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A monument to sustainability, the Kaze no Ha (Wind Leaves), is a large structure designed by architect Kengo Kuma featuring wood panels attached to steel that look like leaves blowing upward in the wind.
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湯原温泉砂湯
The Sunayu is a mixed gender, open-air onsen below Yubara Dam. There are small changing areas for men and women. People used to be permitted to enter fully nude, however since 2020, they ask visitors to cover their lower half.
はんざきセンター
A museum about the endangered and protected giant salamanders that inhabit the rivers that run through Yubara.
神庭の滝
Designated as one of Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls, at 100 m tall and 20 m wide, it's the largest waterfall in Western Japan. Below the falls is the Tamatare Falls (玉垂の滝), which is a small 2-meter drop of numerous neverending drips that fall like thin threads from moss on the rocks. Wild monkeys live around the falls, so lucky visitors may see them. If you do see monkeys, do not approach them. Visitors are asked to avoid bringing bags and eating food around the falls in order to avoid potentially dangerous encounters with the wild monkeys.
蔵元辻本店
A sake brewery that began in 1804. Their sake is called "Gozen-shu" (御前酒). "Gozen", a respectful way to refer to rulers, is used because the sake was produced for the Miura family who ruled over Mimasaka Province in the feudal era ("shu" is another reading of the character that means sake). The brewery offers three different tour options: The 40 minute "Good Plan" focuses on sampling "Soyashi water" (Soyashi-mizu) and seeing the actual rice used to make it. It does not include facility tours. The 1 hour 40 minute "Surprising Plan" focuses on how sake changes in various conditions. It includes a tour of the brewery and sake samplings that showcase how changes in temperature, storing vessels, and age (vintage) affect the taste of the sake. The details of the final "Amazing Plan" have not been determined, but the tours will start in July 2025.
顆山亭
A resthouse in one of the buildings in the historic district. It has its own noren and is sometimes used during special events to sell unique and festive treats, such as Toshikoshi Soba (New Years Eve soba) during New Years and sweet buns during the Hina Doll Festival.
勝山郷土資料館
Features exhibits about the local history, such as information and artifacts related to the former castle town and the Miura family that ruled the area and objects used in daily life by ordinary citizens of the time.