Kotohikihama Singing Sand Cultural Building
Art, Culture & HistoryKyotangoThis is an experience-based facility where you can learn everything about the singing sands of Kotohikihama Beach. Many things drift in on the ocean’s current into Kotohikihama Beach on the Sea of Japan. See the stories these item……
Mitsumasa Anno Art Museum
Art, Culture & HistoryKyotangoAt this museum, you can visit an exhibition of soft, delicate watercolor paintings of landscapes and scenery from around the world. The building was designed by world-renowned architect, Tadao Andou. You can also find the studio……
Gosho Inaba Honke – Historical Merchant House
Art, Culture & HistoryShoppingKyotangoAt the “Gosho Inaba Honke" , the main family house of a wealthy merchant family, located in Kumihama City, you can visit a reproduction of the mansion of the Inaba Family, who came to enormous wealth through a shipping agency busi……
Heiji Jizo (Stone Statue of Standing Jizo Bosatsu)
Art, Culture & HistoryKyotangoHeiji Jizo is the largest stone Jizo (a guardian deity of children & travelers) in Kyoto Prefecture, with a height of 5.3 meters, including the platform. In 1833, a monk collected donations for the temple to erect this statue.……
Keitoku-In Temple
Art, Culture & HistoryKyotangoKeitoku-In Temple is famous for having 44 screens of fusuma (Japanese sliding screens) paintings by the Japanese artist Roshu Nagasawa, of the Maruyama school. The six rooms in our main temple contain an 8-screen painting of a tig……
Nyoi-Ji Temple
Art, Culture & HistoryKyotangoA calm, inland bay spreads out in front of the gates of this temple, which is located in a bountiful, natural, environment with a striking view. The large, well-kept grounds of Nyoi-Ji Temple is covered in various flowers, trees, ……
Takano Jinja Shrine
Art, Culture & HistoryKyotangoThis shrine has the“Kikunogomon” or Imperial chrysanthemum emblem showing its venerated status and connection to the emperor. There is also another emblem, “Toukamon”, which is the emblem of a specific family. The temple's main ……
Kotohira Jinja Shrine
Art, Culture & HistoryKyotangoEstablished in 1811, Kotohira Jinja Shrine, attracts people from all over Tango who pray here for business prosperity, scholastic excellence, marriage and more. In the fall the shrine is decorated with beautiful autumn leaves.……
Kamitani Jinja Shrine (Kamitani Tachinomiya)
Art, Culture & HistoryKyotangoThis shrine is a Kyoto Prefecture-designated cultural property. In one corner of Kamitani Jinja Shrine is a large “iwakura,” or sacred rock, where ancient people could measure the best season for agriculture based on the angle o……
Onaru Burial Mounds
Natural WondersArt, Culture & HistoryKyotangoLocated at a high plateau that looks down at Tateiwa Rock, Onaru is an ancient tomb of a stone room dug along the side of a hill with 13 units, built from the end of the 6th century to the beginning of the seventh. During the spri……
Onsenji Temple
Art, Culture & HistoryKinosaki OnsenThe guardian temple of Kinosaki's hot springs. The main building is located midway up Mt. Daishi and houses the rare and sacred 11-headed Kannon Bodhisattva, a designated national treasure. In the days of old, visitors would be re……
Straw Craft Workshop
Art, Culture & HistoryKinosaki OnsenFancy doing some arts and crafts during your stay in Kinosaki Onsen? The famous local craft is called Mugiwara Zaiku (straw craft). It is said that it was introduced to the region around 300 years ago, when a craftsman from Tottor……
Kinosaki Coastal Area
Art, Culture & HistoryDay Trips Around KinosakiKinosaki OnsenTakenoThere are two beaches near to Kinosaki which can be easily reached via rental bicycle or train, Takeno and Kei no Hama. There are lots of places to stay at both beaches, and many tourists flock there during July and August to enjo……
Izushi Castle Town
Art, Culture & HistoryDay Trips Around KinosakiIzushiIzushi is a castle town that flourished during the Edo era, about 200-300 years ago. There are several fine displays of traditional architecture found throughout the town, which is why Izushi is designated as a national preservati……
Izushi Kabuki Theatre
Art, Culture & HistoryDay Trips Around KinosakiIzushiBuilt in 1901, this is the oldest Kabuki theatre in the Kansai region. It is the oldest Kabuki theatre building in Japan that is still standing in the same place it was built. After being closed in 1964, this Kabuki theatre was ……
Sukyoji Temple
Art, Culture & HistoryDay Trips Around KinosakiIzushiThis zen temple was built in 1392. This was the family temple where the family of Izushi Castle had worshipped for generations. Here the Buddhist monk Takuan Soho created his namesake pickled daikon radish ("takuan"), now popula……
Ankokuji Temple
Art, Culture & HistoryDay Trips Around KinosakiTantoAnkokuji is a Zen Buddhist temple with a known history dating back as far as 1345. It is a Zen Buddhist temple, part of the Haitoku-ji branch of the Rinzai School, which is one of the three Zen sects of Buddhism in Japan. The temp……
Daijyo-ji Temple
Art, Culture & HistoryDay Trips Around KinosakiBeyondMikataWith beautiful paintings on the sliding doors, the entire temple is like a museum. There are 168 nationally important cultural properties, including 165 wall paintings by Ohkyo Maruyama and his disciples, a statue of the eleven-……
