Boat riding and cruise experience
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Yanagawa Canal boat cruise
Yanagawa Canal boat cruise is to board a small boat called the Donkobune and slowly go
down the river skillfully maneuvered by a boatman with bamboo pole.
You will enjoy a leisurely cruise along the streets and houses which still retain some remnants of
castle town, hearing the boatman’s explanation of the history and landscape of Yanagawa. You
can also enjoy the specialty of Yanagawa eel steamed in basket called “Unagi-no-seiromushi” on
the boat.
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Keya cave cruise
The most largest basalt cave in Japan. The entrance of the cave is 64 metre high and 10
metre width and the depth is 90 metre. It is designated as one of three major Basalt caves
in Japan.
The 1st largest basalt cave in Japan consist of octagon and hexagon columnar joints.
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Gunkan-jima island cruise / Hashima Coal Mine
The cruise ship take you exploring Tachibana bay from Nagasaki port and landing on Hashima
island. The site has been registered on UNESCO World Heritages as Sites of Japan’s Meiji
Industrial Revolution. Now Hashima is a ruins called “Gunkanjima”, so called after its resemblance
to the silhouette. Hashima Island is located 3 km southwest of Takashima, and it was the success of
Takashima that led Mitsubishi to purchase this island, both islands giving access to the same
undersea coal deposit.
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Dolphins watching cruise, in Shimabara
Let’s meet wild Dolphins. Approximately 300 wild Dolphins live in the sea between the Shimabara
Peninsula and Amakusa.
The dolphin watching cruises have become increasingly popular for all ages, especially because
it is possible to see the dolphins so close that you could almost touch them.
frolicking in the sea.
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Kujukushima Islands, in Sasebo, Nagasaki-prefecture
Kujukushima Islands, located at the westernmost tip of the Japanese mainland in Kyushu, Sasebo,
Nagasaki-prefecture. There are a picturesque scenic spot consisting of a complex ria coastline
and 208 large and small islands.
There are only four inhabited islands: Kuroshima, Takashima, Maejima, and Todomari Island,
and almost the entire area was designated as the Saikai National Park in 1955.
There is Kujukushima Islands pleasure boat, departing from Kujukushima Pearl Sea Resort.
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Amakusa cruise
Amakusa, is located in a southern part of Kumamoto, and consists of Shimo-jima,Kami-jima
and many other islands varied in size.
You can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Amakusa from the sea on a cruise.
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