Toyooka Art Season

Kinosaki International Arts Center

ABOUT

Kinosaki International Arts Center (KIAC) is an Artist-in-Residence center focused on performing arts.
The center has a main hall, six studios, and seven residences. It offers residencies and facilities for artists who wish to concentrate on their creative activities as well as to present their works.

Open: 9:00〜22:00
Closed: every Tuseday
URLhttp://kiac.jp/

WHERE

1062 Yushima Kinosaki-cho Toyooka-shi,Hyogo.Japan
15min walk from Kinosaki Onsen Station

WHEN

The Attic Heights

2023.10.18

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2023The Attic Heights "Table Manners" (WIP)

eiko YAMAGUCHI (BRDG)& Ian SEGARRA (PETA) -

2023.11.25

Kinosaki International Arts Center

eiko YAMAGUCHI (BRDG)& Ian SEGARRA (PETA) - "Sari Sali" Preview

Dance project

2023.12.24

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Dance project "A Quest for Relationship: Island of __" from the collaboration between Yeu-kwn WANG and Danang PAMUNGKAS

Art Translators Collective

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Art Translators Collective "Art Translation Party: Game Production Project" Regional Exchange Program

Maki MORISHITA and Naoka UEMURA Artwork WIP

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2023Maki MORISHITA and Naoka UEMURA Artwork WIP "Running Woman, Searching Woman: Research on how to Create a Lasting Performance"

'Hideto IWAI/Hi-bye

Kinosaki International Arts Center

'Hideto IWAI/Hi-bye "New Piece" WIP

Frédéric Feliciano/Friiix Club “Birdy” Local Exchange Program

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2023Frédéric Feliciano/Friiix Club “Birdy” Local Exchange Program

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2023"Shie Minamino / OSUSHI “Wedding” - Present / Absent / Work-in-progress -"

 Ayaka Ono, You Nakazawa, Space Not Blank

2023.08.06

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2023 Ayaka Ono, You Nakazawa, Space Not Blank ""Words and Shakespeare's Birds."" WIP Performance"

Rie Uomori/kehaiworks

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2023Rie Uomori/kehaiworks "Heat the Light, Warm the Darkness/Rethinking Darkness Project" Community exchange program

KIAC Residency Selection 2023 ①Masamitsu Araki“Title TBD”

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Toyooka Art Season 2023KIAC Residency Selection 2023 ①Masamitsu Araki“Title TBD”

KIAC Residency Selection 2023 ②Yuni Hong Charpe “Title TBD”

Kinosaki International Arts Center

KIAC Residency Selection 2023 ②Yuni Hong Charpe “Title TBD”

KIAC Residency Selection 2023 ③Tomoko Sato “Title TBD”

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2023KIAC Residency Selection 2023 ③Tomoko Sato “Title TBD”

Kinosaki International Arts Center Community program2022 Naomi Ota| A Walk Through the Space-Time Continuum in Takeno “この家で- 이 집에서<in this house>” Shuhei Hatano| Research and Creation about San'in Kaigan Geopark [working title]

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Kinosaki International Arts Center Community program2022 Naomi Ota| A Walk Through the Space-Time Continuum in Takeno “この家で- 이 집에서<in this house>” Shuhei Hatano| Research and Creation about San'in Kaigan Geopark [working title]

Satoko Ichihara / Q “New Creation” Reading Session

2022.12.21

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Satoko Ichihara / Q “New Creation” Reading Session

Co-operation program with Crossing the sea Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi “INSEL” Work-in-progress Presentation

2022.10.10

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Co-operation program with Crossing the sea Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi “INSEL” Work-in-progress Presentation

Related program withKyoto Experiment 2022 Dana Michel Residency: Talk in Kinosaki

2022.10.12

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Related program withKyoto Experiment 2022 Dana Michel Residency: Talk in Kinosaki

Shintaro Hirahara / OrganWorks 2022–2024  “168428_4 / Nothing / 無為” Work-in-progress Showing

2022.10.29

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Shintaro Hirahara / OrganWorks 2022–2024 “168428_4 / Nothing / 無為” Work-in-progress Showing

Tomoko Sato

2022.11.05

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Tomoko Sato "TWO FEMALES - Crane / Antigone" Open Talk

Moto Takahashi/MWMW

2022.11.19

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Moto Takahashi/MWMW"New Creation" Work-in-progress Presentation

