Data of the pond

• 4.5 km in surroundings
• Area 19.5 ha
• Amount of storing water 1,716,000 m³

History

• 1672－ The embankment of the pond begins in Gokatsura District by the order of the Kii Domain
  Wakayama Domain
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  . The leader of construction is Mitani Sōzan.
• 1679－The pond is completed after seven years. The number of people mobilized is assumed to be 152,000 people.
  • The 25 resident families displaced by embanking the pond were relocated to various places.

Works about the pond

• The Story Of Gokatsura Pond "Kuchinashi-no-Hana"－Work that drew suffering and struggle of the people whose relocation was necessary because of the embankment of pond was presented by the theatrical company "Shirotsubaki" in 2002.

The main facilities

• Flower and animal touch plaza-An elephant had been bred before. There is a Ferris wheel
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  , too.
• Smiling golf
• Campground
• Barbecue plaza
• Japanese style restaurant- There is a footbath, too.
• The Grandchildren's shop (Restaurant
  Restaurant
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  )- It has been managed by the student of Mie prefectural Ohka high school food cooking department. Because the student at this school piled up excellent results in a domestic and foreign cooking contest and it had been reported by various mass communications, the tourist outside the prefecture became a well-known shop though it was business only on holiday, too.
• The Grandma's shop (speciality shop)- It sells farm products.
• Ceramic art classroom
• Fruit picking-Kaki, Japanese orange, and strawberry can be harvested by the season.

History

• 1964-Japanese orange hunting starts around Gokatsura pond.
• 1980-People who live in Gokatsura holds the sense of crisis of agriculture at the conversion period holds the symposium concerning the regional promotion. Afterwards, "Green, irregular committee" is held 46 times, and the plan of the Gokatsura Pond Furusato Village is completed.
• 1984- Gokatsura Pond Furusato Village is opened. The number of those who come at the first year is about 160,000 people.
• 1989-Smiling golf opens.
• 1993-The animal touch plaza opens.
• 1999-The grandma's shop opens.
• 2005-The Grandchildren's shop shop is reopening.

Management

• The Government of Taki Town sets up based on "Ordinance concerning the installation and the management of Taki-cho Gokatsura pond Furusato Village", and it is managed by local citizen's hand.

Business hours

• The flower and the animal touch plaza: From 10 o'clock to 16 o'clock (Until 16:

• The Grandchildren's shop: As soon as it is sold out at 10:45
• The campground: From 14 o'clock to 10 o'clock of the next day
• Conference room etc. : 17 o'clock from nine o'clock
• The fruit picking: From 10 o'clock to 15 o'clock (Strawberry picking : until 1

• Additionally: From 8 o'clock to 17 o'clock

Access

• Railway
  • It is 34 minutes on foot from JR Kisei Line Sana Station.
  • About 15 minutes by taxi from JR Kisei Line and Sangu Line Taki Station.
• Bus
  • Get off Taki Citizen Bus Sana Line "Furusato-mura-mae", and soon.
    • It operates it only on the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
• Car
  • About five minutes from Ise Expressway Seiwataki interchange.

Source

• History: Http://www.pref.mie.jp/muras/satoweb/satodukuri/22.pdf
• Management: Ordinance concerning installation and management of Taki-cho Gokatsura pond Furusato Village(No.167 of Taki-cho ordinance on March 22, 2006)

External links

• Official Website of Gokatsura Pond Furusato Village.