2-day Mysterious Satoyama Experience: Agricultural Heritage and Traditional Culture Tour (Round Trip from Shinrin Koen)

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8 - 20 days prior to the departure date of the tour	20%
2 - 7 days prior to the departure date of the tour	30%
the day immediately before the departure date of the tour	40%
before the departure time on the departure date of the tour	50%
after the departure time or no cancellation notice is received	100%

Yatsunuma
Ikonohayami Tamahime Shrine
Naorai Zen（After the prayer, the food offered to the gods is received.）
"Nodate" (Outdoor Tea Ceremony)
Ikonohayami Tamahime Shrine

Tour Details

1. Take a guided stroll with the chief priest and go on a mystical prayer experience at this shrine with a thousand years of history where rainmaking rituals for rice cultivation have been held.
2. For lunch, enjoy a Naorai Zen set meal prepared with plenty of freshly picked vegetables grown in the town of Namegawa, and contains no artificial seasonings.
*Cherished by the locals since ancient times, the Naorai Zen set meal features dishes made with ingredients offered to the gods, and is considered sacred and nourishing for the spirit.
3. Experience the Japanese culture of nodate, an outdoor tea ceremony to entertain guests, while enjoying the picturesque rural landscape of satoyama, regions comprising arable flat lands and villages near mountain foothills.
4. See the rice fields and water sources of the Yatsunuma farming method, which has been designated as one of the Japanese Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.
5. On Day 2, savor lunch with BBQ meat and white Yatsuda rice, a local specialty of Namegawa. Enjoy rice cooked in an eco-friendly way over a rice husk stove, which uses rice husks that are usually just discarded as fuel.

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Tour Overview

Req. to Run Tour: 2guest(s)

Req. per Booking: 2guest(s)

Departs: Saitama

Guide Service: English

Tour Guide/Conductor Language: Not Available

Audio Guide: Not Available

Tangential multilingual assistant or multilingual reception accepted: Not Available

Meeting Place/Time: Shinrinkoen Station Ticket Gate / 9:50

Included: Accommodation charges; Day 1 Lunch; Day 1 Dinner (Hotel); Day 2 Breakfast; Day 2 Lunch; National Government Licensed English Guide Interpreter fee (Day 1 only); Other admission fees, experience fees, and transportation costs included in the tour

Not Included: Day 1 Breakfast; Day 2 Dinner; Additional food and drink charges; Transportation expenses to the meeting location

Remarks

Planning Company：JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc.
Address：2-3-14 Higashi Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Japan Tourism Agency Registered Travel Agent (No. 1723)

[Reception Method]
At reception, please show the reservation confirmation sheet or e-mail (printout/digital copy on mobile device) to staff.

[Operation Conditions/Tour Conditions]
- If the minimum number of participants (2) is not met by 16 days before the scheduled date, the tour on that date may be canceled.
- The last reception day (reservation deadline) is 16 days prior to the tour.
- For requests regarding tours where answers from the tour operator are required in advance, please input in the Remarks field and contact the tour operator.
- When booking for 4 or more customers, please contact the tour operator. Furthermore, please note that the group will stay in separate rooms at the accommodation.

[Exemptions/Itinerary Guarantee: Itinerary/Destinations]
- Train times may change due to timetable alterations or other reasons.
- The order of activities and arrival times may differ depending on road conditions and congestion at destinations.
- Seats on the train and hired car may not be designated.

[Important Notes/Supplements: Meeting/Pick-up/Pick-up Location]
Shinrinkoen Station / 09:50
From Ikebukuro Station, it takes about an hour via Tobu Tojo Line.
Transfer Example: 08:45 depart from Ikebukuro Station (Tobu Tojo Line Express train bound for Ogawamachi) – 09:44 arrive at Shinrinkoen Station
*The above departure and arrival times are subject to change depending on timetable revisions. Please be sure to check the most up-to-date timetables prior to travel.
*Customers who are late for the departure time will have their reservations canceled. Please give yourself plenty of time.

[Important Notes/Supplements: Regarding Children/Infants]
- Children up to 5 years old may join free of charge, but will not be provided with Shinkansen/vehicle seats, meals, or experience activities. If Shinkansen/vehicle seats, meals, or experience activities are required, please make a booking under the child rate. In addition, a facility use charge of JPY 1,000 is required for each child 1-5 years old at the accommodation facility. Please pay at the location.

