Leisure / Outdoors Spots in Matsusaka / Tsu Area

  • Matsusaka Agricultural Park Bell Farm
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    4.0
    62 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Isederachou 551-3
    You can enjoy the various appearances of flowering trees throughout the year, and purchase fruits and vegetables grown through the hard work of local producers in Matsusaka. The five restaurants each have their own specialties, so you can choose according to the purpose and your mood. In addition, you can also participate in various experiential classes. (advance reservation required) It is located two minutes by car from the Isewangan Expressway Matsusaka Interchange.

    登録犬数ほぼ毎年一位の三重 考えが固くふるくさい なぜこんな素敵な場所にわんこはいれないの? わんこ全てレストランもオッケーにしたら 利益でるまちがいないのにそれをせず 赤字

  • Mie Prefectural Museum (MieMu)
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    4.0
    50 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Tsushi Isshindenkoudubeta 3060
    This museum opened in 2014. To reach it, take a bus for five minutes from the west entrance of Kintetsu, JR, and Ise Railway's Tsu Station and get off at the Sogo Bunka Center Mae stop. It's right there. The museum is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the prefecture. Its main exhibition room depicts Mie's characteristic natural environment around the perimeter of the room, and in the middle presents a comprehensive overview of its people, physical items, and history of cultural exchange. You can also see a fully reconstructed ancient elephant known as the Mie Elephant, consisting of the oldest fossils to be discovered in Mie prefecture. In the back yard there's a reproduction of the Torii Kofun burial mound's stone hut.

    凄くお金をかけて作られた建物ですね。 一時間ほど時間が余ったので、行ってみました。 コロナ禍なので展示内容にも色々制限がかかっていましたが、 510円の入場料としては、それなりに楽しめる内容だったと思います。 ただ、非常に平べったい展示なので、もっと尖った特徴のある内容の展示の方が人を呼べるのでは?と思いました。例えば伊賀忍者とか...

  • VISON
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    Mie Taki-gun Takicho
  • Tsu Kairaku Park
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    3.5
    43 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Tsushi Koumeichou 147-1
    Tsukairaku Park is just a three-minute walk from Tsu Station on the Kinki Nippon Railway. The second home that Todo Takayukiko, the 11th daimyo of Tsu Clan, built during the late 1850s has been turned into a park that makes use of the effects of the surrounding hills and valleys. The park is a favorite spot for viewing the blossoms of the 1000 or so Yoshino cherry trees that have been planted there, and during the blossom season, from late March to early April, the grounds are lit up with 250 or more standing and hanging paper lanterns, attracting large numbers of visitors. They can also see the purple Korean rhododendrons planted near Mt. Suzuka Ino and Mt. Shibumi.

    津駅からすぐにある丘になっている公園 お花見スポットとしては小屋があるので、屋内で飲めます 最高です。 お花見のシーズンは装飾がしてあるので簡単にわかります

  • Saiku Historical Museum
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    4.5
    27 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Takigunmeiwachou Takegawa 503
    This historical museum run by Mie Prefecture is located about a 15-minute walk from Kintetsu Railway's Saiku Station. The place where the museum is built is the site of the palace for the ancient imperial princesses serving at the Ise shrine from ancient times until the period of the northern and southern dynasties (1336-1392). The exhibits are centered on Shinto rituals, history and culture related to the princesses serving at Ise Jingu Shrine. The research results of the townscape at the time based on over 30-year excavation survey of the site are also on display. Special exhibitions and lectures are also held, and among them is a unique one where you can tour an actual site currently being excavated.

    名称として《斎宮》を知っていましたが 実際にどのようなことをやっていたのか よくわからず 今回 ゆったりと伊勢・志摩エリアを旅行したのを機会に《斎宮跡》内の3施設の1ケ所として訪問しました。こちらの内部は3つのエリア;映像展示室と展示室1&2...

  • O Yatsu Town
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    Mie Tsu-shi Moricho 1945-11
  • Matsusaka-City Chubudai Athletic Park
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    3.5
    7 Reviews
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    Mie Matsusaka-shi Tachinocho 1370
    "About a 15-minute car ride from Matsusaka Interchange on the Ise Expressway. This general athletic park is equipped with a lawn square, a baseball field, tennis courts, pools, and a gym. You can enjoy the cherry blossoms in spring, and wisteria in early summer, so it functions as a place of rest for locals. At the ""Mie Kodomo no Shiro"", you can enjoy bouldering, even if you have no experience, because there is friendly guidance available. Additionally, there are loads of fun events and spaces for each season, including a planetarium, concerts, an art space for crafts and experiments, and exhibition projects."

