Healthy Town Kagamino, OKAYAMA, JAPANKagamino, Wonderful Trip!
Nature, Onsen, Taste, Amazing Experience
Must Visiting Sights
- Onsen Hot Springs
- The "Onsen of Beauty" nestled among mountains and mountain streams
Okutsu
Onsen hot
springs
With its riverside rotenburo (outdoor bath), Okutsu Onsen features numerous elegant inns and accommodations. Because soaking in the hot spring's waters is said to make one's skin white and smooth, this onsen is famously known as "Bijin no Yu" (Onsen of Beauty). "Ashibumi Sentaku," also known as the "Washing Dance," is performed by women in kimonos holding pails while stamping on garments and making washing motions with their toes. This "dance," a noted attraction at Okutsu Onsen, is performed in the rotenburo on Sundays and public holidays from late March to early December. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the "Ashibumi Sentaku" at no charge as well as the area's beautiful seasonal landscapes including fall foliage in autumn and snowfall in winter.
When/Sundays and holidays during early March−mid-December (canceled during foul weather) Hours/8:30-8:45 *Open to participation by anyone Where/Ashibumi Sentaku (Washing Dance) under Okutsu Bridge
Okutsu Onsen Hanabijin no Sato [dining=◯ shopping=◯ rest=◯]
A facility with exteriors designed based on the image of a town of flowers and trees, interiors that abundantly uses wood, and high ceilings that give an open space feeling. "Hana Onsen" o ers a pleasant hot spring experience including the large public bath that is abundantly filled with natural hot springs, an open-air bath and a family bath. The 26th of each month is bath day and a value-packed event is held. A gourmet experience can be enjoyed as well such as the Satoyama cuisine at Satoyama Restaurant Aelu and the Satoyama smoothie at Satoyama Café OKUnoMA.
TEL: +81-86-852-0788
FAX:+81-86-852-0666
[Location] 261 Okutsu Kawanishi
[Hours] [Weekdays] 10:00~19:00
http://www.hanabijin.co.jp/
- Nature / Flowers and Autumn Foliage
- A varied valley landscape full of the beauty of all four seasons
Okutsukei
Valley
See the superb scenery of potholes formed due to eroding granite, the waterfalls and deep pools. This destination is often introduced as a great sightseeing spot with one of the best fall foliage in western Japan, but its natural beauty that changes with the seasons and the murmuring of the clear stream form a scenery that captivates the heart.Enjoy breathtaking views of the Okutsu Valley during all four seasons. The potholes formed due to eroding granite make for an artistic landscape in harmony with the environment. Both sides of the valley are trans- formed into bright red colors during the autumn.
Address:
Okutsu Kawanishi, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama )
TEL: +81-86-852-0711
(Kagamino Town Office of Industry and Tourism)
- Nature / theme park
- A honey theme park that also offers strawberry picking
Yamada
Bee Farm
Honeybee
Park
Making the most of the blessings of nature, such as watching up close the honeybees carrying pollen, picking strawberries and making beeswax candles, are very popular.
A hands-on experience based farm offering beekeeping experience, honey extracting experience, class on honeybees, honeybeehealth lecture, blueberry picking and more.
The honeybee experience tours offered at the tourist farm operated directly by Yamada Bee Farm includes observing the beehives at the farm as well as honey gathering by extracting your original honey from fresh beehives. You can take home honey as a souvenir.
Address:
785-1 Tsukadani, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama
TEL: +81-86-854-5515
More Sights
NatureIwai Falls
The Iwai Falls, located in a forest with an air of divinity, is also called a Urami-no-Taki (inside view waterfall) because you can enter the inside of the waterfall to get a view from the back.
Address: Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama
TEL: +81-86-854-2987(Kagamino Town Office of Industry and Tourism)
Roadside StationMichi-no-Eki Okutsu Onsen
here are rows of local fresh-picked vegetables and sansai wild vegetables as well as local specialty products, and it' s the perfect spot for tourists traveling by car to gather information.
Address: 463 Okutsu, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama
TEL: +81-86-852-7178
MuseumFairywood Glass Museum
From Bohemian glass of the 19th century to the present rare uranium glass from around the world, more than 100 items are on display at the museum.
