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金剛生駒紀泉国定公園内にある、かやぶき風木造の宿泊施設です。 いろり、へっつい、五右衛門風呂と薪による里山生活体験、農作業体験ができます。キャンプ施設もあります。
野崎観音は、天平勝宝年間頃、行基が本尊である十一面観音を刻み安置したことにより始まったと伝えられています。その後、一時荒廃していたものを平安時代、摂津江口の長者(江口の君)が難病治癒の御礼に現在の地に移し再興したと言われています。 境内は、緑豊かな自然に囲まれた場所で、眺めが良く、縁結び・安産・子授け・婦人病などに悩むあらゆる女性をお守りくださるとともに、病気平癒・身体健全の功徳があると言われています。 お土産屋さんもあり、ゆっくり一息できるパワースポットです。
大阪平野の東、生駒山麓に位置する石切劒箭(つるぎや)神社は、「石きりさん」の愛称で親しまれ「デンボ(腫れ物)の神さん」として古くから病気平癒にご利益があるとされ、「願いが叶うように」とお百度参りされる参拝者の姿が絶えません。また、古くからある漢方薬店や洋品、雑貨、和菓子、漬物店といった懐かしい風情の店が並ぶ昭和レトロな参道商店街も魅力です。
金剛山は、初心者から上級者まで多くのハイカーが訪れます。初夏から夏にかけては新緑の清々しさ、秋には鮮やかに染まる紅葉、冬には樹氷の花が咲きます。また、金剛山ロープウェイを利用すると、金剛山の上空を空中散歩しながら大阪湾を望む、優雅な世界に連れて行ってくれます。金剛山山頂には、葛木神社や転法輪寺があり、神仏混合の山でも知られ多くの修験道や信者が訪れます。
古代豪族、土師氏の氏神として創建され、一族出身の菅原道真公を祀る天満宮です。宝物館には、国宝である伝菅公遺品をはじめとして多くの貴重な文化財が所蔵されています。梅の名所として名高く、毎年2月から3月にかけて多くの参拝者が境内の梅園を訪れます。
広さ20ha・甲子園球場5個分の広大な敷地のサバーファームは、1年中大地の恵みを実体験できる農業公園です。四季折々に咲き乱れる可憐な花々と、丁寧に育てた旬の果物、野菜たちが皆さまをお待ちしています。 朝摘フルーツのフレッシュジュースや旬野菜を使ったお料理、クラフト工作などの体験教室や、収穫祭などのイベント等をご家族皆様でお楽しみいただけます。
池上曽根遺跡は、南北1.5km、東西0.6km、総面積60万㎡をこえる全国屈指の規模を持つ弥生時代の環濠集落です。集落の中心部約11万㎡が国の史跡となり、東西20メートル、南北7メートルにおよぶ大型建物「いずみの高殿」や直径2mをこえるくりぬき井戸「やよいの大井戸」、竪穴住居などが復元されています。また、弥生時代の生活を体験できる「弥生学習館」や弥生時代を専門とする「府立弥生文化博物館」も隣接しています。
地域の芸能として江戸時代から継承されてきた「能勢の浄瑠璃」をキーワードに93年に設立された劇場です。毎年6月には地域住民により形成された「能勢人形浄瑠璃鹿角座(ろっかくざ)」定期公演が開催され、その他、多ジャンルのアーティストの公演も行っています。 また、ロビーでは、ビデオの放映や常設展示もあり、事前に連絡をいただきますと、人形に触れたり、写真撮影を行うこともできます。
毎年春には、約3,000本の桜が咲き誇り、夏は清流での水遊びやホタル鑑賞、秋は色鮮やかな紅葉狩りと四季折々の楽しみ方があり、ハイキングコースも整備されています。 湯の香薫る地としても知られる摂津峡周辺には、温泉宿や日帰り温泉施設もあり、天然温泉の良湯を堪能することができます。
1970年の日本万国博覧会(大阪万博)の会場跡地に、文化・スポーツ・レクリエーション・レジャー施設を兼ね備えた「緑に包まれた文化公園」で大阪を代表する公園です。博覧会当時から今もその姿をとどめる太陽の塔や日本庭園をはじめ、園内では四季折々の草花が楽しめるほか、1年を通して様々なイベントも開催しています。
On the north side of JR Osaka Station, you'll find a new town made of four towers, called Grand Front Osaka. Amongst water and greenery, enjoy shopping at "Shops and Restaurants" featuring 266 stores; learn, play, and discover at the intellectual and creative spot, "Knowledge Capital"; enjoy world-class services at the Intercontinental Hotel Osaka, and more. In the middle of a huge city, take a deep breath of fresh air and enjoy a stroll in this facility.
Tsutenkaku is a symbol of the most Osaka-est of neighborhoods, Shinsekai, and it is well-loved by locals. This year Tsutenkaku celebrated its 100th anniversary. When you visit, don't forget to make a wish and touch the feet of its own lucky god, Billiken.
A viewing platform located 170m in the air. See the entire Osaka City area and out to Awaji Island. The underground shopping street features a food court with a retro streetscape called Takimi Koji.
The valley starts with one of the most famous waterfalls in the country, Mino no Taki, and the area is beautiful in every season, with sights such as cherry blossoms and autumn leaves. The area also features Ryuanji and Katsuoji temples, with lots of things to see.