[Important Notes/Supplements: Regarding Meals]
- Requests for vegetarian meals are accepted for Day 1 lunch and dinner and for Day 2 breakfast. Requests must be made at the time of booking. If requests are not provided in advance, same-day changes cannot be accepted.
- As lunch on Day 2 is a barbecue lunch, requests for vegetarian meals cannot be accommodated. White rice cooked over a rice husk stove, a meat platter with beef, pork, and chicken, sausages, an assortment of seasonal vegetables, and unlimited miso soup are included. Vegetables and other items purchased at the Namegawa Farmers' Market can be brought in. (On the day, hotel staff will provide information about the seasonal vegetable assortment. )
- Allergy-friendly meals, gluten-free meals, etc. are not available.
- The dining venue and actual menu may vary due to seasonal or daily availability of ingredients.

[Important Notes/Supplements: What to Wear/Bring]
On Day 1, as the tour will take a stroll around Ninomiya after lunch, wearing an outfit easy to walk in is recommended.

[Important Notes/Supplements: Accommodation Information]
Hotel Heritage Tokinoyu Onsen
228 Oegawa, Kumagaya-shi, Saitama Prefecture
Tel.: 048-536-1212
Guestroom Type: Standard Twin
Website: https://www.hotel-heritage.co.jp/en/

[Important Notes/Supplements: Bus/Hired Car Company]
Kanko Taxi

[Important Notes/Supplements: Language Support]
Guide Language Support: English - The tour is accompanied by a National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter.
*Drivers do not work as guides.
*There will be an accompanying guide only on Day 1.

In the event that a bus company not listed in the Remarks/Important Notes will be used, customers will receive a separate confirmation document via email at least 1 day in advance.

Booking

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09:50 - 10:00	【DAY１】Arrive at Shinrinkoen Station Meet at 09:50, Dep. at 10:00
(15分)	【DAY１】Transfer Take a hired car to Ikonohayami Tamahime Shrine.
11:15 - 11:45 (60分)	【DAY１】Stroll & Prayer at Ikonohayami Tamahime Shrine At this shrine with over a thousand years of history where rainmaking rituals for rice cultivation have been held, explore the grounds while listening to explanations from the chief priest. There are rare trees designated as natural monuments by Saitama Prefecture. Customers can also experience a mystical prayer accompanied by the beat of a drum. Feel free to wear the costume and have a commemorative photo taken. After the prayer, customers can experience either making a magatama (a comma-shaped bead) or transcribing a sutra.
(10分)	【DAY１】Transfer Take a hired car to Iko no Sato Farmhouse Restaurant.
12:00 - 13:00 (60分)	【DAY１】Iko no Sato Lunch at Farmhouse Restaurant For lunch, enjoy a Naorai Zen set meal prepared with plenty of freshly picked vegetables grown in the town of Namegawa, and contains no artificial seasonings. After the meal, customers can receive a goshuin, a stamp that can be collected as a memento of the visit. *Cherished by the locals since ancient times, the Naorai Zen set meal features dishes made with ingredients offered to the gods, and is considered sacred and nourishing for the spirit.
13:00 - 14:00 (60分)	【DAY１】Iko no Sato Japanese Culture "Nodate" (Outdoor Tea Ceremony) Experience at Mt. Ninomiya After lunch, stroll around Mt. Ninomiya located behind the farmhouse restaurant using slopes and stairs, and experience the Japanese culture of nodate, an outdoor tea ceremony to entertain guests. From the observation deck, relish panoramic views of the countryside in the town of Namegawa.
14:00 - 15:00 (60分)	【DAY１】Tour around Yatsunuma and other Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (Japanese Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) Using a hired car, visit rice paddies where the rice used in sushi and onigiri rice balls, some of Japan's quintessential cuisine, is grown, as well as the Yatsunuma ponds which are the water source for the paddies. The region's "Yatsunuma farming method" which uses only rainwater has been designated as one of the Japanese Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. Partway through, those who would like to take a stroll near Yatsunuma may do so.
	【DAY１】Depart from Yatsunuma Take the hired car to the hotel accommodation.
16:00 -	【DAY１】Arrive at Hotel Heritage Enjoy dinner at Hotel Heritage and stay at the hotel. The dinner time will be notified by front desk staff on the day. There will be an accompanying guide on Day 1 only.
- 11:00	【DAY2】Meet at Hotel Heritage Front Desk Customers are to check out of the hotel on their own by 11:00. The hotel front desk staff will guide customers to the shuttle service bound for the farmers' market.
(15分)	【DAY2】Transfer Take the hotel shuttle service to Namegawa Farmers' Market.
11:30 - 11:50 (15分)	【DAY2】JA Saitama Chuo Namegawa Farmers' Market Fresh vegetables and specialty products of Namegawa Town and Saitama Prefecture can be purchased here. Customers can bring the vegetables they purchased to the BBQ venue.
(15分)	【DAY2】Transfer Take the hotel shuttle service to the lunch venue.
12:00 - 14:00 (120分)	【DAY2】Lunch at BBQ Paradise Enjoy having a barbecue! Savor some BBQ with white Yatsuda rice, a local specialty of Namegawa. Enjoy rice cooked in an eco-friendly way over a rice husk stove, which uses rice husks that are usually just discarded as fuel.
(10分)	【DAY2】Transfer After finishing lunch, please notify the venue staff. The hotel shuttle service will take customers to Shinrinkoen Station.
- 14:10	【DAY2】Arrive at Shinrinkoen Station, Tour Ends

Itinerary

09:50 - 10:00	【DAY１】Arrive at Shinrinkoen Station Meet at 09:50, Dep. at 10:00
(15分)	【DAY１】Transfer Take a hired car to Ikonohayami Tamahime Shrine.
11:15 - 11:45 (60分)	【DAY１】Stroll & Prayer at Ikonohayami Tamahime Shrine At this shrine with over a thousand years of history where rainmaking rituals for rice cultivation have been held, explore the grounds while listening to explanations from the chief priest. There are rare trees designated as natural monuments by Saitama Prefecture. Customers can also experience a mystical prayer accompanied by the beat of a drum. Feel free to wear the costume and have a commemorative photo taken. After the prayer, customers can experience either making a magatama (a comma-shaped bead) or transcribing a sutra.
(10分)	【DAY１】Transfer Take a hired car to Iko no Sato Farmhouse Restaurant.
12:00 - 13:00 (60分)	【DAY１】Iko no Sato Lunch at Farmhouse Restaurant For lunch, enjoy a Naorai Zen set meal prepared with plenty of freshly picked vegetables grown in the town of Namegawa, and contains no artificial seasonings. After the meal, customers can receive a goshuin, a stamp that can be collected as a memento of the visit. *Cherished by the locals since ancient times, the Naorai Zen set meal features dishes made with ingredients offered to the gods, and is considered sacred and nourishing for the spirit.
13:00 - 14:00 (60分)	【DAY１】Iko no Sato Japanese Culture "Nodate" (Outdoor Tea Ceremony) Experience at Mt. Ninomiya After lunch, stroll around Mt. Ninomiya located behind the farmhouse restaurant using slopes and stairs, and experience the Japanese culture of nodate, an outdoor tea ceremony to entertain guests. From the observation deck, relish panoramic views of the countryside in the town of Namegawa.
14:00 - 15:00 (60分)	【DAY１】Tour around Yatsunuma and other Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (Japanese Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) Using a hired car, visit rice paddies where the rice used in sushi and onigiri rice balls, some of Japan's quintessential cuisine, is grown, as well as the Yatsunuma ponds which are the water source for the paddies. The region's "Yatsunuma farming method" which uses only rainwater has been designated as one of the Japanese Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. Partway through, those who would like to take a stroll near Yatsunuma may do so.
	【DAY１】Depart from Yatsunuma Take the hired car to the hotel accommodation.
16:00 -	【DAY１】Arrive at Hotel Heritage Enjoy dinner at Hotel Heritage and stay at the hotel. The dinner time will be notified by front desk staff on the day. There will be an accompanying guide on Day 1 only.
- 11:00	【DAY2】Meet at Hotel Heritage Front Desk Customers are to check out of the hotel on their own by 11:00. The hotel front desk staff will guide customers to the shuttle service bound for the farmers' market.
(15分)	【DAY2】Transfer Take the hotel shuttle service to Namegawa Farmers' Market.
11:30 - 11:50 (15分)	【DAY2】JA Saitama Chuo Namegawa Farmers' Market Fresh vegetables and specialty products of Namegawa Town and Saitama Prefecture can be purchased here. Customers can bring the vegetables they purchased to the BBQ venue.
(15分)	【DAY2】Transfer Take the hotel shuttle service to the lunch venue.
12:00 - 14:00 (120分)	【DAY2】Lunch at BBQ Paradise Enjoy having a barbecue! Savor some BBQ with white Yatsuda rice, a local specialty of Namegawa. Enjoy rice cooked in an eco-friendly way over a rice husk stove, which uses rice husks that are usually just discarded as fuel.
(10分)	【DAY2】Transfer After finishing lunch, please notify the venue staff. The hotel shuttle service will take customers to Shinrinkoen Station.
- 14:10	【DAY2】Arrive at Shinrinkoen Station, Tour Ends

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