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Mount Yunsen, a volcano rising in the central part of the Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki Prefecture. A road with a total length of about 8km that runs in view of Heisei Shinzan at an altitude of 1483m on that peak. It is a prefectural road No. 207 that runs undulating between Bizan and Heisei Shinzan behind Shimabara city. The roadside includes the Heisei Shinzan Observation Park and the Senbongi Observation Center, where you can see dynamic natural landscapes such as pyroclastic flow sites, debris flow sites, and huge sabo dams. At the Heisei Shinzan Nature Center, located directly below the Heisei Shinzan Observation Park, you can see more powerful landscapes and enjoy nature observation.

The dome has been renewed to an experience museum where you can enjoy playing and learn with your family. In the indoor play equipment space "Children's Geopark", which is also happy on rainy days, you can play with the power of the earth, such as trampoline and bouldering, and the charm of Unzen Volcano. Space for babies and toddlers is also available. In addition, "Wonder Lab" where you can learn about science and volcanoes through experiments, and a permanent exhibition zone where you can experience and learn about the eruption of Unzen Fukendake, which began in 1990, using the latest technologies such as diorama mapping and drones. There is also a popular cafe in the hall that focuses on Shimahara's ingredients. Workshops are also held on weekends.

The rafter plateau, about 2.5km northeast of Heisei Shinzan, was devastated by the pyroclastic flow that occurred between May and June of 1993. The Heisei Shinzan Nature Center is observing how plants lost by the pyroclastic flow are resurrected in a facility that opened on the rafter plateau in February 2003, ten years after the disaster caused by the pyroclastic flow. In the facility, exhibits on the surrounding flora and fauna and experience events are regularly held. The figure of Heisei Shinzan seen from the parking lot and the premises is exactly the most impressive.

You can fully enjoy the garden's abundantly planted garden, such as red pine and maple, in a mansion built in the late Meiji period. There are three large and small spring water ponds on the site, as well as the appearance of koi swimming.

The site of the mansion where the lower samurai of Shimabara lived. It is also known as Teppong Town because it was the residence of a kaishman unit whose main forces were guns. The town line where the stone wall continues is full of emotion. The small channel that flows through the center of the road was once used for living water using the spring water of Shimabara, and the flow is still clear. Three houses are open free of charge: Yamamoto, Shinozuka and Toba residences.

In the first year of Kanei (1624), the castle was completed by Shigemasa Matsukura, a feudal lord who was praised as a virtuoso of Tsukijo, over a period of about seven years. It was dismantled in the Meiji Restoration, but restored in 1964. Inside the five-piece castle tower, there is the Christian Historical Museum, which displays historical materials of the Shimahara Rebellion. There is also a memorial hall for the reconstruction of tourism, which provides a commentary on the history of the Fugendake eruption activity, and a memorial hall for the sculptor, Seibo Kitamura, on the site. It takes one hour in three buildings.

The colorful carp is released on the T-shaped waterway beside the private houses, and the gracefully swimming figure is full of wind. Nearby is the Shimabara Garden, a free resting place that uses a wooden tiled one-story private house, Shimabara Spring Water House, and Seiryu-tei, which displays Shimabara special quality products and offers tourist information, as a base for sightseeing in the surrounding area.

The lake, which is said to have been created overnight due to the fact that groundwater boiled out during the collapse of Mount Meishan in Shimahara, which occurred in Kansei 4 (1792). About 40,000 tons of water a day still springs from the sea floor.

A day-trip hot spring facility located within the Osaki Nature Park, where the national dormitory and the auto campsite are located. The exhilaration of the open-air bath with the blue Omura Bay in front of you is exceptional. There is also a walking bath pool and a foot bath.

It is located in the Osaki Natural Park, which is spread over the Osaki Peninsula, where the rich nature is attractive. We have developed a training class with experienced dog trainers, a spacious dog park, dog beauty, and a dog hotel. It also sells dog-related goods and food. The dog park is open only to annual registrants, with an annual registration fee of 1100 yen per family, and a park use fee of 600 yen per head and 300 yen for the second.