Riku Oishi, the wife of Kuranosuke Oishi, who was a leader of Ako's 47 samurai was born in Toyooka. Ako's 47 samurai committed one of the most famous acts of revenge in Japanese history. Her burial mound containing some of her hair is in Shofukuji Temple in Hinado. Her birth monument is beside the road in front of the municipal library.

This is a natural monument of Japan. Lava which flowed out from an eruption about 1600,000 years ago is a natural molding which forms hexagonal basalt pillars that are a famous local sight.

This unique Shinto Shrine is dedicated to the god of cake, Tajimamori-no-mikoto. Cake suppliers from all over Japan visit for the Cake Festival in April every year!

Another unique Shinto Shrine with a dedication to the white storks which are the symbol of Toyooka. It is estimated to have been built in the last years of the Muromachi era (1333-1573). The main shrine is a precious building designated to a National Treasure of Japan.

The structure of the main shrine forms one room with two pillars, and was constructed by the famous carpenter Hisakiyo Otomo, a specialist in building shrines and temples, who also built the well-known Nakashima Shrine. Here the god of liquor is enshrined.

This old historic temple of the Mount Koya-san Shingon Buddhist sect was founded by the holy priest Dochi-shounin in the Nara era. An eleven-faced Kannon statue which holds important cultural properties of Japan, can be found . Nearby is the Kinosaki Art Museum where treasures of Onsenji temple are exhibited.

This dry landscape Japanese garden in Ookayama is an eminent beauty of Hyogo Prefecture, and has been recognized as a natural beauty spot of Japan. In particular, the arrangement of the garden rocks preserves the design of the early Momoyama Period.

In 1871 a drum tower was built on the base of a turret, formerly part of the town fortifications. In those days, the time was marked by beating a drum every hour. Nowadays it ticks away time as a clock tower, and has become the symbol of Izushi town.

In 1968 a fortified turret was restored making use of the former main enclosure of the old Izushi Castle site. Afterwards, the castle gate and the castle bridge were rebuilt. The whole site is famous for its cherry blossoms in spring.

“Amenohiboko”, the ancestral god of the Tajima area is enshrined and eight kinds of treasure are present as Tajima's best shrine. Its name appears listed in the oldest literature of Japan, the Kojiki- and Nihon-shoki ("The Description of Folk History" and "The Chronicle of Japan," written in the Nara era), and is said to have been an important shrine of the San-in area since ancient days.

Also called Takuandera, it was the scene of the private worship of the family of the lord of Izushi Castle. Many articles of interest such as the garden, and a bell called the "dreaming bell" made by the priest Takuan, are in the temple.