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Hyogo Field Pavilion
Our Field, Our SDGs
In 2025, the Osaka Kansai Expo will be held under the theme "Designing a Future Society Where Life Shines." In Hyogo, special SDG projects will be implemented where local people take the lead in showcasing the actual sites of activities in their region, inviting many to come see, learn, and experience.
- Experience making native Akabana soba using 100% soba (buckwheat)
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Learning about Food / Culture & Lifestyle
- In the Akabana district of Tanto-cho in Toyooka, fallow fields are used to cultivate Akabana soba - a native buckwheat with more than 400 years of history. This buckwheat is purchased, dried and milled by an agricultural association at its own factory. The buckwheat flour produced here is highly valued and delivered to luxury hotels and other high-end institutions.
- Akabana is characterized by its viscosity (stickiness). It is a 100% soba that is made using the buckwheat endosperm that is separated during milling. Because of its viscosity, no binding agents such as wheat are added, giving it a great texture and rich flavor.
- In this program, you can enjoy tasting Akabana soba you make yourself. You can experience the charm of unique soba that can only be found here.
- Mugiwara Zaiku (Straw Crafts) - A traditional craft originating from Kinosaki Onsen. Experience history, craftsmanship and new artistry.
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Learning about Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle / History / Ecology
- Mugiwara Zaiku (Straw Crafts) are a tradition of Hyogo Prefecture. This craft takes wheat stalks that have been stretched, split lengthwise, and dyed in various colors and pastes them using rice glue onto Paulownia wood boxes in decorative patterns. This straw craft is characterized by the natural luster and shine of wheat, and depending on the types of light, how the light hits the straw and the direction of the straw fibers, it can take on a completely different appearance.
- It is said that the straw craft began about 300 years ago, when a craftsman named Hanhichi came from Inshu (Tottori Prefecture). He pasted colorful straw to bamboo flutes and spinning tops and other items, which he then sold as souvenirs to help pay for his lodging costs. Straw crafts evolved to become an affordable souvenir that could be purchased at Kinosaki, which is otherwise well known for its therapeutic hot springs. The artistic quality of the straw craft was improved by using sketches of famous artists, and these artisans passed down these traditional techniques through the generations.
- In this program, you will learn about the history and artistic works of Mugiwara Zaiku, as well as experience making a small straw craft.
- Toyooka's Footpath Experience
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Learning about Nature / Culture & Lifestyle / History
- Local footpaths are used to walk for pleasure and enjoy the natural landscape of a region, (a practice originating from the UK). With established footpaths, visitors can learn about the history of the area through speaking and other interactions with guides and willing local residents.
- In this program, you can enjoy walking around the city while listening to stories and other content that is unique to Toyooka, including those of the Genbudo Cave and the return of the oriental storks to the wild.
- Even in areas that are suffering from depopulation, communication between visitors and local residents can help rediscover the charm of the local area as well as learn about the lives of the locals. Here, you can take part in a small regional revitalization activity that cultivates civic pride among the local residents by speaking with and learning from them.
- A walk around the restored city - 100 years since the Great Hokutan Earthquake
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Learning about Nature / Culture & Lifestyle / History
- One hundred years ago, in 1925, Toyooka and Kinosaki lost much of its infrastructure and many lives in the Great Hokutan Earthquake. The cities that they are today are a result of the completely different processes each region followed in its creative reconstruction.
- Buildings that were reconstructed 100 years ago in Toyooka remain standing and are still in use, making it a townscape unlike any other area. The “Toyooka Reconstruction Buildings” are a group of retro Western-style buildings that are built with steel-reinforced concrete to prevent the spread of fire.
- In this program, guides who are involved in architecture and urban development will explain the earthquake disaster recovery efforts. They will guide you around the town, focusing on the “Toyooka Reconstruction Buildings”. While walking through a constantly evolving town that considers new use and purpose, you can think about how to create an even better town.
- Geocanoe tour of the Sea of Japan
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Learning about Nature / Culture and Lifestyle
- The San'in Kaigan Geopark’s theme is “The diverse topography, geology and climate and lifestyle of the people associated with the formation of the Sea of Japan”. It is a valuable region where the process by which the Japanese archipelago separated from the Eurasian continent, forming the Sea of Japan occurred. This is also observable through its diverse geological and topographical heritage, dating back approximately 40 million years.