Address: 666-5 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama
TEL: +81-86-844-7888
http://kanko.town.kagamino.lg.jp/fairywood/
SightTomata Dam
Tomata Dam boasts the third largest volume of water for dams in the prefecture. A special observation tour for seeing the normally-restricted operating room and gate chamber with the guide is regularly available.
Tomata Dam Management Office Tel:General tour/+81-86-852-2151 (Tomata Dam Management Office) Observation tour/+81-86-854-7655 (Kagamino Tourism Society)
Address: 1592-4 Kutashimonohara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama
Enjoy delicious Kagamino cuisine!
Kagamino ramen noodles
The tomato and the salt-based soup are a perfect match. With a refreshing flavor, the ramen is loved by people of all ages.
[Where to eat] Ochaya-no-Ramen
Kagamino countryside curry
Countryside curry with large cut vegetables and chicken. An excellent dish with a mild taste that uses barley miso as a hidden flavor.
[Where to eat] Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen "Onsen-Tei" /Notoro-Kan, Notoro Onsen
Kagamino imojiru yam soup
Locally produced wild yam is grated and mixed with rich miso soup to thin it
down, which is then poured over steaming hot Kagamino rice. Grated yam rice you can enjoy only in Kagamino.
[Where to eat] Satoyama Restaurant Aelu.
(261 Okutsukawanishi)
healthy ingredients Smoothie
A smoothie born from the combination of Kagamino' s vegetables, fruits and honey.
[Where to eat] Opened at an event
Country cooking buffet
Traditional local cooking that uses seasonal sansai and other vegetables from Kagamino. Enjoy mild flavors that somehow take you back.
[Where to eat] Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen "Onsen-Tei" (463 Okutsu)/
Otsuri Onsen Hot Springs(16-2 Okutsukawanishi)
Hirame(amago salmon) dishes
Called the queen of the mountain stream, hirame (amago salmon) is delicious grilled with salt. Enjoy it also marinated with sweet-and-sour nanban sauce, as sashimi.
[Where to eat] Notoro-kan, Notoro Onsen/Kokumin Shukusha Itsuki "Yamaboshi" /Sanka/Restaurant Sansui
Wild game cuisine
Dishes using boar meat or venison are part of the local cuisine for the winter.
Fresh meat of wild animals can be used for boar stew.
[Where to eat] Various lodging facilities throughout Kagamino-cho
Yamaben(Bento)
Bento boxes using sansai wild vegetables and other local specialties of Kagamino. The good old tastes that reminds you of grandma' s cooking. Limited to Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and when in season only.
[Where to eat] Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen/Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake/Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"/other
Sansai wild vegetable dishes
Cooking that uses locally picked seasonal sansai wild vegetables like the udo plant, bracken, butterbur and aralia sprouts rich in sense of the seasons. Limited to springtime only (the kind of sansai wild vegetables may differ depending on the day).
[Where to eat] Ippuku-Tei (1805-12 Kamisaibara)/
Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen "Onsen-Tei" (463 Okutsu)/Satoyama
Kara-miso (Karabijin) ramen noodles
Spicy ramen noodles with a soup base of local specialty hime togarashi chili pepper miso. An addicting taste.
[Where to eat] Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)/ Ochaya-no-Ramen(1165-7 Kamisaibara)
Tomada dam curry
Dummy Spicy ramen noodles with a soup base of local specialty hime togarashi chili pepper miso. An addicting taste.
[Where to eat] Satoyama Restaurant Aelu.(261 Okutsukawanishi)
Kagamino
Souvenir!
- Kurianton
- Hirame (amago salmon)
- Hime togarashi chili pepper
- Fairywood glass
- Tomato
- Log-grown shiitake mushrooms/log-grown nameko mushrooms
- Strawberry
- Honey
- Alstroemeria lindo
- Wasabi leaves
- Ji-manju Kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup) Senzan
- Buckwheat shochu Uttate
- Canned wild game cuisine (venison)
- Health tea = Kumazasa tea/Nakadani tea
- Straw-work/Woodwork products
- Kagamino horori
Kurianton
A luxurious chestnut bun with hot dough and two whole chestnuts in a thick dough. One of the famous sweets born and raised in Kagamino.
