Miyama Kyoto : observing firefly

I would like to inform observing firefly at Miyama Kyoto.


This picture by “Kyoto navigator”

It is convenient for Miyama to go by car.
To Miyama, it is necessary 1.5hours from Kyoto, and two hours from Osaka through Route 162.
I arrive at the roadside station "Miyama Fureai Hiroba".
At Miyama Tourism association, I obtain the Miyama information including the map.
I ride car about ten minutes from here, arrive at "Kayabuki no Sato”
“Kayabuki no Sato” is thatched house village.


I take a walk towards the north side from the entrance.
I see the red post immediately.

It is the post which there was in the all over Japan until the first half of the Showa.
I can post mail from this post.

I have a short rest with "Kayabuki Exchange Hall".

I taste handicraft sweets.


Next I go to "Miyama Folklore museum".

Here, I can observe the inside of the house of the roof of thatch.
A life tool, the old farming implement are displayed.


I take a walk through the outskirts of "the thatched house village" next.
The fresh green of the mountain approaches to surround the thatched houses.


There is Jizo (guardian deity of children) here and there, and the hydrangea is in full bloom now, too.


I can enjoy Mt. village of Miyama by taking a walk.

Please watch the huge Japanese horse chestnut of 400 years old is planted on the heels of the torii of "Inari Shrine" .

I get a power from this huge tree.

Then, I go towards "the Miyama nature culture village" with the hotel to stay at today.
It is arrival for staying "Kajika So" today.

I take a break and go to observe a firefly by "firefly admiration bus" from 20:00.
I perform the firefly viewing in a riverside footpath between rice fields.

Please thoroughly enjoy the fantastic light of the firefly slowly and carefully while seeing the starlit sky, hearing the murmuring of the river.



In this hotel, "a firefly admiration bus" is operated free during a period of 6/15-30 only by a hotel guest.
Please reserve the firefly viewing bus at the time of a reservation.

In Miyama, 4 hotels guide the observation spot of the firefly by microbuses any place other than this hotel.
When you observe a firefly, I recommend you to reserve these hotels.

I go to "Kyoto Tamba Kogen quasi-national park visitor center" the next day.

Here is a rental electricity bicycle. I ride this bicycle and go through the outskirts on this area.

At the “Megumi Miyama milk factory” in the roadside station "Miyama Fureai Hiroba", I taste an ice-cream cone and a gelato made with Miyama milk of Miyama-cho.



In Miyama of Kyoto, touch rich nature of the Mt. village, observe a firefly, and taste Miyama specialty.

that’s it.