Things to do in Ichinoseki/Hiraizumi

• Age 1～Age 100
• 5～6 hours /Over 6 hours on the day
• 10:30

Let's go see the two major scenic spots in the southern part of Iwate Prefecture! In response to the request from customers who say, "Iwate prefecture, the largest prefecture in Japan, cannot be visited efficiently," I am confident that I thought that a sightseeing course that would take you to the first popular tourist destinations in this area in one day was a local native. It is a plan that I recommend to have! [Main spots for sightseeing] 1. We will visit the three major Geibikei in Japan. ① Enjoy lunch of our proud local cuisine Summer (May-November): Geibijajamen Gozen Winter (December-April): Geibito Nabe Gozen 2. We will visit Hiraizumi culture, which is full of historical romance over 100 years, in the 3rd generation of Fujiwara Oshu. ① World Cultural Heritage Chusonji Konjikido ② World Cultural Heritage Motsuji Garden 3. We will visit Bishamon-do, a Takkoku Iwaya. ① Shogun Sakanoue Tamura Maro was erected * The vehicle may be changed to a bus (mixed loading) depending on the number of participants on the day. * Sightseeing taxis may be mixed. * If you have allergies, please contact us in advance.

• Pickup Service
• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 90
• 1 Day or more
• 12:30

Experience the local culture and flavours 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).

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 12:30

Experience the local culture and flavours 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 ✔ Spend the morning inside traditional Japanese-style buildings 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!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• 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!

• For Rainy Days

• 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.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 5～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 06:30

Tour Highlights： ✔ Start your day by refreshing your mind and body with morning meditation and yoga ✔ Take in views of the spectacular sunrise over the pacific ocean ✔ Replenish with a healthy smoothie made from local fruit and veggies Refresh your mind and body while enjoying a spectacular Pacific sunrise！ What better way to start your day than to refresh your mind and body as you take in views of the Pacific sunrise? Join a relaxing meditation and yoga class in front of ocean view windows, before replenishing with a healthy breakfast smoothie. Top the experience off with a dip in the hotel hot-spring baths before tucking in to a tasty breakfast!

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• 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 honour 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 centre 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.

• For Rainy Days

• 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 honour 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 centre 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 centre 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.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 5～
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 19:30

Purify your body and mind at one of Japan's most unique festivals! Tour Highlights： ✔ At Hotel Musashibo in Hiraizumi, only overnight guests have this opportunity ✔ Experience a special nighttime activity ✔ You can make a wish as they create their own unique paper lantern At Hotel Musashibo in Hiraizumi, overnight guests have the opportunity to experience a special nighttime activity inspired by the spiritual philosophy of the town – the universal desire for ‘peace’ and ‘equality’. In the evening, guests can make a wish as they create their own unique paper lantern decorated with traditional characters for ‘peace’, ‘equality’ or whatever design they choose! The lanterns will be displayed at the front entrance to the hotel, sending forth a message of peace to the world. == Adults: 3,000 JPY per pax (tax incl.) Children: 1,000 JPY per pax (tax incl.)

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 5～
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 13:00

Purify your body and mind at one of Japan's most unique festivals! Tour Highlights： ✔ Discover the true meaning of a peaceful mind ✔ Pray for a good harvest as well as good health fortune ✔ Experience highly unique ritual of Motsu-ji Temple Every year on January 20th in the World Heritage town of Hiraizumi, men and women of ‘unlucky age’ for that year come together to participate in a highly unique ritual! Carrying flaming torches, they parade through the frozen winter streets to the Shrine inside the grounds of Motsu-ji Temple, bringing with them offerings of vegetables to pray for a good harvest as well as good health fortune for the coming year. You, too, have the chance to join in this unique festival! After participating in the parade with the locals, join a special after-festival meal called ‘Norai’ and learn more about the local culture and history of Hiraizumi as you eat, drink and chat with the local people!Through your festival experience, discover the true meaning of ‘Heiwa-shiso’ – a peaceful mind – in one of the spiritual centers of Pure Land Buddhism. == Closed on Tuesdays Adults: 50,000 JPY per pax ＊Children: Free

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 5～
• 1～2 hours
• 08:00

Discover the 'real' mochi - an ancient cuisine recognised by UNESCO! Tour Highlights： ✔ Enjoy a taste (literally) of ancient 'mochi' food culture! ✔ Learn more about the local mochi cuisine from a 'Mochi Meister' ✔ Try pounding some with a mini-mochi-making pestle and hammer Japanese cuisine has been recognised as an UNESCO World Heritage Intangible Cultural Asset, including Ichinoseki City’s local food culture of ‘mochi’ (rice-cake). This fun experience prgram allows you to enjoy a taste (literally) of this ancient food culture! At ‘Hiraizumi Club’, a 150 year old farmhouse, learn more about the local mochi cuisine from a ‘Mochi Meister’, before trying your hand at pounding some with a mini-mochi-making pestle and hammer. Once it’s ready, enjoy comparing different toppings – from traditional Japanese flavours to some more familiar to the palette of international guests! For a different texture altogether, you’ll also try frying some dried mochi and watching as it swells and grows into chewy deliciousness over the grill. Enjoy with a few extra side dishes of local cuisine for a fun, interactive and tasty breakfast! == Closed on Tuesdays Adults: 5,000 JPY (tax incl.) Children: 2,500 JPY (tax incl.)

• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 07:00

Ride through rice-fields and reward yourself with a hearty local lunch! Tour Highlights： ✔ Discover the best scenic spots on a local cycling tour! ✔ Enjoy a simple cooking lesson ✔ Learn cooking of 'Hatto-jiru' (dumpling soup), a local delicacy ✔ Stroll to the historical Towada Shrine and offer a prayer The rice fertile soil of the Kitakami River catchent area has long supported the prosperity of World Heritage town, Hiraizumi. The fresh produce and rice that are born from this soil have played an integral role in the town’s history. Discover the best scenic spots to appreciate this picturesque countryside on a local cycling tour! Riding through the atmospheric morning mist, you will truly feel the history and essence of the town. After working up an appetite, you’ll also enjoy a simple cooking lesson and re-fuel with a bowl of your own handmade ‘Hatto-jiru’ (dumpling soup), a local delicacy. Bicycles can be returned to the rental-cycle return spot in front of the station.

• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 90
• 1 Day or more
• 12:30

Tour Highlights： ✔ Start your day by refreshing your mind and body with morning meditation and yoga ✔ Take in views of the spectacular sunrise over the pacific ocean ✔ Replenish with a healthy smoothie made from local fruit and veggies Refresh your mind and body while enjoying a spectacular Pacific sunrise！ What better way to start your day than to refresh your mind and body as you take in views of the Pacific sunrise? Join a relaxing meditation and yoga class in front of ocean view windows, before replenishing with a healthy breakfast smoothie. Top the experience off with a dip in the hotel hot-spring baths before tucking in to a tasty breakfast!

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups