Things to do in Sagae City

• Age 6～Age 80
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 14:30

Why don't you participate in the old-fashioned New Year's event "Mitsuba light" (Osaito) and experience Yamasato's New Year event? ～ Flow of the On the day ～ ①Snow lantern making 60 minutes ②Dango tree making) 60 fins ③Dinner 90 minutes ④Side 100 minutes ⑤Tamakon 30 minutes ⑥Bath, bedtime ⓻Dissolution after breakfast

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• Age 6～Age 80
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 14:30

Why don't you spend time relaxing and experiencing the traditional New Year event with locals? ~On the day~ of flow ① rice cake with 60 minutes ② offerings making (your take-away) 60 minutes ③ dinner 90 minutes ④ game or bathing 100 minutes ⑤ Year over buckwheat 30 minutes ⑥ New Year's visit to a Shinto shrine 30 minutes ⓻ breakfast after the dissolution 90 minutes

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• Age 6～Age 99
• 1 Day or more
• 18:00

This two-day, one-night program will help you attain spiritual enrichment and a healthy body through a mind-body experience at Jionji Temple, Tohoku's leading prayer temple. Hayama, once home to three temples and 48 monks, was once counted among the Dewa Sanzan mountains. Jionji Temple, a nationally designated historic site boasting a history of approximately 1,300 years, is a leading prayer temple in Tohoku. This two-day program will help you attain spiritual enrichment and a healthy body through a mind-body experience. The spiritual cultural experience will include a dialogue with the temple's chief priest, a viewing of the Jionji Bugaku dance, a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and a trek through Hayama, a former Shugendo sect. The meals served during the program will be a modern version of healthy vegetarian cuisine based on traditional Jionji temple recipes. Upon completing this special program at the historic Hayama Jionji Temple, nestled amidst majestic nature, you will experience a unique sense of spiritual enrichment and health. (Day 1) 11:00 Meet at Yamagata Station 11:00 12:00 Travel from Yamagata to Fukuyoshi Ryokan by minibus 12:00 12:20 Arrive at Fukuyoshi, check in, and get a tour of the inn 12:20 12:40 Change into training clothes 12:40 12:50 Explanation of shojin ryori (vegetarian cuisine) 12:50 13:40 Shojin ryori (vegetarian cuisine) lunch 13:40 14:00 Travel from Fukuyoshi to Jionji Temple by minibus 14:00 Arrive at Jionji Temple (meet at the first parking lot) 14:05 14:15 Explanation of Jionji Temple from the head priest at the temple gate (focusing on the unique feature of Jionji Temple as a temple of prayer) 14:15 15:00 Tour and stroll around the Jionji Temple grounds (with a guide) 15:00 16:00 Jogyo Samadhi (training experience) at Amida Hall 16:00 17:00 Bugaku experience at Jionji Temple Office *Participants will be instructed on the touching aspects of the dance, including the experience of trying on armor 17:10 17:30 Travel from Jionji Temple to Fukuyoshi by private minibus 17:30 Arrive at Fukuyoshi, change into secular clothing (casual clothes), take a break 18:00 20:10 Bar Hopping Tour ① Akahoppe (90 minutes) ② Sagae Snack Bar (40 minutes) 20:30 Arrive at Fukuyoshi, bath, sleep (Day 2) 5:30 Wake up (Please come to the dining venue dressed in training clothes and ready to depart) 6:00 6:50 Vegetarian breakfast at Fukuyoshi 6:55 Depart from Fukuyoshi 6:55 7:15 Travel by private minibus from Fukuyoshi to Jionji Temple 7:15 8:00 Experience copying sutras at Kazoin Temple 8:00 8:20 Explanation of today's Shugendo path and prayer 8:20 8:30 Travel by private minibus from Jionji Temple to the trailhead 8:30 11:30 Trekking on the Shugendo path with a mountain ascetic

• Age 12～
• 1 Day or more

2013 Year old Tashiro Elementary School, which was closed down in March, has changed born as accommodation and renovation. Why don't you stay at the learning village TASSHO while experiencing the living in the village forest? ★ Enriched satoyama Activity ★ In the Tashiro area, where the scenery of traditional agricultural and mountain villages remains, we are implementing a “Satoyama Experience Program” that utilizes rich local resources. ★ Snowshoes wrecking ★ From January to March, Tashiro is covered with thick snow and transformed into a pure white world. If you put on Snowshoes, you can walk freely in such white forests and snowy fields. It is possible to move over rice fields and fields where you cannot usually walk. On the snow you can see footprints of various animals, and if you're lucky, you'll meet rabbits and other wildlife! 【Schedule】 Day 1) Sagae Station 12: 30⇒Learning Village TASSHO Snowshoes Trekking 13: 00-16: 00 Stay at TASSHO, learning village Day 2) Accommodation 8:30 ⇒ Picking strawberries in the snow 9: 00-10: 00 ⇒ Visiting sake brewery and tasting at Gassan Sake Brewery 10: 10-11: 00 ⇒ Shopping at Cherryland Sagae 11: 10-12: 00⇒Sagae Station 12:10 Dissolution

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