Day 3 START
Kaike Onsen Kaiyu Beach
Kaike hot spring town is located at the tip of white sand Yumigahama Beach lined with green pine trees. It is a marine resort with a distinctive feature, consisted of a series of unique, crescent-shaped beaches. Its water quality is excellent, so much so that the beach was chosen as one of “88 Beautiful Swimming Beaches in Japan,” which are selected by the Ministry of the Environment.
25 minutes by bus
Kitaro Train
Trains that run on Sakai Line, Kitaro Trains
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45 minutes by train
Mizuki Shigeru Road
Mizuki Shigeru Road is about a 800-meter street that leads eastward from JR Sakaiminato Station to Mizuki Shigeru Museum. It’s a prominent tourist destination in Sakaiminato where bronze statues of yokai (supernatural creature) characters welcome visitors.
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2minutes on foot
Youkai Shrine
It’s a shrine built to be a “home for yokai” that keeps the town yokai-friendly as a land of yokai. The “goshintai (an object a god resides in)” sanctified by Mizuki Shigeru is enshrined here. Pay a visit to the Youkai Shrine to embrace the yokai power goshintai exudes and pray for good luck.
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※Bilding next door
Tezukuri Kogeikan Mujara
A store that stands next to the Youkai Shrine, “Tezukuri Kogeikan Mujara.” The store is full of unique yokai (supernatural creature) goods.
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5minutes on foot
Honpo Medama-Oyaji Manju
A store that specializes in “Honpo Medama Oyaji Manju,” a famous confection along the Mizuki Shigeru Road. Look for the mechanical Medama-Oyaji doll that bows.
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2minutes on foot
Mizuki Shigeru Museum
The Shigeru Mizuki Memorial Museum reopened in April 2024.
In addition to his masterpieces such as "GeGeGe no Kitaro", plenty of materials and video exhibits shows his stormy life, including his cruel war experiences.
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2minutes on foot
GeGeGe no Yokai Rakuen
A small yokai (supernatural creature) theme park that opened in 2007 on the Mizuki Shigeru Road.
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3 minutes by Car
Minatosakai Suisanbutsu Chokubai Center (Marine Product Outlet Center)
Champagne crabs, red snow crabs, and bluefin tuna! They’re super fresh because it’s located adjacent to the fish market! A wide selection of seafood is available, too!
Bringing you fresh marine products from the port with one of the highest volumes of landings, Minatosakai!!
