Related Facilities
1.Mine City Museum of History and Folklore
This museum features an exhibition of a fossil specimen collection that was put together by the late Okazaki Gorō from Mine city, alongside various resources regarding Ōmine Coalfield and medicine that was produced and sold in Isa. The museum exhibitions give a clear explanation of the history and culture of Mine city.
- Address: 279-1 Higashibun, Ōmine-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Opening hours: 09:00-17:00 (last entry 16:30)
- Entry fees: Senior high school students or older: 100 yen / Junior high school and elementary school students: 50 yen
- Closed on Mondays (also closed on the following day if the Monday is a public holiday), public holidays, and between December 29th and January 3rd
- Access: 5-minute walk from JR Mine station / 10-minutes by car from Mine IC, Chūgoku Expressway
- Inquiries: Mine City Museum of History and Folklore (TEL) +81(0)837-53-0189
2.Mine Fossil Museum
The museum mainly features fossils that were produced in Mine city and explains what fossils are under the themes of vertebrate animals, ammonites, and insects. Ammonite fossils from various eras and the fossils of insects that have been trapped within amber are also on display. The large limestone collection in the museum’s warehouse also contains many fossils.
- Address: 315-12 Higashibun, Ōmine-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Opening hours: 09:00-17:00 (last entry 16:30)
- Entry fees:
Senior high school students or older: 100 yen / Junior high school and elementary school students: 50 yen< Groups > Senior high school students or older: 80 yen / Junior high school and elementary school students: 30 yen (Only for groups larger than 20 people) - Closed on Mondays (also closed on the following day if Monday is a public holiday), public holidays, and between December 29th and January 3rd
- Access: 5-minute walk from JR Mine station
- Inquiries: Mine City Fossil Museum (TEL) +81(0)837-52-5474
3.Mori no Eki (Forest Station)
This is the only forest station in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It has an 18-hectare forest with facilities such as a log house, camping ground, insect forest, charcoal kiln, shiitake mushroom house, overnight accommodation and an orchard. You can enjoy forest bathing in the sawtooth oak tree forest as you surround yourself with verdure, or enjoy forest food such as wild vegetables pizza.
- Address: 3073-2 Mitsusugi, Okubun, Ōmine-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Entry fee: 100 yen
- Access: 15-minute bus ride from JR Mine station, then a 10-minute walk from Mitsusugi / 15-minutes by car from Mine-Nishi IC
- Inquiries: Mori no Eki (TEL) +81(0)837-52-1644
4.Suijin Park
This beautiful park lies at the east of the foot of Mt Ganbi and has refreshing views of the mountain stream that flows along a mountain trail in Nishidera, Ofuku-chō, Mine-shi. A ‘waterfall opening’ is held every year on the first Sunday of July. Visitors can enjoy sōmen nagashi (catching sōmen noodles from a flow of water with chopsticks) in the summer and the colorful leaves in the autumn. Sōmen nagashi is held between April 29th and the second Sunday of September (but only on Sundays and public holidays until the end of June). Visitors can come to take part in sōmen nagashi while watching the cooling waterfall.
- Address: Nishidera, Ofuku-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Opening hours for sōmen nagashi: 09:00-18:00
- Access: 10-minute walk from JR Ofuku station / 20-minutes by car from Mine IC
- Inquiries: (TEL) +81(0)837-56-0817 (For inquiries unrelated to sōmen nagashi, please call Mine City Tourism Association (TEL) +81(0)837-62-0115)
5.Ofuku Roadside Station
This is a peaceful roadside station along Japan National Route 316 where you can enjoy flowers and the Ofuku hot spring. There is a restaurant as well as a sherbet workshop which uses seasonal fruit and vegetables to produce and sell approximately 20 types of sherbet throughout the year.
- Address: 4383-1 Kami, Ofuku-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Parking: 80 cars, 3 large vehicles
- Closed on every second Wednesday of the month (apart from January and August. The following day is closed if the second Wednesday is a public holiday.)
- Inquiries: Ofuku Roadside Station (TEL) +81(0)837-56-5005 (FAX) +81(0)837-56-5006
- Website: https://www.michinoeki-ofuku.jp/
6.Shūhō Yashiro Nukumori no Sato Exchange Center
This center aims to contribute to the revitalization of the region by creating a space where local residents can interact with each other as well as a space where local residents and visitors from large cities can exchange ideas. It coordinates activities such as the production and distribution of local agricultural products, the enhancement of regional welfare and community activities, nature experiences for parents and their children, and nature observation programs. The center also works to raise awareness of environmental conservation and the importance of nature by organizing a firefly observation event.
- Address: 856-1 Kama, Shūhō-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
7.Akiyoshidai International Art Village
The Akiyoshidai International Art Village, which is surrounded by nature, was opened in August 1998 at the foot of Akiyoshidai to act as a hub of expressive and creative activities for artists from Japan and abroad. The Art Village acts as a space for ‘the creation and sharing of art and culture’ on a worldwide scale and is a residential art and culture facility which is equipped for a wide range of artistic and cultural activities such as music, fine arts, dancing, and theater. General visitors can also stay at the facility.
- Address: 50 Akiyoshi, Shūhō-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Access: 5-minutes by taxi from Ōda Chūoū Bus stop / 5-minutes by taxi from Akiyoshidō Cave bus center
- Inquiries: Akiyoshidai International Art Village (TEL) +81(0)837-63-0020 (FAX) +81(0)837-63-0021
8.Akiyoshidai Family Travel Village
Famous for the pointy roof on its administrative building, Akiyoshidai Family Travel Village is a recreation facility surrounded by great nature in Akiyoshidai where a holiday on the karst plateau can be enjoyed by all visitors. It is located in the middle of Yamaguchi Prefecture and can be used as a base for a holiday at Akiyoshidai.
- Address: 11237-553 Akiyoshi, Shūhō-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Access: 7-minutes by car from Akiyoshidai IC, Ogori-Hagi Road
- Inquiries: Akiyoshidai Family Travel Village (TEL) +81(0)837-62-1110
- Website: http://a-kazoku.com/
9.Marble Processing Exhibition Hall
The Shūhō-chō Akiyoshi Sheltered Workshop was established in July 1953 within the Akiyoshidō Shopping Street as a facility where the high-quality marble that is produced in Akiyoshidai would be processed and sold as a local specialty product. Although the manufacture of marble grew with the increase in number of tourists, the lack of people that could take over the project and the decrease in demand starting in the 1980s resulted in the closure of the building in March 2004 after being in operation for half a century. The machines that were used at the time are exhibited at the Exhibition Hall.
- Address: 3441-1 Akiyoshi, Shūhō-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Opening hours: 09:00-16:30 (open all year)
- Open throughout the year
- Access: 5-minutes by car from Akiyoshidai IC, Ogori-Hagi Road
- Inquiries: Mine City Tourism Association (TEL) +81(0)837-62-0115
10.Mitō Roadside Station
At Mitō Roadside Station along Japan National Route 435, visitors can gain information about Mine city, purchase specialty products of Mine city and enjoy unique local dishes that are made using local produce. Behind the roadside station is Kasen Waterpark where visitors can enjoy the abundant nature and play in the shallow water.
- Address: 5480-1 Ōda, Mitō-chō, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
- Parking: 89 cars, 6 large vehicles
- Open all year
- Inquiries: Mitō Roadside Station (TEL & FAX) +81(0)8396-2-2500
- Website:https://karusuto.com/spot/michinoekimito/
