About Kyotango City
Enjoy Nature, Good Food and History in Kyotango,
a city that nurtures longevity
Kyotango City, known as the “City of Longevity,”
is located in the northern part of Kyoto, with easy access to Osaka.
A visit to the beautiful coastline of the Tango Peninsula will leave you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.
There are also a variety of fun local activities awaiting you along the coastline.
Kyotango City boasts fresh seafood and healthy, delicious food made with local ingredients, as well as an attractive townscape dotted with historical cultural assets.
Kyotango City is a place where you can go on a peaceful getaway,
blending sightseeing, good food, and healthy lifestyle.
Access from Osaka to Kyotango Approximately 3 hours by train
Approximately 2 hours by car
Access from Osaka to Kyotango Approximately 3 hours by train
Approximately 2 hours by car
Kyotango City
promotes Health Tourism
In the extraordinary environment that is your travel destination, has
something ever made you sit up and think, or given you a new outlook?
As well as having a pleasurable trip, you will recharge your mental and physical batteries.
Health Tourism is about continuing healthy practices even after returning
home from your trip and living a more enriched daily life.
Known as the City of Longevity, Kyotango City is the perfect destination for
experiencing Health Tourism thanks to its beautiful nature, excellent food,
and numerous activities!
Why not visit Kyotango and take a moment to enjoy a healthy mind and body?
Discover the secrets to a long and
healthy life while enjoying the
abundant nature of Kyotango City, the "home of centenarians"
in the 5 day model course
In Kyotango City, the "Home of Centenarians"
Enjoying the rich nature
Discover the secret to a long and healthy life
4 nights, 5 days trip
A historical townscape dotted with temples and cultural assets, activities for enjoying the beautiful Sea of Japan coastline, and hot springs to soothe the body and soul.
From fresh local ingredients to healthy meals designed to promote longevity,
discover our model course itinerary full of attractions that only Kyotango can offer.
Kyotango Must-Visit Spots
- Sightseeing
- Dining
- Activities
- Stay
- Shopping
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Workshop Restaurant Wakuden Moriwakuden MORI (Mitsumasa Anno Art Museum)
The Mitsumasa Anno Art Museum exhibits Mitsumasa Anno's soft delicate watercolor paintings featuring landscapes and natural scenes from around the world. The museum was designed by the world-renowned architect, Tadao Ando. It also houses a restaurant, where visitors can enjoy the charms of Tango cuisine while taking in the paintings and architectural beauty.
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Nyoiji Temple (visit)
Nyoiji is the seventh temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect of Buddhism and one of the 25 Kansai Flower Temples. It is a prayer temple for all to enjoy overlooking Kumihama Bay, and the grounds are filled with seasonal flowers and wildflowers, including Mitsuba azaleas in April. It is visited by many people throughout the year.
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Inaba Family Merchant House and the townscape (walking and sightseeing)
This is the former residence of the Inaba family, wealthy merchants who made their fortune from a very successful shipping business focusing on coastal trade. This was backed by the wealth gained from malted rice production in Kumihama during the Edo period. Enjoy their specialty bota-mochi (rice cake with sweet bean paste) and tea in a relaxing atmosphere while gazing out at the garden from the detached villa, "Ginshosha."
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Mt Kabutoyama (walk to the observation deck)
Mt. Kabutoyama is located at the southeastern part of Kumihama Bay. It is a 191.7 meter-high rhyolite lava dome, a rarity in the region, with the bell-like shape that is typical of formations of its type. At the top of the mountain is an observatory from which you can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire Kumihama Bay area extending out to the Sea of Japan.
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Kyotango Geotrail (Yuhigaura to Goshikihama Short Course)
This short course walks through the San'in Coast UNESCO Global Geopark area, which stretches from Kyoto Prefecture to Tottori Prefecture. It runs from Goshikihama, where colorful boulders sparkle beautifully on the shore, to Yuhigaura, a famous sunset viewing spot. You can enjoy the pristine scenery of the Sea of Japan coast.
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Tango Chirimen Weaver Tayuh (Factory Tour)
Tayuh Textile Industry Co., Ltd. is a weaving shop founded in 1931. Tango Chirimen refers to textiles woven in the Tango region of Kyoto prefecture that have been dyed post-weaving, and you can get up close and personal with the roughly 30 looms that are in operation. In the gallery, you can also enjoy shopping for silk products and genuine silk Tango Chirimen accessories.
