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Fujisato-kan, Shirakami Mountains World Heritage Center

Fujisato-kan, Shirakami Mountains World Heritage Center

Info

  • Address:
  • Fujitosato chestnut 63, Fujisato-cho, Yamamoto-gun, Akita
  • PublicTransportation:  
JR Futatsui Station → 36 minutes for Akikita Bus Manako, bus stop: Yunosawa Onsen entrance, short walk
  • CarAccess:  
Two hours from Tohoku Expressway Towada IC via National Route 7.103 and Prefectural Route 317
  • Phone Number:  
  • 0185-79-3001
  • Parking Number:  
30 cars

Business Hours

9 to 17 o'clock (12 to February from 10 to 16 o'clock)

Price

Free entry

Spot Category

Tourist information center and visitor center


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Speaking of Nature Field, which does not allow entry into the core area of the World Natural Heritage from the Akita Prefecture side, but maintains an ecosystem as close as possible to the core area, the Gakudai Nature Observation Education Forest, located southwest of the Shirakami Mountains. A walking path of a wooden path of about 1.8km is provided on the site, and you can experience the world of beech relatively easily in a trek of about 1 hour. Along the way, there are plenty of highlights, such as ponds where beech over 400 years old and Moria frogs live. If you want to know more about the beech, which is also called "natural water bottle", it is recommended to walk with the guide of the Akita Shirakami Guide Association (details require inquiry).

House of Shirakami Mountain Water

A factory producing mineral water "Shirakami Sansui". The water produced by the vast primeval beech forest is a blessing of nature unique to the Shirakami Mountains. The natural cycle is emphasized, and the water supply is carried out without force according to the water level, so that the water is taken by side boring. If you book in advance, you can tour the bottling process.

Saihoji Temple

A temple of the Soto sect adjacent to the Heijo-Yoshida Castle, which was built in the plain part of the southern central Yokote basin. In the precincts, Shirasan-do, a guardian deity, and Kannon-do are enshrined, and there are the Onodera Successive Sōdō Endoryo Pagoda, which was built in the sixth generation of Kyoho 3 (1718). Cremation and burial of pets is also received.

Kimura-ya

"Mata Hata Pai" is popular as a souvenir of Akita. In addition, sweets with the motif of the kamakura of Yokote are also well received. The store architecture is listed as a registered tangible cultural property.

Samurai House Street

The area across the school bridge over the Yokote River. Because there was a branch of Satake in Yokote, the town of the samurai town where his vassals lived remains. It is still used as a residence today, and the inside cannot be toured.

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