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や 八 や ずず頭 ちぴ町 ょ マょ う ス コ ん ッ ト キ ャ ラ ク タ Tottori prefecture Yazu-cho ー 493 Koge, Yazu-cho, Yazu-gun, Tottori 680-0493

TEL: 0858-76-0208 (Tottori Prefecture Yazu-cho Town Office Industry Tourism division) Yazu-cho mascot character www.town.yazu.tottori.jp Yazupyon

Tottori prefecture Yazu-cho Published: February 2016 Welcome to Yazu-cho.

Have fun in nature, eat Jige natural produce. Experience the history and culture of the mythical town full of romance Enjoy nature! Experience the Have fun history and culture in Yazu-cho Learn about Yazu-cho o u t d o o r h i s t o r y

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The sweetest persimmons in Japan are here.

Full of Tour around locations seasonal flavour! associated Eat in Yazu-cho with the Hakuto legend f o o d m y t h o l o g y

TOTTORI Page 5-6 photo Page 9-10 The sweetest persimmons in the country “Hanagosyo persimmon” - Contents 1 2 - Have fun in Yazu-cho 3 4 Yazu-cho

- Tottori City Eat in Yazu-cho 5 6 Shimane Tottori Prefecture - Prefecture Learn about Yazu-cho 7 8 Hyogo - Prefecture White rabbit legend tour 9 10 Okayama Prefecture - Events calendar 11 12 - Yazu-cho is located in the southeast part of Tottori Prefecture, Local specialties and Dining 13 14 a town with a population of 18,000, adjacent to Tottori City. It - is a mythical town and its history and culture is full of romance. Map and information about facilities 15 16 It is also the home of many fruit farms and natural scenery. Search by the APP Store (iPhone) or the Play store (Android) First, download “Hold your hand over Tottori” and launch the app. Search When you tap this icon you will see a movie. Tottori tourism network association When you find this icon in the pamphlet, try to hold your hand over it! Hatto Furusato-no mori Funaoka Chikurin Park （八東ふる里の森） （船岡竹林公園） Enjoy nature! Have fun in Yazu-cho.

Breathe in the refreshing clean air! Get in touch with nature and enjoy the wide range of activities for both children and Also on wee and h kends adults offered by various facilities. olidays l caf imited é is att This facility allows visitors to come This is one of Japan’ s leading full- fledged ached. fully into contact with nature bamboo forests with rare types of bamboo surrounded by beech forests. Relax and bamboo grasses from Japan and abroad. by bird-watching or taking a therapeutic walk in the woods. Yazu garden cafe There are also many outdoor facilities You can enjoy our special curry and sweets. ☎ 0858-73-8622 時 such as bungalows and camping areas. There is also from April to November 11:00 - 15:00 Athletics activities. Japanese Try it out! Try it out! scops owl See rare wild bamboo Prior booking birdssuch as is essential ruddy kingfishers shoot digging and Japanese ■ From Mid-April until early May scops owls up You can try digging bamboo shoots in close. Funaoka Chikurin park. Ruddy kingfisher DATA DATA 住 1572 Megano, Yazu-cho 住 564-1 Nishidani, Yazu-cho ☎ Opening period: from April 29 until November 30 ☎ Opening period: from March 1 until November 30 0858‐84‐3799［Hatto Furusato-no mori］ 0858‐73‐8100［Funaoka Chikurin Park］ Closed: from December 1 until April 28 Closed: from December 1 until the last day of February 0858‐20‐2121［Takada Institute of Technology］ 0858‐84‐3231［Endo farm］ 時 8:30 - 17:30 時 8:30 - 17:00 休 No holidays during the opening period 休 Every Wednesdays(The next day when Wednesday is a holiday or a public holiday.)

［ ］ ［ ］］ · ■ （安徳の里・姫路公園） List of facilities ・Barbecue House ・Bungalows List ofof facilitiesfacilities・·CookingBarbecue facilities House ・ bungalowCampsite Antoku-no Sato Himeji park ・Simple-accommodation ・Training classroom ・ Bungalows ・Outdoor · simple-accommodation stage ・Barbecue facilities· Training room

[List of facilities] ・ Barbecue House Enjoy the clear water You can also enjoy ・ Camp site Have fun at Hatto fishingsweetfish in Hatto River! ・ Japanese-style rooms Try it out! ( 八東川 ) ・ Tennis court River Prior booking ・ Bicycle motocross is essential ・ Emperor Antoku museum ・ Nature restaurant Canoe experience “Yuba Zanmai” ■ June to September You can try out a canoe test ride under the guidance of the local Hatto River canoe club. 3-sided tennis courts with night game ☎ 0858‐84‐3838 facility, 356m-wide junior BMX (bicycle H 20 Canoe Club (in Himemiya Forest) ※Fishing sweetfish requires a license tag. motocross) course, A historic, natural park in created in memory of equipped with 28 rental bicycles. DATA Emperor Antoku. In the park, you can get in touch Hatto River Waterfront Plaza River Park 住 Kunoji, Yazu-cho 休 When it snows. with nature and catch trout or barbecue. Enjoy Try it out! （八東川水辺プラザ河川公園） ☎ 0858‐76‐0206［Yazu town office construction division］ camping by the mountain streams. Prior booking is essential A sports facility with ground DATA go lf certifie d courses and Try it out! a skateboard park.The 住 12 Himeji, Yazu-cho 時 9:00 - 18:00 catching trout ☎ Opening period: From late April until November 30 ■ From late April until November 30 ground golf season is from 0858‐74‐0302［Kisaichi So］ You can try catching trout by mountain April to October and many ☎ Closed: From December 1 until late April streams or in the pond in the park. enthusiasts from outside 0858‐72‐3955［Yazu Fureai Market］ Some events offer trout fishing with the prefecture come to 休 rods. Every Monday (The next day when Monday is a public holiday or a national holiday.) play.

03住 Address 時 Opening hours 休 Holiday 04 Hatto Fruit Garden （はっとうフルーツ観光園） Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Full of seasonal flavours

Saijo Hanagosyo persimmons persimmons Twentieth century Eat in Yazu-cho. persimmons Shinko（pears） Osyu（pears)

The home of fruit decorated with its many colours. Grapes Apples A variety of orchards spread out along National ●Grape festival ●Sijo persimmon festival ● Bite into a fresh persimmon! You can taste fresh fruit in all its glory. ●Pear festival Hanagosyo Highway 29, affectionately known as “fruit road”. DATA persimmon festival 住 Tokumaru, Yazu-cho ☎ 0858‐84‐6030

Try it out! ☎ 0858-84-6030 Prior booking Try it out! fruit picking is essential ［Hatto Fruit Garden］ ■from mid-August to mid- November 0858-84-3870 Try picking beautifully ripe apples ［ Road Station Hatto Fruit Center ］ or grapes, pears and chestnuts. 0858-84-3322 ［Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Tottori Inaba Hatto Sales Economic Affairs Division］

— Specialty products using the fruit we are proud of —

Ruddy kingfisher Persimmon Swiss roll Anpo persimmon Rice flour roll forest wine （柿ロールケーキ） （あんぽ柿） （米粉まきまき） （赤翡翠の森） Saijo persimmon Limited-edition Swiss rolls are Additive-free Saijo Anpo The compatibility of the rice flour A tasty, well-balanced made of persimmon jam wrapped persimmons are made by drying flavor and the juicy fruit is excellent! [Diospyros kaki] wine made using plenty with 100 percent Hanagosyo Saijo persimmons. They not There crepes are made with rice of grapes grown in the persimmon puree and moist completely dried, giving them flour and filled with fruit from the （西条柿） town. cream. their unique softness. town.

An astringent fruit with a Oenosato Natural Willow Gudgeon sweet, refined flavor and a （ホンモロコ料理） distinctive texture. Farm Tenbi Eggs （大江ノ郷天美卵） Willow gudgeon have soft bones and their flesh does not These are very nourishing smell of fish They have a plain eggs laid by free-range but elegant flavor and can be chickens fed with natural used in a variety of dishes. ingredients. Relish the creamy rich yolks and firm whites. You can enjoy the exquisite gibier cuisine! Koge Mutoan Eringi Mushrooms ■ （こおげの夢豆庵） Hanagosyo （エリンギィ） This is a shop where you can enjoy delicious quality cooked They have a slight sweetness mainly with home-grown persimmon and a rustic flavor if eaten grilled vegetables and local ingredients at an affordable price. （花御所柿） with no flavouring. There is also DATA much focus on these mushrooms 住 578-13 Koge, Hatto-cho ☎ 0858-71-0607 for their health benefits and Highly regarded in Japan as 休 Thursday night 時 11:00 - 22:00 production volume has been （ ） the sweetest persimmons. Reservation is requested at least one day in advance increasing year by year.