- This program involves canoeing in the Takeno area of the San'in Kaigan Geopark. You will enjoy the clear AA-quality water of the Sea of Japan while you are guided to the Yodo Sea Cave, a cave that is 18 meters high and 40 meters deep at its deepest. You will also see unique rock formations named Hasakari, which are the remnants of a collapsed sea cave.
- Apart from viewing the stunning rock formations that were influenced by the Sea of Japan, you can learn about the importance of the local ecosystem that is brought about by an abundant nature (schools of fish and seaweed). You can also learn about the importance of preserving the environment, including the impact of garbage floating in the ocean.
- Izushi Sara Soba Tour - Taste the traditional flavors of this castle town
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Learning about Food / Culture & Lifestyle / History
- Currently home to around 40 soba restaurants, Izushi is known as a leading soba place in the Kansai region. Izushi's origin dates back to the mid-Edo period. It was born when soba artisans of the Sengoku clan who left Shinshu (Nagano) to govern the Izushi domain combined their preparation techniques with traditional soba-making techniques.
- The current style of Izushi soba was established around the 1960s. From the 1970s, Izushi has become the tourist town that it is today by striving to preserve the traditional townscape and relying on the use of regional resources such as Izushi wares and Izushi chirimen (crepe paper).
- In this program, you will receive a smooth, beautiful silk-like textured drawstring bag made of Izushi chirimen as well as enjoy Izushi soba at three soba restaurants.
- Through receiving priority entry at historical landmarks and other facilities, you will have a special experience, not just eating soba, but also learning about Izushi's history and culture.
- Great times ahead! Let's head out and explore the nature rich San'in Coast in search of new excitement!
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Learning about Nature
- The San'in Kaigan Geopark’s theme is “The diverse topography, geology and climate and lifestyle of the people associated with the formation of the Sea of Japan”. It is a valuable region where the process by which the Japanese archipelago separated from the Eurasian continent, forming the Sea of Japan occurred. This is also observable through its diverse geological and topographical heritage, dating back approximately 40 million years.
- In this program, you will hear explanations from guides and interpreters at the Takeno Snorkel Centre that was established by the Ministry of Environment. You will experience the charms of the San'in Kaigan Geopark through snorkeling and geocanoeing. You can also observe creatures living on the coastline, including black sea bream, striped beak fish and sea slugs.
- Apart from viewing the stunning rock formations that were influenced by the Sea of Japan, you can learn about the importance of the local ecosystem that is brought about by an abundant nature (schools of fish and seaweed). You can also learn about the importance of preserving the environment, including the impact of garbage floating in the ocean.
- Experience making soba noodles in Izushi
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Learning about Food / Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle / History
- Currently home to around 40 soba restaurants, Izushi is known as a leading soba place in the Kansai region. Izushi's origin dates back to the mid-Edo period. It was born when soba artisans of the Sengoku clan who left Shinshu (Nagano) to govern the Izushi domain combined their preparation techniques with traditional soba-making techniques.
- The current style of Izushi soba was established around the 1960s. From the 1970s, Izushi has become the tourist town that it is today by striving to preserve the traditional townscape and relying on the use of regional resources such as Izushi wares and Izushi chirimen (crepe paper).
- In this program, you can experience the traditional techniques of making Izushi Sara Soba. You can also enjoy the soba making experience program where you will get to eat “freshly ground”, “freshly made”, and “freshly boiled” soba. Through this program, you can learn the history of how soba came to be eaten in Izushi. You will also learn how the current Sara Soba is a culture formed through connections with the traditional industry of Izushi yaki (Izushi ware) and local industries.
- Akenobe - Past, Present and Future
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Learning about Nature / Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle / History
- The Akenobe Mine began as a copper mine in the early Heian period. It has a wide variety of nonferrous metals, however in 1909, a large tin deposit was discovered. Akenobe became Japan's largest mine in terms of tin ore production, representing 90% of the national market. However, due to the sudden appreciation of the Japanese Yen after the signing of the Plaza Accord, the Akenobe Mine, which was still mineable, recorded a large deficit and was closed in 1987.
- Today, company housing and public baths remain, giving visitors a glimpse of what the thriving town with a population of just over 4,000 people would have looked like. The train that transported the ore and employees to the Mikobata Ore Processing Plant was known as the “One Yen Train”, with a fare of just 1 yen. Today, you can still experience riding on one of those trains.