Co-operation program with AEROWAVES and Yokohama Dance Collection Jenna Jalonen “JOKE ‘I just wish to laugh at you’” Work-in-progress Presentation

2022.12.05

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Co-operation program with AEROWAVES and Yokohama Dance Collection Jenna Jalonen “JOKE ‘I just wish to laugh at you’” Work-in-progress Presentation

CANCELDE Delphine Lanson + Chiharu Mamiya

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022CANCELDE Delphine Lanson + Chiharu Mamiya "MA_CREATURE" Local Exchange Program

'Ayane Nakagawa / Suichu-Megane∞ + VONNOS + Junpei Hamada “1991~The grass is always greener on the other side~(Working title)” Work-in-progress Presentation

2023.02.03,04,06

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022'Ayane Nakagawa / Suichu-Megane∞ + VONNOS + Junpei Hamada “1991~The grass is always greener on the other side~(Working title)” Work-in-progress Presentation

François-Xavier Rouyer + Kyoko Takenaka

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022François-Xavier Rouyer + Kyoko Takenaka "KIAC Onsen Miracle Tales" Local Exchange Program

Kinoaki International Arts Center Community program 2022 Let's play with profesional Composer! Japan Association of Composers for Sumo Hearing Arts(JACSHA) Music Workshop

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Kinoaki International Arts Center Community program 2022 Let's play with profesional Composer! Japan Association of Composers for Sumo Hearing Arts(JACSHA) Music Workshop

【2022.8.28 Sun.(Scheduled)】Creative Music Festival/ Dancing (more or less)

2022.08.28

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022【2022.8.28 Sun.(Scheduled)】Creative Music Festival/ Dancing (more or less) "The Rite of Spring"

Shingo Ota / Hydroblast

2022.06.01,02,04

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Shingo Ota / Hydroblast "The Last Geisha "Open Studio

Takuya Takemoto “Verbalization of these five years and research for the next five years” ①performance, ②final presentation

2022.05.21,22,28,29,06.04,18,19,25,26

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Takuya Takemoto “Verbalization of these five years and research for the next five years” ①performance, ②final presentation

Tomoko Sato

2022.06.25

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Tomoko Sato "TWO FEMALES - Crane / Antigone"

【Scheduled for early July, 2022】Wu-Kang Chen + Ray Sun

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022【Scheduled for early July, 2022】Wu-Kang Chen + Ray Sun "Closed Tomorrow" Work-in-progress Showing

【CANCELED】Kyung Sung Lee/Creative VaQi

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022【CANCELED】Kyung Sung Lee/Creative VaQi "Gorang-Mola" Local Exchange Program

Kidows Kim

2022.08.17

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022Kidows Kim "Cutting mushrooms" Open Studio

【CANCELED】François-Xavier Rouyer and Kyoko Takenaka “LOVE/CRAFT” Local Exchange Program

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022【CANCELED】François-Xavier Rouyer and Kyoko Takenaka “LOVE/CRAFT” Local Exchange Program

【2022.6-2022.9(scheduled)】Toyooka Art Modernology Project (TBD)Gathering of Elementary School & Junior High School students who want to play

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2022【2022.6-2022.9(scheduled)】Toyooka Art Modernology Project (TBD)Gathering of Elementary School & Junior High School students who want to play "Takeno Sumo-themed Songs Fanfare Reggae"! Exchange program held by Japan Association of Composers for Sumo Heari

dance work in progress seen with sound 2 (working title)

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Toyooka Art Season 2021dance work in progress seen with sound 2 (working title)

Yasuko Yokoshi with Gelsey Bell

2021.11.28

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Yasuko Yokoshi with Gelsey Bell "shuffleyamamba:YAMAMBA AS A BEAR" Open Rehearsal

Hiroaki Umeda “Movers Platform #2”

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Hiroaki Umeda “Movers Platform #2”

CANCELED KYUKAKUUSHIO

2022.02.04

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021CANCELED KYUKAKUUSHIO "New Creation" Work-in-Progress Showing

CANCELED Co-operation program with Kyoto Experiment Work-in-progress presentation of research residency by Dana Michel

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021CANCELED Co-operation program with Kyoto Experiment Work-in-progress presentation of research residency by Dana Michel

CANCELED Co-operation program with Crossing the sea Work-in-progress presentation of research residency by Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021CANCELED Co-operation program with Crossing the sea Work-in-progress presentation of research residency by Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi

