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Ushimado Area |
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Ushimado Yacht Harbor |
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About 460 yachts are moored here at the largest-scale marina in western
Japan. A number of yachting schools and marine events are on-going. |
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Ushimado Olive Garden |
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If you go up to the olive garden which is the best scale in the East Asia,
you can see over 10,000 olive trees. The yacht harbor is the biggest scale
in western-Japan. You can have the fine view of Shikoku-mountains and many
islands such as Shodosima Island. |
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Sabukaze Pottery Hall (Hands-on Pottery) |
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At the Sabukaze Pottery Hall near the remains of antique kilns, a national
historical site, step up to a one-day pottery course! Choose from two different
courses: "Cray Shaping" or "Paint Your Own Pottery". |
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Kaiyu Cultural Museum |
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This western-style building, originally built as a police station, is now
a museum exhibiting material related to cultural exchanges with Korean
missionaries as well as boat-shaped parade floats. |
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Shiomachi Karakoto Street |
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Shiomachi Karakoto Street retains a vestige of when this one-time cosmopolitan
city thrived as a port town. You'll get to know the history of Ushimado,
which has long been a part of cultural exchange with other countries. |
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Honrenji Temple |
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Honrenji Temple is a Hokke-shu temple with a beautiful three-storied pagoda;
Korean missionaries were entertained here. The main hall, inner gate and
Banshindo hall, built in the Muromachi era, have been designated as national
cultural properties. |
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Ushimado Shrine |
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The 364-storied stone steps near the Ushimado Swimming Beach compose the
main entrance path to the shrine. The observatory standing between the
entrance and the main hall offers a panoramic view from the calm Seto Inland
Sea to the mountains of Shikoku. |
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Osaka Castle Rock Quarry / Maejima Observatory |
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At 130m, on the way up to the top of the mountain from the old rock quarry
(once used, incidentally, for preparing rocks for the stone walls of Osaka
Castle) stands the wooden observatory, from which you can admire a panoramic
view of the Ushimado Port and the mainland mountain range. |
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Nishiwaki Swimming Beach |
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This beach stretches along the lengthy coastal road, bustling with strollers
and sightseers even in the off-season. |
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Pension Village |
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There are many pensions ready to welcome you with warm hospitality in areas
like Misaki, Milk Land and Olive Garden. |
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〒701-4292 岡山県瀬戸内市邑久町尾張300-1
