Museum of the Meiji Restoration
維新ふるさと館
A museum beside the Kakuto River that covers Satsuma and the Meiji Restoration. Robot theater reenactments bring the stories of Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi to life.
Ishin Furusato-kan sits in Kajiyamachi, the birthplace of Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshimichi, and other Meiji Restoration leaders. It covers Satsuma's late-Edo-period reforms, the Anglo-Satsuma War, the Satsuma students sent to study in Britain, and the path to the Meiji Restoration. The underground theater features life-sized robots of Saigo and Okubo performing several times a day, with multilingual narration available. Admission is about 300 yen. Open 9:00–17:00. Along the Kakuto River, the Path of History–Ishin Hometown Path has monuments marking the birthplaces of the restoration leaders and is well suited to a leisurely walk. It is about a 10-minute walk from Kagoshima-Chuo Station.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Tenmonkan
- Terukuni Shrine
- Shiroyama Observatory
- Statue of Saigo Takamori
- Tsurumaru Castle Ruins & Reimeikan
- Kagoshima City Aquarium (io world)
- Nanshu Shrine & Cemetery
- Ishibashi Memorial Park