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A green overflowing park inside a quiet residential area in Minoh City. In the park, which is about 32,000 square meters, there is a square where children can play, including baseball fields, tennis courts and train-type play equipment. Many flower visitors enjoy cherry blossoms in full bloom in spring. Just because of the name "Minoh River Hydrophilic Park", river play can be enjoyed throughout the year on the Minoh River, which flows around the east side of the park. The Minoh River, which originates in the mountains of Minoh, has good water quality, and is a good river for nature observation, which is also home to fireflies and salamanders. The water depth is shallow, the flow is gentle, and many families are crowded in summer.

Park in a residential area of Minoh City. The structure, which makes use of the terrain, has a slight slope and boasts a spacious multi-purpose plaza. There are plenty of playground equipment in the park that are ideal for building physical strength, such as tarzan ropes, composite playground equipment with slides, and athletics using logs and nets. In addition to the sand pit and observation deck, the area around the pond is also maintained and used for children's excursions. There are covered benches and tables where picnics can also be used, and it is nice that a wide range of ages can be used from children to adults.

One-day bathing at Fushio Onsen, "Immortal Ogokaku", is also available. The location is rich in nature, where cherry blossoms, fireflies, autumn leaves and four seasons flow beautifully. In the garden open-air bath with a sauna, you want to take a leisurely bath in the radium spring. There is also a bathing set with meals.

The long-lasting Mount Satsuyama, showing a gentle mountain in the central part of Ikeda City, is the mountain of symbolic existence in the city of Ikeda. Even at the highest point, the altitude is about 315m, and the area is rich in nature, and it is good for hiking. The Satsukiyama Driveway, which runs from the Satsukiyama Park, where the zoo at the foot of the southern mountain is located, through the vicinity of the Satsukiyama mountain area to the Minoh area, is a historic toll road that was opened in 1958. It is a great driving route to enjoy cherry blossoms, azaleas, and autumn leaves, and the scenery and the light-blinking night view from the five observation decks, such as the Shubodai and the Maygpei Observation Deck, are emotional.

The planetarium can enjoy live stories that match the seasons from infants to adults. There are a wide variety of events such as science experiment classrooms and science play, crafting and astronomical observations. They also hold regular club activities such as Noh Club and Tone Chime, as well as monthly puppet shows and concerts. Play equipment, picture books and handcrafted corner in the hall are available from time to time. Events that require application, regular clubs live in the city, and go to school is a priority.

He has collected a wide range of materials on the Hankyu Electric Railway and the Takarazuka Opera. With the addition of kabuki and other theatrical performances, as well as national folk performing arts materials, it has become a special library, and the current collection is about 250,000 books and magazines. It also holds a large number of valuable materials, including materials certified by the Modernization Industrial Heritage, as well as kabuki actor paintings, and posters for the postage of Takarazuka. The tea room in the outbuilding is also familiar as a tea room and tea room for the tea ceremony.

The museum, which stores and publishes about 5500 pieces of fine arts and crafts collected by the founder of the Hankyu Toho Group, Ichizo Kobayashi (No. Itsuo) during his lifetime. From ancient brushes, ancient sutras, picture scrolls, and mid-modern and modern paintings (especially collections of the village, Wu Chun, and the Maruyama Shijo school), to ceramics including China, Korea, Orient, and the West, as well as Japanese and Chinese lacquer art. It is an exhibition where you can feel the tea man Itsuo's thoughts on art and his deep understanding of the tea ceremony. Four times a year, he held a planned exhibition.

The Satsukiyama Zoo is a zoo that was opened in 1957, located within the Satsukiyama Park in Ikeda, a well-known cherry blossom spot. The garden, which has a size of 4500 square meters, is home to about 60 other animals, including Australian rare animal wombats and topical alpacas. There is also a Tasmanian square and a petting zoo in the park, where you can interact with the animals as much as you want. Food (200 yen) can be given to four kinds of herbivores, including alpaca.

Located in the Maysan Park, the "flower garden" with a lawn is popular. The greenhouse also displays ornate plants such as orchids, and rare plants such as cacti and carnivorous plants. The "green center" also holds a fun lecture session.

A vast nature park in the northwestern part of Ikeda city on Mount May at an altitude of 315m. Seven hiking trails and driveways, a civic forest near the summit, and the Hinomaru Observation Deck overlooks the Osaka Plain. It is also famous as a spot of cherry blossoms and autumn leaves.