Experience Morioka’s local charm and meet friendly locals—ranked #2 on the NY Times “52 Places to Go in 2023”—on a 3-night trip
- Bokun ID:
- 988970
- Product Code:
- 109
Morioka wide area introduction
● It is an area with a rural landscape including satoyama and old houses on the gentle Kitakami mountain system side, which is only 15 minutes away by car from Morioka city's main road, bullet train station, and Morioka city center urban area, etc., which was introduced as the second city to be visited by the NY Times in 2023.
● Orchards for apples, cherries, blueberries, etc. are scattered around urban areas. Morioka is a production area for rare varieties such as the three major noodles (cold noodles, jajamen and wanko soba) and shorthorn beef.
● The beauty and environment of rural and natural landscapes throughout the four seasons. (fresh greenery, autumn leaves, snow)
● Historical, cultural, and sports town. Great people such as Kenji Miyazawa, Takuboku Ishikawa, Inazo Nitobe, and Takashi Hara. In recent years, Yusei Kikuchi (Major League) and others have been active.
● Iwate is one of the nation's leading treasure troves of local performing arts. The Morioka region also has fans all over the country, and there are 8 local performing arts (traditional sansa dance, lion (deer) dance, field plant dance, kagura, nembutsu sword dance, etc.) that local junior high school students perform traditional activities, and it is possible to experience dancing and hitting taiko drums.
Large-scale events June 2nd week is Chagu Chagu Umako, August 1-4 is a summer festival (Morioka Sansa Dance) September 2nd week is Morioka Autumn Festival
●Minimum of traveling staff/2
●Tour conductor/ Tour conductor will not accompany you on this trip. From the time you arrive at Morioka City on the 1st day until you arrive at the farmhouse guest house, and from the time you leave the farmhouse guest house on the 2nd and 3rd day until you return to the farmhouse guest house, A local guide will accompany you. For all other sections, please manage your own itinerary.
●Number of meals: 10 times in total (3 Breakfast, 4 Lunch, 3 Dinner)
●Application Deadline/ 4 weeks prior to tour start date (Japan time)
●About the travel fee (price for 2 people per room per person)/ ¥460,000～
●Travel planning and implementation of this tour／
Company name: C.I.T. Co., Ltd.
Location: Zenken Plaza Building 3rd Floor, 1-4-11 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023
Phone No.: 03-6871-8666
Email address: nagai@cit.jp.net
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 17:00 (Closed on Sundays)
Registration No.：Tokyo No. 2 7769 National Travel Industry Association (ANTA)
Certified General Travel Services Manager: Nagai Chizuko
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Ticket Information
1 person when 2 people use 1 Japanese-style room
¥460,0001 person when 4 people use 2 Japanese-style rooms
¥275,000More Information
Reservation Deadline
The start of the experience Up to 4 Weekly before
What's included in the experience
Taxes such as car fees, accommodation expenses (3 nights), meals (10 meals), experience fees, guide fees, and consumption tax are included when traveling as specified in the travel itinerary.
Languages of materials
What is not included in the experience
Transportation expenses to meeting places not listed on the itinerary, drinks and additional meals during meals, activities not included in the itinerary, and other personal expenses are not included.
Precautions
*The minimum number of participants is 2
*Please be sure to apply for overseas travel insurance/domestic travel insurance
*Please bring cash (yen)
What you need
*Towels such as bath towels (depending on where you stay, towels may not be prepared as equipment) It is safe to have several sheets, such as a bath towel or face towel to use after taking a bath
*Travel insurance certificate valid in Japan (reservation confirmation)
*Please be sure to bring the final schedule given to you in advance
*Please take note of the name and phone number of the local contact information given to you in advance
Cancellation Policy
| On the day | 100% |
|---|---|
| 12Hours before | 50% |
| 1Days+12Hours before | 40% |
| 7Days+12Hours before | 30% |
| 20Days+12Hours before | 20% |
Information
12:10 PM Meet up at JR Morioka Station
After meeting with the guide at Morioka Station, move to by private car
Lunch
2:30-4:30 Guided tour of Morioka Town after lunch - NY Times 52 places to go in 2023 - Tokyo Station model Iwate Bank Red Brick Building and Natayacho - Morioka's traditional townhouses, etc.
