- Age 5~Age 90
- 3~4 hours /4~5 hours
- 12:30
Support local tradition and reduce your plastic use! Highlights ✔ Visit a local lacquer-ware workshop and meet with the artisan ✔ Hand-decorate a beautiful lacquered bamboo straw with your favorite design ✔ Enjoy a lunch of local cuisine served in lacquer-ware bowls and dishes (Vegetarian available) ✔ Take your straw home with you to use as a portable, earth-friendly alternative to plastic disposables Traditional craft with an earth-conscious focus! On this tour you will have the chance to meet and talk directly with a local lacquer-ware artisan in Northern Miyagi Prefecture.After being invited into his workshop space, learn more about the history, tradition and techniques of his craft before trying your own hand at decorating a beautiful lacquered bamboo straw.With each use of this straw, not only will you reduce your use of plastic disposables, but you will recall a fond memory of your journey to the Japanese countryside.Included in the experience is a delicious lunch of local Japanese cuisine (vegetarian options available), also served in traditional lacquer-ware bowls and dishes.Support the local traditions and crafts of Tohoku whilst minimising your ecological footprint.
- Age 10~Age 90
- 1 Day or more
- 12:30
Connect with the local people and lifestyle in countryside Japan! Highlights ✔ Stay overnight with a local family at their home ✔ Prepare dinner together and learn traditional cooking ✔ Experience harvesting fresh produce to use when making dinner ✔ Choose from a range of optional experience programs the following day How much local experience can you fit into 24 hours? Challenge accepted! Start your memorable stay by exploring the local fresh produce center and wildlife sanctuary before you head to a local farm to experience harvesting some fresh vegetables! Stay overnight with a local farming family at their home in northern Miyagi Prefecture.Get to know your host family as you prepare dinner and learn how to make local dishes using the vegetables you've just picked. Exchange stories and culture as you bond over dinner and settle in for the evening.You might even be lucky enough to sleep in a traditional tatami-mat room on a Japanese futon!
- Age 5~Age 90
- 1 Day or more
- 12:30
Dance, Drink & Discover the Festival Spirit of Sendai! Highlights ✔ Take a lesson about how the Japanese celebrate the New Year ✔ Experience cooking and eating traditional New Year cuisine! ✔ Other activities include New Year traditions like mochi (rice-cake) pounding, New Year calligraphy and the first visit to a shrine. How would you like to spend New Year's like a Japanese person? Each event and tradition holds meaning of family and well wishes for the year ahead.We hope your New Year will be the happiest as you experience traditions like mochi pounding, decoration making, cooking New Year dishes and making your first visit to a shrine for the New Year.
- Age 5~Age 90
- 1~2 hours
- 12:30
Make your own fresh tuna sushi! Highlights ✔ Enjoy a local Japanese dinner at a traditional 'Izakaya' ✔ Watch the chef carve up a huge tuna right before your eyes! ✔ Use the fresh tuna to make your own nigiri sushi ✔ All you can drink menu including Japanese beer and sake Forget choosing your sushi off a conveyor-belt – why not make it yourself under the guidance of a trained sushi chef ?? This local dinner plan has it all! Enjoy a dinner of local specialties at 'Hesono-o', a traditional Izakaya in Sendai City.The chefs at Hesono-o have chosen a special menu to give you a taste of seasonal cuisine from Sendai and all around the Tohoku region.Pair each dish with the drink of your choice from an all-you-can-drink menu of Japanese beer, sake and mixed drinks. Take a break between courses to watch a professionally trained sushi-chef carve-up a huge freshly caught tuna in front of your eyes! Follow the guidance of the chef to make your own delicious 'nigirizushi' (sushi molded by hand) from the fresh cuts of delicious, fatty tuna. The ultimate dinner plan to satisfy both your stomach and inner culinary genius! ** Please be sure to list any dietary requirements in the comments section of the inquiry form *
- Age 5~Age 90
- 1 Day or more
- 12:30
Experience the local culture and flavors of Kesen in a traditional Japanese-style building. Tour Highlights: ✔ Enjoy a regional cuisine cooking class with local residents ✔ Taste the fruits of your labor around a traditional hearth fire ✔ Guided tour of traditional Japanese-style buildings ✔ Stay overnight at a traditional hot-spring inn The 'Kesenn Carpentry History Museum' is fascinating to visit in its own right, featuring three different buildings constructed using traditional Japanese building techniques.On this tour, not only will you have the chance to take-in the history and unique architecture, but you will enjoy a cooking class of regional cuisine led by local residents themselves.Once finished cooking, gather around the traditional hearth fire to enjoy the fruits of your labor for lunch! Your lodging is at Ofunato Onsen, overnight stay at a traditional hot-spring inn (ryokan) included (with Japanese-style course meal for dinner and breakfast).
- Age 3~Age 90
- 5~6 hours
- 12:30
Explore the coastal gastronomic paradises of Shiogama and Matsushima. Tour Highlights: ✔ Private transport and driver-guide will pick you up from / drop you back to Sendai Station ✔ Wander the stalls of fresh seafood at Shiogama's 'Nakaoroshi' fish market and enjoy it as sushi for lunch! ✔ Taste at least three varieties of local sake at local favorite, Urakasumi Sake Brewery ✔ Enjoy a guided tour of the famous Matsushima Bay area, including a visit to Entsuin Temple ✔ Indulge in freshly brewed matcha green tea and traditional sweets at Kanrantei tea house
- Age 20~Age 90
- 1~2 hours
- 12:30
A rare chance to taste Japanese sake matured in nature's best cellar ~ under the sea! Tour Highlights: ✔ Board a local boat and watch as Japanese sake is pulled up from an ocean cellar under an oyster farm! ✔ Learn how to clean and prepare fresh local oysters, before steaming them up for a feast! ✔ Pair both gifts from the deep-freshly steamed oysters and ocean-matured sake! ✔ Taste the difference with your souvenir gift pack of both fresh (genshu) and ocean-matured varieties of sake. Embrace your inner pirate and set out on a local boat to uncover treasure from the deep! This is the best kind of treasure – treasure you can eat and drink! Local sake brewers and oyster farmers in Rikuzentaka (coastal Iwate Prefecture) have come up with a genius way to mature Japanese sake at the perfect stable temperature, in nature's best cellar – under the sea! Bottles of freshly pressed sake (genshu) are submerged into the ocean alongside shelves of oysters and matured for up to a one year.Once ready for eating and drinking, the oysters and sake are pulled up onto a local boat for guests to enjoy the perfect combination of delicious juicy oysters and smooth, umami-filled sake!
- Age 5~Age 90
- 1 Day or more
- 12:30
A rare chance to taste Japanese sake matured in nature's best cellar ~ under the sea! Tour Highlights: ✔ Stay overnight in traditional Japanese hot-spring lodging, including a feast of local cuisine for dinner! ✔ Board a local boat and watch as Japanese sake is pulled up from an ocean cellar under an oyster farm! ✔ Learn how to clean and prepare fresh local oysters, before steaming them up for a feast! ✔ Pair both gifts from the deep-freshly steamed oysters and ocean-matured sake! ✔ Taste the difference with your souvenir gift pack of both fresh (genshu) and ocean-matured varieties of sake. Embrace your inner pirate and set out on a local boat to uncover treasure from the deep! This is the best kind of treasure – treasure you can eat and drink! Local sake brewers and oyster farmers in Rikuzentaka (coastal Iwate Prefecture) have come up with a genius way to mature Japanese sake at the perfect stable temperature, in nature's best cellar – under the sea! Bottles of freshly pressed sake (genshu) are submerged into the ocean alongside shelves of oysters and matured for up to a one year.Warm-up for the experience with an overnight stay at a traditional Japanese hot-spring hotel the evening before.
- Age 5~Age 90
- 1 Day or more
- 17:00
Tour Highlights: ✔ Visit the newly opened Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum with a local guide ✔ Learn how the people of Rikuzentakata have faced and overcome past natural disaster, and how they look to the future ✔ Visit the “Miracle Pine” (Kiseki-no-ippon-matsu), a symbol of resilience and hope for the region ✔ Place an offering of flowers on the memorial to honor those who lost their lives on March 11, 2011 Check-in to your lodging at Ofunato Hot-springs. On March 3, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake and devastating tsunami hit the coast of North-Eastern Japan, taking with it entire cities and communities.The coastal town of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture was one of the most heavily affected areas. In 2019, a new memorial museum was opened in Rikuzentakata to function both as an educational center to spread the message of disaster prevention to future generations, as well as a provide a spiritual space to honor the memory of all those whose lives were lost or whose lives were changed forever. On this tour, you will have the opportunity to hear first-hand stories of survival and recovery from a local guide as you tour the memorial museum.
- Age 5~Age 90
- 1~2 hours
- 10:00
Tour Highlights: ✔ Visit the newly opened Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum with a local guide ✔ Learn how the people of Rikuzentakata have faced and overcome past natural disaster, and how they look to the future ✔ Visit the “Miracle Pine” (Kiseki-no-ippon-matsu), a symbol of resilience and hope for the region ✔ Place an offering of flowers on the memorial to honor those who lost their lives on March 11, 2011 On March 3, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake and devastating tsunami hit the coast of North-Eastern Japan, taking with it entire cities and communities.The coastal town of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture was one of the most heavily affected areas, with the entire town center destroyed by the waves and thousands of lives lost. In 2019, a new memorial museum was opened in Rikuzentakata to function both as an educational center to spread the message of disaster prevention to future generations, as well as a provide a spiritual space to honor the memory of all those whose lives were lost or whose lives were changed forever. On this tour, you will have the opportunity to hear first-hand stories of survival and recovery from a local guide as you tour the memorial museum.
- Age 20~Age 90
- 2~3 hours
- 17:30
Take your taste-buds on a trip around Sendai! Highlights ✔ Start with a casual tipple at standing sake bar with 125 years of history ✔ Enjoy a delicious tasting plate of local delicacies from Sendai and Miyagi Prefecture ✔ Pair with four different varieties of local sake, recommended by owner and sake expert Tsukasa Aoya Discover the delicious local cuisine and sake of Sendai in one tasty evening! Start with a casual drink at local standing sake bar 'Sugawara Sake-ten' in the heart of the city. Choose your first drink of the evening from their selection of rare local varieties and sip alongside some local bar-snacks.After a short walking tour of Sendai's night-life area 'Kokubuncho', head to a quieter location for the highlight of the evening. At 'Sake Bar Hatago', owner and sake master Tsukasa Aoya himself has created a unique Sendai tasting plate featuring regional delicacies from around the city and greater Miyagi Prefecture.Of course, he has designed these to be paired with some more local drops! four more of your favorites or leave the selection up to the master and enjoy the variety of flavors as you savour each with another mouthful of delicious food.
- Age 5~Age 90
- 1~2 hours
- 10:00
Discover Japanese tradition and good fortune at a local shrine Tour Highlights: ✔ Enjoy a traditional Japanese tea ceremony outdoors ✔ Learn about the cultural significance of the tea ceremony from your English speaking tea master ✔ Visit the mysterious 'snake shrine', 'Kanahebisui-jinja' ✔ Boost your good fortune and get rich (maybe) The coastal city of Iwanuma, just south of Sendai, is a popular destination for local business people, CEOs and other local residents hoping to boost their finance and business prospects! Why? It happens to be home to the mysterious 'Kanahebi-sui-jinja', a local shrine famous for its lucky 'snake stones' said to power-charge your wallet! After a guided tour of the shrine to learn about its fascinating origins, take your spiritual visit to the next level by also enjoying a traditional outdoor tea ceremony in the picturesque shrine grounds. Using the fresh water that runs through the grounds of the shrine, your English speaking tea master will perform a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, explaining the cultural significance and meaning behind each element. Time your visit in early-mid May and enjoy the incredible 'nine-headed-dragon' wisteria tree in full bloom!
- Age 5~Age 90
- 1 Day or more
- 15:00
Come for the fishing, stay for dinner with a twist! Highlights ✔ Enjoy a fishing experience on a boat with a local fisherman ✔ Cook up your catch at a BBQ on a deserted island in Matsushima Bay ✔ Stay overnight at a local guesthouse by the water Meet at Higashi-Shiogama Station on the JR Senseki Line. Local fisherman Sakurai-san will be waiting to pick you up (5 min drive to guesthouse)! Activities After checking-in to the seaside guesthouse get ready to get out on the water! Spend a couple of hours on the fishing boat with Sakurai-san, experiencing local fishing activities like: Net-fishing for Japanese blue crab Drive-in net fishing experience (other fishing experiences may be available with prior consultation) Embrace your inner adventurer and head to a deserted island in the Rifu area of Matsushima Bay. Fry-up your fresh catch of the day on a BBQ and wash it down with some beer or local sake. Sit back, relax and enjoy the rare chance to take-in night views of Matsushima Bay from the water. ** Optional extra (at 5000 yen per person) ** Hop on another local boat and be taken out to a secluded bay for a SUP (Stand Up Paddle-boarding) experience on the calm morning sea.