05住 Address 時 Opening hours 休 Holiday 06 Prefecture-designated Many gigantic trees at Seitokuji Temple natural monument （清徳寺の巨樹名木群） Experience the history, culture and nature! This was a place for prayer of Komatsu, the lord of the castle. It is said that it was built by Gyoki in the 2nd year Learn about Yazu-cho. of the Wado Period (709). The grounds showcase the beautiful scenery of the A luxurious moment that revives seasons its with many gigantic your heart as you learn trees such as lindens, Kagonoki and a gingko tree, the history and culture of Yazu. which was reportedly planted by Emperor Godaigo. Listen to the voice of nature DATA and turn your gaze to 住 79 Seitoku, Yazu-cho ☎ 0858-72-6007 a world that is different ［Yazu-cho Tourism Association］ from your everyday life.

Try traditional techniques! Try it out! Prior booking Inkyuzan ware and is essential Senzan ware （因久山焼） （扇山焼） pottery-making This has an unusual You are free to experience style which uses Saijo pottery making such as a persimmon wood ash as a glaze. cup, and the like.

[Activity options] · Cups (for beginners) · Inkyuzan ware Dishes (for advanced potters) （因久山焼） Kiwai ware DATA This kiln was originally built under （喜和伊焼） 住 時 9:00 - 19:00 the patronage of the lord of Tottori. 649 Kunoji, Yazu-cho This pottery has the They feature pale blue and milky ☎ 0858‐72‐0278［ ］ motto of making Inkyuzan ware pottery white flowing patterns made with objects that are 他 休 the traditional straw ash glaze used Maximum of 6 people at each session. None “enjoyable to look at” Shingouji Shitokuhoukyoin Tower House of the Yabe Family in the kiln of the Edo era. （新興寺至徳宝篋印塔） （矢部家住宅） refectural designated protection National important cultural property Try it out! of cultural property Yazu hometown scarecrow Prior booking is essential Hokyoin tower is a memorial service This is the oldest private （八頭ふるさとかかし） tower containing“ Hokyo Amida-kyo”. house in Tottori prefecture Try it out! Inside there are inscriptions of a moon built in the early 17th When you arrive in Yazu-cho, Making Scarecrows and Sanskrit characters. There is an century. There is a 300 scarecrows welcome you all over You can try making scarecrows inscription dating from the 2nd year year-old Camellia Japonica the place. In the town, there is a with the guidance of members of the Jitoku Period (1385) which tree in the garden. It is “scarecrow village” office and all of the Scarecrow’ s Parent’ s thescarecrows have their own names leads us to believe that the building not currently open to the Group. You can also choose registered on the resident register. dates from the period of the Northern public. your favorite clothes from a and Southern Courts. DATA DATA DATA special boutique! 住 住 住 626–15 Koge, Yazu-cho · 166 Shinkoji, Yazu-cho 1278 Yoro, Yazu-cho [Activity options] Making scarecrows (children and adults） ☎ 0858-72-6007［ ］ ☎ 0858‐84‐2866 ☎ 0858‐84‐1232［yazu-cho Board of Education Secretarial Social Education Division］ Yazu-cho Tourism Association

Hayabusa Station Tanpi Station A new （若桜鉄道） Carnegie Hall Riders’ Holy Land s Wakasa railway 丹比駅 隼駅 ight! Hayabusa Station The Japan Railway Inbi line connects 9 stations over 19.2 kilometers between Koge The platform roof of this The station is gaining in festival（隼駅まつり） Station and Wakasa Station. Since the station is made of rails popularity due to the imported from the US magazine which has the Every year motorcycle stations’ bridges, steam locomotive-related King of iron and copper, same name as the Hayabusa enthusiasts from all over the facilities, etc. have not been widely Carnegie. Visitors can riders and now it has country gather and enjoy renovated and remain in their original state see the steel stamps. become a monument different events with the local from the Japan National Railways era, all 23 There also used to be a where Hayabusa residents on the occasion of railway- related facilities were collectively cargo platform. motorcycle riders gather. the “Hayabusa Station Festival registered as intangible cultural properties on the first Sunday in August. 住 住 for the first time in Japan in 2008. Minami,Yazu-cho Mizukinaka, Yazu-cho

