Experience the Life and Mountain Worship of Japan 300 Years Ago
Trekking Ancient Trails for 2 Nights (Nakasendo, Mt. Kiso Ontake）
This tour will enable you to find and experience how people was living like 300 years ago in Kisoji Trail in Japan. The mountain worship has been having a great relationship with the life and people are living with the nature, mountains and seasons. Experience the self-meditation and the thinking of “Learn from the life” which Japanese people have been doing from the ancient times by following the worshippers’ trails, washing yourself off in the waterfall and stand at the summit of sacred mountain. You will be able to choose the dinner style from the simple or traditional Shojin cuisine at the accommodation. Refresh your body and mind in this 2-night tour! Local English-speaking tour guides in Nagano or a guide-interpreter and tour guide will attend this tour.
Price
Trekking Ancient Trails for 2 Nights (Nakasendo, Mt. Kiso Ontake）
Per person
| Adults・Children same amount | 230000Yen 2 People |
|---|---|
| Adults・Children same amount | 170000Yen 3People |
| Adults・Children same amount | 140000Yen 4〜６People |
| Adults・Children same amount | 130000Yen 7People |
| Adults・Children same amount | 120000Yen 8People |
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Plan Details
| Period |
2023/7/1(Sat)～2023/10/5(Thu) |
|---|---|
| Excluded days | Except for the date above |
| What is included in the travel/plan price |
・Guide ・Accommodations ・Workshop & Activity ・Meals ・Transportations |
| Minimum number of participants per group | 2 person/people |
| Minimum number of participants | 2 person/people |
| Maximum number of participants | 8 person/people |
| Operating Company | ALPICO Kotsu,◯◯Taxi |
| Tour Conductor | No |
| Start Time | 9:30 |
| Tour Time | 2 Nights 3 Days |
| Reservation Deadline | 20 days before the activity |
| Payment Method |
Creditcard    
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- Meeting Place -
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9:30 Meet up at JR Kiso Fukushima Sta.
- Important Points -
- Local English-speaking tour guides in Nagano or a guide-interpreter and tour guide will attend this tour.
- This tour is a private group tour. The guestrooms may be arranged on your request.
There will be no extra fees on a request of 1 room for 2 persons.
(Ex. If a group of 6 persons includes a family of 4 persons & a family of 2 persons, A room for 4 persons & a room for 2 persons will be prepared.) - The accommodation (Shukubo) has only public bathrooms and toilets.
- All of the contents of this tour are able to be held in rain. Only in case of stormy weather which causes a warning or emergency issue, part or all of the tour will be canceled. There will be no refunds on that case.
- Prepare your own sturdy shoes for trekking. There will be no rental shoes at the tour.
- Other -
- Costume rental of Kasa (Hat), Kongotsue (Walking Stick) and Shiroshozoku (White Clothes) for Ontake Kodo Trekking will be offered in only one free size.
- Bring your drinks by yourself. No drinks will be served on tour including lunchtime.
- Large luggage will be delivered by the tour staff’s car.
- Cancellation Fee -
In cases where the customer cancels the contract after the contract has been completed, 1 customer will be charged a cancellation fee from their travel fee at the following rates. In cases where multiple people are participating and a portion of the customers cancel their contracts, we will charge the remaining customers a fee based on the difference according to the change in the number of people (around 1 vehicle/1 room per person) using transport and accommodation facilities.
| From 20 to 8 days before | From 7 to 2 days before | 1 day before | On the day | No-contact after the tour start |
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| 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 100% |
- Plan Provider Company -
Nagano Tourism Organization
131-4 NakagosyoOkadamachi, Nagano City
Registration of Travel Services：Governor of NaganoTravel Services Type 2 436
Certified General Travel Services Manager：Takeshi mitsui
Contact Phone Number：026-219-5274
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Plan Contents
Experience the Japanese Forestry & Traditional Woodworking
Forests account for 67% of the land in Japan. At this workshop, you can experience the traditional woodworking popular in this forestry country. Actually, 90% of Kiso Area is covered with forests.
Workshops at Furusato Taiken-kan
＜Chopstick Making＞
Make your own original chopsticks from Kiso Hinoki Cypress
＜Farming Experience＞
Harvest the seasonal vegetables of potatoes, corn, red radish and so on.
＜Momigara Kamado Stove Cooking＞
Cook rice by the traditional stove of Momigara Kamado. You can enjoy the special meals with the miso soup and Japanese pickles made with local miso.
Trekking Worshippers’ Trails in Ontake Kodo
Mt. Kiso Ontake has 1,300-year long history as the deity of mountain worship. You will find the pure nature and precious time which have been pass down by the people living here.
Experience Waterfall Meditation
You will experience meditation in the waterfall which is one of the major trainings of monks. The waterfall is still common among the monks for cleansing themselves as a training.
There are changing rooms for both men and women at the waterfall. Rental clothes for waterfall meditation are included.
Ontake Shrine Satomiya
Before trekking, you will visit the Ontake Shrine Satomiya. After a long flight of stone steps, the shrine building stands against a huge rock wall.
Trekking in the Worshippers’ Trails
Mt. Ontake is entirely worshipped as a deity. You will trek this sacred mountain toward the shrine on the summit which is located on an elevation of 2,973m.
While walking in Ontake Kodo Trails, you will wear the traditional travellers’ costumes of Kasa (Hat), Kongotsue (Walking Stick) and Shiroshozoku (White Worshipping Clothes).
Bamboo Wrapped Rice balls, the traditional meals among worshippers, will be served as lunch.
■Route：Tanohara Trail→Yohaijo (Worshippers’ Praying Place) →Ooe Gongen→8th Station→Fujimi-ishi→Hitokuchi-mizu→Onozoki-no-ganpeki→Otaki Shrine
Nakasendo Trekking
Nakasendo is one of the five continents highways that once connected Edo to Kyoto. It is also called "Kisoji" because it passes through Kiso. Along the route, there were inn towns where travelers had rested and teahouses were set up. The route is about 9km long and takes you from Tsumagojuku to Magomejuku, a town that still retains its Edo period appearance.
The stone-paved paths in the forest, the mossy stone Buddha, the teahouses near the mountain passes, the mountain views and the beautiful mountainous farming villages - you will feel as if you have slipped back in time to a Japan long ago, seeing the same scenery as the people who once walked here.
Nakasendo is a road that was used by the daimyo (feudal lords) during the Edo period for their shifts to and from work. It is also known as the "Samurai Trail" and is becoming increasingly popular with foreign tourists, as many daimyo (feudal lords) accompanied their processions as they made the yearly round trip between Edo and their estates.
The final destination, Magomejuku.
Lunch is served at a teahouse about halfway between Tsumagojuku and Magomejuku, where you can enjoy a boxed lunch of the famous chestnut rice.
The last stop on this trip is Magomejuku, the southernmost inn town on the Kiso Road. Magomejuku is a stone-paved slope along a mountain ridge, with a restored row of old houses along the way. You can feel the bustle of a former inn town.