In Awajishima new style sites for your amusement and healing are emerging. If you ask the question, “What are the most impressive image of Japanese culture to young people abroad?” Their common answers are Manga or animations. To answer these appeals, Nijigen no Mori park” at the Hyogo prefectural park in the northern area of Awajishima has a huge “Naruto” monument and a 120m “Gorilla” will appear in the summer of 2020. In this park you can enjoy many new playground apparatuses as well.

One of the most popular Japanese characters in the world is “HelloKitty”. There is a special site in Awajishima to enjoy the images of HelloKitty in real. This is “HelloKitty Smile ”. On the top of this place a huge head of “HelloKitty” is fixed and the whole shop and restaurant face the ocean. Many goods of HelloKitty are arranged inside. On the top of a hill near “HelloKitty Smile” a stage and musical show theater is located, named “HelloKitty Showbox”. In this new style theater you can see high quality show on a huge LED panel, and live music as well. This is a totally new show style and you might not be able to see such entertainment in other places.