Town Guide

The Tokiwa Museum (Museum of Greenery, Flowers, and Sculptures) in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is located in Tokiwa Park, a few minutes' drive from the nearby Yamaguchi-Ube Airport.

The permanent exhibition, which features 38 permanently installed works that can only be seen here in Towada, is composed of commissioned works by 33 internationally renowned artists, including Yayoi ...

The park is open and full of wildness, just like a 360 ° into the Wild!　Come and join us for an exciting ・ experience!

In order to preserve these cultural assets, Dr. Yoshiro Taniguchi （, the first director of the Museum Meiji-Mura ） and Mr. Motoo Tsuchikawa （, the former chairman of Nagoya Railway Company ）, both of ...

琵琶湖は400万年の歴史を持つ，世界でも有数の古い湖です。長い年月は世界中で琵琶湖しかいない生物（固有種）を生み出し，ユニークな生態系を発達させました。人間が琵琶湖のまわりにすみついたのは約2万年前とされています。それからずっと，人間は琵琶湖の自然と共存し、その恵みを受けながら今日まで独自の地域文化を発展させてきました。しかし，人と自然の関係は最近の100年で大きく変貌しました。琵琶湖を含む環境は...