Nijigen no Mori ("Two dimensional forest") The Bounty of Nature Sasayama MAP P36 Awaji MAP P38 The Tamba-Sasayama region is known for its elegance. Located close to Kyoto, the area The creation of began developed a long time ago. With many samurai and merchant houses still standing, the with Awaji Island castle-town of Sasayama has historic remnants. Tachikui pottery is one of the six oldest potteries in Japan, and it has over 800 years of history. It is a popular souvenir from the area. Awaji, the first island to be formed according to the creation myth of Japan, is located about an Usually, people enjoy anime, manga or games as This region is nationally famous for botan-nabe, a hotpot with locally caught boar meat cooked an indoor activity. Nijigen no Mori is an in miso soy bean paste. Also popular are chestnuts, matsutake-mushrooms, and black beans. hour drive from Kobe. It is a popular island-resort, experience-based anime park where visitors can where you can find abundant nature, delicious enjoy the world of these 2D contents through Tachikui Sue-no-Sato The Museum of Sasayama Castle food from both the land and the sea, and hot physical activities using their five senses. (Tachikui Pottery Village) Ceramic Art, Hyogo Daisho-in springs. Website: http://nijigennomori.com/ Tel: 0799-64-7061 Access: 2 minute walk from JR Sannomiya station. (Sannomiya Awaji Yumebutai Bus Terminal) Approximately 40 minute from Sannomiya to Awaji Interchange, and then change shuttle service to Nijigen no Mori. Night Walk Area -Hi no Tori night walk area- Hours: Sep 18:30-22:00，Oct 18:00-22:00，Nov-Dec 17:30-22:00 (Last entry 20:30) It depends on the seasons. Admission: Adults ¥3,300, Child(5 - elementary school students) ¥1,200 For more information, please see the Website. Experience hands on pottery Museum with a wide range of Splendid wooden building ※ workshops with an exciting Hyogo ceramics, mainly Tamba reconstructed on the Sasayama Izanagi Shrine variety of making techniques. and Izushi style potteries, are Castle Ruins. Website: https://tanbayaki.com/english/english.html on display. Website: http://www.withsasayama.jp/REKIBUN/osyoin_top.htm Izanami and Izanagi, Tel: 079-552-4500 Tel: 079-597-2034 Website: http://www.mcart.jp/english/ the creators of Japan, Hours: 9:00-17:00 (Last entry 16:30) With over 70 acres of land, this park includes large Price: High School Students and older Tel: 079-597-3961 Closed on Mondays. conference halls, a resort hotel, an outdoor are enshrined at this ¥200, Elementary and Junior Hours: Apr – Oct: 10:00-19:00, FreeWi-Fi Admission: Adults ¥400, High school and ancient shrine. It is High School Students ¥50 Nov - Mar 10:00-18:00 theater, a botanical garden, and other facilities. College students ¥200, Elementary Hours: Apr – Sept 10:00-18:00, Access: Take the Shinki Green Bus said to bring luck to and junior high school students Originally, land from this area was taken to build Oct - Mar 10:00-17:00 headed for Shimizu from JR marriage and ¥100 (Group discounts available) Kansai International Airport, but the famous Date closed 12/29 - 1/3 Aino station. Get off at the Four-Facility Pass (Sasayama Castle longevity. Access: Catch the Shinki Green Bus Hyogo-Tougei-Bijutsu-Kan. architect, Tadao Ando, wanted to rebuild the area Daisho-In, Aoyama History Village, headed for Shimizu for 10 with the concept of harmony between humans and Website: http://izanagi-jingu.jp/hp/ Anma Family Samurai Residence minutes from JR Aino station. Tel: 0799-80-5001 Museum,and Sasayama Historical nature. His unique concrete-based buildings match Get off at Sue-no-Sato-mae. Access: Take Awaji Kotsu express bus from Sannomiya to Tsuna Art Museum): Adults ¥600, High perfectly with the recovering nature. JA Tamba Sasayama Kou and change to the Awaji Kotsu bus Nishiura Line. school and college students ¥300, Five minute ride to Izanagi Jingu-mae bus stop. Museum of Noh Artifacts Restaurant & Store Elementary and Junior High School Website: http://www.yumebutai.co.jp/ Tel: 0799-74-1000 Students ¥150 Access: A 1 hour ride on JR Bus/ Honshi-Kaikyo Bus Access: Take the Shinki Green Bus from Sannomiya station. Get off at the Awaji