5:00 Check in at Minshuku, renovated from a century-old rice storehouse run by an apple farmer
6:30 Dinner is prepared using local ingredients
Go to bed
Overnight at Ringokouboukitada/FlogBee
Day 2
Breakfast (Ringokouboukitada/FlogBee)
・ Morioka
a.m.9:00～Afternoon3:00 Experience the life of an apple farmer
(Helping grow apples in spring and summer; harvesting apples in fall and winter)
Farm work is pruning apple trees in winter. Branches are aligned and sown in spring. Harvested from picking apples. We cover a wide range of topics, such as planting rice, harvesting rice, weeding vegetable fields, and caring for flowers.
3:00-6:30 Tea time while eating apple pie at a nearby cafe. Visit elementary schools in the evening and observe local performing arts
6:30 Back to Minshuku, renovated from a century-old rice storehouse run by an apple farmer
Dinner is a dish using local ingredients
Experience local performing arts (Oogayu Kagura Performance, Morioka Sansa Dance, etc.) Interact with local people who surround local cuisine together. Kagura, Sansa dance, etc.
You can experience these before and after dinner on the 2nd or 3rd day
Go to bed
Overnight at Ringokouboukitada/FlogBee
Day 3
Breakfast (Ringokouboukitada/FlogBee)
・Shiwa
a.m.9:00-11:00 Fruit picking (fruit farmers in the Morioka area) (blueberries June-July, cherries June-July, grapes September-October, apples September-December)
Afternoon12:00 to 1:00 Enjoy sushi at a famous local restaurant for lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Hizume Hirai House
The Hizume Hirai House is a modern Japanese-style building located at the southern end of the Hizume shopping district, completed in 1921 in Shiwa Town, Iwate Prefecture. A group of buildings, starting with the main building built by the 12th Hirai Rokuemon to invite Hara Takashi, the prime minister at the time, still exists, and it was designated as an important cultural property designated by the country in 2016.
・Time required: about 40 minutes (main house, brewery, craft salmon tasting, etc., with guide)
3:00 to 4:00 Ogal, shop Directly from the Farm. You can also visit a nearby sake brewery
5:30 Back to Minshuku, renovated from a century-old rice storehouse run by an apple farmer
Dinner is a dish using local ingredients
Go to bed
Overnight at Ringokouboukitada/FlogBee
Day 4
Breakfast (Ringokouboukitada/FlogBee)
・ Morioka
a.m.9:00 ～ 11:00 Morioka Handmade Village
The facility features traditional Morioka crafts, folk art, food, and other traditional techniques under the concept of “see, touch, and create,” including a Nambu senbei (rice cracker) hand-baking experience and Nambu ironware workshop tours. The handmade workshops are particularly popular, where visitors can observe the traditional techniques of craftspeople up close and learn how to make their own original works of art directly from the craftspeople.
・Shizukuishi
11:00～Afternoon1:00
Koiwai Farm - Japan's Largest Civil Farm -
A dedicated guide and a handmade tractor-drawn vehicle will take you on a tour of the 100-year-old Koiwai Farm's forest and forestry production sites. With a capacity of 22 people, this tour is ideal for small groups. The soft-serve ice cream made with fresh milk is exquisite♪
・ Morioka
1:00 ～ Lunch Morioka's top three noodles Wanko Soba experience
The waiter puts bite-sized soba soaked in warm soba soup into a bowl. After eating, the waiters put soba noodles one after another into the empty bowl. Continue until you are full, and the style of “eating completely and closing the lid so as not to leave the soba in the bowl left behind”
3:00 Terminating at Morioka Station ⇒ Disband
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Vendor Information
株式会社 C・I・T
〒160-0023
東京都新宿区西新宿1-4-11 全研プラザビル３階