    アスレチックコースがあります。無料で遊べる内容なので、そう大がかりではなく30分もあれば一周できます。 その他広い芝生もありますし、駐車場も無料なので安く遊べると思います。

  • Matsusaka City Forest Park
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    3.0
    5 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Isederachou Anwaka 1678
    This nature park is known for its campground, managed by Matsusaka City. In addition to staying in their well-maintained bungalows, they have rental tents as well, and there is a barbecue green, communal kitchen, and a restaurant. Many people stay over here when climbing nearby Mt. Kannon. On the weekends, they have various events, including Mountaineering Study Groups and Disaster Camping for Families.

    松阪インターから車で5分程度で自然と触れ合えるところです。登山は展望台までなら気軽に登れますが、山頂までは急な斜面で、それなりの覚悟が必要です。(思ったより時間がかかったので途中で引き返しました。)展望台からでもかなり遠くまで望めます。天気の良い日にお弁当でも持って出かけるのに最適かと思います。

  • Matsusaka City Cultural Asset Center
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Sotogomagarichou 1
    This facility is also called the Haniwa-kan. You can reach it by taking the bus from JR and Kintetsu Matsusaka Station that runs counterclockwise around the city. Get off at the Shimin Bunka-kaikan (Matsusakashi) bus stop, and it's right there. There's a permanent display of scholastically important haniwa earthen objects like the boat-shaped Funagata Haniwa excavated from the Takarazuka Burial Mound, a National Historic Site. Its citizen's gallery is in a restored cotton yarn warehouse built in 1923 that was part of the former Kanebo Matsusaka Spinning Factory. The warehouse is a Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and the interior and the eaves at the front are original.

    大型の船形埴輪の展示がある施設です。入館料は110円と格安です。船形埴輪は非常に迫力がありました。また、はにわ館と同じ敷地には1923年に建てられた煉瓦造りの旧カネボウ綿糸松阪工場綿糸倉庫もあり、併せて楽しめるかと思います。

  • Nakayama Medicine Plant Park (Genjo no Yakata)
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
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    Mie Pref. Takiguntakichou Hatase 412-2
    Nakayama Herb Park is a botanical garden is adjacent to Genjo no Yakata in Taki County, Mie Prefecture. The garden is maintained in honor of the accomplishments of Noro Genjo, a medical pioneer of mid Edo period, who learned Western medicine from Dutch books, and was born here. Visitors can see 250 kinds of medicinal plants and trees year-round. Among the plants on view are dandelions (for gastrointestinal disorders, bitter stomachic, asthma), chameleon plants (for swelling, hemorrhoids, and hardening of the arteries), and heal-all (for diuresis, bladder infections), and others, including chamomile and fennel.