07住 Address 時 Opening hours 休 Holiday 他 Others 08 GO A L ! rabbit legend White Tour around locations associated with the legend 09 Akakura shrine （赤倉神社） Legend of Amaterasuent t o e a rOmikamith) and korin (the d esc It enshrines Amaterasu Omikami and Love prayers and legend of white rabbit Tsukuyomi no mikoto. There are waves and rabbits carved, and when going Yazu-cho mascot character A long time ago, when Amaterasu Omikami, who ruled around the shrine hall, facing toward historical investigation the heavens, descended to earth in Yakami-gun (in the the front you will find different kinds of Yazupyon area which now includes Yazu-cho), a white rabbit took Yazu-cho has two legends: the descent of Amaterasu and the legend of the （やずぴょん） waves and rabbits in the right and left. the hem of her robes and led her to a Karinomiya white rabbit. People have had faith in the white rabbit god since ancient This is a mascot character that originated from the Hakuto legend (temporary lodging built for an Imperial visit). The white times.In addition, one of the places connected with the white rabbit, which handed down to Yazu-cho. Its ears rabbit that led Amaterasu Omikami was worshiped as an played the role of cupid for Okuninushi no mikoto and Yakamihime in the have the form of a Y for YAZU. It incarnation of the god “Dohakuto Daimyoujin” , and famous story of the “white rabbit of Inaba”,is“Hakuto-jinja Shrine” in promotes special products such even now, it is enshrined as an important guardian deity “Hangosyo persimmons” from of this land. Yazu-cho Fukumoto.Why not go on a journey of love prayer and learning Yazu-cho wearing and wears a so helmet and a motorcycle s al the history and culture of Yazu-cho while touring the spots connected with tact］ ere i e rider suit as it likes ［Con Th ictur urism a p . the rabbit? “Hayabusa Station” Yazu-cho To ok 住 933 Oe,Yazu-cho STA bo R T ! A shrine in the temple!? Association 0858-73-8153 -6007 ☎0858-72 01 Naritasan Seiryuji Temple（成田山青龍寺） 08 Saikyoji This is a rare temple in that the temple ▲ （西橋寺） shrine building of Fukumoto The T To Tottori city ▲To Tottori city Hakuto shrine was moved into Higashi Koge It has a big carving of Station the main hall of the temple. ot “waves and a rabbit” 01 tori Expr Mantaiji remains 住 46 Shimokado, Yazu-cho said to be carved by Rabbit god of Hidarijingoro over the 0858-72-0450 02 Gunga (office of the ancient county) Koge Station warship hall facing the 03 re mains dating from th e H e i an p ← Koge main hall in the temple. Kaerumata (frog-leg struts) essway Mantaiji remains 04 e r i o d have been found. These are A “wave rabbit” sculptured for Station 05 thought to be the remains of Gunga 住 437-1 Funaoka, Yazu-cho the Kaerumata in the temple 07 06 Yazu High School Mae in old Yakami-gun and said to be the 0858-72-0055 Kawahara Station largest in Japan. Kawahara Station Inaba Funaoka National important cultural property Interchange Station

Standing statue of Tamonten（ left）多聞天立像 08 07 Yoneoka shrine fruit line （米岡神社） Standing statue of Jikokuten（ right）持国天立像 azu

a Y Inbi line Inbi r Railway) (Japan JR The These are housed in the treasury of ha Hayabusa It enshrines Susanoo no mikoto. Seiryuji temple and each of them was Kaw a Station It is reported that the shrine was made and painted in the Kamakura Period Let’s look for The Wakasa railway with joined block construction.They are rabbits treasure! built in the late Muromachi Period. about 1 meter high, including the plinth. It enshrined Kunifusa shrine of Abe Station Tottori-shi Kawahara-cho Hatto Tokumaru 02 Kamo shrine Station Station together in 1872. （賀茂神社） 住 Yoneoka, Yazu-cho It enshrines objects of worship from Fukumoto Takagari 09 Station Hakuto shrine, Ikeda shrine and Hajimomoi ▼To Himeji shrine. It is used by the locals to celebrate Seitokuji such festivals as the shichi-go-san children’ s Temple 06 festival and protection against evil. Route MAP A picture on the plaster wall （清徳寺） in Seitokuji Temple Hajimomoi remains Designated as 住 52 Miyadani,Yazu-cho 0858-72-1718 （土師百井遺跡） a National Historic Site

