The Bantan Line is bound from Himeji to Wadayama. The local train station is called Fukusaki Station. The Shinki bus line is bound from Fukusaki to Himeji. The route 312 and the Bantan highway connect Himeji and Fukusaki. There is a Fukusaki intersection in the Chugoku highway which connects Osaka to Yamaguchi.
There are many festivals in Fukusaki town. Among them are two big ones: Autumn Festival and Summer Festival. In the Autumn Festival, many young men carry a portable shrine and pray for a good crop of harvest. Many young men wear 'happi', which is a traditional Japanese jacket. Many villagers join the festival, and this is a social gathering. The Summer Festival is held on the 9th of August at the playground of Fukusaki Junior High School. There are fireworks displayed, bon dancing and drum performances. Many stalls have food and presents for sale. More than 1000 people join the festival every year.
Sightseeing
Kunio Yanagita's house and Matsuoka family memorial museum
The house of folklorist Kunio Yanagita and memorial hall of his brothers is in Fukusaki. He wrote about his house in one of his books, Kokyou Nanajunen : "It was the smallest house in hometown." The book also describes Gataro, a kappa. The municipal government of Fukusaki held a yōkaidesign contest and installed a mechanical kappa statue that pops out of a pond in Tsujikawa Yama Park to attract tourists. In 2015, the government went on to design a kappa costume for the character Gajiro, who is said to be the younger brother of Gataro. Gajiro has since been adopted as the mascot of Fukusaki. Yanagita had four brothers. One of the younger brother's name is Teruo, a famous Japanese traditional painter. Some of his paintings are shown in the museum. The anniversary day of Yanagita's death is held at the Santou-Ki Haiku Festival.
Kanzaki-gun museum of history and customs
The museum is a western-style building built in 1886. It was renovated in 1972 to a museum for keeping and promoting the development of culture.
The Miki House belonged to the great chief of Fukusaki. It is said that Kunio Yanagita read thousands of books from this family when he was a child.
Suzunomori shrine
Suzunomori shrine is in the Tsujikawa region. Peaceful and comfortable, it is next to Kunio Yanagita's house.
Restaurants
Ringo no Ki : near the Ichikawa river. English garden cafe, they serve handmade cake and bread. They hold many culture clubs such as flower arrangement, yoga and Okinawa traditional guitar-sanshin classes.
Les Beaux Provence : near the Town Hall. They have many kinds of lunch; they serve handmade cakes.
Kurosuke : near Fukusaki-kita Interchange. Separate rooms so people can drink in a cozy atmosphere.
Araken : near Fukusaki station. They have many kinds of "sho-chu" and "sake".
Ajisai : near the Chugoku Highway. They serve fresh raw fish.
