blessed that the small plane could land on Japan and enable me to meet my friend from Tokyo.
It was a sunny day in Kagoshima and a lovely drive from this tiny airport which is about 40 minutes from the city centre of Kagoshima. The airport seems to be located among farms here and there, so the highway embraces stunning views of greeneries and mountains. It was a good start of my 5-day journey as I love mountains so much.
We didn't stay in Hiroshima or Kagoshima city but headed directly to Ibusuki, a small town in the Southern end of Japan. Okinawa is further South but is not connected to the main island of Japan.
Despite the short distance, half of the roads are along the sea coast and not along the highways, so the drive still takes around 2 hours.
As my friend, who drives the car, learns that there are few street lights in Ibusuki, so she focused on her driving and aimed at getting there before it's getting dark, especially that our hotel is located on the mountain.
I brought her a small bluetooth speaker which is useful to help her awake while driving a long way. It also gave us some good entertainment when connected to our phones or tablets.
Driving in Japan is easy after the
navigation system has become a popular feature in the rental cars. It is very reliable despite my friend sometimes asked, "Did the navigation tell a lie?" You can key in the telephone number of the destination, and it will give you detailed direction to an unknown land, and update you the traffic condition of certain roads.
After exactly 2 hours before it got dark, here we were, on the mountain, at the Ibusuki Bay Terrace Hotel. Although rooms come in different size in either Japanese or Western setting, but every single room is spacious and is facing the East, i.e., the seaside, so you need not worry about the view when you make a booking. They are equally stunning!
The hotel staff are very friendly and polite. They helped us with the luggage, and set up the wifi router. They also gave us a carnation each as we checked in on the Mother's Day. I was a bit confused with the slippers, one pair for the room use while the other is for the use when walking around the hotel. Despite it's a Japanese tradition, I usually walked around barefoot within the room. Here's the amazing picture I took from the room on Day 1.
One day I found a special offer on a direct flight from Hong Kong to Kagoshima, so I booked the tickets immediately without a second thought. Hardly you can find any detailed English travel information about Ibusuki and Kagoshima apart from the official website, so here I shared my journey with you, and hope it can inspire more foreign tourists to appreciate the beautiful nature of Ibusuki.
Day 1
Despite the heavy rain in Hong Kong, the flight could take off with a short delay. It was a small plane, housing 180 passengers, but the flight was not smooth due to unstable air and inclement weather. I later learnt that a flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo was cancelled on the day, so I felt I was being blessed that the small plane could land on Japan and enable me to meet my friend from Tokyo.
It was a sunny day in Kagoshima and a lovely drive from this tiny airport which is about 40 minutes from the city centre of Kagoshima. The airport seems to be located among farms here and there, so the highway embraces stunning views of greeneries and mountains. It was a good start of my 5-day journey as I love mountains so much.
Despite the short distance, half of the roads are along the sea coast and not along the highways, so the drive still takes around 2 hours.
I brought her a small bluetooth speaker which is useful to help her awake while driving a long way. It also gave us some good entertainment when connected to our phones or tablets.
Driving in Japan is easy after the
navigation system has become a popular feature in the rental cars. It is very reliable despite my friend sometimes asked, "Did the navigation tell a lie?" You can key in the telephone number of the destination, and it will give you detailed direction to an unknown land, and update you the traffic condition of certain roads.
After exactly 2 hours before it got dark, here we were, on the mountain, at the Ibusuki Bay Terrace Hotel. Although rooms come in different size in either Japanese or Western setting, but every single room is spacious and is facing the East, i.e., the seaside, so you need not worry about the view when you make a booking. They are equally stunning!
The hotel staff are very friendly and polite. They helped us with the luggage, and set up the wifi router. They also gave us a carnation each as we checked in on the Mother's Day. I was a bit confused with the slippers, one pair for the room use while the other is for the use when walking around the hotel. Despite it's a Japanese tradition, I usually walked around barefoot within the room. Here's the amazing picture I took from the room on Day 1.
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