Starbucks Kagoshima Sengan-en

This Starbucks location occupies a Registered Tangible Cultural Property building inside Sengan-en, the 17th-century daimyo garden built by the Shimazu clan. The cafe looks directly out at Sakurajima, the active volcano that dominates Kagoshima Bay, across formal garden plantings and stone lanterns. Coffee here functions as a reason to sit inside a historic building with a view that changes with the weather. It is worth stopping if you are already visiting the garden and want a rest mid-way through.