Boat tour / Punting tour in Japan

• Age 1～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

The Tenryu River Wasen Kudari takes about 6 kilometers from River Port Benten to River Port Tokimata in 35 minutes. The meeting is at river port time. Once you have completed the reception, the boatman will guide you through the Japanese-style boat experience (history of boat transportation, information and demonstration of shipbuilding technology, and information on ship handling techniques), and move to the boarding area River Port Benten by minibus. After listening to the safety guidance (handling of the self-inflating life preserver and other precautions, etc.) and putting on the life preserver, board the ship. In the gorge of the Garyu Gorge Prefectural Park and in the rapids, you will be asked to raise a plastic sheet to remove splashes.

• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 13:00

You can experience the traditional wooden bout "Sandanbo," which has three sails and go with the wind, feeling the nature like wind, voice of birds, and sound of water patting the bottom of the boat. In 2004, the Kumano River basin was registered as a World Heritage Site as the world's only "river pilgrimage route" (a component of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes on the Kii Peninsula") People in the past rode on boats between Kumano Hongu Shrine and Kumano Hayamata Shrine for pilgrimage, that consist of the "Kumano Three Mountains." Kumano Kodo has been highly regarded as the very sacred pilgrimage road for centuries in Japan.

• World Heritage
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00

You can experience the traditional wooden bout "Sandanbo," which has three sails and go with the wind, feeling the nature like wind, voice of birds, and sound of water patting the bottom of the boat. In 2004, the Kumano River basin was registered as a World Heritage Site as the world's only "river pilgrimage route" (a component of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes on the Kii Peninsula") People in the past rode on boats between Kumano Hongu Shrine and Kumano Hayamata Shrine for pilgrimage, that consist of the "Kumano Three Mountains." Kumano Kodo has been highly regarded as the very sacred pilgrimage road for centuries in Japan.

• World Heritage
• For Groups

• Age 1～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 09:40 / 11:00 / 13:00 / 14:20

The Tenryu River Wasen Kudari takes about 6 kilometers from River Port Benten to River Port Tokimata in 35 minutes. The meeting is at river port time. Once you have completed the reception, the boatman will guide you through the Japanese-style boat experience (history of boat transportation, information and demonstration of shipbuilding technology, and information on ship handling techniques), and move to the boarding area River Port Benten by minibus. After listening to the safety guidance (handling of the self-inflating life preserver and other precautions, etc.) and putting on the life preserver, board the ship. In the gorge of the Garyu Gorge Prefectural Park and in the rapids, you will be asked to raise a plastic sheet to remove splashes.

• For Groups