Yumebutai-mae bus stop. Sasayama-Eigyosho from JR FreeWi-Fi Uzushio Science Museum Sasayama-guchi station for 15 minutes. Get off at the Nikaimachi Uzushio (whirlpools) are bus stop and walk for 5 minutes. created by various natural Awaji Ningyo-za phenomena. Visitors can puppet theatre ★★ feel the wonder and learn the value of whirlpools Noh masks and costumes used The Tamba-Sasayama region’s Awaji Ningyo Joruri through hands-on activities by "meeting, experiencing in traditional Japanese Noh specialties can be found in this (puppetry) has a history of and playing with" them. dance are on display. one location. over 500 years. It is Naruto Whirlpools Website: http://www.nohgakushiryoukan.jp/ Website: designated as an Important One of the three fastest currents in the world, Naruto Tel: 079-552-3513 http://www.tokusankansasayama.com/ Intangible Cultural Property. Whirlpools form every 6 hours when the tide changes. Hours: 9:00-17:00 jatanba/tokusan/index.html Its new pavilion opened in Website: http://kinen.uzunokuni.com/kagakukan.html Closed date : Mondays (The following day when Tel: 079-552-3386 Enjoy great tasting sweets Tel: 0799-52-2888 Mondays falls on a national Hours: 10:00-18:00 Closed on August 2012. Hours: 9:00-17:00 (Last entry 16:30) Closed on Tuesdays, except holiday) and New Year’s Wednesdays made from black beans, Tamba Website: http://awajiningyoza.com/other/ for national holidays. 1/1 holidays. 7/1-8/31, 12/25-2/28. Access: 15 minutes by Shinki Green Bus Dainagon beans, chestnuts, Tel: 0799-52-0260 FreeWi-Fi Admission: Adults ¥500, junior/high school students ¥200, Admission: Admission: Adults ¥500, High from JR Sasayamaguchi station and other foods taken from Show times: 10:00,11:10,13:30,15:00 elementary school children ¥100 school & College students to Kasugajinja. the fruit park in Tamba. Ticket: Adults ¥1,500, Senior/ Junior high school students ¥1,300, Access: 2 minute walk from JR Sannomiya station. (Shinki Bus ¥400, Elementary & Junior Elementary schoolchildren ¥1,000, Children(3+)¥300 Sannomiya Bus Terminal) Approximately 90 minute from high school students ¥200 Visitors can also participate in Access: Take the highway bus from Sannomiya to Fukura. Sannomiya to Fukura Bus Terminal, and then change shuttle Access: 20 minutes by Shinki Green harvesting the fruit. (90 minutes) service to Uzunooka Onarutokyo Memorial Hall. (20 min.) Bus from JR Sasayama-guchi station to Hon-Sasayama. 15 16 3 2 Japan Heritage Hot Springs in Hyogo 6 5 The legacies that represent unique regional histories, traditions and customs, preserved in the form 7 1 4 of “stories,” have served to pass down Japan’s culture and tradition and are recognized by the Some of the best onsen in the prefecture. 9 Agency for Cultural Affairs as “Japan Heritage.” 8 This system aims to promote regional revitalization by supporting each region’s independent efforts to maintain and utilize the entirety of various attractive cultural assets that comprise the abovementioned stories, and strategically publicize them widely in Japan and around the world. 1 2 3

Dekansho-bushi Awaji Island: creation in Tamba-Sasayama of Japan’s first island and hometown memories passed down in folk songs the people of the sea [Sasayama City] / Designated in 2015 [Awaji City, Sumoto City, Minami-Awaji City] Tamba-Sasayama once Designated in 2016 flourished as a castle Arima Onsen Kinosaki Onsen Yumura Onsen town. The The Kojiki (“Records of Along with Dogo Onsen and Taste seasonal delicacies along with With over 1,000 years of history, this dekansho-bushi is the Ancient Matters”), Shirahama Onsen, Arima Onsen is one delicious seafood at Kinosaki Onsen. quiet hot spring nestled in the folk song deriving from a Japan’s oldest existing of the three oldest in Japan, with over Going on a sotoyu-meguri (visiting mountains is loved by many. The local folk song sung in written record of its 1400 years of history. It is located on seven different hot springs) in a hottest spring reaches 98°C, which is that region during the history, begins with the the northern part of Mt. Rokko. yukata and geta sandals is a hot enough to boil an egg. (1603-1868), country’s creation