- In this program, local guides and supporters from outside the area work together to provide tours of a part of the mine shaft that remains as it was when the mine was closed. You can learn about the sustainability efforts in depopulated areas while seeing various relics left in the town, including the “One Yen Train”.
- Experience planting succulents - Tajima's unique temperature difference makes succulents more beautiful
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Learning about Culture & Lifestyle / Ecology
- Succulents are plants that bloom in the spring and change color in autumn. Tajima's unique temperate differences provide succulents with a unique beauty. At Succulent BASE, this Tajima climate is taken advantage of, and beautiful succulents are grown and cultivated without having to rely on air conditioning.
- While striving to reuse waste materials, recycled wood and canned food tins are used as pots while rice husks are used to make fertilizer.
- In this program, while you have fun planting succulents, you will learn how to care for them as well as grow succulents that are well suited to the Tajima climate.
- Hyogo's 5 region moss retreat tour
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Learning about Nature / History / Ecology
- Moss has the unique ability to grow in places where other plants find it difficult. They coexist with other plants rather than compete with them. The area around the Ikuno Silver Mine is on the watershed between the Ichi and Maruyama Rivers, where a wide variety of moss grows. Moss varieties also grow along mountain streams at the headwater rivers that flow into the Seto Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan.
- In this program, through the help of a nature guide and using naturally grown moss as a starting point, you will learn a lot about its history and culture.
- You can also participate in a “moss terrarium workshop” enabling you to take home with you a memento of your trip in a glass container.
- This retreat program allows you to switch off from work and your everyday life, and relax your mind and body in an extraordinary place.
- Visiting the roots of the birthplace of Wagyu Beef
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Learning about Nature / Food / Industry & Technology / History / Ecology
- Wagyu is now synonymous around the world with delicious, high-quality beef. Wagyu Beef's roots lie in the Tajima cattle of Hyogo Prefecture.
- Tajima cattle are gentle natured and hardworking cows. The local people treat them with care as if they were family because they assist with agriculture and once born, the calves can be sold to bring in income.
- Tajima led the way in Japan by maintaining a cattle register listing purebred Wagyu Beef. It is known as Kobe Beef, the world's best beef.
- Due to the high quality of the Tajima cattle's meat, they were used to improve Japanese black cattle across Japan. As a result, DNA analysis confirms that 99.9% of Japanese black cattle are descendants of the Tajima cattle breed, known as Tajirigo, with roots in Ojiro, Hyogo.
- The genetics of Tajima cattle are strictly managed by prefectural institutions, with the cooperation of related organizations. The Tajima cattle breed is thoroughly preserved.
- Additionally, in the Tajima region, the cattle are naturally grazed between Spring and Autumn. By preserving grassland for their natural grazing and eliminating abandoned farmland, the cattle are contributing to the conservation of local soil fertility and biodiversity. In this program, you can learn all about these efforts.
- A hunting experience where you realize taking a life
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Learning about Nature / Culture & Lifestyle
- Hunting is a way to maintain a healthy balance of wild animals that are increasing in mountainous areas. However, there are many issues that need addressing, for instance, the aging of local hunters. Considering this, the couple who run the Suminoya Guesthouse have become hunters themselves and are working hard to protect the local fields from wild animals.
- In this program, you will experience hunting with the purpose of protecting the natural ecosystem and way of life in undeveloped woodland. You will also learn about efforts to respect life, such as using meat for food.
- Sea sightseeing tour on a small boat
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Learning about Nature / Culture & Lifestyle
- The Kasumi coast, which is part of the San'in Kaigan National Park, is recognized as a UNESCO World Geopark Heritage Site. It is home to a number of unusual rock formations, caves and caverns including rocks that look like a frog, glasses and a blue square. The Kasumi Marine Geotaxi is a small boat that can carry 4-5 people and allow you to enter mysterious caves that are difficult to approach in larger boats. You will experience crystal clear water and impressive rock surfaces up close from the sea.
- Part of the charm of the tour are the humorous guides who speak in the local Kasumi dialect. Led by a veteran captain with decades of experience as a fisherman, he knows the seas of Kasumi back to front. This program was started by local fishermen to support the declining tourism industry after the sightseeing boat “Kasumi Maru”, beloved for many years by “Three Sisters Captains” went out of business in 2016.
- As you enjoy the spectacular views of the San'in Coast Geopark, you will become more aware of the efforts to conserve natural environments and learn about the new challenges the aging fisherman face to ensure the survival of their community.
