This area provides opportunities to learn about the history of the people who have lived in this area that is relatively warm for Hokkaido. Appreciate the historical values of the area that was shaped by the sea by visiting shell mounds from the Jomon era and learning about the history of the pioneering days of the Meiji era.

Theme centers

Detailed information about the area of 塗istory of ancestors and marine boon・is available at the following four theme centers.

●Date City Fire Department / Disaster Prevention Center

Hours: 9:00 ? 17:00

Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and the year-end and New Year holidays

●Michi no Eki Aputa

Hours: 9:00 ? 18:00 (~17:00 from November to March)

Closed on the year-end and New Year holidays (Dec.30 ? Jan.5)

●Michi no Eki Date Rekishi no Mori Reimeikan

Hours: 9:00 ? 18:00

Closed on the year-end and New Year holidays (Dec.31 ? Jan.5)

●Michi no Eki Toyoura

Hours: 9:30 ? 18:00 (~17:00 from November to April)

Closed on the year-end and New Year holidays

Satellite facilities

The satellite facilities listed below are in the area of 塗istory of ancestors and marine boon.・ More detailed information is provided for some of these facilities by clicking on them.

○Historic Site Kitakogane Shell Mound Park

○Waterwheel Ayame River Natural Park

○Mt. Usu

○Mr. & Mrs. Bachelor Memorial Church

○Usu Zenkoji Temple

○Date Historical Museum

○Daioji Temple

○Usu Moshiri Ruins

○Cape Arutori

○Irie / Takasago Shell Mound Park

○Irie / Takasago Shell Mound Museum

○Abuta Local Museum

○Toyako Town Historic Park

○Toyoura Town Seaside Park

○Toyoura Natural Hot Spring Shiosai

○Kamuychashi Historic Park
○Toyoura Town Literary Monument Park

○Iwaya Kannon

○Indian Fish Wheel Park