Miroku no sato

Miroku no sato (みろくの里) is a comprehensive leisure facility located in Fujie-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on the Numakuma Peninsula facing the Seto Inland Sea. It is operated by Tsuneishi LR Co., Ltd., a company under Tsuneishi Holdings, the group behind the shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding. The park opened in 1989 and, as of 2025, is the only amusement park in Hiroshima Prefecture. It combines an amusement park with more than 20 rides, a retro Showa-era townscape called 'Itsuka Kita Michi' (The Road We Once Took), a dinosaur-themed area, sports facilities including soccer fields and a baseball stadium, and a permanent open set used for period film and television production. The amusement area features a large Ferris wheel (56.0 m tall, 50.0 m diameter) and various attractions. The park has seasonal operations, with winter weekday closures and, since 2021, regular closures on Tuesdays and Wednesdays except during busy periods. It introduced PayPay mobile payments in October 2021. In 2022 it replaced garden golf with Big Beaver Buggy and opened 'the Orange' pool area. The 'Itsuka Kita Michi' area, opened in 1998, recreates a 1950s Japanese town with a school, candy shop, telephone museum, ramen shop, and bar. The park also includes the Tsuneishi Shimanami Village accommodation and training facility, Tsuneishi Field soccer grounds (opened 2013), and Tsuneishi Stadium baseball ground. The Miroku no sato Set Village is a large permanent open set built for the 1989 film 'Zatoichi' and has been used for many period dramas and films, though it is not open to the general public. The park is a regional destination in the Seto Inland Sea area, accessible by bus from Fukuyama Station and Matsunaga Station. It hosts events such as anime conventions, cosplay gatherings, and concerts. The operating company, Tsuneishi Amusement Village Co., Ltd., was established on November 16, 2009, with capital of 20 million yen, and is headquartered in Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama. As of January 2026, the president is Shinya Sato, with Hideaki Kanbara as chairman.

Miroku no sato opened in 1989 as an amusement park developed by Tsuneishi Holdings on a hilly area of the Numakuma Peninsula in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The site was originally developed as a comprehensive leisure land, and the amusement park became the core facility. In the same year, a large permanent open set called 'Miroku no sato Set Village' was built at a cost of 300 million yen for the filming of the 1989 movie 'Zatoichi' (the inn town scenes). Although it was initially planned to be demolished after filming, it was subsequently used for television dramas and expanded, becoming one of Japan's largest permanent open sets for period dramas. Films and dramas shot there include 'Zatoichi', 'Sharaso', 'Fukuro no Shiro', 'Azumi', 'Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku', 'Spy Sorge', 'Dora Heita', 'The Sword of the Great Emperor', 'Onihei Hankacho' (Fuji TV version), 'Kengo Shobai', 'Hadashi no Gen' (Fuji TV drama), 'TAJOMARU' (2009), and the NHK taiga drama 'Ryomaden' (2010). In 1995, the Tsuneishi Stadium (formerly Miroku no sato Shinkoji Baseball Stadium) within the park hosted official games of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp farm team in the Western League. In 1998, the retro Showa-era townscape area 'Itsuka Kita Michi' opened, recreating a 1950s Japanese town with a school, candy shop, telephone museum, ramen shop, and bar. The park also included the Shinkoji Onsen Showa no Yu, a natural radon hot spring, which closed on March 21, 2019, with no reopening date set. In the 2000s, the park expanded its sports facilities. Tsuneishi Field, a soccer ground with three pitches using Sumitomo Rubber Industries' long-pile artificial turf 'Hybrid Turf', opened on July 19, 2013, as part of the Japan Football Association's 'Prefectural Football Center Development Subsidy Project' and is certified as the 'Hiroshima Prefectural Football Center'. It is used as the practice field for FC Bayern Tsuneishi, a partner school of Bayern Munich operated by Tsuneishi Sports Act, and hosted the Chugoku Soccer League in 2013. Tsuneishi Shimanami Village, an accommodation and training facility with three buildings accommodating 962 people, 17 meeting rooms, and two halls, was also part of the park; its operations were suspended as of November 30, 2020, after which Tsuneishi Field continued as an independent facility. The operating company, Tsuneishi Amusement Village Co., Ltd., was established on November 16, 2009, with capital of 20 million yen, headquartered in Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama. The park has faced operational changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic: it closed from April 11 to May 31, 2020, operated only on weekends in June and July 2020, and some indoor attractions remained closed. From spring 2021, the park began regular closures on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with exceptions during busy periods and for school trips. In October 2021, PayPay was introduced at the entrance gate and gate shop. In 2022, garden golf ended on January 31, and Big Beaver Buggy opened on the site on March 12 (requiring an extra 800 yen, not covered by the free pass). On July 16, 2022, 'the Orange' opened, a renewal of the leisure pool with an entirely orange pool area. As of 2025, Miroku no sato is the only amusement park in Hiroshima Prefecture.

• 2022

  Garden golf ends January 31; Big Beaver Buggy opens March 12; 'the Orange' pool opens July 16

• 2021

  Regular closures on Tuesdays and Wednesdays begin; PayPay introduced in October

• 2020

  Park closes April 11–May 31 due to COVID-19; Tsuneishi Shimanami Village suspends operations on November 30

• 2019

  Shinkoji Onsen Showa no Yu closes on March 21

• 2013

  Tsuneishi Field soccer ground opens on July 19

• 2009

  Tsuneishi Amusement Village Co., Ltd. established on November 16

• 1998

  Retro area 'Itsuka Kita Michi' opens

• 1995

  Tsuneishi Stadium (then Miroku no sato Shinkoji Baseball Stadium) hosts Western League official games

• 1989

  Miroku no sato amusement park opens; Miroku no sato Set Village built for the film 'Zatoichi'

Regional comprehensive leisure park and film backlot in the Seto Inland Sea area, targeting families and groups.

• Amusement park rides (over 20)

• Large Ferris wheel (56.0 m tall, 50.0 m diameter)

• Itsuka Kita Michi (Showa-era retro street)

• Dinosaur Park

• the Orange (pool area)

• Big Beaver Buggy

• Tsuneishi Field (soccer grounds)

• Tsuneishi Stadium (baseball ground)

• Miroku no sato Set Village (film backlot)

• Tsuneishi Shimanami Village (accommodation/training)

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