Hi all! This is the Arao City Tourism Association.
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.
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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Local keychain 4th edition now on sale!
The 4th edition features Arao’s local mascot, Majakki☆彡
You’ll find Majakki biting into an Arao pear and Majakki reenacting the Toten Festival, and many more designs!
Each piece comes with a variety of stands, so they double as acrylic stands in a 2-way keychain(^O^)／
Nine designs in total
On sale at Marugoto Arao Product Center!
Please stop by ♪
Marugoto Arao Product Center
Business hours 11:00–16:30
Closed every Monday (if a holiday, closed the following weekday)
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The World Cultural Heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution” Card Rally 2025 is now underway!
July 1 (Tuesday)–September 30 (Tuesday)
World Cultural Heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution” Card Rally 2025: 38 cards in all
Event period: July 1, 2025 (Tuesday)–September 30, 2025 (Tuesday)
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of World Heritage registration! Set off on an adventure through eight prefectures and 11 cities!
The industrial revolution that laid the foundations of modern Japan took place from the late Edo period through the Meiji era.
The factories, mines, and shipyards that served as its stages remain across the country as the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution, now listed as a World Cultural Heritage.
We are holding a special program to enjoy these history-rich industrial sites: the World Cultural Heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution” Card Rally 2025!
At the designated component sites and related facilities, you can collect cards featuring illustrations of things and people closely connected to the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.
Collect the normal cards available at each facility and get a rare card!
Collect specific cards to receive limited-edition cards and premium card holders (quantities limited).
From young children to history-loving adults, this event offers both learning and collecting fun.
Plus, add the official LINE account as a friend, and
a robot named Gear-kun will appear to help you collect cards via LINE!
With Gear-kun you can check your digital card collection and
easily make inquiries about the card rally via LINE, making it very convenient!
This summer, enjoy exploring industrial heritage sites while encountering the passion and technology of the late Edo through the Meiji era.
For details, please check the “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution 10th Anniversary Special Site.”
Inquiries about the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution World Heritage Council: 099-286-2363
Inquiries about the card rally (general)
Organizing Office: 050-2030-7388
Normal card pickup locations — 8 prefectures, 11 cities nationwide
Hagi Reverberatory Furnace Guide Hut [Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture]
Emisugahana Shipyard Guide Hut [Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture]
Obanayama Tatara Museum [Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture]
Shigetsuki Park Ticket Booth (Site of Hagi Castle) [Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture]
Shoin Shrine Treasure House Shiseikan [Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture]
Shoko Shuseikan (Former Shuseikan Foundry Site) Slope [Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture]
Former Kagoshima Spinning Mill Engineer’s House (Ijinkan) [Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture]
Sekiyoshi Local Products Center [Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture]
Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace Guidance Center Reception [Izunokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture]
Hashino Iron Mining Information Center or Iron History Museum [Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture]
Sano Tsunetami and the Miezu Naval Arsenal Site History Museum or Saga Castle Honmaru History Museum [Saga City, Saga Prefecture]
Gunkanjima Museum or Kosuge Shu Shipyard Site [Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture]
Gunkanjima Digital Museum [Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture]
Nagasaki Port Terminal [Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture]
Takashima Coal Museum [Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture]
Takashima Kita-kei Mine nearest bus stop [Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture]
Gunkanjima Museum [Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture]
World Heritage Visitor Center [Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture]
Miyahara Pit [Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture]
Manda Pit Station [Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture] — located inside Manda Pit Station.
Coal mine train shelter [Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture]
※Installed inside the paid area of Manda Pit; on rainy days, after checking your mine entry ticket, staff at the Manda Pit entrance will hand it to you.
Omuta City Coal Industry Science Museum [Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture]
Ryujokan [Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture]
Former Main Office Viewing Area, Imperial Ironworks, Yawata [Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture]
Ongagawa Water Source Pump Room Information Center (inside Nakama City Community Exchange Center) [Nakama, Fukuoka Prefecture]
Manda Pit Station
200-2 Haramanda, Arao City, Kumamoto 864-0001
Phone: 0968-57-9155
Closed: Every Monday (if a holiday, the following weekday), December 29–January 3
Manda Pit site tours: Adults 410 yen, high school students 310 yen, elementary/middle school students 210 yen
Manda Pit Station exhibition room and DVD screening room tours: Free
Parking: Free
Bus-only parking [5 large, 3 medium]
72 standard car spaces
A motorcycle-only parking area is also available
https://diginal.co.jp/card_rally/...
