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Cape Nagasakibana, Kagoshima

長崎鼻
長崎鼻岬
Cape Nagasakibana, Kagoshima 長崎鼻長崎鼻岬
Cape
	View from Cape Nagasakibana across Kagoshima Bay entrance to the end of the Ōsumi Peninsula
	Cape Nagasakibana Location of Cape Nagasakibana in Japan
	Coordinates: 31°09′19″N 130°35′12″E / 31.15528°N 130.58667°E
Location	Satsuma Peninsula
Offshore water bodies	Kagoshima Bay
Formed by	Volcanic action
Native name	長崎鼻

Nagasakibana (長崎鼻, Nagasakibana), also known as Cape Nagasakibana (長崎鼻岬, Nagasakibana Misaki) or Cape Ryūgū,^[1]^[2] is the most southern headland on the Satsuma Peninsula at the entrance to Kagoshima Bay. The cape has a lighthouse, is the location of a statue of Urashima Tarō, the fisherman in a Japanese fairy tale,^[3] and the Ryūgū Shrine.^[1]

Geology

The cape is volcanic in origin and is at the southern border of the Ibusuki Volcanic Field.^[4]

Tourism

There are views from the cape, which is easy to access by car, or train,^[1] of both Mount Kaimon and the Satsuma Peninsula and nearby are local botanical and zoological gardens.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ryugu Shrine". Japan RAIL & TRAVEL. KOTSU SHIMBUNSHA. 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ "Ryugu Shrine". KYUSHU x TOKYO. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Cape Nagasakibana". Retrieved 2022-10-02.
^ Nakamura, Masato (1980). "Possibility of New Volcanic Activity at Ibusuki Volcanic Field, Kyushu, Japan". Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan. Second Series. 25 (3): 195–205. doi:10.18940/kazanc.25.3_195. ISSN 2433-0590.