Just back from our Golden Week trip to Nakanoshima, as usual I'll post a quick summary here in case anyone else is interested in diving off Kagoshima.
Logistics: 90 minute flight from Tokyo (Haneda) to Kagoshima, then an hour bus ride to the ferry terminal and an overnight (7-9 hours) ferry ride south. We flew for 40k with Skynet Asia Airways (an ANA company).
Due to the connections, we had an afternoon in Kagoshima and ventured 90 minutes south to Ibusuki Onsen
Nakanoshima itself is a volcanic island, part of the Tokara chain. Population is currently 140, and there are no shops, restaurants or pretty much anything... a great place to get away from it all. A map here: Nakanoshima Map Kagoshima Japan
and more info here: Kagoshima Visitor's GUIDE / Update Newsletter
We stayed withg Nobu-san, and I highly recommend Club de la Mer... well - even it I didn't there is nobody else to dive with
In addition to the free jacuzzi, comfy accomodation and relaxed attitude Nobu-san is also a superb chef and the dinner each night was spectacular. Website and blog here, I need to find someone to translate what he has said about us!
Càäy
CàäyBBS
The diving is relaxed, with a lot of hard corals, and tropical reef fish... we also saw a lot of turtles, mating cuttlefish, some sea snakes, and an uncommonly large number of brightly coloured dart gobies...
Some photos
The view from our minshuku
The view of the islands telescope - completely free to use!
A turtle
Mating cuttlefish - one is laying an egg in the coral and the other is waiting to fertilize it
The whole island is an active volcano, and the effects can be seen underwater...
Just burying my computer 5cm into the sand shows the temperature of the seabed - about 20cm it got too hot for my fingers to touch without getting burnt...
Finally - we had some gorgeous sunny days and clear blue water - 40m viz or more.
Logistics: 90 minute flight from Tokyo (Haneda) to Kagoshima, then an hour bus ride to the ferry terminal and an overnight (7-9 hours) ferry ride south. We flew for 40k with Skynet Asia Airways (an ANA company).
Due to the connections, we had an afternoon in Kagoshima and ventured 90 minutes south to Ibusuki Onsen
Nakanoshima itself is a volcanic island, part of the Tokara chain. Population is currently 140, and there are no shops, restaurants or pretty much anything... a great place to get away from it all. A map here: Nakanoshima Map Kagoshima Japan
and more info here: Kagoshima Visitor's GUIDE / Update Newsletter
We stayed withg Nobu-san, and I highly recommend Club de la Mer... well - even it I didn't there is nobody else to dive with
In addition to the free jacuzzi, comfy accomodation and relaxed attitude Nobu-san is also a superb chef and the dinner each night was spectacular. Website and blog here, I need to find someone to translate what he has said about us!Càäy
CàäyBBS
The diving is relaxed, with a lot of hard corals, and tropical reef fish... we also saw a lot of turtles, mating cuttlefish, some sea snakes, and an uncommonly large number of brightly coloured dart gobies...
Some photos
The view from our minshuku
The view of the islands telescope - completely free to use!
A turtle
Mating cuttlefish - one is laying an egg in the coral and the other is waiting to fertilize it
The whole island is an active volcano, and the effects can be seen underwater...
Just burying my computer 5cm into the sand shows the temperature of the seabed - about 20cm it got too hot for my fingers to touch without getting burnt...
Finally - we had some gorgeous sunny days and clear blue water - 40m viz or more.
