Shoko Shuseikan Museum (Former Shuseikan)
In Japanese: 尚古集成館（旧集成館）
A museum on 800 years of the Shimazu family and the modernization drive of the Satsuma domain in the late Edo period. It occupies the former Shuseikan machine factory, a World Heritage component.
World Heritage component (Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Former Shuseikan)
Nearby
- Sengan-en Garden ≈ 10 min by car
- Kagoshima City Aquarium (Io World) ≈ 15 min by car
- Reimeikan Museum ≈ 15 min by car
- Shiroyama Observatory ≈ 15 min by car
- Tenmonkan ≈ 15 min by car
Travel times are rough estimates by car.
- Getting there
- Get off at Senganen Station on the JR Nippo Line (2 stops, about 10 min from Kagoshima-Chuo); the museum is right next to it. Buy tickets at the Senganen reception
- Fee
- Shared Senganen / Shuseikan ticket: adults ¥1,600 (¥1,500 online), elementary to high school students ¥800 (¥750 online)
- Good to know
- 9:00–17:00. Closed on the first Sunday of March. No restrooms inside; food, drink and flash photography are not allowed
- Time needed
- 1 h
Checked against the official Japanese website on 2026-10-15. Report outdated info