Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the middle of the Fukuoka and Kumamoto metropolitan areas, and has good transportation access such as railways and expressways, making it a city with good Access to urban areas. In addition, although it is a compact city area, the Nature environment such as the sea and mountains coexist with urban functions, and you can Fun a variety of attractions.
One of the most popular sightseeing spots in Arao City is Greenland, one of the largest amusement parks in western Japan. Visit the number of attractions in No.1 in Japan, there are plenty of thrilling machines and family-friendly attractions, and many tourists visit throughout the year.
For history buffs, Manda Pit is part of the World Cultural Heritage Site "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution". It is a coal mining ruins that flourished in the Meiji era, and has high value as an industrial heritage, and you can learn about the history of coal mining at that time.
Among gourmet foods, Kumamoto's Specialties Basashi and Arao City's Specialty Products "Arao Pears" with a history of more than 100 years are popular. Arao Pears, in particular, are characterized by their sweet and juicy taste, and many people Visit to buy them during the season.
For those who want to enjoy nature, we recommend climbing and hiking at Mount Kodai in Arao City. You can refresh yourself while enjoying the scenery of the four seasons.
With good Access from Fukuoka and Kumamoto City, Arao City is ideal for day trips.
Enjoy sightseeing, historical exploration, and gourmet food in Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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7 selections of Arao's stamina Gourmet ~ Part 1 ~
Introducing delicious stamina Gourmet food in Arao City.
Popular addictive flavors, gutsy rice, and more!
If you eat it, there is no doubt that you will be energized with the intense umami menu that is full of power!
1. Assorted hormones ~Japanese-style yakiniku horsepower~
Hatsu, senmai, liver, red senmai, and tecchan, five parts with different tastes and textures. Each of them is rich in nutrients such as vitamins B and E, Mina Raru, iron, etc., and is ideal for replenishing stamina. Gari with soy sauce sauce with plenty of garlic!
Japanese-style yakiniku horsepower shop points!
A yakiniku restaurant where you can enjoy a large number of menus, including a great value lunch. Gari can enjoy rare parts by buying one head of A5 rank black Wagyu beef unique to a butcher's directly managed store. It is a restaurant that is I'm particular about freshness management so that we can provide safe, secure and delicious meat.
◆ Store name: Japanese-style yakiniku horsepower shop
◆Address: 1616-67 Shimoite, Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture Green Smile Ichiban Inside the Facility
◆Phone: 0968-66-4129
◆Business hours: 11:30~15:00, 17:00~22:30
◆Store holidays: Water (subject to change if it is a holiday), New Year's Day
◆ Number of seats: 100 seats
◆ Private room: Yes
◆ Smoking seats: None
◆HP:http://www.barikiya.com//
◆Social media: Facebook/Instagram
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Tokiwa witch hazel, a flower that grows wild in only three places in Japan
We will introduce "Tokiwa Mansaku" from Mount Kodai, which is popular as a mountain where beginners can enjoy mountain walking with abundant mountain climbing routes.
Tokiwa is an evergreen tree that bears leaves all year round.
It is said that Mansaku represents the wish for a full harvest in the Harvest Festival.
Where can you meet the flowers of Tokiwa witch hazel that grow wild in Japan?
Mount Kodai, Arao City, Kumamoto
Ise Jingu, Mie Prefecture
Shinza, Kosai City, Shizuoka
It is said that there are three places.
Best time to visit is from mid-April to late April every year.