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産業革命遺産カードラリー2025
この夏、時空を旅する世界遺産の物語を。
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The third edition of our local keychains has been on sale to great acclaim since July!
For this edition, none other than Kumamon has come to Arao City!
Kumamon appears with Arao City’s attractions and local specialties! Each design includes a stand, so the keychain doubles as an acrylic stand — a 2-way keychain (^O^)／
Nine varieties in total
Available at Marugoto Arao Local Products Center! Please stop by ♪
Marugoto Arao Local Products Center
Business hours 11:00–16:30
Closed every Monday (if a public holiday, closed the following weekday)
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Thank you for waiting!!
This year again, a fresh-picked corn sale will take place at Kaigobaru Vegetable Fields (kaigobaru yasai batake).
Corn you harvest yourself tastes exceptional.
Come enjoy the flavors of summer with everyone!!
Date: Saturday and Sunday, July 5–6, 2025, 9:00–15:00
*Held in light rain; ends when sold out*
Location: Kaigobaru Vegetable Fields (Kaba 1828)
Price: On sale — 150 yen per ear
What to bring: Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, plastic shopping bags, small change
Contact: Kaigobaru Hometown Lovers Association 090-7534-2621: Ikematsu (hours 9:00–17:00)
Notes:
- If you’ll harvest corn, we recommend clothes that can get dirty, work gloves, and rubber boots.
- Bringing an eco bag is also recommended.
- No advance registration required.
- Held in light rain (in bad weather sales may be limited to produce only).
- The event ends when stock runs out.
Kaigobaru Vegetable Fields (next to Arao Olive Village)
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"Arao Tideland Day" Commemorative Tideland Wildlife Observation Event Saturday, July 5, 2025
Arao Tideland is home to many creatures such as crabs and hermit crabs. Come and learn the names and characteristics of tideland wildlife you don't usually see.
Date and time: Saturday, July 5, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM
(Registration from 9:00 AM)※Canceled in case of severe weather
Backup date: Sunday, July 6
Location: Arao Tideland Waterfowl and Wetland Center
Participants: Families including elementary and junior high school students
Capacity: First 15 groups, free of charge
What to bring: Rubber boots, work gloves, water bottle, hat (for heatstroke prevention), writing materials
How to apply: Apply by phone
Application start: Monday, June 2, from 9:00 AM
Contact and application: Secretariat of the Arao Tideland Conservation and Wise Use Council
Phone: 0968-63-1386 (Environmental Conservation Division)"
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Shiyama Shrine "Wish-Setting Festival: Passing Through the Chino-wa (Ring of Miscanthus)" Friday, June 13, 2025, from 10:00 AM
[Ritual] From 10:00 AM on Friday, June 13, 2025
[Chino-wa Crossing] From Friday the 13th until 4:00 PM on Sunday the 15th
At Shiyama Shrine on the 13th, the Wish-Setting Festival and the Great Purification of Midsummer will take place.
Anyone may attend the shrine ritual on the day.
If you visit Shiyama Shrine 20 to 10 minutes before the ritual begins, you can receive a katashiro (paper human) for the katashiro ceremony.
In the katashiro ceremony, write your name and age on the paper doll (hitokata), breathe on it and stroke it,
transfer and cleanse half of this year’s sins and impurities,
and pray for good health and a safe summer for the rest of the year.
For vehicle katashiro, write the owner’s name and the vehicle number, stroke the vehicle body or key to cleanse impurities and misfortune,
and pray for safe driving.
When you leave the katashiro at Shiyama Shrine, prayers for good health and traffic safety will be offered at the Wish-Setting Festival.
From the 13th until 4:00 PM on the 15th, the Chino-wa Crossing will be held.
Pass through the large ring made of kaya (miscanthus) leaves to cleanse the sins and impurities of the past six months,
and pray for health and safety for the remaining six months—this traditional event is part of the midsummer Great Purification observed at many shrines across the country at the year’s midpoint.
Shiyama Shrine
818 Oshima, Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture 864-0057
Phone: 0968-62-1390
A 15-minute walk from Arao Station on the JR Kagoshima Main Line
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Tailor Ride Experience on the Arao Tidal Flats!
