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Kirara Ajisu Roadside Station

This roadside station offers stores with local fresh vegetables, seafood from the Seto Inland Sea, local specialty products Kanzuke and Shoyudama, and bread and mochi freshly made on-site, and restaurants. We recommend you try the Panpokin karinto (deep-fried snacks) made from sweet, firm Kurimasaru pumpkins. Kirara Ajisu Roadside Station is also an ideal place to exchange information because many cyclists come here.
Akiyoshidai Karst Observation Deck

This observation deck offers a whole panoramic view of Japan’s largest karst landscape. A new tourism center, the “Karstar” at Mine Akiyoshidai Geo Park, has opened next to Akiyoshidai Observation Deck. It offers tourist information, provides advisories, and includes a free rest space and café in its role as Geo Park’s visitor center.
Beppubenten Pond

The clear, blue spring water of Beppubenten Pond is mysteriously beautiful. This highly-transparent spring water, 14°C in temperature, has been selected as one of Japan’s top 100 springs. Visitors can enjoy trout cuisine and trout fishing.
Ofuku Roadside Station

This roadside station includes the popular Ofuku Onsen fed directly from the hot spring and a restaurant that serves locally-produced items, such as homemade sherbet with seasonal flavors and croquettes made from Mito burdock root.
Mito Roadside Station

Next to Mito Roadside Station is Kasen Park, where ducks swim leisurely in the water. This is a good place to get local specialty items, such as Mito burdock root and burdock root products. The ice cream made from local Mine products, such as summer oranges, chestnuts, and persimmons, is popular.
Naganobori Copper Mine Cultural Exchange Center Daibutsu Museum

Nara’s daibutsu, or giant Buddha statue, took a great deal of copper to make, and the Naganobori Copper Mine in Naganobori, Mitocho, Mine, where that copper was taken from, has been designated a national historic site. At the Daibutsu Museum, visitors can learn about copper and the history of copper mining in Japan, as well as the role that copper plays today. This is the only place where real mokkan—strips of wood used for writing official messages from ancient times—can be seen on display. The place where the Battle of Oda-Edo, the spark that triggered the Meiji Restoration, took place is located nearby, and relics from that battle are also on display.
Kagekiyodo Thoron Onsen
Kagekiyodo Cave

This cave is said to be where Taira no Kagekiyo (Oba Kagekiyo), commander of the Heike clan, hid when he lost the Battle of Dan-no-ura. The walls and ceiling are as magnificent as works of art, and you can see fossils of fusulinid, coral, and seaweed. In addition to the sightseeing route, there is an adventure route (that takes about one hour) that allows visitors to look for troglofauna and fossils. Kagekiyodo Tron Onsen is also located nearby.

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