D DESIGN TRAVEL Kagoshima

Editorial approach.

Don't take up anything that doesn't move you. Write honestly and in your own words.
Even if there are problems, if it is excellent, recommend it while pointing out the problems.
Check the manuscripts of the people you are interviewing only to confirm the facts.
Only take up items that will last for a long time from the perspective of long-life design.
Do not use special lenses and do not exaggerate when taking photographs. Take photographs as they arE
Continuous communication with the places and people featured, even after publication.

How to select the subjects of coveragE

What is typical of the region.
The important message of the region should be conveyed.
The local people are doing the work.
Reasonably priced.
The design should be ingenious.


"d design travel" is a "travel guide with a design perspective" published by D&D Department (D&D), with each prefecture published in turn.

D&D's idea of design is not simply "cool" or "cutE D&D's concept of design is not simply "cool" or "cute," but rather "a way to solve a problem," which is the origin of the word "design," or "to make a plan into a symbol.

The people, stores, towns, industries, and history captured from this perspective reveal the essence of the locality, not its fads and fads.

D&DEPARTMENT PROJECT, which is active with the theme of long-life design, has selected the long-lasting "individuality" and "character" of each of the 47 prefectures from a design perspective, and compiled them into a tourist guide in "d design travel".


The Kagoshima issue of d design travel is available at
Kagoshima is a large island and looks like a "boat.


Kagoshima people have dreamed of a prosperous future "beyond" the sea that spreads out before their eyes. Their individuality has been exchanged with the outside world, and they have created a big culture in the prefecture that cannot be found anywhere elsE Satsuma is a maritime nation that transcends the waves of the times and even communicates with outer spacE SATSUMA" is like a "boat" leading Japan, watched over by the majestic Sakurajima.


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SIGHTS: Knowing the land.

Sakurajima Ferry / Kagoshima Prefecture Kirishima Art Forest Kiboku Tengyukan / Satsuma Clan British Students Memorial Museum

RESTAURANTS: Dine in the land.

Manor House Shimazu Shigetomisou French Restaurant Otonu / Norikazu Fukudome Small Farm / Kotobuki

SHOPS:Shopping in the area.

Senganen / Susumu-ya Tea Shop Chinsugan Kiln / Araheam

CAFES: Tea and drinks in the area.

Paragon / Honbo Sake Brewery Mars Tsunuki Distillery Former Honbo Family Residence Baozyo Ichiminato Coffee Roastery / Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum of Art

HOTELS:Stay in the land.

Myoken Ishihara-so / SHIROYAMA HOTEL kagoshima Kasasa Ebisu / Soyotei PEOPLE:The key person of the placE
Shinichiro Nakahara (Landscape Products) / Shin Fukumori (Shobu Gakuen) Kenta Yamashita (Small Island Brand Co., Ltd. in the East China Sea) / Shito Kanai (Kanai Kohgei)

● Main articles:
・"Future of Shochu" and "Shochu Map"
・Editors' Diary: Travels of the editorial department ・Souvenirs from Kagoshima Prefecture
・Fashion of Kagoshima Prefecture
・Designers Eiji Mitooka and JR Kyushu
・Searching for Long Life Design in Kagoshima Prefecture: Ice White Bears
and others

● Serials
・"FUTAIN" by Naoto Fukasawa (product designer)
・"Long Life Festival" by Daisaburo Sakamoto (mountain priest)
・"Mingei" by Takao Takagi (Kogei Kazumuki)
and others