03 Hakuto shrine 04 Ikeda shrine 05 Hajimomoi shrine （白兎神社） （池田神社） （土師百井神社） It is said to have been built Though the specific approximately 840 years ago time of theshrine’ s and was enshrined in the Taisho foundingis unknown, in Period. Today all that remains is 1968 , it became an a shadow of the archway and auxiliary shine of shrine. The body was moved Hakuto shrine. In the Tiles carved with the word “Inaba” and Shibi (ornamental to “Kamo shrine” in Yazu-cho Taisho period, it was ridge-end tiles) that would have been attached to both ends of Miyadani and the shrine In the Meiji period it was enshrined together enshrined together the edges of the roofs were unearthed. It is believed that the to ” Seiryu temple” in Yazu-cho with Inari-sha and Mizuhanome-no-kami as an with Kamo shrine. temple was built in the Hakuho era, from the mid 7th century Shimokado. auxiliary shrine of Hakuto shrine, that to the beginning of the 8th century. 住 Hajimomoi, Yazu-cho 住 Hajimomoi, Yazu-cho 住 Fukumoto, Yazu-cho enshrined the god, 住 Ikeda, Yazu-cho

09住 Address 10 Big Ginkgo at the Nishimikado Viewing the cherry blossoms in Tenmayama Park Hayabusa Station festival (prefecture designated natural monument) Kamakura (Hut Made of Hardened Snow) Festival

Event calendar

・ ・ ・ Viewing the cherry blossoms in the Sweetfish season opens Ando festival (biennial) ・

Sep. Camellia Uraku blooms Tenmayama Park ・ (up to March at their best) Try out canoeing (from June to September) This is a festival to The park is located in a low hill of 200 meters, and every June July commemorate Ando The camellia wabisuke year in spring, more than 1,000 cherry trees bloom. ・Camp for crafts in Yazu ・ Iemonou who used his growing at Daijyu Ground golf season begins. Wood working, pottery, crafts own assets to pay for temple is 8.7 meters in height, 1.85 meters ・ jwelry, dyeing, etc., regardless of agricultural irrigation Kirin Jishi dance at Sawa shrine Dec.around the trunk, 10.5 Feb. the genre, handicraft artists of channels for people meters around the Prefecture designated intangible folk cultural property the country exhibit and sell their suffering from water

や 八 や 頭 ず 町 ち branches and it is マず ス ょ ッ ぴ ト コ う キ ャ ょ ラ ク タ shortages in the Edo era. ん artwork. ー ・ estimated to be around Grape festival / Pear festival 450 years old. It begins ・ to bloom pale pink flowers one Yazu Sparkling Festival ・ after the other every year from late November. Apr. Morishita Koichi Cup Marathon in Hattocho ・Koge friendship center festival Many local agricultural products and home-made rice with red beans made by the processing group are on display for sale. Pestle-pounded mochi rice cakes for the New Year are very popular. Sawa shrine is related to the Tottori clan founder. The ・ cloth (mosquito net) used for the body of the Shishi is Kamakura (hut made of hardened snow) said to be made from the bedding of Mitsunaka Ikeda, festival in Himeji Park the feudal lord of Tottori. Every year, there are a number of stalls and (from late February to early March)

・ Oct. Funaoka Chikurin Festival (April 29th ) performances and it is crowded with many visitors. We hold events that are involved in bamboo ・ The marathon is held every year with the such as “Taketonbo tournament” “Bamboo Shipping of Kyoho grapes begins participation of Koichi Morishita who won a silver shoot cuisine” “Bamboo shoot digging ・ Events of Hatto Furusato-no Mori medal in the Barcelona Olympics men’ s marathon experience” , and the like and they are and is a Yazu-cho honorary townsman and a watched by a large number of visitors from The ruddy kingfisher and the Goodwill Ambassador. inside and outside of the prefecture. dollarbird can be observed in their natural habitat. You can also try ・ ・ your hand at catching fish. Peak of ground golf Shimo-funaoka Shrine Miyuki Festival season ・ (May 3rd) Town designated intangible folk culture property Saijyo persimmon ・ festival This festival has a tradition of about 390 Hayabusa pool festival ・ years. Sakaki (evergreen tree used in Yazu-cho Market There are many attractive events in winter such as May ・ a Shinto ritual) goes first then Onobori Shipping of twentieth century pears begins a Kamakura making contest and building Seasonal vegetables and fruits, (streamers), and Mikoshi (a portable Aug. snowmen! It is a popular event crowded with ・ and selected specialty products and shrine), and so on. Around 300 people Hayabusa Station festival many participants from outside the prefecture processed products gather together! gather at the festival. On the first Sunday in too.

