The journey from Hankyu Umeda Station to Hankyu Minoh Station is only twenty-five minutes long. Minoh is a great place for tourists to enjoy nature in all its finest glory. This guide will showcase some highlights for a day trip to Minoh.
Hiking Up to Minoo Falls
Minoh Falls, which was chosen to be included in the list ‘One Hundred Waterfalls of Japan,’ is a waterfall that presents a very impactful impression with a height of 33 meters and a width of 5 meters. From Hankyu Minoh Station, you can walk through the hiking trail which is 2.8 kilometres long. The Falls are open all year long in every season. During autumn, the colors of the trees are luscious and appealing.
■Minoh Falls
Katsuo-ji Temple, the Power Spot Known as the ‘Temple of Triumph’
Katsuo-ji Temple has spacious grounds, a beautiful vermilion main temple gate, a two-story pagoda, and a magnificent main hall. This Katsuo-ji Temple is famous as a power spot where you can be blessed with success. Besides the Kachi-Daruma Offering Shelf, daruma dolls of varying sizes can be seen all throughout the compound. These dolls are a good luck charm which help worshippers achieve success.
■Tatsuo-ji
Address: 2914-1, Oji-Aomatani, Mino-shi, Osaka
Tel: +81-72-721-7010
HP：http://www.katsuo-ji-temple.or.jp/
Experience Japan’s hot springs at Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Minoh Onsen Spa Garden!
After walking so much, how about relieving your fatigue at a natural hot spring? While you are here, head to Ooedo Onson Monogatari Minoh Onsen Spa Garden. It’s said to give you beautiful, fair and soft skin after a soak. The abundance of sodium and bicarbonate within the smooth water is the secret of these hot springs that give them their unique properties. Yukatas are available for renting within the premises, so definitely try them out in commemoration of your trip to Japan!
■Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Minoh Onsen Spa Garden
Address: Hulic Nihonbashi-Honcho building 9F, 1-9-4 Nihonbashi-honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0023
Tel: +81-570-041-266
HP: http://corporate.ooedoonsen.jp/en/
The Season of Fall Colors is the Best Time to Visit
When all is said and done, the best season to visit Minoh is fall, when it is decked out in the beautiful colors of fall. To add to the experience, Katsuo-ji Temple performs a special nighttime light show after sunset on the weekends and national holidays that causes the faintly dazzling leaves to give birth to a truly fantastical world.
