Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Ibusuki is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, founded in 1954. As of 2012, the city shares a border with Ei, a town to its north. On January 1, 2006, the towns of Kaimon and Yamagawa (both from Ibusuki District) were merged into Ibusuki.

Ibusuki can be accessed by Routes 226 and 269 and the Ibusuki Skyline drive. The city's main railroad station is Ibusuki Station.

Ibusuki is famous for black-sand spas known as sunamushi onsen.

Geography Points of interest include: • Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park contains in its Kagoshima Bay region: ◦ Kaimondake volcano

▪ An inactive stratovolcano at the end of the Satsuma Peninsula ◦ Chiringashima

▪ Island in Kagoshima Bay ◦ Lake Ikeda

▪ A volcanic caldera • Tōsenkyō • Ryūgū Shrine

The city includes the following districts from the west: • Kaimonjutcho ◦ The northern aspect of Mount Kaimon and adjacent sea coast of Satsuma Peninsula • Kaimonkawashiri ◦ The southern aspect Mount Kaimon and adjacent sea coast of Satsuma Peninsula • Kaimonsenta ◦ From Kaimonjutcho and Kaimonkawashiri to Lake Ikeda • Ikeda ◦ Northern Lake Ikeda to the west • Iwamoto ◦ North of Ikeda to the west coast at Kagoshima Bay • Komaki ◦ regions north west of Iwamoto to the west coast at Kagoshima Bay • Yamagawaokachogamizu ◦ The coast including Cape Nagasakibana at the entrance to Kagoshima Bay • Kaimonueno ◦ From Lake Ikeda towards the south • Yamagawatoshinaga ◦ Adjacent to eastern shore Lake Ikeda • Yamagawaoyama ◦ to the west of Yamagawaogawa from Nishi-Ōyama rail station to Lake Unagi • Yamagawaogawa ◦ extends from near the sea almost to Lake Unagi a volcanic crater • Yamagawanarikawa • Surrounds of Lake Unagi to the northern aspects Yamagawa harbour • Nishikata ◦ from west of Lake Unagi to Kagoshima Bay including the land corridor to Ibusuki • Higashikata ◦ Rural north of Lake Unagi almost to the coast of Kagoshima Bay missing the main land corridor to Ibusuki and includes Chiringashima • Yamagawafukumoto ◦ coast at entrance to Kagoshima Bay and includes southern aspects Yamagawa harbour • Yamagawaasahicho ◦ coastal in Yamagawa harbour within Kagoshima Bay • Shinnishikata ◦ Northern inland area • Junicho ◦ Almost from Lake Unagi to the east, mainly inland but reaching the coast at northern aspect Yamagawa harbour • Omure ◦ Central Ibusuki to the north and reaching Kagoshima Bay • Minato ◦ Central Ibusuki to the north and reaching Kagoshima Bay

Yunohama ◦ South of Ibusukifrom railway to coast of Kagoshima Bay • Kiirenukumicho ◦ North of Komaki along the coast of Kagoshima Bay • Yamagawayamashitacho

Geology The city has many volcanoes and hot springs of the Ibusuki Volcanic Field. The Yamagawa Binary Power Station uses local geothermal power to contribute a maximum of 4990 kilowatts as a "green energy" source.

Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Ibusuki in 2020 is 39,011 people. Since the census began in Ibusuki in 1950, the town's population has been slowly declining, with no signs of picking up until 2020 but the latest data suggests further decline.

Culture • Hirasaki Shrine • Iwasaki Art Museum • Ibusuki Onsen • Ibusuki Experimental Botanical Garden

Transport • Higashi-Kaimon Station • Ibusuki Station • Irino Station • Kaimon Station • Miyagahama Station • Nigatsuden Station • Nishi-Ōyama Station • Ōyama Station • Satsuma-Imaizumi Station • Satsuma-Kawashiri Station • Yamakawa Station