August, motorcycle riders Nov. ・ ・ Product house Mikado Hanagosyo Mar. ・ Antoku-no Sato Himeji Park Festival make a pilgrimage to their persimmon festival The start of fishing (May 3rd) Holy Land of Hayabusa, season in the Events are held such as fishing for small trout gathering at the station. Hanagosyo persimmon said to be the sweetest in ・ Japan is all you can eat! mountain streams Oginosen Mountain Opening ・Hatto Fruit Garden opens

11 12 Local Hanagosyo Persimmons （花御所柿） specialties ■ Plat Pia Yazu ( ぷらっとぴあ・やず） These persimmons, which are and grown only in the east of the Located in the yard of JR Inaba region in Tottori Prefecture Koge Station, the gateway Dining are nationally acclaimed as the to Yazu- cho, is a tourist sweetest persimmons in Japan information base that The bounty of food and a widely given as gifts. provides information about and traditional crafts 販 Product House Mikado tourist attractions. （物産館みかど） DATA Twentieth century pears 住 648-6 Koge, Yazu-cho ☎ 0858-72-6007 時 8:00 - 19:00 休 12/31 to 1/ 2 （二十世紀梨） The pears are characterized by their fresh juicy, refreshing taste Saijo persimmons（西条柿） and elegant sweetness. Saijo persimmons are Specialty product stockists 販 Hatto Fruit Center（八東フルーツ総合センター） characterized by their refined flavor which is both sweet and Koge friendship center Yazu Fureai Market Product house Midado Hatto Fruit Center unique. They are also high in （ こおげフレンドセンター） （やずふれあい市場） （物産館みかど） （八東フルーツ総合センター） （りんご） Apples nutritional value and healthy Various kinds of apples such as they contain vitamin as Tsugaru, Jonah Gold and C,aminoacids and carotene. Fuji are grown. 販 Hatto Fruit Center 販 Hatto Fruit Center （八東フルーツ総合センター） （八東フルーツ総合センター） Eringi Mushrooms Kanemon Dote garlic chive gyoza （エリンギィ） （勘右衛門土手ニラ餃子） They have a slight sweetness The particular bittern tofu and There are a lot of delicious things This is the place where Hana Gosyo Please pay attention to such as new Garlic chives were planted by Gimin and and arustic taste . There is also hand-made Konjac is popular! Rice such as original products that you persimmons said to be the sweetest in kinds of “Akiurara” , “Akizuki” and cakes pounded with a pestle can buy only here! Please pay the country are produced! Please to “Osyu” ! There are various fruits Kanemon (ringleaders of uprisings during much focus on these mushrooms carried out every month are very attention to the series of thou be sure to come to see the persimmon sold in the season. famine) for flood control in the Edo era. for their health benefits and popular! beans and barley products. color all over the orchard of Hana production volume has been They were long-lasting, produced with care Gosyo persimmons in late November. and used abundantly in local settlements. increasing year by year. DATA DATA DATA DATA 販 （八東フルーツ総合センター） 販 ( 北村きのこ園 ) Hatto Fruit Center Kitamura Mushroom Garden 住 40-2 Koge, Yazu-cho 住 249–3 Miyadani, Yazu-cho 住 389-1 Daimon, Yazu-cho 住 625 Tokumaru, Yazu-cho ☎ 0858-72-0704 ☎ 0858-72-3955 ☎ 0858-72-3730 ☎ 0858-84-3870 時 8:00 - 18:00 時 9:00 - 19:00 時 8:30 - 18:00 時 9:00 - 17:45(from November （薬師みそ） Healthy pearl Yakushi Miso 休 1/1 to 1/5 休 7 days a week 休 1/1 to 1/5 to March 17:15) 休 1/1 and 1/2 Yakushi miso is a flavorful product that barley products is prepared with soybeans harvested （健康はとむぎ商品） locally and other carefully selected “Barley rice crackers” ,“Barley Recommended! Gourmet spots ingredients, such as Koshihikari rice noodles” and “Barley jelly” are and Teshio (natural s alt ) in the the barley specialties of Yazu-cho. winter a gricultural off-season. Oenosato 販 Yazu Fureai Market natural farm Cocogarden Amamiya ■ HOME 8823 販 Koge Friendship Center （やずふれあい市場） （大江ノ郷自然牧場ココガーデン） （甘味屋） （こおげフレンドセンター）