Masamitsu Araki / Taifu No Me (eye of typhoon) Work-in-progress presentation of Speculative free-from-routine project

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Masamitsu Araki / Taifu No Me (eye of typhoon) Work-in-progress presentation of Speculative free-from-routine project

Community Dance Practitioner Training School 2021

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Community Dance Practitioner Training School 2021

Asian TYA Network(Theatre for Young Audiences) Network/Creative Camp #1 Local Exchange Program

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Asian TYA Network(Theatre for Young Audiences) Network/Creative Camp #1 Local Exchange Program

CANCELD Creative Music Festival/ Dancing (more or less)

2021.10.24

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021CANCELD Creative Music Festival/ Dancing (more or less) "The Rite of Spring"

【CANCELED】Shintaro Hirahara / OrganWorks

2021.06.05

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021【CANCELED】Shintaro Hirahara / OrganWorks "168428_4 / nothing" Work in Progress Showing

Kiyoshi Hashimoto and Kenta Yamazaki | y/n “Coming Out Lessons“ Work in Progress Performance+Q&A

2021.06.12

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Kiyoshi Hashimoto and Kenta Yamazaki | y/n “Coming Out Lessons“ Work in Progress Performance+Q&A

Theater Neumarkt & Satoko Ichihara / Q ”MADAMA BUTTERFLY” Work in Progress Performance

2021.07.0405

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Theater Neumarkt & Satoko Ichihara / Q ”MADAMA BUTTERFLY” Work in Progress Performance

Kenichi Tani / DULL-COLORED POP

2021.08.0102

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Kenichi Tani / DULL-COLORED POP "Birth (working title)" Work in Progress Showing

Artist talk by Gekidan Awai

2021.08.12

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Artist talk by Gekidan Awai

Scheduled for October 2021 Daiji Meguro / Yebisu Daikokuza

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2021Scheduled for October 2021 Daiji Meguro / Yebisu Daikokuza "Paradise and Hell with Yokai Show!!" Open Studio

CANCELED Tabaimo

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020CANCELED Tabaimo "Ma Créature" Work-in-Progress Performance

Theatre SOKUDO presents

2021.03.13

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020Theatre SOKUDO presents "Performance with the play and actors!! vol. 3 - 'Stadt als Beute' by René Pollesch" Work-in-Progress Performance

'marebito theater company

2021.03.28

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020'marebito theater company "Good Morning" Work-in-Progress Showing

2020.11.21

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020"Pure Core" by Hokuto Kodama Work-in-Progress Showing

ANTIBODIES Collective

2020.12.06

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020ANTIBODIES Collective "New Creation" Work-in-Progress Showing

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2021.01.16

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020'"Dance it is"- Training program for choreographers to make use of the contemporary dance platform Dance Camp Work-in-Progress Performance

Early February 2021 (scheduled) aerowaves×YDC×KIAC:Exchange Program(working title)

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020Early February 2021 (scheduled) aerowaves×YDC×KIAC:Exchange Program(working title)

Miho Shimizu and Ryuichiro Suzuki “Baku Eat Dreams and Keep Diaries

2020.10.012021.03.31

online https://anchor.fm/yumewomiru

Toyooka Art Season 2020Miho Shimizu and Ryuichiro Suzuki “Baku Eat Dreams and Keep Diaries" Project

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED Terrapin Puppet Theatre

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED Terrapin Puppet Theatre "How We Found What We Had Lost."Work-in-Progress Showing

Music Note Festival Pre Concert Presented by KIAC !  Maki Morishita × Toshiki Usui 

2020.07.26

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020Music Note Festival Pre Concert Presented by KIAC ! Maki Morishita × Toshiki Usui "Dancing Symphony NO.5 by Beethoven 'Fate' "

Featuring Pijin Neji, Ai Mieda, and Taisuke Shimanuki

2020.08.09

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020Featuring Pijin Neji, Ai Mieda, and Taisuke Shimanuki "Antigone" (Working title)Work-in-Progress Showing Research and practice on funeral rituals,remains of graves,and historic sites related to the High Treason Incident.

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED Ng Chor Guan/Toccata Studio

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED Ng Chor Guan/Toccata Studio "Mobile Phone Orchestra:MOVING SPACES VICE VERSA(working title)"Workshop

Miho Shimizu and Ryuichiro Suzuki

2020.06.25

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020Miho Shimizu and Ryuichiro Suzuki "Baku Eat Dreams and Keep Diaries" Project "How to Eat Dreams" Round Table Discussion

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED Community Dance Practitioner Training School 2020

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED Community Dance Practitioner Training School 2020

CANCELED Noh Lecture Course

2020.07.26

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2020CANCELED Noh Lecture Course "Re-examining Modern Songs"

'TOKYO SHIOKOUJI “Fermented Music Project” Work-in-Progress Live

2019.10.30

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019'TOKYO SHIOKOUJI “Fermented Music Project” Work-in-Progress Live

Kenta Kojiri (Dance) ×Arditti Quartet (Music)   Public Rehearsal

2019.11.27

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Kenta Kojiri (Dance) ×Arditti Quartet (Music) Public Rehearsal

Bird Park #15 “To end, One, and One” Work-in-Progress Showing

2019.10.20

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Bird Park #15 “To end, One, and One” Work-in-Progress Showing

Karasuma Stroke Rock and Festival

2019.12.14

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Karasuma Stroke Rock and Festival "Celebration of feast day"in Kinosaki

circo de sastre “Circus Workshop”

2020.02.08

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Toyooka Art Season 2019circo de sastre “Circus Workshop”

Kumotaro Mukai Lecture Performance “Butoh?”

2019.11.14,16

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Kumotaro Mukai Lecture Performance “Butoh?”

NPO Contemporary Dance Network (JCDN)

2019.12.26

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019NPO Contemporary Dance Network (JCDN)

Sue Healey / Aichi Prefectual Art Theater + Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1+West Kowloon Cultural District (Hong Kong) +Performance Space (Australia)

2020.01.25

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Sue Healey / Aichi Prefectual Art Theater + Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1+West Kowloon Cultural District (Hong Kong) +Performance Space (Australia)

Aoki Naoya Group Work Project 2019 ”LANDSCAPE” Work-in-Progress Showing

2020.03.07

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Aoki Naoya Group Work Project 2019 ”LANDSCAPE” Work-in-Progress Showing

KINOSAKI OPEN DANCE CLASS

2019.10.26,27,28,11.23,24,25,12.14,15,16,2020.02.01,02,03,03.07,08,09

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019KINOSAKI OPEN DANCE CLASS

Teatro all’improvviso & Cie Sémaphore

2019.07.2022

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Teatro all’improvviso & Cie Sémaphore "Fantastic!"

①L'Académie de l'Union -

2019.06.15,16

Kinosaki International Arts Center

①L'Académie de l'Union - "The Scientifically Minded" Open Rehearsal, and more

“My Planet” produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corp.

2019.08.05

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019“My Planet” produced by Yomiuri Telecasting Corp.

Ema Yuasa, Tamae Hirokawa /XHIASMA Executive Committee

2019.06.30

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Ema Yuasa, Tamae Hirokawa /XHIASMA Executive Committee

Toyooka Theater Festival No.0

2019.09.0608

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019Toyooka Theater Festival No.0

KINOSAKI OPEN DANCE CLASS

2019.06.29,30,07.01,08.10,11,12,09.14,15,16

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2019KINOSAKI OPEN DANCE CLASS

Seinendan

2018.06.02

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2018Seinendan "The Rise and Fall of Japanese Literature" Open Rehearsal

Artist Talk by Creative VaQi

2018.08.04

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2018Artist Talk by Creative VaQi

Hiroaki Umeda / Somatic Field Project

2018.06.10,16

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2018Hiroaki Umeda / Somatic Field Project

Saiko Kino  Re-Rereading

2018.09.15,16

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2018Saiko Kino Re-Rereading "Shisha no Sho (The Book of The Dead)" by Sinobu Orikuchi

KIAC Music Club

2018.06.14,07.12,08.30,09.17

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2018KIAC Music Club "MOKUMOKU ENSEMBLE"

Niwa Gekidan Penino “Egao no toride (The Fortress of Smiles)”

2018.11.24,25

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2018Niwa Gekidan Penino “Egao no toride (The Fortress of Smiles)”

KINOSAKI  OPEN  DANCE  CLASS

2018.06.23,24,25,07.14,15,16,09.08,09,10

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2018KINOSAKI OPEN DANCE CLASS

