Go out of the terminal and find the bus stop ticket machines. The routes are colour-coded and have numbers. The bus to Kagoshima city and the port is line 2 which is the color red. So buy a ticket for 1200 yen (adult) or 600 yen (child) from the machine. Look a bit lost and that nice man in the uniform will do it for you.
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| Bus ticket machines at Kagoshima airport |
Then stand at the red/line 2 bus stop and wait. Check out the bus timetable on the sign in front. Those times in red are the buses that go all the way to Kagoshima port 鹿児島本港 whereas the times in black stop in the city centre. Buses with red times are the most convenient but even from the city centre, the port is only a 10-15 min walk.
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| Bus timetable at Kagoshima airport |
Along comes the bus. It’s called the airport limousine bus 空港リムジンバス and you jump on and find a seat.
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| Airport Limousine bus stop at Kagoshima airport |
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| Airport Limousine bus at Kagoshima airport |
Like magic you are whisked past all those rice fields and forested mountains and end up in the city an hour later.
The bus will stop at Kagoshima Chuo Station first and then continue on towards the center.
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| Tenmonkan bus stop in the center of Kagoshima |
Most people get off at Tenmonkan 天文館 on the main street in the city center of Kagoshima. But the bus continues on further towards the port. And then you’re there!
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| The Tane-yaku jetfoil port to Yakushima |
For more information about traveling to Yakushima – check out the one and only Yakushima: A Yakumonkey Guide
