Eco-tourism in Japan Page 15

• Age 0～Age 100
• 3～4 hours /Over 6 hours on the day

In Okinoerabujima have birds of about currently about 150 types have been identified. Leisurely stroll while feeling the seasonal wind. It approaches the charm of Okinoerabujima.

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• Age 0～Age 100
• 3～4 hours /Over 6 hours on the day

About 74 species of butterflies have been confirmed in Okinoerabujima. Dragonfly has been 28 different confirmation. It will guide you through the observation location. 4 hour course and one day course will be selected. Content to enjoy, regardless of age from children to the elderly. Family and friends, please be widely utilized for travel of a couple.

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• Age 10～Age 75
• 5～6 hours
• 08:30 / 10:00

The Sasagamine Plateau is a basin-like plateau area surrounded by mountains at an altitude of 2000 m on the prefectural border between Niigata and Nagano prefectures. Located at an altitude of 1300m, people began to enter this deep mountainous area from around the Edo period. Yumemidaira is a forest that spreads beyond the dam bank of Lake Otomi. There used to be a sawmill here, and forestry workers and others lived in this deep mountain. In the forest of giant trees of beech and quercus crispula, walk along the promenade that was set up on the track traces of the past, and when you go near the Hyosawa River, which is the prefectural border with Nagano Prefecture, there is a huge wig that can be called the elder of the forest. The old tree stands quietly but dignifiedly. The course has few ups and downs, so even those who do not hike often can enjoy it. Why do not you refresh your mind and body while thinking about the lives of our ancestors in the forest where the beautiful nature peculiar to heavy snowfall areas spreads? ～ Flow of the day ～ 8:40 Meet at Myoko Kogen Station Meet at Myoko Kogen Station. Take the guided shuttle car to the tour start point. 9:30 Tour start From the Otomi Lake parking lot, first cross the dam bank to the opposite bank and climb the steep stairs. Looking back, it is a magnificent landscape where the famous peaks of Kukujo such as Mt. Yaki, Mt. Hiuchi, and Kanayama are lined up. In early spring, skunk cabbage spreads all over with Mt. Mitahara of Myoko Sotowayama in the background. 13:00 Sawmill Ruins Deep in the forest, in a place like this? There is a former sawmill trace in the place called. A large tree of Quercus crispula stands quietly nearby. 13:15 Jizo wig & lunch Finally meet the forest elder. The overwhelming presence makes me lose words ... Lunch time here slowly! 16:00 Tour ends Return to the Otomi Lake bus stop and the tour ends! Take the shuttle car back to Myoko Kogen Station.

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• Age 12～Age 65
• 5～6 hours
• 10:00

This is an E-BIKE cycling tour by Shinano Discovery. You will enjoy an exhilarating ride on a state-of-the-art electric-assist MTB through the traditional rural landscapes of Lake Nojiri, Kurohime Highlands, and the old Hokkoku Kaido road, connecting farm roads, forest roads, and roads that have been used by villagers for a long time! This is a one-day cycling tour that will allow you to fully experience the nature, history, and culture of Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park, including the view of the Hokushin Five Mountains that spreads out before your eyes, the history of Lake Nojiri and the excavation of Naumann's elephant fossils, and a course that follows an irrigation channel that was built 350 years ago. There are also plenty of adventure elements, such as downhill on unpaved roads! This tour is full of highlights, with secret old road rides and commentary that only a local guide can provide. - Schedule for the day - 10:00 Meet at Kurohime Station Meet at Kurohime Station. After a brief explanation of the tour, we will take a lesson on how to ride an E-MTB. 10:30 The tour starts. Enjoy the spectacular view of the five mountains of Hokushin. Enjoy an adventure ride along the unpaved irrigation canal to Torii River, a clear stream flowing from Togakushi. 11:30 Follow the irrigation canals of the Edo period and the Denkuro irrigation canal, which was built 350 years ago on the Hokkoku Kaido road. We will explore the history of Nojiri-juku, which once flourished as a post town on the Hokkoku Kaido road, the irrigation canals of the Edo period, and hydroelectric power generation, as well as the history of the water surrounding Lake Nojiri and the lives of the people. 12:50 Lake Nojiri If the weather is good, have lunch at an open-terrace cafe or in a park by the lake. After you finish eating, go on a cycling tour around Lake Nojiri National Park. At the shrine in Sugakawa village on the east side of the lake, there is a giant cedar tree that is nearly 1,000 years old! 14:30 Time-slip experience in a tunnel built in the Meiji era In the Togusa community in Shinanomachi, there is an old tunnel built over 130 years ago. Explore the old Togusa tunnel, where steam locomotives once passed, by bicycle! 15:30 Tour ends The tour ends at the meeting point.

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