【Spot Information】
Mount Kodai
Mount Kodai Car parking lot, toilet available
Kumamoto Prefecture Arao City Kaba 2773-595
0968-63-1421 (Arao City Tourism and Cultural Exchange Division)
#Mt. Mount Kodai #Arao Genic #Tokiwa Witch Hazel #Kyushu Mountains #Kyushu Nature Trail #Low Mountain Hike #Climbing #Mount Kodai Trail Running #Arao City #Kumamoto
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You can enjoy it even on a rainy day! Spot in Arao City, Kumamoto
【Arao City Library】
Location: 〒864-0033
Kumamoto Prefecture Arao City Midorigaoka 1-chōme-1-1
Business hours: 10:00-20:00
Closed : End of every month (except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
Admission fee : Free
Phone : 0968-57-7747
The Inside the Facility, which was built with the image of a "library on tidal flats", There are various Zone. There is a room where children can take off their shoes and enjoy Picture books slowly, and there is a children's Toilet (with a nursing room), so even small children can use it with peace of mind.
【Manda Pit Station】
Location: 864-0001
Kumamoto Prefecture Arao City Hara Manda 200-2
Business hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed : Monday (or the following weekdays if it is a holiday)
Admission fee : Free (Manda Pit site is charged)
Phone : 0968-57-9155
It is an indoor exhibition facilities in front of the Manda Pit.
In addition to dioramas and explanation boards, there is also a "VR" that can be viewed for free. You can enjoy the feeling of going underground with 360-degree realistic Video and sound. It is a facility that can be enjoyed regardless of the weather and learn about the history of Manda Pit.
【Marugoto Orao Products Museum】
Location: 864-0001
Kumamoto Prefecture Arao City Hara Manda 169-22
Business hours: 11:00-16:30
Closed : Monday (or the following weekdays if it is a holiday)
Admission fee : Free
Phone : 0968-57-9960
It is a Products Museum equipped with "Souvenirs" such as Specialty products and Sake of Arao City, "Koshiroyaki" which is a craft of Arao, and a "Tourist Information Corner" that introduces Gourmet food in Arao City and nearby sightseeing spots. When the weather is nice, it feels good to take a break on the bench at the "Rooftop Observatory"!
[Arao Kids Dome]
Location: 〒864-0041
4186-19 Arao, Arao-shi, Kumamoto
(Arao Cultural Center)
Business hours: 2 hours at a time
Session 1: 9:00-11:00
Session 2 12:30-14:30
Session 3 15:00-17:00
Closed : Tuesday (the next day if it is a holiday)
Admission: Junior high school students and older: 700 yen
3 years old and under junior high school students: 300 yen
Children under 2 years old free of charge
* Group discount for 20 people or more is available.
Phone : 0968-66-4111
Indoor experience-based digital art by teamLab, which is Popular in Japan and abroad. Coloring is easy even for small children, and your own picture will be on the wall! Floor! Move around. Although there is a time limit, it is a fun space where you can get absorbed and play.
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As one of the projects commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Kumamoto Prefectural Theater, five videos were produced on the theme of "Moving Theater".
One of them, the collaboration video of "Manda Pit" × "DANCE", was Open to the public on YouTube.
The performance, set in the historic Manda Pit, was starred, choreographed, and written by professional dancer Yusuke Hayama. Original music for this project was produced and directed by art director Kei Yoshida, and Video production was done by OP Films by Onigashima Productions.
As the phrase "Dance is Timeless" suggests, you can enjoy a video work that expresses the history of Manda Pit through dance through the ages.
https://arao-kankou.jp/info/11207/...
Other video with the theme of "theater in motion" are Open to the public. Please take a look.
・ Double bass × Sakizu village
・Yashiro Myomi Festival ×Tsugaru Shamisen, Japanese Drum
・Aso × String Quartet
・Marching × Triangle West Port
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The popular game [Fortnite] finally has Kumamon Island! There is also Manda Pit as a tourist facility!
In that Popular online game [Fortnite], the "Kumamon Island" stage set in Kumamoto has finally appeared! !!
The "Kumamon Island" stage is not the usual shooting game, but a management simulation game!
The story of the game revolves around Kumamoto Castle and other major Sightseeing spots in the prefecture, and the player cooperates with Kumamon's plan to create a "Giant Kumamon Robo"!
Manda Pit has also appeared as one of the sightseeing spots! !!
Please ♪ enjoy the game with the cute Kumamon
Island code: 0507-8727-1071
https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/kumamonisland/...
