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The park was maintained at the base of the Manba Bridge. From the time of Manba to the present, it is lined with 27 songstones that chanted Shinano. The monument of Hiroshi Itsuki's famous song "Chikuma River" plays a beautiful singing voice when you press the switch. Start walking around the literary village from here.

It is a re-creation of Arato [Arato] Castle, a castle from the Sengoku period. It is made in a rei-kuo style from the four-kuo where the reception is located to the main guo at the top. There is a tower [yagura] and a barracks in Ninogu, and the video room inside the barracks shows the history of Arato Castle, and the exhibition room displays items from the Warring States period. From the tower and Honkou, you can enjoy a wonderful view of the majestic flowing Chikuma River, Togura-Kamiyamada hot spring town, and Zenkoji-daira.

An ancient temple of the Shingon sect, which is said to have been founded by Emperor Shōmu during the Tenpyo Year (729-749). In the precinct, there is a large mido [Omido], which is a hipped and thatched structure of Important Cultural Property, and in the chancel, the main statue of "Juihyeon Guanyin", which is also a height of 3m-length of the Important Cultural Property, is enshrined. Also known as "Hydrangea Temple", you can enjoy colorful hydrangea in early summer. There is also a large maple tree, and autumn leaves can be enjoyed in autumn.

The Oboshi Pass, where the dynamic Togakushi Ran Peak looms in front of you like a wall.

The site was home to the Oniteyama Jizoin, which offered the legendary Oniteyama-in (Momiji) from the Heian period, but later it became the Shōjō-ji temple, which received the Zen master of the Soto sect during the Edo period. On the parapets of the main hall are carved the first-hand book of the Soto sect's Kaori Dōgen [Dōgen] Zen master, and the ceiling is fitted with a stunning flower bird painting. The legend of the demon "Kijo Momiji" that he used a fairy tale is interesting.

A nature exploration park spread over the headwaters of the Susohana River. Dense-growing in the range of 1000m around the area is a scale that surpasses Oze and continues to bloom from GW in spring until around early June. It includes a two-hour course from Imaike marshland to Yoshiike and Komidaira marshlands, and a four-hour hiking course around the primeval beech forest. In late April-early June, the water beetle blooms, and in late June-July, you can also see the egg mass of Moria frog in Yoshiike.

A valley spanning the Susohana River basin from Okushohana Lake to Okushohana Nature Garden. The height of 100m of the precipice continues for 5km, showing various expressions of the four seasons. It is a treasure trove of geologically valuable formations, with fossils, rocks, rock formations, and holes showing the state of the ancient Japanese islands.

Togakushi Takahara's first hot spring facility, standing about 500m east of Togakushi. Inside the two-story building, which also serves as a restaurant and a souvenir shop, there is private water for men and women. The bathtub is stone with a sense of cleanliness. A coppice forest spreads outside the large window glass. Fountain is an alkaline simple hot spring with efficacy for neuralgia and myalgia. With a pH of 8.2, a skin effect can be expected. A restaurant where you can taste Togakushi soba, a specialty made by milling local soba noodles (10-17: 00 LO) There is also a holiday before and after the ski season. There is a restaurant and a great hall.

One "soba manpuyu" made from fine-quality buckwheat flour is 75 yen ~, and the "Ninja Village Soba no Nomi Cookie" made with soba fruit is 70 yen ~ 1 piece is well received. One cold “Mori no Shizuku” with apricot custard jam in the litter is also reputed for 55 yen ~.

A bamboo work specialty store that makes and sells soba zaru 3800 yen ~ which is indispensable for making soba noodles. In addition to zaru, many small items are also sold in the store. Please look at the finery made from the root bends bamboo with the hand of a skilled craftsman.