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Nagano Private Tour -
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Snow Monkey Park & Zenkoji Temple + Sake Tasting

Nature & Outdoor
Nagano Tour Guide - Ken-ichi M.

Joined 2025

Ken-ichi M.
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(1 reviews)
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Nagano
English
10 hrs 30 mins
Private tour (only you and Ken-ichi M.)
Up to 10 people

Monkeys' Bathing in Hot Spring can be seen only here. Please don't miss it. Especially, winter is the best season.

Zenkoji Temple was built more than 1400 years ago and has been attracting 6 million visitors come very year. You can enjoy walking the dark

corridor under the main hall.

Also, you may take options like Sake Tasting, Matcha Experience.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

07:30 AM

Meeting Point

Lobby of your hotel in Nagano city

08:10 AM

Bus stop at Nagano Station East Exit

Departure at 8:15 for Snow Monkey Park

09:00 AM

Bus Stop

09:20 AM

The entrance of Yumichi promenade

Let's start walking for 40 mins.

10:00 AM

Snow Monkey Park

Let's find out the monkeys in the Jigokudani valley. You may watch some monkeys bathing in the hot spring.

10:30 AM

Leave the Monkey Park

Walking back to the bus stop

11:10 AM

Bus Stop

Departure at 11:15AM bound for Nagano station

12:10 PM

Nagano Station

Arrival at Nagano station

12:30 PM

Sake Tasting and Lunch

Let's try sake tasting and have lunch around Nagano station area.

02:10 PM

Zenkoji Temple

Let's visit main hall and Dark corridor walking under the main hall as a fun atraction.


Another Sake Tasting at Nishinomon Sake brewery, Matcha experience will be optionally arranged per your requests.

06:00 PM

Your hotel

Arrival at your hotel and disband

Ending Point

Your hotel

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide fee

What‘s not included

Public Transportation Fees

Bus fees ¥3,000 x both ways/person

Monkey Park Entrance fee ¥800/person

Sake Tasting fees and Lunch fee

Tour Important Information

This tour involves a lot of walking, so make sure to wear comfortable shoes.

In winter, snow shoes are recommended.

This itinerary is valid on every Saturday from Dec. 20, 2025 to Mar.21, 2025 and Feb.11 and Mar.20, 2025.

Other dates may have 45 mins. later departure at 8:50 departing from Nagano station.

Cancellation Policy

  • Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Nagano Tour Guide - Ken-ichi M.

Joined 2025

Ken-ichi M.
5.00 / 5
(1 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Ken-ichi M.

In March 1983, I graduated Chiba university. Major is psychology.

In April 1983, I entered a manufacturing company of semiconductor components and I was assaigned to the overseas sales dept.

For more than 40 years, I had done sales activities with foreign semiconductor companies using English language.

I had visited foreign customer companies located in several foreign countries on once a month basis.

I have stationed myself in Singapore and Malaysia for 5 years.


I have homestayed in Los Angels for a month and in Oakland New Zealand for a week.

I have welcomed an American teacher in my house for a week as a homestay program.


I have passed the examination of Tour Guide in 2016.


I have teached the skiing in Shiga Highland Ski Resort, Happo-one Ski Resort and Iwatake Ski Resort.


I had guided bus passengers(most of them were Austllarian people) at the bus terminal in Hakuba-Happo.


I am now teaching junior high school students English grammar.

Reviews

Nice busy sight seeing day.

Ken was a mellow and flexible guide. We rented a car and it was great to have Ken with us to show us around and share his knowledge with us. We enjoyed our day very much, although if you are based in Nagano, that's a lot of driving in a day and does not leave a ton of time at each stop. Would be best to do if you are staying in or near Matsumoto.

Francois D.

Ken-ichi M.

Mrs. and Mr. Francois D. I thank you very much for choosing me as the guide for your wonderful and memorable tours in Nagano pref. I hope you could have spent a satisfactory journey. If you were happy, I am also happy !! As we talked at that time, If you have a chance to come to Japan again as a Japan lover and spend the time again with me for skiing !!

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