Naruko/Osaki sightseeing highlights, recommended spots and day trip plans

• Age 10～Age 60
• 1～2 hours
• 13:00

The Naruko Onsen area is an area where you can enjoy 9 out of 11 types of hot springs in Japan. (With hot spring bathing) For foreigners, we will correspond in Japanese.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 90
• 3～4 hours /4～5 hours
• 12:30

A sustainable weekend retreat of eating, bathing and getting creative! 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 ✔ Spend the night at a local hot-spring inn, including dinner with a twist!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• 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.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 16:00

If you have the courage, you can also dive into the waterfall! It is an outdoor rental sauna in the great outdoors. The average sauna temperature is over 110°C and over 120°C. If you bring a swimsuit, we will be waiting for you at Stone Gyungyun. There is a simple shower. We also rent towels, sauna ponchos, and BBQ supplies!

• For Groups

• Age 5～
• 4～5 hours
• 10:00

No waste, veggie-friendly 'Obon' lunch & lotus festival viewing Highlights ✔ Ride a boat through the thousands of pink lotus flowers covering Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma ✔ Meet with the locals and learn about the local produce and food culture directly from the source ✔ Enjoy a tasty 'Shojin-ryori' (vegetarian) meal of local cuisine made with no-waste ingredients ✔ Vegetarian / Vegan / Halal friendly! Meet, cook and eat with the locals of northern Miyagi! Learn about the deep connections between regional dishes and the local lifestyle and culture, as well as the efforts being made to preserve the generations-old culinary traditions of the local area. After viewing the incredible lotus festival at lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma, you will be taken on a guided walk through the local countryside to learn about the local produce straight from the source. See the vegetables and locally sourced ingredients transformed into a no-waste, vegetarian-friendly lunch of traditional 'Shojin-ryori' cuisine, featuring regional dishes typically eaten during the summer festival of 'Obon'.

• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 90
• 4～5 hours
• 09:30

Learn how to make delicious vegetarian local cuisine from the locals themselves! Tour Highlights: ✔ Experience seasonal vegetable harvesting at a local farm ✔ Use your freshly picked veggies to make 'Imoni' hot pot and 'Hatto-jiru' soup! ✔ Learn about the unique ecosystem of the area at the birdlife sanctuary The focus of this trip is all about fresh, delicious FOOD! Start the experience at a local farm where you will get the chance to hand pick your own seasonal vegetables or a bag of huge shiitake mushrooms! Take them back to the Izunuma fresh produce center and learn how to make the local specialty 'Imoni' hot- pot and 'Hatto-jiru' soup at a cooking class with some friendly local 'okaasan' (mothers).

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 0～
• 3～4 hours

Even women and elementary school students can enjoy fishing freely! Please handle those who do not have tools by hand! · Those who want to catch big things · Those who can not catch at all in a mountain stream · Those who did not catch sakura mass while going fishing · Anyone who wants to fish a number · A person who has never fished a drag ring Those who got tired of black bus · Those who want to fight with huge fish Please try it ~ ~ It's fairly interesting to try it. All-you-can-fly for 4 hours from the start of reception until business closing time ♪ Principle: catch and release

• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 0～
• 3～4 hours

Even women and elementary school students can enjoy fishing freely! Please handle those who do not have tools by hand! · Those who want to catch big things · Those who can not catch at all in a mountain stream · Those who did not catch sakura mass while going fishing · Anyone who wants to fish a number · A person who has never fished a drag ring Those who got tired of black bus · Those who want to fight with huge fish Please try it ~ ~ It's fairly interesting to try it. All-you-can-fly for 4 hours from the start of reception until business closing time ♪ Principle: catch and release

• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 20～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 12:30

Make your own 'moonshine' sake and customised sake cup! Highlights ✔ Learn how 'Doburoku' (unrefined sake) is made and experience part of the process ✔ Join a pottery workshop and create your own original sake cup ✔ Wait a few weeks and receive your sake and cup in the mail, ready to use! The ultimate local experience for sake lovers! Not only will you have the rare chance to experience part of the process of making 'Doburoku' or unrefined sake, you can further customise your next drink by creating your own unique sake cup to drink it out of! This experience can be joined as a stand-alone package, or combined with an overnight farmstay experience in the Izunuma area.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• 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!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups