Things to do in Ichinoseki/Hiraizumi
- 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 5~Age 90
- 2~3 hours
- 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 ✔ 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!
- 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
- 1~2 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!
- 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 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.
- 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.)
- 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
- Age 5~
- 1~2 hours
- 08:00
Discover the 'real' mochi-an ancient cuisine recognized 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 recognized 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 flavors 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.)
- 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. == 3,300 JPY
- 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!
- Age 4~
- 2~3 hours
- 09:00 / 13:00
Popular here plan from children to adults, and snowmobile, tied canoe, a sled in three-wheeled buggy, you ran through the snowy field of one side covered with snow at breakneck speed! Adults please try to actually experience the snow play that children can also romp!
- Age 4~
- 2~3 hours
- 09:00 / 13:00
If you say that winter sports this "snowmobile"! ! Do not run through a high mobility snowmobiles the pure white snow? License will be able to enjoy the sense of speed and thrill from 4 years of age and older children and adults not need. Guide is safe and secure because it firmly lecture! Feel free to let's try ♪
スノーモービルに初挑戦!と思っていましたが暖冬の影響で積雪なし!笑 バギーを初体験させてもらいました。♪童心に帰り時間を忘れて疾走〜♪大人3人思い切り遊ばせてもらいました。 様々な体験が用意されてるようなので家族連れはもちろん、個人的には慌ただしく毎日追われてる大人にこそオススメします。自然の中で四季を感じながら過ごすって大事やなぁと実感。。。
- Age 20~Age 99
- 4~5 hours
- 11:00
Do you know "hops", an important ingredient that creates the aroma and taste of beer? In this plan, you will visit hop fields and two breweries in Tono, a major Japanese hop producing area! This is a must-see tour for beer lovers, which can only be experienced in Tono, where hop fields and breweries are located in the city. Enjoy "until hops become beer" with a beer tourism guide and experience the best cup of your life! This plan comes with a lunch box made with local ingredients that you can enjoy with Tono beer in the hop field. This is a guided tour by renting a jumbo taxi. * Small taxis are available for up to 3 people, so please check the plan page for 2 to 3 people. * The tour participation fee will be different for 6 to 8 people, so please check the dedicated plan page. [Tour itinerary] 1. JR Tono Station exit set (move the town on foot) ↓ 2. Tono Brewing Tour In the tap room where you can enjoy beer made at the brewery attached to the restaurant, you will have a welcome drink. In the brewery tour, we will ask about the characteristics of Tono Brewing's beer and the story of its founding. Here you will receive a lunch box made with local ingredients! (Move by taxi before Tono Brewing) ↓ 3. Visit to Kamikaze Ishu Brewery Tour the ZUMONA beer brewery made from Tono hops and sample beer. The Beer Tourism Guide introduces the features of ZUMONA beer. (Move by taxi) ↓ 4. Hop field This is a field where new varieties of hops (MURAKAMI SEVEN) are cultivated using the German-style cultivation method. Introducing the aroma, characteristics, and cultivation process of hop varieties. (Move by taxi) ↓ 5. Hop field 2 (Lunch time-Cheers with Tono beer-) In the field where hops of the IBUKI variety are cultivated, prepare beer and a lunch box, and it's the long-awaited lunch time ♪ The best cup of life in the hop field Please enjoy! (Move by taxi) ↓ 6. Dissolution of JR Tono Station * Some contents may change depending on the weather. Click here for information on starting reservations! ] This plan is a summer-only plan where hops grow. Reservations for the 2022 summer plan are scheduled to begin in the spring of 2022. If you register for "CLUB BE!" (= BEER EXPERIENCE's official e-mail newsletter) from the link below, you will be notified of the start of reservation as soon as possible. Or, we will inform you on our various SNS, so please follow any of the accounts! https://linktr.ee/beerexperiencejapan
- Age 20~Age 99
- 4~5 hours
- 11:00
