Kannonike Park — Attraction in Miyakonojo

1st time visiting here, and it was an amazing experience. This park was huge to look around the cherry blossoms everywhere, so we drove around the park and finally parked at the main information centre.

It was on the 1st of April, and the cherry blossoms were just falling over. It was hard to decide where to stop for picnic, but we found the bench near the Sakura onsen. The ground was still wet from the rain. We looked over the beautiful view over the mountain and found the lift to the top, so we drove up to the opposite side of the park. It was 210 yen for return by the lift, and it was 420 yen if you took the luge ride to slide down on the way back. (Only by cash to pay the ticket) The lift was stopped quite often to support people to get on or off. The vew from the top was absolutely breathtaking. On the way back, we needed to wait for about 40 mins for the luge ride to slide down to the bottom. The lift was actually a better choice to enjoy the view, especially coming down to look over the Miyakonojo city and Kirishima mountain range. We couldn't see any view in sliding by the luge ride as it was quite fast. We will definitely be...

Beautiful park and Hamami spot, It was by far my favourite place to watch the cherry blossoms it has hundreds of trees. More over it has a small hill where you can overlook Mimata, Miyakonojo and Kirishima mountain, you access by gondola 🚡 and there is a sled track to slide down that os incredible. Theere are to fairly large playgrounds on oposite sides of the park, a go kart track, and plenty of field to run and play. I noticed a camping area and some bungalows sort of chalets for rental. In late summer early autumn there is a Yakiniku festival that is pretty fun. The park is ideal for picnic and to spend quality time with the family. There is plenty of parkade. And on summertime there is a Swimming pool for...

桜満開です。ツツジの赤もちらほら。天気も明日までは大丈夫そう。ぐずついてく天気に桜がいつまで持ちこたえられそうかと。駐車場も満杯でしたけど、あちこちに点在してるので、焦らずともで。鹿児島、熊本とか県外ナンバーもちらほら。リフト周りは人だかり。山頂に登り、霧島山をバックに桜を見下ろす醍醐味、スーパースライダーでゆっくりと滑り降り。温泉、観覧車、ゴーカート、オートキャンプ、バンガローなど。無料で遊べる遊具に群がりはしゃぐ子どもたち。あちこちでまばゆい緑色の芝生に座り桜を愛でながらの会食。公園内にはテキ屋さんの姿もなく、温泉施設内の食堂も人だかり、弁当などもほぼ売り切れ。あらかじめコンビニやスーパーで惣菜や弁当を購入されての方が無難かも。公園近くには、タイヨーやコンビニもありましたので。観音池ポークを使った大人気のメンチカツもあります(国道10号線沿い)。また巨人軍やJリーグも利用したどデカい運動公園も。高速道路インター近くの工業団地には企業続々進出。聞くところによると、都城市はふるさと納税日本一、それを元手に都城市は新規移住者に数百万円の補助金がどうだとかで人口増だとか(詳しくは都城市HPなどを)。東京ドーム何個分かの何十㌶の広大な敷地に、数千本の桜。桜色に染まって、桜まみれの余韻に...