Satsuma Denshōkan

Kyūshū


This striking museum offers a history of Satsuma plus displays of Chinese ceramics and gleaming Satsuma-yaki in a temple-style building that seems to float on its own lake. There are English-language audio guides. It's about 3.5km from Ibusuki Station (taxi ¥1220, 10 minutes), at the Hakusuikan onsen hotel.


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