VOLUME 46
KAGOSHIMA
Sakurajima Volcano, Yakushima Cedar Forest & Ibusuki Sand Baths
Mid-morning on the Sakurajima ferry, fifteen minutes across Kinko Bay, and the volcano shows itself plainly off the bow: three peaks, Kitadake, Nakadake, Minamidake, with a side-tilted plume drifting east. Passengers on the upper deck eat udon at the standing counter while the city slides closer. The ash falls where it falls. In Kagoshima, this is routine, not weather. A shopkeeper in Tenmonkan brushes a grey film from the awning and rolls the shutter; a gardener at Senganen sweeps a single stone step below the borrowed view of the cone; a parked car along the bay road wears the morning's fine grit until the wind turns. Lava from older eruptions has fused the once-island to the Osumi Peninsula, and the black coast at Arimura still cools under the same sky. The book is forty pages. A Sakurajima daikon resting on a board. Satsuma kiriko catching no colour, only light. A plate of satsumaage lifted in tongs. The samurai lanes of Chiran with their clipped borrowed-view hedges. South of the bay, Ibusuki's sand baths steam at the tideline, and Kaimondake rises in its own clean cone. Further out, Yakushima holds the moss-quiet of the Jomon cedar, and Amami's mangroves close green over the drip of a paddle. The plume keeps drifting.
“The plume keeps drifting, and the page waits.”
- 40 original Kagoshima Prefecture illustrations
- Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through
- 8.5 x 8.5 inch square format
- A mix of detailed and breathable compositions
- Brief editorial introduction to Kagoshima
- Anyone with an interest in Japan, its culture, and its southern landscapes
- Adults who use coloring for relaxation and quiet focus
- A considered gift for friends and family with a love of Japan
The Kagoshima coloring book is Volume 46 of Sora Mikami's Prefectures of Japan series, a 47-volume collection that explores Japan one prefecture at a time. It gathers 40 original black-line illustrations of Kagoshima. It draws on Sakurajima Volcano, Yakushima Cedar Forest, and Ibusuki Sand Baths, alongside the everyday scenes Kagoshima considers its own.
You will find Sakurajima Volcano, Yakushima Cedar Forest, and Ibusuki Sand Baths, together with the landmarks, food, and quiet corners that give Kagoshima its character. The compositions move between detailed, intricate pages and calmer, more breathable ones, so there is something for every mood.
Yes. The book mixes detailed illustrations with more open, breathable designs, so beginners and experienced colorists alike can settle in. The large 8.5 x 8.5 inch square pages give you plenty of room to work, and every page is printed single-sided.
Colored pencils, markers, and gel pens all work beautifully. Because every illustration is printed single-sided on white paper, you can use heavier media without bleed-through onto another design. Slip a sheet of card behind the page if you want to be sure.
It is Volume 46 of a planned 47, one book for every Japanese prefecture. The volumes can be coloured in any order, and together they sketch the whole country one place at a time. Kagoshima sits in the Kyushu & Okinawa region of Japan.