    足湯目的で行きました。途中の道は狭く、駐車場に辿り着くまで少し迷いました。足湯は先客お一人のみで、ゆったりできました。ハーブの香りが心地良かったです。

  • Okuise Forestpia
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    Mie Pref. Takigunodaichou Sono 993
    Located approximately a 30-minute drive from the Ise Expressway Seiwataki Interchange, this hot spring resort facility is centered on Mori no Kuni Taiken Kobo, where you can make bread and take pottery classes, and Miyakawa Sanso hotel. Choosing your favorite accommodation style from among hotel, cottage or glamping, you can enjoy French cuisine using locally harvested vegetables at night, and a healthy traditional Japanese set breakfast that comes with rice porridge and is good for the body. It is also filled with activities and things to do such as cycling and a play space with large wooden play equipment, playing in the river, mountain climbing, the Osugi Valley Nature School and a firefly observation tour.
  • Chusei Green Park
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    Mie Pref. Tsushi Anotsudai 5-757-1
    A public park identifiable by its large fountain located inside Chusei Hokubu Science City in Anotsudai, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture. The largest park in Tsu City, the play area in one corner of the park has a giraffe-shaped swing for young children and a large corridor-style play place. Filled with large, spacious grass lawns, the park is also outfitted with flat, colored walking paths perfect for strolling and light exercise. The park is also designed to meet the needs of families on an outing, and has a shaded rest area, parking lot, and toilets.
  • Gokatsuraike Furusato Village
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    Mie Pref. Takiguntakichou Gokatsura 956
    This leisure complex five minutes by car from Seiwataki Interchange makes good use of Mie's rich natural environment. They have a family lodge that's perfect for enjoying the great outdoors. You can stay over, and if you want to have a barbecue, they'll provide all the gear you'll need. It's fun for everyone from kids to adults with fruit picking, a petting zoo, rental canoes, swan boats, and more. Dine on cuisine dished up by future chefs at Mago-no-Mise, the inspiration for the TV drama Kokosei Restaurant, run by students from Oka High School's cooking department.
  • Moon Beach Campgroung
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    Mie Pref. Takigunmeiwachou Oyodo 2493-11
    A campground located next to Oyodo Beach, a beach where sea turtles lay their eggs, 20 kilometers from the Matsusaka Interchange. A fun destination for children and adults alike, the campground's vast, 30,000 square meter grounds enclose tent sites as well as air conditioned cottages and bungalows, a pool, and a miniature golf course. Campground users can also order barbecue made with local Mie Prefecture ingredients such as Matsusaka beef. The sea sprawling in front of the campground can be safely used for swimming as well as clamming and fishing.
  • Louvre Sculpture Museum
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    Mie Pref. Tsushi Hakusanchousada Higashitani 1957
    This sculpture museum is located a five-minute walk from Kintetsu Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station. It was opened by Takegawa Yujiro in December 1987. The 1,300 sculptures on display are from ancient to modern times, and all of them were brought to Japan from the Louvre Museum in Paris. You can enjoy sculptures from the Louvre while still in Japan. The exhibited works are molded directly from the actual sculptures, so everything from their size to every scar is exactly the same. You can fully appreciate the many famous pieces that line the museum and appear in textbooks.
  • Mie Prefectural Art Museum
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    Mie Pref. Tsushi Otanichou 11
    An art museum located a 10 minute walk from the west entrance of Tsu Station in Mie Prefecture. Each year, the museum holds four exhibitions of artwork from the Edo period onward. The museum's standing exhibition focuses on artists from Mie Prefecture. The museum has three exhibition areas, the content of which is changed several times throughout the year. The museum offers a stamp rally which involves travelling to various areas in the facility, fun for families with children. During the summer school holiday, the museum also offers workshops. The museum also has a restaurant with a terrace and a shop which sells original merchandise and art-themed goods.
  • Sky Land Obora
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Mie Tsu-shi Misugicho Yachi 7956-1
  • Happy Farm
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    Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Isederachou 595-1
    This is the first tourist fruit farm with strawberry picking built in the prefecture. It is among the largest by area in Japan, and they offer delectable Akihime strawberries raised with mineral-rich water from beneath the lush forests. They also sell strawberry jam made with berries picked here. There is parking for 100 cars, so it's also perfect for group tours. Open every year from December through May.
  • Karasu Beach
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    Mie Pref. Tsushi Karasuchou
    This beach runs for about two kilometers along the south side of Ise-no-Umi Prefectural Natural Park. It stands out for the lovely scenery of its surroundings. From May through August you can try clam digging, and the Umi-no-Ie beach huts accommodate about 350 people for dining on fresh asari or hamaguri clams in a variety of dishes. From July through August the beach is open for swimming, and it is usually filled with swimmers.
  • Former Ozu Seizaemon Residence
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    Mie Matsusaka-shi Honmachi 2195
    Counted among the many wealthy merchants in Matsusaka with stores in Edo, along with Mitsui, Hasegawa and Nagai the high-ranking Ozu family served the Kishu clan as financiers in 1755. Inside the Matsusaka Merchant Museum which opened up as a museum in the former residence of Seizaemon Ozu, there is a man-ryo-bako (literally, a box to store 10,000 ryo) rather than the sen-ryo-bako (literally, a box to store 1,000 ryo) and gives one a sense of the influence of the wealthy Ise merchants who had a shop in Edo.

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Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.

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