Tenbi eggs（天美卵） Pure Rice Sake （純米酒「田中農場」） Tenbi eggs have thick round bright “Tanaka Farm” yellow rising yolks on top the white. This sake is made using 100 percent Yamada They are healthy eggs from Nishiki rice cultivated pesticide-free at the “Oenosato natural farm” organic rice farm “Tamaka farm”. It is aged for two full years. 販 Oenosato Natural Farm （大江ノ郷自然牧場） 販 Tanaka Farm( 田中農場 ) This i s a sweet shop and café built Th e m o s t p o p u l a r thin on the menu This is a café and community space from natural materials and is our strawberry Daifuku rice cake but where local Hayabusa motorcycle surrounded by greenery. you will also become hooked on the riders gather and which everyone Bamboo charcoal Boxes made of Additive-free sweets are made from creamy texture of our choco rice cake from adults to children can enjoy. products（竹炭製品） paulownia wood（桐箱） scratch using eggs laid by made using premium raw chocolate. The “Enjoy seasonal Hayabusa set” free-range chickens. This Japanese confectionery shop menu is popular! Charcoal is said to break up Each box is carefully handmade using DATA uses local products. DATA harmful chemicals such as 住 traditional techniques. Paulownia boxes 住 877 Hashimoto, Yazu-cho DATA 176-4 Yazu-cho, Mizukinaka ☎ 休 organic matter and impurities for art (Jiku boxes (forhangingscrolls), ☎ 0120-505-606 住 119-1 Yazu-cho, Koge 0858-71-0291 Tuesday absorbed in water and air. It is Inro (small pillboxes), tea things and 時 時 10:00 - 18:00 ☎ 0858-72-0651 8:30 - 10:00 and 11:00 - 16:00 also known for its health benefits. antiques, etc.) are also highly esteemed 時 休 (Fridays,Saturdays and national holidays: 休 New Year’s day 9:00 - 19:00 Sunday afternoons 18:00 to 22:00) 販 Funaoka Chikurin Park in Japan. （船岡竹林公園） 販 Otani Kiriko ( 大谷桐工 )

13 14 Yo This tree is a designated u can easil w y go to natural monument of the herever Int Eating places erests you! Lodging To Tottori City prefecture.It is also called “Hanari ginkgo” from the 1 Tea room restaurant Nobu ☎0858-72-3163 1 Inn Nobu ☎0858-72-3163 fact that i t get s small "Sun Sun bus” operated in Yazu town 2 ☎0858-72-2518 2 ☎0858-74-0302 ginkgo nuts on the leaves. Tearoom Fukujin Antoku-no Sato Himeji park Buses run on 5 routes, 3 ☎0858-72-1711 Mineji Yakushi “Mizuki route, Hosomi route, Tearoom Todoroki 3 Funaoka Chikurin Park ☎0858-73-8100 Oginosen Higashi Koge Kusakabe and Yokota route, 14 4 Ginrin Kaikatei ☎0858-72-1324 4 ☎0858-84-3045 Naritasan ▲ Inn Taniguchi Seiryuji Temple Stastion Kaihara r o u t e , O m i k a d 5 o a n d Kuninaka route”. 2 Located in the corner of Azumaya ※Prior booking is essential ☎0858-72-0013 5 ☎0858-84-3838 Fukumoto Koge Forest Himemiya Hyounosen-Ushiroyama-N 6 ※ ☎0858-72-0175 6 Ohatsuki Icyo friendship center Antoku-no Sato Kinsui Prior booking is essential Green tourism Yamada ☎0858-84-3086 (Ginkgo) agisan Semi-national Park, 4 1 Daijyuji temple Himeji park 7 ※ ☎0858-72-0108 this is one of the top 300 Maeba Prior booking is essential 7 Hatto Furusato-no mori ☎0858-84-3799 （Camellia Uraku blooms） Hajimomoi Koge mountains in Japan. 8 Restaurant Green ☎0858-72-0843 8 ☎0858-84-1650 remainsr Station Kotakuji temple lodge Hatto Furusato-no mori 9 ☎0858-72-0203 YazuHigh School Udon-no Sato(Japanese noodles Sato) Mae Station Hatto River Waterfront 10 Kawahara 2 Miyata restaurant ☎0858-72-0240 Others Kawahara Plaza Riverpark 7 Station Inaba Funaoka 11 ☎0858-72-1243 Interchange 4 Koge 1 ☎0858-72-2119 Station Big Ginkgo of Nishimikado Inaba Shinsui park 5 Hayabusa 12 Yamane restaurant ☎0858-72-1189 6 Station 2 Inkyuzan ware pottery ☎0858-72-0278 3 7 Product house Mikado 13 Fukuoka restaurant ☎0858-72-3953 Kawahara 17 1 3 ☎0858-73-0111 Yazu Niko taxi 29 Road side Station