myth. traditional way to enjoy Kinosaki. and its lyrics have According to this, Awaji conveyed the local Island was the first climate and culture, human nature, famous sights, and island that was created culinary specialties of each area and of the times. People in Japan. What lies here have sung the dekansho-bushi for generations, beneath this story is the existence of the Ama (“people of 4 5 6 treasuring the landscapes of their villages and enhancing the sea”), who created a new era and supported the their affection for their hometown. To this day, local people government, provincial kings and people in the capital in have continued to create new lyrics to pass down new Japan’s by introducing metal tools, traditions on to the next generation. Through the salt-making techniques and advanced navigation skills. dekansho-bushi (which has grown to over 300 verses long), Awaji Island, the largest island in the Seto Inland Sea, we can experience the traditions of Tamba-Sasayama, as well represents the history of the Ama who played a central role as its streetscapes of rows of old houses and charming paths. in the formation of ancient Japan.

Takarazuka Onsen Takedao Onsen Shiota Onsen The Gin-no-Bashamichi Six Ancient Kilns This 700 year-old hot springs has been Located in Mukogawa Valley, it is Famous for the captivating view of popular since the Kamakura period. surrounded by beautiful nature. The Seppiko Mountain from the hot home of pottery born and developed in Japan and the Koseki-no-Michi Conveniently located close to Kobe and hot spring can be easily accessed springs, it is also called Harima’s [Sasayama City (Hyogo Prefecture) and others] Osaka, it is located right next to the from Kobe and Osaka. This area is getaway, and attracts a number of Old Silver Mine Carriage Road and Road of Ore Designated in 2017 famous Takarazuka Grand Theater. also a top spot to view beautiful visitors. a 73 km track that supported the resource-rich country The Six Ancient Kilns are autumn leaves. [Himeji City, Fukusaki Town, Ichikawa Town, Kamikawa Town, Japan’s six most Asago City, Yabu City] / Designated in 2017 noteworthy pottery sites of old: Tamba, The Gin-no-Bashamichi is Seto, Tokoname, a straight track in the Shigaraki, Bizen and 7 8 9 Bantan region in the Echizen. At these kilns, center of Hyogo, traditional techniques stretching from south to that Japan boasts to the north to connect world and date back to Shikama Port in Himeji the prehistoric Jomon period have been preserved. These and the Ikuno Silver are the 100% Japanese pottery production sites, born and Mine. The developed in Japan. Koseki-no-Michi further People have been engaged in the production of pottery in stretches to the Akenobe and Nakaze Mines. The 73 these areas since medieval times, and there are maze-like kilometer track runs through old station towns retaining its alleys that lead to kiln sites and studios of various sizes. atmosphere from the Meiji Era (1868-1912), leads to mine While walking along the walls, led on by the smoke from Ako Onsen Sumoto Onsen Iwaya Onsen towns, and finally reaches the quiet tunnels of each mine. chimneys as though you are searching for a lover, you will It is famous for its stunning view It is located in a historical It is located on top of a hill overlooking These mines are the starting point of Japan’s modernization find yourself in the world of traditional Japanese beauty overlooking the Seto Inland Sea. The castle-town along the coast of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. Water and the terminal of this track. Visitors will be able to see the that cherishes simplicity and nature. hot springs is also called “the Hot Sumoto. The largest hot spring town contains radon, which is said to be good quaint landscape of mine towns and the history of local Spring of Youth” because it is said to on Awaji Island, it is considered to be for your body. Located on the northern lifestyles while imagining mineral-rich old Japan. be beneficial for your bones, muscles, a resort-hot springs. tip of Awaji, it is popular onsen at the and skin. entrance to Awaji Island.

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