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Tourist information
- Shimotsui is a Minato machi Minato machi prosperous as a Minato machi Minato machi since ancient times, it takes a famous mountain / Mt Washu to the east, and the Setonaikai National Park is a very scenic land pattern spreading throughout sight.
Shimotsui's history and culture
- Shimotsui is a Minato machi Minato machi prosperous as a Minato machi Minato machi since ancient times, it takes a famous mountain / Mt Washu to the east, and the Setonaikai National Park is a very scenic land pattern spreading throughout sight.
- Blessed with a good natural port, it has long been described in the literature as "Kazemachi and Shiomachi Port (waiting for a favorable wind and rising tide)". Also, from the Edo (time period) period to the Meiji (time period) era, as a gateway to the south of Bizen Okayama, it flourished as a port of call for Kitamae-bune ship, and it crowded as a passing place for Kompira Mairi.
- Currently the fishing industry is also prosperous, "Shimotsui Octopus" is very famous.In the vicinity of the harbor, scenery which dried octopus was fished from around November, and retail market by local fishermen is also hosted.Modernization advanced along with the bridge of the Seto Ohashi Bridge, but the buildings of Nightlight, Yanggi and Old are still preserved as Okayama prefecture preserved townscape preservation districts.
- Besides sightseeing tourism, there are also many shopping and leisure facilities, so you can enjoy plenty of things from adults to children, that is Shimotsui.
We are looking forward to seeing you from the bottom of my heart!
【Special Head Temple Yukasan Rendaiji Temple】Approximately 30 minutes by car from the inn
Yogasan (Yugasan) Rendaiji Temple enshrines Yoga Daigongen, one of the three greatest Gongen deities in Japan, and offers daily prayers to ward off misfortune and disaster.It was founded by Bodhisattva Gyoki about 1,300 years ago, and has flourished as a prayer temple for Lord Ikeda, the lord of Bizen domain, for about 300 years.In the reception hall, a prefecture-designated important cultural property, you can see many sliding door paintings, including Maruyama Okyo's final work, "Bamboo Chicken."Additionally, the main hall is home to Japan's largest Dai-Fudo statue for warding off evil spirits.
○Special Head Temple Yukasan Rendaiji Temple
2855 Yuka Kojima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, 711-0901
phone:086-477-6222
【Prayers for protection from misfortune and various exorcisms】Approximately 30 minutes by car from the inn
Mount Yuka is a sacred mountain with a history of over 2,000 years, where Shinto and Buddhism are intertwined.The main shrine originated from iwakura faith, and later prospered as a place of prayer for the Imperial Court, and during Edo (time period) period under the protection of Lord Ikeda, the lord of Okayama domain.Widely known as the head temple of warding off evil spirits, there are 19, 25, 33, 42, and 61 stone steps for warding off evil spirits leading from the main approach to the shrine.The shrine is crowded with over 350,000 worshippers every year during the first three days of the New Year.Since ancient times, the practice of visiting both Mount Yuka and Konpira-san (Kagawa Prefecture), known as "Ryōmairi," has been popular, and the area along the approach to the shrine still retains the atmosphere of a temple town from the past.
○Yuka Shrine Main Shrine
〒711-0901 2852 Yuka Kojima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture
Tel:086-477-3001
A rare horseshoe crab museum in Japan! Approximately 70 minutes by car
【Kasaoka City Horseshoe Crab Museum】
The world's only horseshoe crab-themed museum overlooks the Kamishima Strait, a nationally designated natural monument and breeding ground for horseshoe crabs.The building is shaped like a horseshoe crab.
It also houses one of the few full-scale dinosaur parks in Japan.The park's eight life-size dinosaurs of seven species and the scenery have all been created under academic supervision, allowing visitors to experience the era in which dinosaurs lived.
Address:1946-2 Yokoshima, Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture
phone:0865-67-2477
What is Shibukawa Zoo?
Is Shibukawa Zoo a zoo? park?
The park is located within Setonaikai National Park, which will celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2024, and covers an area of 10,000 tsubo (approximately 30,000 m2), with approximately four kilometers of walking paths, all of which are dirt roads.Do not cover the earth within the garden.To make it a pesticide-free area.There are no rare animals... There are no wild animals...
The park will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2023.was celebrated.We hope to continue to rely on the power of nature and the animals to create a zoo where kindness can be nurtured.Play with the animals! Approximately 80 species and 600 birds are waiting for you.
3-1077-1 Shibukawa, Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture, 706-0028
TEL0863-81-3030
Opening hours:9:00 to 17:00(Admission until 4:30 p.m.)
Open 365 days
【About the Kurashiki Kojima Salt Musubi Project】
The Kojima area is known as the birthplace of domestically made jeans and a textile town, but this area facing Setonaikai has long been home to a thriving salt industry.
As a project focusing on salt, we will carry out various businesses, including the production of souvenirs and products using "Nozaki Family Salt," developed by the Former Nozaki Family Residence and Shimotsui Electric Railway, in order to help more people know that "Kojima = salt" and develop a town where people can feel the charm of Kojima.We use salt to weave new connections (salt) between people, companies, and communities.
【Small souvenirs】
Both companies, which originated Kurashiki, Kojima, aim to revitalize the region through salt, and have developed "Kurashiki Kojima Souvenirs Kojimiyage" using salt from the Nozaki family of salt makers.
~Small souvenirs~
·Nozakiya salt 540 yen
·Salted yokan 780 yen
·Salt manju 480 yen
·Salted rice crackers 750 yen
·Salt Okara Cookies 780 yen