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Daijayama
Summer Festival in Omuta

The 10,000 People Dance

Daijayama is displayed at…

“The Sunset Route”

The sun goes down straight to the Miike Port navigation channel.

Photo by Shinji Uchida

Miike Port View Point

MAP ①

Shin-Omuta Station
Information Centre

The festival is scheduled
On the ﬁnal weekend of July.

A number of Daijayama (3t ﬂoats with 10m (length)
x 5m (height) dragon) parade the town withsparks and smoke coming oﬀ in all directions.
Many tourists visit Omuta during the festival every year.
Other highlights include the 10,000 people dance.

IndexDaijayama
P1
Ariake Sea
P2
Heritage (note01)
P3
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Omuta City Zoo
P5
Sword (note03)
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GourmetP9
Omuta Map
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Access to Omuta
P131[Address] 1 Shinko-machi, Omuta[H o u r s] 9:30am to 5:00pm[Closed] Mondays, December 29 to January 3[Phone] +81-944-41-2750[Access] Catch the Route 2 bus to Arao Station.
Get off the bus at Mikawa-machi 1-chome bus stopthen walk 5 min. to the view point.
Photo frame available at the view point

MAP ③

MAP ②Omuta-jinja Shrine(Usually the door is closed)

Largest tidal range in Japan

Usually the door is closed

Kamase(It means "bite")
A lot of local children
have experienced Kamase.
They are placed onDaijaʼs tongue thencuddled - this is believed
to make them stayhealthy life-long.

Low tide

Ariake Sea has the largest tidal range(5 to 6 meters) in Japan.
The view of the sea in low tide andhigh tide is completely different as shown.
When it is sunny, we can see Mt.Tara andMt.Unzen

ARIAKE Sea

High tide2note01Miyanohara Pit

World Heritage

Industrial Heritage Sites

In 2015, the “Sites of Japanʼ s Meiji Industrial Revolution iron and steel,shipbuilding and coal mining” including Miyanohara Pit, Miike Coal Railway,
and Miike Port were registered as World Cultural Heritage Sites.
Miyanohara Pit includes the remains of an old red-brick building
and the 22m (height) steel headframe. The steel headframe
is the oldest exsting one in Japan.

Mitsui Minato Club

Originally built in 1908 as a
resting spot for ship workers
and as a social area forpoliticians. Mitsui Minato
Club is used as a restaurant
MAP ⑧ and a wedding hall.

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Heritage

Former Mikawa Dentetsu
Transformer Substation

Heritage ofindustrial
modernization

Opened in 1909 as a substation
to transform power to railways.
MAP ⑨*This building is now used as thebuilding of Shingo Denzai Ltd.

The Old Nagasaki
Customs House
Miike Branch

Built in 1908, one of the remainsof Meiji-period-built customs
MAP ⑩ houses that still exist in Japan.

[Address] 1-86-3 Miyanohara-machi, Omuta[Entry Fee] Free
[H o u r s] 9:30am to 5:00pm (last entry at 4:30pm)[Closed] Mondays (If Monday is a public holiday,
the pit will open on that Monday but close the next day)[Phone] +81-944-41-2750

Miyaura Coal
Memorial Park

This park is located at the old
Miyaura Pit that opened in1888 as one of the main pits toMiike Coal Mine. The remainMAP ⑪ing chimney is 31.2m tall.

MAP ④

World Cultural Heritage[Access] Catch any buses to Katsudachi,
get off the bus at Hayagane-Meganebashi
bus stop then walk 10 min.

Mikawa Pit Remains

orld Heritage

Opened in 1940 as the main pit to thecoal mine. We now host various eventson weekends.
MAP ⑤*The remains of the railway areavailable for the public at Miyanohara Pit.

This prison was operated
between 1883 and 1931 forprisoners who worked in thecoal mine. The wall is built
MAP ⑫with red bricks.

Omuta Coal Industry and Science Museum
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Opened in 1878, carrying coal,tools and mine workers.
MAP ⑦

110 years-old active lock gate!

Opened in 1908 with this lock gate.
Maintained well and still being used
for more than 110 years.

Miike Coal Railway

Industrial Heritage

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Former Miike Prison
WallWorld Heritage[Address] Nishi-minato-machi, Omuta[H o u r s] 10:00am to 5:00pm (April to November)
10:00am to 4:30pm (December to March)[Closed] Mondays, December 29 to January 3[Phone] +81-944-41-2501[Access] Catch the Route 2 bus to Arao Station.
Get off the bus at Mikawa-machi 1-chome bus stopthen walk 3 min.

Exhibits the coal industry of Miike as well as [Address] 6-23 Misaki-machi, Omuta[Entry Fee] JPY 420 (adults),
Sites of Japanʼs
JPY 210 (children)
Meiji Industrial[H o u r s] 9:30am to 5:00pm
Revolution.
[Closed] MondaysLetʼs enjoy the(mock) coal minetunnel wearinga heimet.

