[Toyama/ Gokayama] Walking tour to enjoy the small Kyoto Castle edge of Echichu (4-hour course)

The castle town is located at the foot of the world heritage village "Gokayama". Under the patronage of the Kaga domain, it flourished with silk fabrics and still retains the image of the past. You can meet people and the town by touching the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage "Johana Hikiyama Festival". [Tour Itinerary] JR Johana station square ⇒ city walk ⇒ Zentokuji Sanmonzen ⇒ lunch at Wazen ⇒ paba no saka (former Gokayama highway ~ silk road ~ silk fabric factory) ⇒ Johana Hikiyama Kaikan / Johana Ornakan ⇒ alley Tour / Stop by a Japanese confectionery store ⇒ JR Johana Station [Meeting meeting time] 11:00 [Time required] 4 hours [Target age] 10 years old ~ [The meeting place] JR Johana Station [Application deadline] Until 17:00 the day before the desired participation date

It is a four-hour trip that enjoys the small city of Echigo "castle end".

★ You can enjoy "Iori Uta" and "Mugiya Odori" at "Johana-za", a traditional performing arts hall in Nanto City. April-November 2nd and 4th Saturdays: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Held at the spring country important intangible folk cultural property "Shirobata Hikiyama Festival" and danced at the autumn "Shirobata Mugiya Festival" You can appreciate the barley festival. Viewing fee: 1,000 yen is required separately.

Castle side silk fabric which is said to have started around 1577 in the Tensho period. It is said that the weaver sounds were heard from various places in the town in the height of the highest so that the writer / writer Kunio Yanagida's travel document also said "The castle is a voice town of the machine (hata)". As you enter the small street from the main street there is a slope of Pao, where many shops dealing silk were lined up, and a silk weaving factory with a hallway corridor.