Tsuwano Horseback Archery on April 10th, 2016

Tsuwano Horseback Archery will be held on April 10^th (SUN)

 Horseback archery is held on the second Sunday in April every year.

Only Tsuwano Horseback Archery field preserves original form of hundreds year ago.

You can see the ritual ceremony, which has been passed down in Ogasawara School from generation to generation, at Washibara Hachiman Shrine. Ogasawara School or Ogasawara-ryu specializes Samurai class's manner includes mounted archery.
 

It starts at  11:00 ～　and  14:00 ～ at Washibara Hachiman Shrine.

There are parking area at Nagomino-sato Roadside Station.
 You can park your car in the downtown and ride a shuttle bus to Yabusame field.

Map↓↓

https://goo.gl/maps/THuuaSHpSAL2


 

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Traditional Hina dolls on Display at Saranoki Shointei

Shop Saranoki exhibits various kinds of traditional Hina dolls which you can see only this period.

We will appreciate if you visit the exhibition and see various kinds of doll such as the one handed down from the end of Edo period and paper dolls.

 

Period: February 13^th(SAT) ～April 3^rd(SUN)

Time: 9:30 ～17:00

Admission: Free

Place: Saranoki Shointei  

 

Map:   https://goo.gl/maps/BFshhwRNyYG2

 

 

 

 

 

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Hatsu-uma taisai (February 6th, 2016) Tsuwano Town

Hatsu-uma taisai (February 6^th, 2016)

 Ceremony Time: 10:00 ～

 

It is said that the deity called Inari Okami enshrined in Fushimi-inari shrine in Kyoto on Hatsu-uma day (first horse day of the lunar calender). Taikodani-inari shrine, a branch shrine of Fushimi-inari shrine, celebrates that anniversary, too.

Inari Okami is the deity for good fortune, thriving business and bountiful harvest!

 http://taikodani.jp/

 

 

 

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Shimane Furusato Fair will be held in Hiroshima City

Shimane Furusato Fair in Hiroshima City

 Shimane Furusato(hometown) Fair will be held on January 23th(SAT) and 24^th(SUN) at Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center. Iwami Kagua performance will be held on a stage and local products will be sold at booths in the Main Arena. There will be food stands outside.

 

Open Time:  23th(SAT)  10:00-17:00

                      24^th(SUN)  10:00-16:30 

 

Iwami Kagura Stage :   23th (SAT)  11:55-12:25  Kuniyuzuri    

    15:50-16:20  Orochi

                    

24^th (SUN)   13:20-13:50  Hinomisaki

                     15:10-15:40  Jinrin

 

Place: Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center    MAP

 

We are looking forward to seeing you at Shimane Furusato Fair!!

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New Year's ceremony of Sake brewers in Tsuwano

Sakagura-biraki Ceremony in Tsuwano

 Sake brewers celebrate the New Year’s start of their business. It is called Sakagura Biraki, a literal meaning is ‘Opening a sake storage’. Three brewers in Tsuwano will have a sake & food event at Tonomachi Street in the heart of Tsuwano Town.

We hope you enjoy sake, local food and watching paintings called Tsuwano Hyakkeizu.

 

Date: February 6^th (SAT) 

10:00～　         Ceremony at Furuhashi Shuzo ( brewer)

10:00～15:00   Amazake(sweet mild sake) and cakes will be served to visitors  at  Furuhashi Shuzo and Kasen Shuzo on Tonomachi Street

11:30～13:00  Special assorted lunch of local foods will be served at Tsuwano Chomin Center (price:2000yen per person, booking is required, only for 20 people)

13:00～14:00          　　〃　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　〃

 

11:00～15:00  Hagoita (battledore game) at Tsuwano-town Japan Heritage Center

 

Inquiry : Tourism Department　of  the Town of Tsuwano ' (0856-72-0652)

                Tsuwano Tourist Information Center (0856-71-1771)

 

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Enjoy the winter at an old mansion, Hori Residence in Tsuwano

 

 

Date & Time; February 7 (SUN) 10:30 ～ 14:00

Place: Hori Residence (Hori Garden)

Admission: 1200 yen (General)

           300 yen (ES student)

 

Activity program:

1. Mochi-tsuki (Pounding mocha in the traditional way)

    Mochitsuki will be done four times: 11:00  11:30  12:00   12:30

 

2. Toast pieces of mochi over a hibachi(charcoal brazier) and eat zenzai (sweet red-bean soup)

 

3. Make dry and frozen mochi

 

4. Take Ashiyu (foot bath)

 

 

If you worry about the language matter, don't worry, we are local guide-interpreters.

Check our profiles and hire one!

 

 

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Setsubun Cerremony is held on February 3

Taikodani-inari Shrine, Tsuwano Town

On February 3, Taikodani-inrai Shrine in Tsuwano Town and Kakinomoto Shrine in Masuda City are going to hold Setsubun Ceremony. The literal meaning of Setsubun is “seasonal division” and is the day before Risshun, (start of spring day).