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A Drive Through the Highlands (Tentomushi Batake (Noma) – Ikari Kogen Highlands – Tango-cho)
The highland area in Kyotango’s Tango-cho offers beautiful views of steep mountains and valleys interwoven with tranquil rural landscapes. Passing through the mountains and hillside villages of Tango-cho, visitors can enjoy colorful scenery such as flowers and autumn leaves throughout the year.
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Kyotango Forest Park Swiss Village (Visitor Center)
Located in Yasaka-cho, Kyotango City, Kyotango Forest Park Swiss Village is a multi-purpose recreational facility hosting a hotel, mountain house for youth groups, cottages, bungalows, and campgrounds, all located in Tango Amanohashidate-Oeyama Quasi-National Park.
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Kyogamisaki and Kyogamisaki Lighthouse (Walk)
Kyogamisaki Lighthouse, standing on a cliff 140 meters above sea level at the tip of the Tango Peninsula, was installed in 1898. It is a first class lighthouse using a first order lens, a rarity in Japan, with only five such lighthouses in existence. The contrast between the chalk-white lighthouse and the sea is vivid, and it is loved by many people as a symbol of Kyotango City.
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Onaru Burial Mounds (Walk)
The Onaru Burial Mounds are a cluster of 13 tombs dating from the late 6th to early 7th century, and the site has yielded many archeological finds including earthenware, Sue ware, and jade and tubular beads. Located on a high plateau that looks down upon Tateiwa Rock, it offers a spectacular view of the Sea of Japan, and in the spring, the area is awash with blooming wild radish flowers.
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Tateiwa and Nochigahama Beach (Walk)
Tateiwa & Nochigahama Beach is located right next to Kyotango’s most famous geo-site, Tateiwa Rock. The beach is characterized by its crystal-clear waters and large reddish grains of sand. In winter, the dramatic rough waves combined with the snowy landscape surrounding Tateiwa create a scene embodying how the Sea of Japan transforms in the colder months.
Tango Town
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Torimatsu
At Torimatsu, diners can enjoy a Japanese kaiseki multi course meal filled with locally sourced seafood and other seasonal ingredients. The local Tango specialty dish, Barazushi, is also available on the menu. Here you can savor the taste of Tango and the refined beauty and flavors of Japanese cuisine while taking in the stunning scenery.
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Taiza Onsen Sumihei
Taiza Onsen Sumihei is a long-established ryokan in Taiza, northernmost Kyoto, known for its crab cuisine in the winter. All rooms come with ocean views, and the six private open-air baths offer beautiful scenery that evoke the nature and history of Taiza. Also, they offer expertly prepared, luxury dishes featuring high quality Hashiudo snow crab.
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Longevity Lunch (Roadside Station Tango Kingdom “Shoku no Miyako”)
At Roadside Station Tango Kingdom “Shoku no Miyako”, you can enjoy the mouth-watering gourmet food of Kyotango made with local ingredients. You can taste a variety of delicious meals, such as the Kyotango Shokado Bento Box or the Kyotango Beef Health and Longevity Meal.
Yasaka Town
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Kumihama Country Club (A Round of Golf)
A full-fledged seaside golf course bordering the coastline of the San’in Kaigan National Park. The course features a rare type of hole that you must aim at over the water. It is one of a select few such holes in Japan, inspiring players to give it a shot.
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Hosomi Studio (Pottery Experience)
Nestled between the sea and mountains of Kyotango’s Kumihama-cho, Hosomi studio offers pottery-making taster classes under the guidance of professional potters using either a potter’s wheel or one’s hands. You can shape and color your work with clay to make a one-of-a-kind piece of art as well as a great memory.
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Tango Chirimen Silk Handkerchief Dyeing Experience (Amity Tango)
Learn about local traditional techniques and Tango Chirimen silk! At Amity Tango, you can experience dyeing Tango Chirimen and learn how to hand weave using silk thread. There is also a wide selection of local Tango products on sale, including local sake and famous sweets.
