Satsuma Peninsula
The Satsuma Peninsula is a peninsula which projects south from the southwest part of Kyūshū Island, Japan. To the west lies the East China Sea, while to the east it faces the Ōsumi Peninsula across Kagoshima Bay. Politically it belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture, and it includes the prefectural capital, Kagoshima City.
Near the southern tip of the peninsula is the 924-metre Mount Kaimon and the hot springs of Ibusuki Onsen.