- Age 5~Age 90
- 2~3 hours
- 08:40
O-fish-ally the best way to start your day! Highlights ✔ Visit the site of Japan's largest landing of fresh tuna to watch the daily tuna auction! ✔ Learn more about Japan's tuna fishing and the varieties of fresh tuna that land in Shiogama ✔ Move to the local Nakaoroshi wholesale market for a breakfast of fresh seafood! ✔ Create your own seafood bowl by choosing your favorite toppings from the market stalls ✔ If you're lucky, watch the local fish-mongers carve up one of the freshly caught tuna! On this tour, head straight to the center of the action and enjoy the opportunity to watch the daily tuna auction at Shiogama Fish Market.Learn about the different varieties of tuna and fish that pass through the market everyday, before heading nearby to the smaller local. wholesale market to sample some of the fresh produce, straight from the back of the boat! At the market, your guide will provide you with a set of rice, soup and freshly fried Japanese-style egg omelet while you wander the market stalls to purchase your favorite seafood toppings from the vendors themselves.Chat with locals, sample the goods and start your day right with some of the highest quality, freshest seafood you'll ever have the chance to try!
- Age 6~Age 100
- 4~5 hours
- 10:00
Enjoy the must-see spots in Beppu a Japanese or English guide. This half-day tour takes up the city's best hell and features a panoramic view of the iconic Hot spring steam authentic local experience. In Kannawa, you can also enjoy the traditional recipe "Jigoku steamed dish" that has been used since the Edo period. Small Number of participants you can turn efficiently because it has been customized for the group.
- Age 6~Age 100
- 3~4 hours
- 10:00
Explore the Must-Sees in Beppu city with English or Japanese guide. This half-day tour highlights the best hells (jigoku) of the town, featuring iconic onsen steam panoramic views and authentic local experience. It is tailored as private tour for small groups.
- Age 6~Age 100
- 3~4 hours
- 10:00
Explore the Must-Sees in Beppu city with the first English-guided tour ever. This half-day tour highlights the best hells (jigoku) of the town, featuring iconic onsen steam panoramic views and authentic local experience. It is tailored for small groups, with private tour option also available at a reasonable rate.
- Age 18~Age 70
- 1 Day or more
In order to live in nature simply, Bushcraft is the wisdom and technology that uses as few tools as possible and the nature in the area. Let's challenge the outdoor experience to become one with nature on the untouched unmanned beach that remains in Okinawa. Bushcraft is okay for the first time! Jump into the wild nature of Yanbaru and enjoy the outdoors! The guide fully supports comfortable and fun bushcraft.
- Age 3~Age 100
- Over 6 hours on the day
Limited to 1 group, completely custom-made plan! Rent a guide for a day Touch the memories of the town that once prospered as a coal mine and the time of the two lands now that have become a wine grape production area. Please let us know what you would like for both the meeting place and time. (Limited to one group per day) Perfect for families with small children! Snowshoeing (1H), smelt fishing (3H), hot springs (1H), winery visit (1H), Kamakura making (2H), etc., as long as time permits, can be freely combined. *We will prepare a set of tools.
- Age 3~Age 100
- Over 6 hours on the day
Completely custom-made plan, limited to 1 group! Rent a guide for the day and head out to Lake Shikotsu, which has had the best water quality in Japan for 10 consecutive years. Please let us know your wishes regarding meeting place and time. (Limited to 1 group per day) Perfect for families with small children! *OP activities such as canoeing, kayaking, and diving will incur additional charges.
- Age 0~
- 3~4 hours
Hakodate's three major sightseeing spots Trappistine Monastery, Goryokaku, Motomachi Bay area I will guide you.
- Age 0~Age 100
- 1~2 hours
We will guide you to another Hakodate Light-up Course, which lights up historic buildings, etc., after the impression of light that has been sprinkled with gems on your heart.
- Age 6~Age 70
- 3~4 hours
- 14:00
Ride to recovering coastline of a city undefeated. Highlights Experience the recovery of Sendai's coastline following the earthquake & tsunami of March 11, 2011 ・ Visit former Arahama Elementary School to hear stories of survival ・ Learn more about the disaster at the 3.11 Memorial Community Center ・ Cycle through rice-paddies and countryside scenery
- Age 20~
- 3~4 hours
- 10:00
Sake and Sushi Pairing in Foodie Heaven Shiogama! Highlights ・ Enjoy tasting Japanese sake and pairing with sushi. ・ English lecture on how to best appreciate sake. ・ Walking tour with local guide. English guide included.