- Experience harvesting vegetables at a Play Farm
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Learning about Nature / Culture & Lifestyle / Ecology
- Due to the aging of farmers, abandoned farmland adjacent to the Yada River has been increasing. To return it to usable farmland, they are using cow manure as compost to improve the soil and grow vegetables. Additionally, to reduce food waste, nutritious but unusually shaped vegetables are being used to make processed products, together with leasing out farmland for rice cultivation.
- To revitalize the farmland, leftover soil from tunnel excavation works at the nearby bypass construction was used to raise the level of the entire farmland. This effort helps to prevent flood damage from the Yada River and considers environmental circulation by filling in the original farmland soil.
- As a Play Farm, it offers both agricultural experiences as well as opportunities to enjoy a campsite that is surrounded by rivers and vegetable fields. It certainly takes advantage of its natural surroundings!
- This program strives to reuse waste material, such as leftover soil which results from efforts to pursue convenience, such as tunnelling, to restore the rural landscape. You can enjoy harvesting vegetables, process them on-site through methods such as smoking and experience nature through camping.
- Feel Records - Experience-based open factory for records
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Learning about Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle / History / Ecology
- They say that sound is with us from birth until death. Although digitized and portable sounds are commonplace, analog records, that are manufactured using large-scale equipment, have a loyal fan base due to their unique sounds and noises that provide calm and relaxation.
- This program allows visitors to listen to the rich sounds associated with vinyl records and a comfortable space to enjoy them. The company, located in Hamasaka, Hyogo Prefecture, flourished as a producer of sewing needles and has been manufacturing record needles for 150 years. They have respected tradition and use the same manufacturing processes to this day.
- This initiative provides an opportunity to learn about industries that have supported the local economy and propose new ways of utilizing local manufacturers, all the while creating sustainable communities.
- Experience agriculture at a rice field terrace
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Learning about Nature / Food / Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle / History / Ecology
- Although herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, chemical fertilizer and other such things have increased agricultural productivity, they are not found in nature and place a heavy burden on the environment. Due to this, environmentally friendly agriculture is being revived to build essentially sustainable agriculture.
- In this program, you will learn about the entire rice cultivation cycle, from using mallards for growing rice, to controlling pests and weeds, turning mallard droppings into fertilizer, and ultimately producing rice and meat products.
- You will have the chance to listen to farmers from Hamasaka, northern Hyogo Prefecture, who practice sustainable management based on the cycle of life while you observe the workings of nature and agricultural life.
- Hot spring experience using natural energy
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Learning about Culture and Lifestyle / History / Ecology
- Experience boiling locally produced things like wild plants, vegetables, rice, etc. at Arayu hot spring source, where 470 liters of 98℃ hot spring water gushes out per minute.
- The high-temperature hot springs are utilized not only by the inns' hot springs but also in the daily lives of local residents, and taking on the challenge to guide efforts of new possibilities such as power generation, cultural life without having to rely on fossil fuels, and electricity.
- I want to know, eat, and touch! The roots of Japanese Wagyu: Tajima beef
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Learning about Nature / Food / Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle / History / Ecology
- World renowned Tajima beef. Learn about what kind of cow Tajima Beef comes from by hearing about it from historical materials and other explanations at the Tajima Cow Museum located within the park.
- SDGs program to learn about the regeneration of Ueyama Highland (with waterfall trekking)
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Learning about Nature / Food / Culture & Lifestyle / Ecology
- Experience the efforts of environmental conservation and restoration activities, the history of utilizing the plateau, and the richness of nature through waterfall trekking.
- A comparison tour of the old and new Kinosaki Onsen town (The tour uses voice guidance and old map of the town)
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Learning about Culture and Lifestyle / History
- Experience the town planning and history of Kinosaki Onsen as you tour the streets of Kinosaki Onsen, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the town's reconstruction from the "North Tajima Earthquake" that occurred in 1925.
- An experiential program that combines past and present with explanations while comparing old maps from the Meiji era and current maps of Kinosaki Onsen with a guide.
- Creating a local environment taught by storks who have returned to the wild
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Learning about Culture and Lifestyle / Ecology
- Observation: Observation of storks with park guide
- Lecture: About returning storks to the wild and the natural Environment
- Visit: Choose a program according to your desired content and length of stay from "Tours inside the Toyooka City White Stork Culture Museum"
- Hands-on experience making bags and leather accessories using Toyooka Kaban's bag making technology
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Learning about Industry and Technology / Ecology
- Learn about cowhide, the material used for bags, from the perspective of SDGs, and experience making bags that make use of the material's quality, as well as making leather accessories using scraps from bag production.
