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Sano Machiba Walking Course (Izumisano City)

Highlights

In the past, fishermen, merchants, farmers, and others gathered in Sano to create a bustling market town. This settlement is known as Sano Machiba, and is said to have developed a culture unique to this town. Take a stroll to sample the unique atmosphere of Sano Machiba and experience the lifestyle of a town from the past. During your walk, you can enjoy shopping at the Rinku Premium Outlets, stroll around Rinku Park and Marble Beach with a view of Kansai Airport, and much more.

Nankai Izumisano Station

0.4 km 6 min.

1. Kasuga Shrine (Izumisano)

The present shrine structure is believed to have been built in the mid-Edo period (around the 18th century). A summer festival is held to pray for bumper catches and a calamity-free summer, where bed-shaped mikoshi known as “futon daiko”, which weigh about one ton, are paraded through the streets.

0.3 km 4 min.

2. Furusato Machiya-kan Museum

A townhouse built in the mid-Edo period (around the 18th century) as the location for a soy sauce business, the museum exhibits historical materials used in daily life, valuable cultural documents, and more. You can also go in and look around.

0.3 km 4 min.

3. Iroha Storehouses Street

The warehouses that belonged to the wealthy merchants such as the Meshino and Karakane families during the Edo period (1603-1868) still remain.

0.5 km 7 min.

4. Izumisano Fisheries Cooperative Association, Aozora-Ichiba (Open-Air Market)

Izumisano Fishing Port is the prime fishing port of Senshu, which boasts the best catches in the whole of Osaka Prefecture. At the Open-Air Market, you can buy fresh seafood landed that day. On Saturdays and Sundays, you can grill and eat the seafood you buy from the open-air market at the adjoining BBQ facility.

2.4 km 34 min.

5. Rinku Park

This park is located on the opposite shore of Kansai International Airport, where you can see airplanes taking off, as well as beautiful evening views. This location was selected as one of the best 100 sunsets in Japan. There is also a monument in the park, "LOVE RINKu," which is a sacred place for lovers, and a great place to take romantic pictures.

0.5 km 4 min.

6. Rinku Pleasure Town Seacle

Located on the opposite shore of Kansai International Airport, this commercial complex offers a great view of the ocean as well as a place to shop and have fun.

https://www.seacle.jp