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Cycling while looking at the Ariake Sea! edit
Would you like to take a leisurely trip around the city?
In addition to the places you visit for the first time, new discoveries in familiar scenery will further enrich your daily life.
While feeling the sea breeze of the Ariake Sea, you can see the Arao tidal flats in Kumamoto Prefecture, Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, Mt. Tara in Saga Prefecture, and the giant crane built at the shipyard in Nagasu Town, and visit the Neko Daimyojin (Nekomiya), a seaside bakery full of smiles, an Adult hideaway café where you can forget the time and talk, a Soba café, or walk to Yotsuyama Shrine to see the Ariake Sea from a high ground.
【Bicycle rental facilities】
◆Arao Tidal Flats Water and Wetland Center: 20-2 Kuraman, Arao City
*Closed is Monday, year-end and New Year holidays (12/29~1/3), and if Monday is Holidays, the next opening day
0968-57-7444
ramsar@city.arao.lg.jp
https://www.city.arao.lg.jp/kurashi/shisetsu/higata/...
◆Goldfish and Koi Township Square: 3150 Nagasu, Nagasu-cho, Tamana-gun
*Year-end and New Year holidays (12/28~1/3)
【Use time for bicycle rental】
3 hours
【Rental time】
9 a.m. ~ 4 p.m. (Reception until 3 p.m.) *Excluding Closed of handling facilities
【Subject of Use】
High school students and above
Use rental bicycles without any safety obstacles
【Use Procedure】
You will be asked to present a document that can confirm your name and Address, such as a driver's license, health insurance, or student ID, and fill out the Use application form.
[Return location]
It will be the facilities who has completed the loan procedure.
[In stormy weather]
Lending may be discontinued.
[About transfer and subleasing]
Rental bicycles cannot be transferred or subleased to other parties.
[About helmets]
Use bicycle rental is required to wear a helmet.
Loans are also available.
#Bicycle rental #Ariake Sea #Arao Tidal Flats Water Wetland Center #Goldfish and Koi no Township Square #Cycling
https://www.city.arao.lg.j...
p/kurashi/shisetsu/higata/
https://www.city.arao.lg.jp/kurashi/shisetsu/higata/...
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Aratama flower tour map is now available
The "Aratama Flower Tour Leaflet" introduces Spots where you can enjoy seasonal flowers and Autumn leaves in 2 cities and 4 towns (Arao City, Tamana City, Tamato Town, WaWater Town, Nanseki Town, Nagasu Town) in the Arao and Tamana areas of Kumamoto Prefecture (commonly known as the "Aratama area")!
Manny spots where you can enjoy seasonal flowers 🌸 and autumn leaves 🍁!
Why don't you come and feel the change of seasons while enjoying the Sightseeing spot in the "Aratama" area?
It is distributed at the Kumamoto Prefecture Tamana Regional Promotion Bureau and 2 cities and 4 towns in the Aratama area.
For details, please see the Kumamoto Prefecture website (https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/soshiki/174/201934.html)....
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A coal mine train runs at Manda Pit!
The coal mines Train coal mines Train exhibited at the "coal preparation plant" in the Manda Pit will run!
Of the two cars on display, No. 12 will be running.
Coal mining trains transported coal mined at the Manda Pit on the Miike Coal Mine Railway for export from Miike Port.
Please take a look at the coal mine Trains running comfortably.
Drive Time Schedule
2nd and 4th Sundays of every month
10:30~
11:30~
12:30~
13:30~
14:30~
15:30~
Manda Pit
864-0001
Kumamoto Prefecture Arao City Hara Manda 200-2
◆Regular holiday: Monday (the next day if it is a holiday), New Year's holidays
◆ Use Fee Adult 410 yen, high school students 310 yen, elementary and junior high school students 210 yen, infants free
* Group Fee available (20 people or more)
◆Use time 9:30~17:00 (Last entry 16:30)
◆Phone 0968-57-9155
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Manda Pit is also popular for cosplay shoots!