[Where to eat] Seimandou(65 Teramoto)
Hirame (amago salmon)
Hirame is called the queen of the mountain stream. Enjoy it grilled with salt, sweetened and boiled or as sushi.
[Where to eat] Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)/ Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)
Hime togarashi chili pepper
Characterized by a unique spiciness and aroma. The “Karabijin Series” of soy sauce and dressings are popular.
[Where to eat] Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)/Hirame-kan(414-1 Tomihigashidani)/Tomi Hirame Farm(363-2 Tominishidani)/Nagomi Chaya(514-1 Kamisaibara)/other
Fairywood glass
The Fairywood glass (uranium glass) rare in the world is a unique specialty item of the Kamisaibara region.
[Where to eat] Fairywood Glass Museum(666-5 Kamisaibara)
Tomato
Surprisingly sweet and tastes delicious when cooked or in salads. Cherry tomatoes are especially delicious.
[Where to eat] Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)
Log-grown shiitake mushrooms/log-grown nameko mushrooms
Log-grown shiitake mushrooms have a pleasant flavor and texture, and are loved for their simple taste. Log-grown nameko mushrooms are a pleasant taste of nature found around the time of frost – a simple yet excellent product of the countryside.
[Where to eat] Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)/Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/other
Strawberry
Safe and sweet strawberries raised without using any chemical fertilizers. The strawberry-picking experience is very popular.
[Where to eat] Honeybee Farm(785-1 Tsukadani)/Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/other
Honey
A product of the honeybee hive packed with nutrients like vitamins and well known nationwide.
[Where to eat] Yamada Bee Farm Bunbun Factory(51-1 Enjuji)/Honeybee Farm Little Bee House(187 Ichiba)/Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/other
Alstroemeria lindo
A flower that makes use of the landform of the Okutsu region with variation in altitude to adorn a wide variety of settings.
[Where to eat] Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)
Wasabi leaves
Characterized by a mild and not too spicy taste. Pickled wasabi leaves and wasabi leaf-rolled sushi are popular.
[Where to eat] Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/other
Ji-manju Kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup) Senzan
The Kuromitsu Mt. Izumigasen is characterized by its dough kneaded with honey.
[Where to eat] Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)
Buckwheat shochu Uttate
Authentic shochu that sticks to local production by using local buckwheat, a local distillery and label design by a local printmaker.
[Where to eat] Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/other
Canned wild game cuisine (venison)
A canned product of su-ume (original strain of the Japanese plum) and venison—wild game cuisine that is rare in Japan.
[Where to eat] Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)/Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233
Health tea = Kumazasa tea/Nakadani tea
Kumazasa (Veitch’s bamboo) has been known to have detoxification benefits and have been used in tea for health improvement reasons.
[Where to eat] Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)
Straw-work/Woodwork products
Find sturdy straw-work with woven cattail leaves. Woodwork straps of popular characters are well liked.
[Where to eat] Kagamino- cho Bussankan "Yumehiroba"(233 Enjuji)/Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Okutsu Onsen (463 Okutsu)/Mizu-no-Sato Okutsu Lake(60-8 Kochi)/Notoro-Kan, Notoro Onsen(2091-10 Tominishidani)/other
Kagamino horori
A new texture cookie, a mellow taste and a nice touch, made with Tsuyama wheat (Tsuyama no smile) and Belgian chocolate.
[Where to eat] WAKANA(695-2 Yoshihara)
About
Kagamino
Town
Enjoy the scenery and experience of Kagamino
Located in northern Okayama prefecture and bordering Tottori prefecture,Kagamino has many stunning sights like forests, valleys and rural landscapes that can be enjoyed each season. There is the Okayama Prefectural Forest Park, one of the best in the Chugoku Mountains, as well as the Okutsu Valley, one of the most beautiful scenic spots of autumn in Okayama prefecture, and the Ombara Kogen Ski Area, one of the largest ski grounds in the prefecture. Enjoy memorable experiences at each of the spots and refresh both your body and mind. Let' s go out into Mother nature with a camera in hand. Everyone in your group or family will surely be brimming with joy.
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