Hands-on Experience of Nature and Culture

A tour that enables hands-on experiences of the highlights of Tohoku, including both scenic beauty and traditional local culture.


A: Aizu Paint experience

You can experience painting patterns on the traditional craft "Aizu lacquerware" that has layers of lacquer coating.

B: Takahata Winery tour

The wine that is produced by the grace of nature in Takahata with its rich colors of the seasons.

C: Ginzan Onsen

Western style wooden ryokan inns line both banks of the Ginzan River, a nostalgic hot spring town.

D: Yokote Kamakura Festival

Rooms created by hollowing out snow (kamakura) can be seen every year in February as one attraction at the Tohoku Snow Festival.

E: Mage-wappa (round lunch box made of thin wood) Craft Center tour

The skill of the craftsmen to bend a single board and finish it beautifully is so impressive.

F: Experience of picking apples

It is a sweet and fresh apple that is fostered in an area with intense temperature diff erences between cold and warm.

G: Rice Field Art

You can see the rice field art that uses different colors of rice to make huge pictures every year from the end of May to the beginning of October.

H: Oirase Stream

Along the mountain stream for about 14 kilometers in an area covered with trees, there are numerous sights such as waterfalls and rocks and you can feel how beautiful the forms made by nature are and the power of nature.

  • C: Ginzan Onsen
  • D: Yokote Kamakura Festival
  • H: Oirase Stream

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