Symbol of Arao City "Manda Pit" (Mandako)
It was registered as a World Heritage Site as a Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution in 2015 (Heisei 27) 2015.
"Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Net, Shipbuilding, and Coal Industries" is a group of heritage sites that show that the Industrial Revolution, which originated in Europe, spread from the West to the non-Western and succeeded for the first time.
From the mid-19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, it achieved rapid industrialization in a short period of just over half a century.
Now that it still exists as a valuable facilities site, it is actually Popular as a new place for "cosplay photography"! !!
Use by many cosplayers & photographers.
Authentic costumes and makeup make the staff fall in love with them.
This is a valuable off-shot.
When the shooting started, it was a strange feeling to see a different scenery from the Manda Pit that we, the staff, usually see.
Manda Pit, where you can take a variety of patterns from cool photos to nostalgic photos, is perfect for cosplay photography.
I am sure that you will be able to take wonderful photos that will satisfy you, I recommend it.
We look forward to your Use.
【Information】
Advance reservations and a shooting application form are required for shooting.
Please download the shooting application form from the Arao City Home page.
Use "Manda Coal Mining Museum" (charged) for changing clothes and storing luggage.
Advance reservations are also required.
Please inquire about room availability at Manda Coal Mining Museum.
Manda Coal Mining Museum: Phone 0968-64-1300
If you have any questions, please contact Manda Pit Station.
◆Manda Pit Station
〒864-0001
Kumamoto Prefecture Arao City Hara Manda 200-2
◆Phone number: 0968-57-9155
◆FAX:0968-57-9156
◆Regular holiday: Monday (the next day if it is a holiday), year-end and New Year holidays
◆Business hours: 9:30~17:00 (Last entry 16:30)
◆Use Fee: Manda Pit Ruins / Adult: 410 yen, High school students: 310 yen, Elementary and junior high school students: 210 yen, Preschoolers: Free
◆Access Information: 8 minutes from Bus / JR Arao Station
◆Car parking: 5 large buses, 3 medium-sized buses, 72 regular passenger cars
#Kumamoto #World Heritage #World Cultural Heritage #Miike Coal Mine #Manda Pit #Manda Coal Mine #Cosplay #Photo Spot #Arao City Home page
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What's going on in the bathroom in the coal mine?
Miike Coal Mine Manda Pit has a "safety light room and bathroom" There are, which will be newly opened to the public from FY2024.
This bathroom is a facility that was used from around 1951 (Showa 26), 74 years ago, when coal mining at Manda Pit was discontinued, to 1997 (Heisei 9)).
Since it is a bathroom for a small number of miners engaged in maintenance in the underground mine, it is different from the large bathroom in the peak season of the Manda Pit.
Although the scale is different, the purpose is the same: to remove dirt from underground operations.
The pitch-black charcoal attached to the work is difficult to wash off, so in addition to the washing area,
The bathtub was divided into the "No. 1 hot water" and the "uphill hot spring (kakeke-yu)" that you can enter after cleaning the dirt.
(Manda Pit peak season, about 3,500 miners Use about 3,500 miners, and the Manda Pit guide There are a detailed guide, so please Use the guide. )
The Miike Coal Mine has a lot of underground Water, and it and necessary to constantly drain Water.
I think that if there is so much Water, it would be good for the Water to put it in the bathtub, but the Water to be Use in the bath was Water Water.
The reason was that the water pumped from underground was mixed with fine pieces of coal and there was a risk of injury, so it was not used at the Manda Pit.
Until 1953 (1957 (Showa 32)), Gunkanjima carried Water from outside the island by supply ships until the opening of the undersea Water road.
At that time, sea water was boiled, and fresh water was used for the last "uphill water".
In the drama "Diamonds Sleeping in the Sea" broadcast in 2024, we and a scene where a miner who has finished working in an underground mine Use the bathroom, so please pay attention to it.
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