Setagaya-Silk and Teater Sesam

2017.11.18,19

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2017Setagaya-Silk and Teater Sesam "The mysterious shadow"

Honoo Horikawa, Nasrin Barati

Open Studio of New Creation by Shu Matsui and Sayaka Murata

2018.01.11

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2017Open Studio of New Creation by Shu Matsui and Sayaka Murata

KAGE

2017.11.23

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2017KAGE"Permanent Mark"Open Studio

JCDN

2017.12.09,10,27

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2017JCDN"Program for young choreographers and dancers"

Naoya Aoki, Yasuko Yokoshi

Yokohama Dance Collection 2018

2018.01.20

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2017Yokohama Dance Collection 2018

Aokid×Hashimoto Takumi, Hamada Junpei

Shumpei Nemoto

2018.02.09

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2017Shumpei Nemoto "Living Room"Open Rehearsal and Talk

KIAC Workshop Series

2018.02.10

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Toyooka Art Season 2017KIAC Workshop Series

Naoki Sugawara, Osamu Jareo

“ Silent Seeing Toyooka”

2016.10.2223

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Performing Arts Tourism“ Silent Seeing Toyooka”

Jun Tsutsui, Akio Suzuki, Hiromi Miyakita

Performing Arts Tourism × Full Moon Pub

2016.09.17

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Art, Wine, and Full MoonPerforming Arts Tourism × Full Moon Pub

Bin Sugawara, Yoshitaka Haba, Kissa Mamagoto

KINOSAKI OPEN DANCE CLASS

2016.08.20,21,22,09.17,18,19

Kinosaki International Arts Center

Performing Arts TourismKINOSAKI OPEN DANCE CLASS

Sonoko Chishiro

Kinosaki

Kinosaki

Kinosaki

Kinosaki has seven public hot spring bathhouses, each with its own style and charm. Bathe in each one to find your favorite; whether it’s bathing in the outdoors or in a cave, you are sure to find one that appeals to you.

Kinosaki

Kinosaki Onsen, the surrounding mountains, sea, river, traditional and cultural Japanese Inns, a central willow lined river, temple and shrine all offer beautiful views and peaceful sounds, feels as if you are relaxing in your own home / private getaway. Kinosaki is a very safe destination, the perfect luxury trip for families or the solo traveler.

Kinosaki

Walk the streets in your yukata, stop by the local merchants selling various specialties, soak in the foot baths while sipping on a local brew.

Kinosaki is a town renowned for its onsen and as the setting for the masterpiece, At Cape Kinosaki. The legendary author, Naoya Shiga, as well as authors of the Shirakabaha, and many more, visited the springs of Kinosaki. There, they experienced the 7 hot springs, lively hot spring district full of delicacies like crab, and the beauty of the surrounding nature, such as Maruyama River and Genbudō, which is said to have formed over 160,000 years ago due to volcanic activity. Now, artists have taken the place of writers who came to relax their bodies and minds and to arouse their imaginations.

Inquiry: Kinosaki Tourist Information Center
URL: http://www.kinosaki-spa.gr.jp/global/
Address: 357-1 Yushima Kinosaki-cho, Toyooka, Hyogo, 669-6101, Japan

Kannabe Highlands

Kannabe Highlands

Ski Resort - Kannabe ski resort is made up of a variety of pistes, including three designed for beginners and intermediate skiiers and snowboarders.

Kannabe Highlands

Snow Shoeing - Enjoy snow shoeing through fresh, fluffy snow. Equipment and water proof clothing are available to rent (for a fee). First timers are more than welcome.

Kannabe Highlands

Hiking - Take a hike in the beautiful surroundings of Kannabe Highlands, where you can see waterfalls and craters among other natural sights.

Located in close vicinity to Kinosaki are the Kannabe Highlands. From spring to autumn visitors can enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking and mountain climbing. In the winter with the coming of the snow, you can also enjoy skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing among other activities. With its diverse collection of activities, Kannabe can be enjoyed all year round. Located only 2.5 hours from Kyoto, it is the perfect side trip destination.

Inquiry: Hidaka Kannabe Tourist Association
Open: 9.00-17.00
URLhttp://hidaka.kannabe.info/
Address59-13 Kurisuno, Hidaka-cho, Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture

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Toyooka Municipal Museum for Oriental White Stork

Toyooka Municipal Museum for Oriental White Stork

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