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Private Sauna “Nuka to Yuge”
At “Nuka to Yuge”, you can enjoy a rice bran enzyme bath and a private sauna at the same time The whole body is enveloped in the fermented heat of rice bran, warming the body to the core and regulating the autonomic nervous system in a one-of-a-kind warm bath environment that is a cross between Japanese 'hakko' fermentation culture and Finnish sauna culture.
Mineyama Town -
Musu Goka Sauna
Enjoy nature to the fullest in a completely private outdoor sauna facility in a village of just 14 households. Renovated from an old private house, this dimly lit Finnish-style sauna is warmed by a wood-burning stove with a river flowing right in front to cool off in. It is a great way to enjoy nature.
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Organic Restaurant Tentomushi Batake - A food education experience connected to nature (farming experience and organic lunch)
Tentomushi Batake in Kyotango’s Yasaka-cho produces about 100 kinds of organic vegetables a year. They collect fallen leaves and grass clippings in the nearby forest, which are fed to earthworms and microorganisms which turn them into soil. The soil is then taken to the fields where they grow organic vegetables using natural methods.
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Nippon Genshosha (visit and experience the Japanese sword workshop as a place of mindfulness)
Visitors have the chance to tour and learn firsthand about swordsmith techniques at Nippon Genshosha in Kyotango. With the “tap, tap, tap” of a hammer on a red hot block of iron, visitors can get hands on and see the workings of a Japanese swordsmith workshop up close. Discover and admire the elegance of Japanese swords and the traditional hand-made sword forging process.
Tango Town
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HEKISUIEN
This hotel is located on the shores of Kumihama Bay in the San’in Kaigan National Park. Be sure to visit and unwind in this tranquil 33,000 square meter site, surrounded by the rich, plentiful nature of Kyotango.
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Ippen-an
Ippen-an is a hotel offering private guest houses perched atop a hill overlooking the Kumihama area and the Sea of Japan…Surrounded
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Kaikatei Hanagozen
Kaikatei Hanagozen is a hot spring inn located on the Tango Peninsula. It has 24 rooms with open-air baths and 10 rooms with ocean view hot spring baths. The inn is known for its unique flooring with tatami mats in all the rooms, hallways and entranceways. With connections to a local seafood wholesaler, the inn offers dishes incorporating ingredients from all over the Kyoto by the Sea area, such as Matsuba crab.
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Kashoen - an inn painted by the seasons
Popular with couples and families, this hot spring ryokan is situated in Kyotango's Yuhigaura Onsen district. Whether savoring crab dishes in winter or taking a dip in the sea in the summer, there is always something to do throughout the four seasons. All of the sea-facing rooms offer stunning views of the sunset over the coast. The hotel is famed for its hot springs, known for their beautifying properties, as well as the delicious multi course kaiseki cuisine featuring ingredients from the Sea of Japan.
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KISSUIEN Stay & Food
KISSUIEN Stay & Food, a guest hotel in Mineyama-cho, Kyotango The hotel offers simple yet comfortable guest rooms designed to help guests "rediscover their true selves" .
Mineyama Town
The dishes prepared by master chefs are heartwarming creations that make the most of locally-sourced seasonal ingredients. -
Jukaitei
Jukatei is a small inn located on a hill overlooking the Sea of Japan in the Taiza region of Tango-cho,
Tango Town
Kyotango. The inn only accepts 8 groups per day and all eight rooms have ocean views as well as ocean view baths. The hotel owner is a fisherman at the nearby Taiza port, and he carefully prepares the meals using local fish caught in the area. Here you can enjoy the seasonal flavors of the region.
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Kinoshita Sake Brewery (shopping, sake tasting)
This brewery was founded in Kumihama-cho, Kyotango in 1840 and is the home of the Tamagawa brand of local sake. Their complex sake brewing techniques, such as the Yamahai method (brewing using natural yeast) and techniques from the Edo Period (1603-1868) are loved by many. In addition to selling sake, they also offer sake tasting, allowing you the chance to enjoy rare and local limited edition sake only available at the brewery.
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Roadside Station Tango Kingdom “Shoku no Miyako” (Longevity Lunch/ Shopping)
Roadside Station Tango Kingdom “Shoku no Miyako” in Kyotango’s Yasaka-cho, is one of the largest roadside stations in West Japan. On site, there is a market, restaurants, outdoor attractions, a plaza, a small zoo and more.
Yasaka Town