Hirakatajuku Kurawanka Goroku Market (Tsutsumi, Mitsuya, Okamoto, Hirakata City)
Location:
大阪府枚方市
The Hirakata-juku area was the 56th stop on the Tokaido Highway, as well as a connecting port for the Yodo River boat transport, making it a spot rich in history and culture. Every month, an open-air market is held in the Hirakata-juku area, where visitors can buy high quality handmade items such as accessories, pottery, and more from approximately 200 shops. Every month approximately 6000 shoppers visit the market. "Kurawanka" is a word that was used when selling food and drink to the boatmen travelling the Yodo River during the Edo period, making it a local phrase full of history.
A landmark of Izumisano is the view of Rinku Town ferris wheel and Gate Tower Building together. In particular, Gate Tower Building is 256m tall, one of the tallest buildings in Japan, and the view of the Kansai area from this tower is a truly superb view.
The Koya Highway connects the old capital of Kyoto with the world heritage site Mt. Koya. Since ancient times, it has been lively with worshippers heading to and from Mt. Koya. From Kawachinagano Station to Mikkaichicho Station, important cultural properties Nagano Shrine, Eboshigata Hachiman Shrine, registered cultural properties Saijo Goshigaisha former shop, the Yagike house, and more can be found, in a streetscape rich with historical atmosphere. In recent years, the streets have been decorated by local citizens groups with things like "sugitama" cedar balls and lanterns, to welcome visitors to the Koya Highway.
Just two stations from Kansai International Airport and 30 minutes by bus from Nankai Izumisano Station is the remote Mt. Inuaki. Part of the Kongo-Ikoma Kisen Quasi-National park, it is one of Japan's oldest sacred grounds, with abundant natural beauty. Inuakisan Shipporyuji Temple is a popular place for ordinary people, and women in particular, to try a Buddhist ascetic practice experience. At the foot of the mountain is Osaka Prefecture's only natural hot spring, Inuakisan Onsen, and Osaka's only brand-name pork, Inuaki-buta can be experienced at the accommodation facilities there, making it a recommended spot for both international and domestic travelers.
With 60 floors and a height of 300m, it has surpassed the twenty-year leader Yokohama's 296m Landmark Tower, as the tallest building in Japan. The floors include Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel, offices, Abeno Harukas Art Museum, a rooftop garden, Kintetsu Department Store, Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line, Osaka Abenobashi Station. The Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store Tower opened first on June 13, 2013, and the following spring, in March 2014, it held its grand opening. It will be a new Osaka landmark.
This fishing port connects the fruits of the sea with the dining tables of the people. Look out to see the Kansai Airport Bridge, connecting Japan with the world. The airport is built with the newest technology to create a manmade island that is gentle on the environment, and the way it protects rich fish habitat is a shining example of this. The fishing port includes Osaka's original open-air market, the Izumisano Fisheries Cooperative Open-Air Fish Market, where visitors can buy seafood fresh from Senshu to eat, and also enjoy watching the fish auctions.
The Kishiwada Danjiri Festival has approximately 300 years of history, and over the three-days of this September festival from the trial runs to the official festival, 600,000 people come to watch the spectacle. The festival is held to pray for a good harvest, which is held in September and October, and all over the city 81 danjiri carts are pulled under self-management, self-restraint, and self-policing.
It is uncertain when and who built Kishiwada Castle, but it came into being during the Sengoku period (mid-16th century) and it was the residence of the Matsuuras, who governed the Senshu region. During the Edo period, Kishiwada Castle was used to protect south Osaka, and it played an important role in helping the Bakufu control the western part of the country. In front of the castle keep, is the Hachijin Garden, designed by leading garden designer Shigemori Mirei, and even today the castle is famous as a spot for a castle wedding.
In the Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses see the nostalgic old Japanese way of life with representative farm houses from all parts of Japan that have been dismantled and reconstructed on the site. This was Japan's first outdoor museum. From Iwate Prefecture in the north, to Kagoshima Prefecture in the south, there are 11 farm houses collected on the site. All of the farm houses were originally built in the 17-19th centuries (the Edo period), and people were living in them until the late-1950s. Also on display are Kuribune boats from Amamioshima and San'in, and a windmill from Sakai. Hattori Ryokuchi Park is the location of the Open-Air Museum Of Old Japanese Farm Houses, which is a green tract of land 33 times the size of the Koshien baseball stadium, chosen as one of Japan's hundred best city parks, and Japan's hundred historical parks, and loved as a place of relaxation and refreshment.
This large-scale fireworks festival features approximately 3000 fireworks launched from 11 starmines located on the temple ground of Benten-shu Meio-ji Temple. The road leading up to the temple is lined with stalls, and approximately 80,000 visitors come to enjoy the fireworks and the festival. In particular, the final starmines fill the night sky with a gorgeous golden waterfall, as bright as broad daylight that dazzles the eyes of everyone watching. The special firework made in the shape of the religion's crest, the bellflower, is rare and special to see.
Kansai International Airport Framed Night View @ Star Gate Hotel
Location:
大阪府泉佐野市
Head to Japan's number one Airport on the sea, and go to the 53rd floor sky chapel of the Star Gate Hotel to get the best view of Osaka Bay, a straight line glowing at night with warm orange lights to soothe the soul. The sky chapel provides a beautiful frame for this magical, picture-perfect view that can't be found elsewhere.
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