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A roadside station located in Miyama-cho, where many thatched houses remain. On the site, there are facilities related to the lives of local residents, as well as the "Kyoto Forest Information Center", which provides information on experiences and tourist destinations, and the "Furatto Miyama", which sells specialty products and vegetables. Fresh vegetables grown in the highland climate are popular in the mountains, and they sell out in the morning. There are plenty of handmade dishes such as "beautiful rice" and miso and prepared foods made only in the Hiraya area of Miyama-cho. There is also a processing plant for Miyama milk, and the soft ice cream and gelato from the attached "Miyama no Megumi Milk Studio" are reputed to enjoy the rich taste of milk.

Reusing a 150-year-old thatched private house, the museum is a quaint museum where you can enjoy the structure along with the viewing of the in-house exhibits. It plays a role as an exchange base facility for arts and culture that transmits the charm of a private house. The attic on the second floor is also used as an exhibition space, and you can appreciate the mechanism of the thatched roof. The museum displays works of artists such as paintings, ceramics, glass, woodwork, and cloth five to six times each year. At the adjacent local museum, about 1000 kinds of valuable materials, such as folk tools and literature, which follow the life of Miyama, are always presented.

Ono Dam A park full of nature using the shore of the lake. It is known as one of the leading cherry blossom spots in the prefecture, and is visited by many people during the time of flower viewing. The Ono Dam Sakura Festival is also held in April every year, and during the holding period, street stalls and gourmet shops selling regional specialty products are also opened. In addition to large wooden play equipment in the square covered with natural turf, there are also athletic with tarzan ropes and nets. You can also enjoy walking, putter golf and ground golf around the dam lake.

Many private houses with thatched roofs, which have become rare in modern times, are lined up, and the northern part of the Miyama-cho district, which was selected as a preservation area for important traditional buildings in the country in 1993 due to its beauty. Thirty-eight of the approximately 50 houses were built in the late Edo period with Kitayama-type Irimoya and thatched-roofed private houses. The houses with thatched roofs, which have a nostalgic satoyama atmosphere, are still active residences where people live. The collective water discharge, which takes place twice a year, is worth a look. There is also a house in the district that operates a private house with a thatched roof, and it is a good place to stay.

From the roadside station Fureai Square, on the way to the oyabukinosato, the Rennyo Falls appear when looking at the left hand. It has been called the Rennyo Falls since then because the Rennyo Jojin, who is said to be the ancestor of Jodo Shinshu Chung-hung, raved about this waterfall from Echizen Yoshizaki (1475) through Obama. From a height of 68m above, it is in the form of a so-called smooth waterfall (nametaki), one-third of which goes directly below and later slides down the incline, and the view after the rain is unspectacular.

"Rurikei Onsen", which is dotted with accommodation facilities, hot spring facilities and barbecue places on a vast site. With a casual bathing plan of 700 yen on weekdays (Sat/Sunday, and 800 yen on holidays), you can use large baths for men and women, such as radium hot springs and weak radiation baths, as well as burde zones, outdoor baths and hot springs in swimwear. The all-building use plan 1500 yen (Sat, Sunday, and holidays 1800 yen) is also popular.

Fun facilities gather along the plateau. There is also a BBQ site, a hot spring where you can take a day bath, and a pool (adults from 700 yen).

Glamping facility located at the comprehensive resort "Rurixi Hot Spring for REST RESORT". Receive dinner, breakfast appliances and ingredients after check-in, and enjoy the comfort of camping empty-handed. Restaurants and hot springs in the "Rurikei Onsen Main Building" are also available. There is a night spot "Kyoto Illumination Cinastaia Hills" in the facility, and the experience-type illumination is carried out.

A valley about 4km in the southwestern part of Nantan City. The water flowing down from Tongtian Lake becomes a clear stream, stitching among rock formations and trees. Both sides of the strait are sights of colorful autumn foliage. The area is also known as a hiking trail because the promenade is maintained under the designation of Kyoto Prefectural Natural Park. National Designated Historic Site Meishatsu Natural Monument.

A day-trip hot spring facility that enters "Roadside Station Springs Hiyoshi", which has a vast lawn park. There are Kenmibo (rock bath) and a heated pool that can be used throughout the year. The source, which boasts a spring quality, allows you to spend a moment of relaxation heartily in an open-air rock bath, an open-air bath, a waggling water bath, an aromauryu sauna, etc. In the hot spring general election 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, the sport and leisure division became the number one in Japan for the fifth consecutive year.