Omori Area ー
大森地区

Omori is the former town area of the silver mine.

Historical cityscape is preserved well, and it is very quiet even after being registered to the World Heritage,

which expresses the will of inhabitants who have been maintaining the cityscape.

As a base of Mabu Walk of the silver mine district, there are a tourist information center or a rental bicycle shop.

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Access and Getting Around

2 km from the Inheritance Center to Omori by bus for 5 minutes with 3 buses per hour.

CHUGOKU [ Iwami Ginzan ]

-Historic Sites

Taking a guidance function of the inheritance, the center mainly displays models, pictures, replicas and re-items,and so...

CHUGOKU [ Iwami Ginzan ]

-Historic Sites

The only mine tunnel open to the public is about 273 meters (including new mine tunnel)while the whole tunnel is 600 met...

CHUGOKU [ Iwami Ginzan ]

-Historic Sites

It is the largest mine tunnel in Iwami Silver Mine, though it is not open to the public,four times of tour only on the w...

CHUGOKU [ Iwami Ginzan ]

-Historic Sites

It is a group of five handred statues of Buddha for the memorial service for the workers who worked and died in the min...

CHUGOKU [ Iwami Ginzan ]

-Onsen(Hot Spings)

There were silver ore stones from the Iwami Silver Mine in old times,which made the port townand makes people feel the h...

CHUGOKU [ Iwami Ginzan ]

-Specific Nature

A cedar buried in the underground by the sediment flowing down to the footwith the eruption of Sanbe Volcano of 1126 met...

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