JAXA Uchinoura Space Center

Osumi, Tourism.

This facility is responsible for launching and tracking scientific observation rockets and artificial satellites, and is home to Japan's first artificial satellite, Osumi, and other satellites.

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Sogi Falls

Northern Satsuma, Tourism.

Boasting the widest waterfall in Japan at 210m and a height of 12m, it is known as the Niagara Falls of the Orient. There are restaurants and cafes in the park.

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Tadamoto Park

Northern Satsuma, Tourism.

It is famous for its 2km-long row of cherry blossom trees. Every year in late March, a cherry blossom festival is held, and the night cherry blossoms lit up with a thousand lanterns are a sight to behold.

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