14 House of Antoku ☎0858-74-0604 Expressway Tottori fruit line 4 ☎0858-72-2826 Tenmayama Shizensyokudo Yubazanmai Tanaka farm 53 8 “Hatto” Hatto Fruit Center 15 Park Abe station Takeya(inside of a road side Station “Hatto”) ☎0858-84-2358 The W 5 Shingoji temple Hatto Sport Park House of the Yabe family 16 Sushi Yano ☎0858-84-3872 Hatto River 3 19 akasa railway 15

17 ☎0858-71-0291 2 Hatto Tokumaru HOME8823 line Inbi Railway) (Japan JR The 6 Enlarged map of the area Funaoka Station Station 4 Fruit Road 18 Koge Mutoan ☎0858-71-0607 29 around Koge Station 1 Chikurin Park 5 Good fortune road(Route 29) 19 ☎0858-73-8622 1 Takagari that brings you happiness. Yazu garden cafe 4 Station Sawa shrine 8 16 Tanpi Station (in the Funaoka Chikurin Park) 482 2 Kajiya Hot Spring Wakasa Railway is also Yazu Fureai Hatto Fruit a museum. Marcket Garden Shops Hakto shrine 13 3 Seitokuji 1 Kakita shop ☎0858-72-0037 temple Wakasa Station 10 9 ▲ 2 ☎0120-505-606 8 Tokenzan To Wakasa Oenosato natural farm Cocogarden 11 Himeji Yamasaki Interchange Koge Station 3 9 3 Kitamura mushroom garden ☎0858-73-8314 Tottori Automotive Co., Ltd. Plat Pia 4 ☎0858-72-2361 Health and Nature house Okajima Yazu 6 To Chizu-cho, Okayama, Niko Taxi 5 ☎0858-84-2242 Sayo Interchange Confectionery Masuda ☎0858-73-0111(7 days a week) p of 6 12 29 Ma Yazu Amamiya ☎0858-72-0651 Yazu-cho We respond to customers’ needs This hot spring building is tow such as hires, chartered buses, n 7 Ebisudo ☎0858-72-0716 18 Town Office located on a small hill. You chauffeur services and bridal cars. can view the mountains from 8 Endo farm ☎0858-84-3231 7 the large bath. 9 Patisserrie café DE TOURS ☎0858-72-0227

Sakai Minato Access Tottori airport → Koge DBC Cruise ferry 30 minutes by car Railway By car Tottori sand dunes Tottori Station → Koge Sakai Conan Airport Tottori Sand Dunes Uradome Coast minato 20 minutes by Japan Railway Osaka - Koge About 2 hours and 20 minutes Osaka - Koge About 2 hours and 20 minutes Yonago Kitaro [The Limited Express Super Hakuto] [Osaka (Cyugoku Expressway) From Yamasaki Interchange Route 29 to Yazu] 9 178 Airport → Okayama - Koge About one hour and 30 minutes Kura to Hyougo Osaka - Koge About 2 hours and 10 minutes Yonago yoshi Tottori [The Limited Express Super Inaba] [Osaka ( Cyogoku Expressway) From Sayo Junction to Kawahara Interchange to Tottori The JR Sanin Main Line Interchange Funaoka Interchange to Yazu] ←to Shimane Express bus Tottori Expressway Okayama - Koge About 2 hours and 20 minutes 29 (free of charge) Koge Wadayama Osaka - Koge About 2 hours and 40 minutes [From Okayama Route 53 (Tottori Expressway) to Chizu Interchange to Kawahara Surprisingly close! Kawahara Hyonosen Interchange [Nihon Kotsu Express bus (Benten-cho via Nanba)] Interchange to Yazu] From the Kansai ar Interchange

connection road Kyoto ea 482 Chizu Wakasa Kyotominami

Bantan Expressway

Interchange Interchange Expressway Attractions in the area Meishin Meishin chizu Meishin Ashizu Valley

Inbi line Inbi The Tottori sand dunes The Uradome Coast The Ashizu Valley Hyonosen 53 JR The Tsuyama Fukusaki Suita Interchange Chugoku Exressway Interchange Junction

Innosyo Ochiai Sayo Junction Yamasaki Himejihigashi Kobe

や 八 や ず頭ず Junction Interchange ぴ町ち Interchange Interchange Junction ょマょ うス ん コ ッ chizu expr ャ ト ラ キ ク タ ー ess Okayama Okayama Sanyo Expressway Junction Interchange Oka Osaka yama Himeji Kobe Sanyo Shinkansen Koge Station ▶ about 30 min by car Koge Station ▶ about 40 min by car Koge Station ▶ about 30 min by car Koge Station ▶ about 30 min by car ↓Kansai International Airport