出雲いりすの丘

Overview

Izumo Iris no Oka is a tourist facility in the Yunokawa Onsen district of Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture. It opened in April 2000 and spans a vast site of about 262,000 square meters. Once beloved as a hands-on agricultural theme park, it now operates mainly around its hot spring facilities as a relaxed place to unwind.

Highlights

• ●A hot spring-focused tourist facility in the Yunokawa Onsen district
• ●A vast site of roughly 262,000 square meters
• ●A history as a former hands-on agricultural theme park
• ●A location well suited as a base for central Izumo and Izumo Taisha

History

The facility opened in April 2000 under Yunokawa Farm Co., a third-sector company jointly funded by the former town of Hikawa, JA Hikawa, and Farm Co. It was originally equipped as a hands-on agricultural theme park, but Farm Co., which provided the know-how, withdrew at the end of March 2008. The site was then greatly scaled down, keeping the hot spring facilities, and the operating company, Yunokawa Farm, was dissolved at the end of March 2009.

Map

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Suggested itinerary

1. 1Head to the Yunokawa Onsen district of Izumo City
2. 2Ease your body in the hot springs of Izumo Iris no Oka
3. 3Spend time taking in the greenery of the broad grounds and nearby scenery
4. 4Round off the trip with nearby Izumo Taisha and local Izumo cuisine

Did you know?

💡 Yunokawa Onsen is a hot spring resort in Izumo long celebrated for its fine waters. The expansive footprint of about 262,000 square meters is itself a trace of the days when the site held a wide array of agricultural theme-park attractions.

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