- Age 6~Age 100
- 1 Day or more
- 07:50
In Kumano River / Kitayama River Canoe Camp Touring, descend a beautiful clear stream, Hot spring Enter, take a leisurely camp while looking out at the beautiful river, and go down the river with a canoe. Since it started, it is an outdoor & nature tour that goes down the Kumano River and Kitayama River while camping in the empty river field. The charm of this trip is to spend a long time in the clear flow and the silence of nature. Why do not you go down the river together while feeling the mystery of nature?
- Age 0~Age 70
- Over 6 hours on the day
☆ Tour program ☆ We will meet at Namba Station. Then we will head to Sakurai Station where we will take taxi to the Nara's 'Power Spot'. According to Japanese mythology, three sacred treasures were handed down from Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun. All Japanese Emperors are considered to be direct descendants of Amaterasu. We will visit three shrines that began the history of Japan. After, we will have a ‘swimming somen-noodle' lunch and a sake tasting, then head to Nara city, home to a great Todai-ji Temple which was once a powerful base. (Big story to tell here) In the temple grounds you will see many deer which are regarded as messengers of the gods in the Shinto religion. After that, we will return to Namba.
- Age 0~Age 70
- Over 6 hours on the day
☆ Tour trip ☆ Hilton hotel at 11 am Osaka When you meet in the lobby, head to Ikuta Shrine which is said to be one of the oldest shrines. We will teach you the correct way of worship. After the visit, visit the shrine with beautiful tiles (Japanese tile roof). after that Osaka Walk to Shitennoji, which is said to be the oldest Buddhist temple in After visiting the temple, head to the station and travel to the Imamiya Tei Shrine by express train. (All about 15 minutes ride) Here, I pray for business success, take a picture, do a dedication, go for a snack and go there Osaka It is a specialty of Osaka You can eat salmon cutlet. After that, go to the Bushido training course and learn how to go to the dojo, wear traditional armor, and swing the sword. After the experience, I will go to a nearby sake tasting and break up after a few chats about the experience.
- Age 0~Age 70
- Over 6 hours on the day
Whether you are a first-time visitor or a repeat visitor, we offer you an amazing experience in Kyoto♪ First, our guide will meet you at your hotel or at Kyoto station. On this day-tour you will visit Kyoto's main temples and shrines and enjoy its beautiful scenery. We will walk through the temple grounds towards a secluded waterfall which is a National Historical Site. Here people have practiced ‘Misogi’, a Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification, for over 800 years. We then head to a famous 1,300 year-old temple that shines in vermilion. We will meet the guardians at the gate and will enter a dark, underground passage to cut our ties to fears we have and offer prayer. Once we enter the main hall, you will ring bell to alert the gods you are there and offer prayer. We will walk the grounds and view Kyoto from the mountain. Great spot to take pictures and share them on SNS. Then we will head on to the famous Geisha Gion District. Here you will have time to explore Yasui Shrine, Yasaka Shrine and Shijo Street which is filled with hundreds of shops. We will end our tour by having a little sake.
- Age 7~
- 2~3 hours
- 09:00 / 10:00
[About suspension of guide reservations due to measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection] Thank you for using our town walking guide on a regular basis. With the spread of the new coronavirus, Ryowa 2 Year we will suspend the acceptance of the guide book until September 30 (Wednesday). For reservations made after September 30, we will accept applications, but please note that we may rejected We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. Nagano City Guide Association We will explain the relationship between Zenkoji and the temples and shrines that surround Zenkoji.
- Age 7~
- 2~3 hours
- 09:00 / 10:00
[About suspension of guide reservations due to measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection] Thank you for using our town walking guide on a regular basis. With the spread of the new coronavirus, Ryowa 2 Year we will suspend the acceptance of the guide book until September 30 (Wednesday). For reservations made after September 30, we will accept applications, but please note that we may rejected We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. There are many tours of the Seven Lucky Gods of the Nagano Japan, but the characteristic of the Seven Lucky Gods of Zenkoji is that they are composed of gods that have already been worshiped at ancient temples and shrines. The Seven Lucky Gods of this Monzen-cho, which has a history of more Year since the founding of Zenkoji, is sure to be beneficial. You can enjoy it alone or with friends, but each of them will visit temples and shrines that are said to have a long history, so please take a tour with your guide.
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