 Some shrines hold the special ritual to cleanse away all the evil which appear on Setsubun day in order to welcome a god of fortune.

 

Taikodani-inari Shrine (Tsuwano Town)

10:00 ～ Mamemaki (bean scattering)

 

Kakinomoto Shrine (Masuda City)

11:00 ～、15:30～　Mamemaki (bean scattering)

10:00 ～ 21:00 　Iwami Kagura (a ritual performing art in this region)

 

Manyo Park facebook page "Setsubun ceremony in 2014 "

 

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Remained landscapes of Edo period in Tsuwano

 

Hyakkeizu pictures were painted in the late Edo period (the late 19^th century)

In Tsuwano, there are almost the same views remained as those of Edo period painted in hyakkeizu pictures.

 

http://www.tsuwano100.net/landscape/sensation.html

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Machiya-stay in Tsuwano Town

Machiya are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan. Tsuwano machiya were tenement houses built in the Taisho era (1912-1926)             .

We have a rebuilt machiya, “Ebisu-cho”, for tourists to lodge. It is located in the heart of the town and close to JR Tsuwano Station.

Click here to see how it is. ↓

http://tsuwano-stay.jp/

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Tsuwamin, the official mascot of Tsuwano Town, introduces Sake brewers in Tsuwano.

White steam rising from a Sake brewer is one of typical views in winter.

Let's explore the secret of sake brewing with Tsuwamin!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nihon-iisan Center (Tsuwano Japan Heritage Center)

A Japan Heritage

The Bygone Days of Tsuwano: Traveling the Hyakkeizu

Tsuwano Hyakkeizu is a collection of pictures depicting famous places and customs in the Tuswano Domain at the end of the shogunate.

You can see those pictures with English explanation at newly opened Tsuwano Japan Heritage Center. Visit the center and go for walk to these spots illustrated in the Hyakkeizu.

http://www.tsuwano100.net/

Open: 09:00 ～ 17:00

Closed: Mondays

Admission Fee: Free

Address: Ro-253 Ushiroda, Tsuwano-cho, Kanoashi-gun, Shimane

Phone: 0856-72-1901

Fax: 0856-72-1902

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Taikodani Inari Shrine in Tsuwano

Taikodani Inari Shrine is counted as one of the five greatest Inari Shrines in Japan. Believers from all over Japan make a wish to the deity happiness and fulfilment of their dreams. At first, this shrine was established as a spiritual protection of Tsuwano Castle. So the Motomiya (the former shrine) faces toward the castle, but new one (built in 1969) faces to the heart of Tsuwano town.

 

Taikodani Inari Shrine website ：　　http://taikodani.jp/

Phone： 0856-72-0219

 

Other external links:

 

http://japan-web-magazine.com/en/shimane/taikodani-inari-jinja

 

http://tsuwano-kanko.net/en/

 

 

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Tsuwano Onsen "Nagomi-no Sato" (hot spring)

Tsuwano Onsen "Nagomi no Sato" (hot spring)

 Roadside station "Nagomi no Sato" is a complex facility of  hot springs called Asagiri-no-yu, a restaurant and a souvenior shop.

Asagiri-no-yu

Open: 10:00-21:00 (Last admission 20:30)

Closed: Every Thursday

Fee:  General 600 yen
          ES, JHS student  350 yen
          Infant   free

          Rental bath towel : 100 yen
          Rental face towel :    50 yen

Type of hotspring：　natural radium spring
         
Website: http://nagomi-nosato.com/

Phone: 0856-72-4122   Fax: 0856-72-4170

External Link
http://www.iwami-travelguide.com/?p=37

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Winter Dessert Buffett 2015

Taberuwo Coffee sincerely serves you a special winter dinner with local foods of Tsuwano.

“It is beginning of winter. Fruits and vegetables have ripened and ready to be served.

Apples, Chinese quinces, dried persimmons, turnips, burdocks, carrots…with those winter foods, we cook many kinds of dessert like a special soup of full of root vegetables, some natural yeast bread, and aromatic coffee. You may eat your favorite as much as you like.”

~Menu~

Whole wheat flour scone with Chinese quinces jam

Beans tea and Apple tart

Burdock pudding

Raw chocolate of dried persimmons and sake lees

Various kinds of baked cakes

Bruschetta of boar meat rillettes

Special soup of roots vegetables

Special coffee blended for winter

Etc.

Date: December 12 (SAT), 13(SUN)

Time: １１：００～１５：００

Price: 1800 yen

Place: Taberuwo Caffee

Limited to 20 people

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Tsuwano Town Tourist Information Center

Hyper link to Tsuwano Tourist Information Center



Tonomachi Street in Tsuwano Town



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