MAP ⑬(if Monday is a public holiday,the museum will open on that
Monday but close the next day)[Phone] +81-944-53-2377[Access] Catch the bus to Aeon Mall Omuta. Get off the bus at
Aeon Mall Omuta and walk 8 min. to the museum.

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note02^The zoo that tells you about animal welfare

大牟田市 動物園

Omuta City Zoo

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Omuta
Cit y→Omuta City Zoo opened in 1941
and it makes efforts to enhance the quality of life of each individual.
Its activities have been broadcasted by many media outlets
and they are known around Japan.

Omuta City Zoo
is the place to think
about animalsʼhappiness.

Zoo★Environmental
Enrichment
The various efforts to enrich
the environmental situation sothat animals can live betterboth physically and mentally.

★Husbandry training

The training to cooperatewith animals to perform the necessary
actions for the physicaland mental health of animals.
Omuta City Zoo has succeededin the blood sampling of the Lion,
Tiger, Japanese black bear,
Mandrill, Savanna monkey,
Emu, Masked palm civet and so on.

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got dingiof r[Address] 163 Showa-machi, Omuta[Entry Fee] JPY 380 (adults), JPY 220 (high school students),
JPY 80 (children over 4 years old)
[H o u r s] 9:30 am to 5 pm, closing at 4:30 pm in winter (Dec-Feb)
Last admission into the zoo is 30 min before closing time.
[Zoo Closed] Omuta City Zoo is open every day except the 2nd and 4th
Mondays of every month (or next day if that Monday is a holiday),and December 29 to January 1.
[Phone] +81-944-56-4526

5[Access] 15 min walk from Omuta station. You can also catch a busat the station. 5 min walk from the bus stop near the zoo.

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Shiro Kunimitsu Ltd. has produced numerous katana (Japanese swords).
Five katana masters live in Omuta. Shiro Kunimitsu has been operatingover three generations - for over 200 years. They also produce
kitchen knives created using the same method as their katana swords.
Wouldn't you like to take home one of these superb quality knives
for your kitchen?

MAP ⑮

Shiro Kunimitsu Ltd.

note 03

MAP ⑭
Photo by Tetsuya Yoshida,
Kawaguchi Photography

KatanaKaruta Card
Swords andtraditional Japaneseplaying cards“Odentamitsuyo”,
one of the 5best swords in Japan,
was born in Omuta.

刀Katana(Japanse Sword)

7( Japanese Swords) areproduced in Omuta,
even now

Odentamitsuyo
exorcisedevil spirits!
A princess
recovered from illness
thanks to Odentamitsuyo
exorcising evil spirits

Miike Karuta and Historical Museum

Odentamitsuyo
大典太光世[Address] 105-1 Kuranaga,Omuta[H o u r s] 9:00am to 4:00pm[Closed] Sundays, Public Holidays[Phone] +81-944 58 1340

Recently Katana (Japanese swords)have beengetting more attention in Japan, particularly fromyoung women, thanks to internet games and manga.
The national treasure sword “Odentamitsuyo” was bornin Omuta in the late 11th century.
Odentamitsuyo is famous as one of the ﬁve best
swords in Japan (Tenka-Goken) and a lot of myths (seebelow) about this sword exist in Japan.
Please savour traditional Japanese culture
in Omuta through swords.

Making Kitchen Knife

The museum has Japanʼslargest collection of over
12,000 karuta cards. It exhibits
many rare cards collected fromaround the world, including a
replica of Japanʼs oldest card
"Tensho Karuta". You can also enjoy
playing karuta in the museum. In addition, various historicalmaterials are exhibited, so you can learn the history of Omuta.

MAP ⑯[Address] 2-2-3 Takarazaka-machi, Omuta[Entry Fee] Free
[H o u r s] 10:00am to 5:00pm[Closed] Mondays (the following day if it isa national holiday),the last Thursday of every month,
the year-end and New Year holidays*Temporary closure may take place.
[Phone] +81-944 53 8780
* The museum is next to Omuta City Library.

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Kusakimanju

Omuta has produced
many sweet buns
for coal-mine workers
to get energy quick.

Bite-size sweet bun,ﬁlled with moist
bean paste.

Kasutera manju

Omuta-born sweet bun with rich ﬂavoured
dough and reﬁned white bean paste.

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A lot of restaurants
located in Omuta,
serving various foods
such as yakitori(chicken skewers) orsashimi.

Omuta

GourmetRamen

Delicious pork bone soup withthick noodles - Omuta-style ramen has its own special ﬂavour.

Mikan (Orange)

High quality Mikan(orange),grown inrich soil.

Okonomiyaki

Beloved must-eat food. Omuta has the highest ratio of okonomiyaki restaurants topopulation in Japan.

Omuta Yofu Katsudon
The dish was served in a restaurant
at a local department store thatclosed in 2001. The sauce coatedon rice and fried meat is amust-try.

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Pickles that go wellwith a lot of foods,
including ramen,fried rice or any
stir-fried dishes.

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