These model courses will let you discover all the Japan Heritage sites in Oda City.
Two courses are introduced here: the Around Sanbe Area course, which let you experience the large scale of nature and constituent heritage sites around Sanbe area built by the activity of the Earth, and the Around Ginzan Area course, which follows the cultural path made by volcanoes around Omori Ginzan. If you go around on the two courses, you can cover almost all of the Japan Heritage constituent cultural properties and each area of Oda.
9:00
D-4
- Iwami Ginzan
World Heritage Center
(30 min.) (parking) - Learn about Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine with the latest VR technology!
Approx. 5 min. by route bus
World Heritage Center (depart at 9:41 am) —
Omori (arrive at 9:46 am)
10:30
Departure
Reservation requiredD-4
- Iwami Ginzan Guide Society
Scheduled One Coin Guided Tour
Ryugenji Mabu Mine Shaft Course (90 min.) - The local guides will help you deepen your understanding of history but also of how silver was extracted with their easy-to-understand explanations.
- Iwami Ginzan Park
- Ryugenji Mabu Mine Shaft
12:00
Break
Approx. 30 min.
12:30
Lunch
D-4
- Lunch at Omori (60 min.)
Approx. 10 min.
13:40
D-4
- Strolling & souvenir shopping around the streets of Omori
(90 min. in total) - Imo Daikan Museum
(Iwami Ginzan Museum),
Kigami Shrine, etc.
15:10
D-4
- Magistrate’s Office Square
Approx. 7 min. by route bus
Omori Daikansho Ato (depart at 3:38 pm) —
World Heritage Center (arrive at 3:45 pm)
15:50
D-4
- Iwami Ginzan
World Heritage Center (catch bus)
Approx. 10 min.
16:00
D-4
- Stay in Omori
9:30
- Depart from Omori
Approx. 10 min.
9:40
D-3
- Mt. Ryugan (Tatsuiwa Rock) (view from car window)
- Along the way, you will see a gigantic rock appearing high in the sky from the car window. Its shape looks like a Japanese dragon.
Approx. 10 min.
9:50
C-3
- Kotogahama Beach (30 min.)
- A beautiful beach of singing sand. The sand will sing as you step on it.
Approx. 10 min.
10:30
D-3
- Nima Sand Museum
(80 min.) - In this sand museum, you can make a key ring or a strap to bring home as a souvenir!
Approx. 10 min.
12:00
Lunch
Souvenir
D-3
- Michi-no-Eki “Goise Nima” (90 min.)
- A new information center opened in Oda in January 2022. There, you can have lunch but also enjoy a large selection of local specialties. This is the perfect place to buy a souvenir.
Approx. 20 min.
13:50
Reservation requiredB-5
- Fukumitsuishi Stone quarry (60 min.)
- The guides will lead you through this quarry still being used today. The space cut underground is like a place from another world.
Approx. 20 min.
15:10
B-4
- Yu-yu Kan (parking)
Yunotsu Onsen town stroll (60 min.) - A hot spring town with many old-style buildings. You may also take a break in a cafe.
B-4
Day trip or stay at Yunotsu Onsen
