Gifu Seiryu-satoyama Koen, Japanese theme park and roadside station in Minokamo, Japan.
Gifu Seiryu-satoyama Koen is a theme park set within natural landscape near Minokamo, spanning forests, rice fields, tea plantations, and ravines. The grounds support fireflies and medaka fish while featuring relocated wooden buildings that recreate a rural mountain setting.
The park opened in 2003 as Japan Showa Village, a site built by Gifu Prefecture to evoke the satoyama of the 1950s Showa era. From 2013 five companies under the Showa Village MC Group managed it. On 8 April 2018 it was renamed Gifu Seiryu-satoyama Koen, admission became free, and Shidax Daishinto Human Service took over as designated manager.
The site tells the story of rural craftsmanship through relocated wooden buildings where visitors experience rice planting, tofu making, and other traditional work. These hands-on activities reveal how people once lived and worked in mountain communities.
The park opens from 9 AM to 6 PM between March and November, and from 10 AM to 5 PM December through February with no admission charge. Wearing comfortable shoes is important since the grounds cover hilly terrain and natural landscape.
The PANZA complex combines a zip line with athletic play equipment, and the park also runs a riding programme and animal feeding, including a petting farm. Craft workshops range from kaleidoscope and music-box making to pottery and marbling dyeing. The former Asahi village office building stands on the grounds under its old nickname, Showa Village Hall.
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