- Introducing the “Toyooka Bag Upcycled from Waste Fishing Nets (production of bags that reuse fishing nets)”, initiative that has been underway since 2021
- Kannabe Highland Full Activity Experience
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Learning about Nature / Culture and Lifestyle
- "Kannabe Highland Geo Tour" (managed by the Tourism Association) Walk around Kannabe Highlands, a plateau area of the San'in Kaigan Geopark, which has been certified as a Global Geopark, with a guide.
- "Lava Flow Trekking" (managed by NPO Kannabe Nature School): Learn about the unique climate created by volcanoes, such as the only crater in the Kinki region and lava flows produced during eruptions.
- Learning about stork-based farming methods and experiencing rice harvesting
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Learning about Nature / Food
- Learning about farming methods that foster storks (Stork Culture Museum)
- Experience harvesting rice made by the stork-based farming method, sample the rice (freshly cooked), receive a present of harvested rice (sent at a later date)
- Tour of eco-friendly country elevators from outside (watch a DVD before hand)
- Toyooka Theater Festival 2025
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Learning about Culture & Lifestyle
- Based on the concept of "sustainable town development starting at the Toyooka Theater Festival", old folk house and vacant stores will be used as venues, and the magnificent nature of the San’in Kaigan Geopark and shrines will be the venue, and you can enjoy the theater while feeling the beautiful nature of Tajima and the history of the town.
- Yabu City Bamboo Lighting Project
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Learning about Nature / Culture & Lifestyle / Ecology
- "Bamboo Light" production workshop (drill a pattern into cut bamboo. After completion, place a light inside and enjoy the illumination of the bamboo.)
- Smile Experience (harvesting + farming experience)
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Learning about Nature / Food / Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle
- Full-fledged agriculture experience such as harvesting seasonal vegetables, shipping arrangement and bagging. Followed by sowing and planting depending on the timing.
- A tour-type experience program where you can experience farming while visiting fields and greenhouses where a wide variety of vegetables (approximately 30 types) are grown.
- Bagged vegetables can be packed in special boxes and taken home as souvenirs.
- Experience the superb view from the Amarube Railway Bridge "Sky Station Observation Facility"
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Learning about Nature / Industry & Technology
- With your guide, you will learn about the role played by the Amarube Railway Bridge, the lessons learned from the train accident, and the history of Amarube, which was developed along the San'in Kaigan Geopark.
- Take the Amarube Crystal Tower (elevator), a direct elevator to JR Amarube Station, located about 41 meters high, and enjoy the spectacular view from the old tracks and observation deck. (If the timing is right, you can watch the trains arrive and depart.)
- Touring "Tajima, the holy land of civil engineering" - Izushi Shrine, etc. and the three gods of civil engineering
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Learning about Culture & Lifestyle / History
- Tour around “Izushi Shrine” and “Akagi Masao Memorial Museum”
- Visit the places associated with the god of civil engineering, "Amenohiboko," the god of flood control, "Tadao Okino," and the god of erosion control, "Masao Akagi," and learn about Izushi's beautiful townscape and historical spots, as well as the civil engineering heritage that remains in Tajima.
- Asago travel like you live here
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Learning about Nature / Food / Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle / History
- A program where you can stay at "IKUNO Stay", a lodging facility repurposed from an old private house, visit local people on an E-Bike, experience harvesting, tea parties, country cooking, and enjoy the "real'' rural life.
- Rice planting, pepper picking, persimmon picking, and rice harvesting experience
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Learning about Nature / Food
- Experiences include: Rice planting, Japanese pepper picking, rice harvesting, and persimmon picking
- Stork Tourism "EN" Journey to discover the stories of the Oriental White Stork
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Learning about Nature / Food / Industry & Technology / Culture & Lifestyle / History / Ecology
- In order to restore the landscape where storks were once commonplace, we have prepared various experience plans that trace the path from the extinction of the storks to their return to the wild, to the present day when humans and storks live together.
- Based on (1) Toyooka City Oriental White Stork Culture Museum, (2) Hachigoro's Toshima Wetland, and (3) Kinosaki Onsen, we will coordinate according to the wishes of the visitor.
