| Mino City is famed for its waterfalls and
wild monkeys. It takes
25 minutes by the
Hankyu Mino Line from Umeda,
Osaka. Sixty
percent of Mino is mountains
covered with
forests, and there are
some tourist attractions.
The Mino Quasi-National
Park, Katsuodera
Temple are two of the most
notable. Ennogyoja
founded the mountain religion
there. The
city is famous for its
maple leaves, so it’s
a good spot to go hiking.
Also, there are
hot springs and hotels.
Mino Kanko Hotel〈0727-23-2323〉is
the one we would recommend. |
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| Hankyu Mino Line Mino station |
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 15min. |
| Insectarium of Mino Park |
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2min. |
| Ryuanji Temple |
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10min. |
| The statue of Hideyo Noguchi |
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20min. |
| Toujin-Modori-Iwa |
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10min. |
| Mino waterfall |
Mino waterfall |
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| Mino Quasi-National Park |
| Mino Quasi-National Park is located at
the mountain district
of northern Mino City.
From old times it
is famous for its water
fall and maple leaves.
The park has an altitude
of 100- 600 meters,
then it is a treasury
of nature and bugs:
1100spiecies of plants
and 3000 kinds of
insects there. |
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| Mino Waterfall |
| This Water falls from 33m high and named
"MINO" after its appearance which
sees to be straw raincoat. Beautiful maple
trees decorate around waterfall in autumn. |
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| Ryuanji Temple |
| Ennogyoja as a place of ascetic practices
founded Ryuanji Temple.
A lot of monks practicing
asceticism come to
this head temple
of asceticism
believing in mountains.
The temple is dedicated
Benzaiten, or the
Godess of Eloquence
and
art, in Japan. |
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| Saigoku kaido |
| Saigoku Kaido, or the western highway,
is
the ruins of the
main camp of Segawa,
Hanmachi,
site of Takafudado
in Makiochi, and
the House
of Kayano Sanpei,
who was Akoroshi. |
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| Katsuodera Temple |
| Katsuodera Temple is the 23 amulet distributing
office in thirty-three
temples in Saigoku.
There is a Buddhist
temple gate, Taho Tower,
the Main Hall in
the mountain. It is also
popular as a beutiful
spot of cherry blossom
and maple leaves.
〈0727-21-7010〉(Admission
400yen) |
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| Mino-Matsuri Festival(July) |
| This is the festival of the fire and drum.
You can enjoy some events
such as parade
in the city. |
| Summer Festa at Mino Park(July) |
| Lights decorate its pathway in the park
annually
in summer. In the precincts
of the Ryoanji
Temple, you can enjoy the
quiz tournament,
some shows and the Buddhist
service with
lighting a holy fire for
invocation. |
| Momiji-Matsuri Festival(November) |
| The festival is held in Mino Park that
is
famous for beautiful autumn
leaves. They
hold various events in
the precincts of Ryoanji
Temple. |
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