Furusato-cho, An-ei Lava

This area is famous for Furusato Hot Springs. In the heyday of Kyushu honeymoons in the past, this Furusato hot spring resort was prosperous and crowded with many newlyweds, but now only two hotels remain. Both of them have open-air baths with hot spring water flowing from the source. The view of Kinko Bay can be seen in front of the baths, and the setting sun is very beautiful.

 

Furusato Park is located on the mountainside of the main road. There is a literary monument of Fumiko Hayashi, who is known for her novels "Horou-ki" (Diary of a Vagabond) and "Ukigumo" (Floating Clouds). Fumiko’s mother was born in this area, and Fumiko also lived here for a time.

 

This area is also in the An-ei Lava area. It was filled with lava that flowed from the south side.

 

After passing an abandoned hotel (please dismantle it soon…~(;´ Д｀)), you will find the Kaishin Community Center. This is the former Kaishin Elementary School, which was temporarily closed in 1997 due to a decrease in the number of students, and officially closed in 2014. It was renovated and opened as the Kaishin Community Center. The nearby staff dormitory has also been transformed into a guesthouse. It was beautifully remodeled while retaining some of its original appearance as a school. It has a multi-purpose room, a reference room, a Japanese-style room, and so on. The reference room is quite interesting in your first visit. One of the unique features of the school is that there is a gymnasium on the third floor of the school building, while the first and second floors are normal classrooms. It is very small, about the size of a badminton court, I think. Before the renovation, I liked the school because it looked exactly like what you think an abandoned school would look like, with things like playground equipment and display boards left in the schoolyard, and the school building being desolate.