Do you know "hops", an important ingredient that creates the aroma and taste of beer? In this plan, you will visit hop fields and two breweries in Tono, a major Japanese hop producing area! This is a must-see tour for beer lovers, which can only be experienced in Tono, where hop fields and breweries are located in the city. Enjoy "until hops become beer" with a beer tourism guide and experience the best cup of your life! This plan comes with a lunch box made with local ingredients that you can enjoy with Tono beer in the hop field. This is a guided tour where you can rent a small taxi. * For 4 or more people, a jumbo taxi will be used, so please check the plan page for 4 to 5 people or 6 to 8 people. [Tour itinerary] 1. JR Tono Station exit set (move the town on foot) ↓ 2. Tono Brewing Tour In the tap room where you can enjoy beer made at the brewery attached to the restaurant, you will have a welcome drink. In the brewery tour, we will ask about the characteristics of Tono Brewing's beer and the story of its founding. Here you will receive a lunch box made with local ingredients! (Move by taxi before Tono Brewing) ↓ 3. Visit to Kamikaze Ishu Brewery Tour the ZUMONA beer brewery made from Tono hops and sample beer. The Beer Tourism Guide introduces the features of ZUMONA beer. (Move by taxi) ↓ 4. Hop field This is a field where new varieties of hops (MURAKAMI SEVEN) are cultivated using the German-style cultivation method. Introducing the aroma, characteristics, and cultivation process of hop varieties. (Move by taxi) ↓ 5. Hop field 2 (Lunch time-Cheers with Tono beer-) In the field where hops of the IBUKI variety are cultivated, prepare beer and a lunch box, and it's the long-awaited lunch time ♪ The best cup of life in the hop field Please enjoy! (Move by taxi) ↓ 6. Dissolution of JR Tono Station * Some contents may change depending on the weather. Click here for information on starting reservations! ] This plan is a summer-only plan where hops grow. Reservations for the 2022 summer plan are scheduled to begin in the spring of 2022. If you register for "CLUB BE!" (= BEER EXPERIENCE's official e-mail newsletter) from the link below, you will be notified of the start of reservation as soon as possible. Or, we will inform you on our various SNS, so please follow any of the accounts! https://linktr.ee/beerexperiencejapan
- Age 20~Age 99
- 4~5 hours
- 11:00
Do you know "hops", an important ingredient that creates the aroma and taste of beer? In this plan, you will visit hop fields and two breweries in Tono, a major Japanese hop producing area! This is a must-see tour for beer lovers, which can only be experienced in Tono, where hop fields and breweries are located in the city. Enjoy "until hops become beer" with a beer tourism guide and experience the best cup of your life! This plan comes with a lunch box made with local ingredients that you can enjoy with Tono beer in the hop field. This is a guided tour by renting a jumbo taxi. * Small taxis are available for up to 3 people, so please check the plan page for 2 to 3 people. * The tour participation fee will be different for 4 to 5 people, so please check the dedicated plan page. [Tour itinerary] 1. JR Tono Station exit set (move the town on foot) ↓ 2. Tono Brewing Tour In the tap room where you can enjoy beer made at the brewery attached to the restaurant, you will have a welcome drink. In the brewery tour, we will ask about the characteristics of Tono Brewing's beer and the story of its founding. Here you will receive a lunch box made with local ingredients! (Move by taxi before Tono Brewing) ↓ 3. Visit to Kamikaze Ishu Brewery Tour the ZUMONA beer brewery made from Tono hops and sample beer. The Beer Tourism Guide introduces the features of ZUMONA beer. (Move by taxi) ↓ 4. Hop field This is a field where new varieties of hops (MURAKAMI SEVEN) are cultivated using the German-style cultivation method. Introducing the aroma, characteristics, and cultivation process of hop varieties. (Move by taxi) ↓ 5. Hop field 2 (Lunch time-Cheers with Tono beer-) In the field where hops of the IBUKI variety are cultivated, prepare beer and a lunch box, and it's the long-awaited lunch time ♪ The best cup of life in the hop field Please enjoy! (Move by taxi) ↓ 6. Dissolution of JR Tono Station * Some contents may change depending on the weather. Click here for information on starting reservations! ] This plan is a summer-only plan where hops grow. Reservations for the 2022 summer plan are scheduled to begin in the spring of 2022. If you register for "CLUB BE!" (= BEER EXPERIENCE's official e-mail newsletter) from the link below, you will be notified of the start of reservation as soon as possible. Or, we will inform you on our various SNS, so please follow any of the accounts! https://linktr.ee/beerexperiencejapan
- Age 3~
- 2~3 hours
- 09:00 / 13:00
River sports enjoyed around the world including New Zealand. Start going down the river to a spot [British coast] about 10 km upstream with a Japanese-style boat or rubber boat with an engine. While traveling with paddles, you can enjoy the change of the flowing flow and the flowing water.
- Age 3~
- 2~3 hours
- 09:00 / 13:00
Boat paddling toward the back in the direction of travel. Canoe proceed facing forward. Twelve-chome swamp is the perfect field, such as the absence of flow mirror. Practice at close to the shore, Kitara found tricks, let's explore all the way to the back.
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