Come and enjoy the Arao tidal flats with their beautiful scenery, sea breeze, and ocean scent.
Ride a “tailor,” a vehicle used in Ariake Bay, and experience driving across the Arao tidal flats!
A tailor is a rototiller fitted with a cargo bed, used for nori farming and clam harvesting.
You can also enjoy observing creatures like crabs and hermit crabs!
Advance registration is required for this experience! Registration opens on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
Don’t forget your rubber boots!!!
Meeting place: Arao Tidal Flats Waterfowl and Wetland Center
Duration: About 50 minutes from the pre-ride briefing to disembarking (ride time about 10 minutes each way)
Fees: Adults (high school students and older) 1,000 yen, junior high and elementary school students 600 yen, preschoolers free. Children in elementary school or younger must be accompanied by a guardian.
How to apply: Apply by phone to the Arao Tidal Flats Waterfowl and Wetland Center ☏0968-57-7444
Registration start date: Thursday, May 8, 2025
One application covers up to six people per representative, and you cannot change the scheduled date after applying. Please apply again if you need a different date.
・Please bring rubber boots. If you do not have rubber boots, you will not be allowed to ride the tailor.
・The event will proceed in light rain but will be canceled in severe weather. If lightning occurs, the event will be canceled even during the activity.
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At the Arao Omoyai Civic Flowerbed, rose viewing events take place twice a year in spring and autumn!
Location: Beside Arao City Oshima Purification Center
(Oshima 4-chome 1-73, Arao City)
Admission: Free
Opening hours
April to September 7:00–18:00
(Roses typically bloom from late April through June)
October to March 7:00–17:00
(Roses typically bloom from late October through November)
Notes for visitors
There are no restrooms on the grounds.
Be careful: the ground can become muddy in rainy weather.
Access
Due to the extension work on the Ariake Coastal Road, the entrance and exit for the Omoyai Civic Flowerbed will be changed from January 9, 2024 (Reiwa 6) for the time being.
Please take care when visiting.
Follow the directions on the on-site information boards for passage.
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Introducing Arao’s local specialties
If you’ve come all the way to Arao, you’ll want to take home a souvenir or keepsake that you can only find here.
Here are Arao’s signature specialties and some tasty local treats worth trying.
Shodai-yaki pottery
Perfect for interiors and everyday tableware alike
Shodai-yaki, a pottery tradition passed down in Arao for about 400 years, is made from high-quality clay dug from the foothills of Mount Kodai, east of Arao City. Its style combines the high artistry recognized as a traditional Japanese craft with a rustic charm that enhances food and flowers, making these pieces very popular for daily use.
Alongside large plates and vases, you’ll find teacups and coffee cups in abundance. Find the piece that speaks to you.
Shodai-yaki kilns in Arao City
・Shodaiyaki Fumoto-gama, master: Yasuaki Inoue
Fumotoaza Furuhata 1728-1, Arao City TEL:0968-68-0456
・Shodai-yaki Shirohei Kiln, master: Nobuaki Kijima
Oshima 25-3, Arao City TEL:0968-62-0538
・Kodai-yaki Sueyasu Kiln, master: Eisuke Sueyasu
Fumoto 1712-2, Arao City TEL:0968-68-0058
・Shodai-yaki Naka-Dera Kiln, master: Kousei Nishikawa
Kaba 1192, Arao City TEL:0968-68-7326
・Shodai Mizuho Pottery, master: Rui Fukuda
Kamihirayama 914, Arao City TEL:0968-66-2380
・Kodai Hontani Chihiro Kiln, master: Tomohiro Maeno
Kawatou 2131-74, Arao City TEL:0968-68-6459
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Introducing Arao’s sweet shops!
Alongside delicious cakes, you’ll find sweets made with Arao’s local specialties and confections inspired by the city of Arao!
Try to discover them for yourself.
Patisserie Himaki
They pride themselves not only on flavor but also on a wide variety of cakes and baked sweets made with Arao pears.
Genre
Sweets
Address
2-3-1 Higashiyayakata, Arao City
Phone
0968-64-7112
Business hours
10:00 – 20:00
Closed
Thursday
Parking
6 spaces
Instagram
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