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Togakushi Pilgrimage Trail Walking Tour
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Joined 2019
Togakushi area is considered as one of the most important places for the Esoteric Buddhism. Togakushi Kodo is a path which has been used by mountainous ascetics since ancient times. On this tour, we are going to walk the pilgrimage trail and visit the five Togakushi shrines. Let's explore the mysterious culture and abundant nature of Togakushi area!
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Nagano station
8:15AM Meeting at Nagano station
9:30AM Start Hiking from Togakushi Hokosha Area
10:30AM Walking on the ancient pilgrimage path in the National Park's forest and visiting Hokosha Shrine.
11:00AM Visiting traditional bamboo craft shops and Chusha shrine
11:30AM Lunch at Togakushi Soba restaurant ( can be changed to other restaurant)
13:15PM Visiting famous 400 years old Japanese Cedar trees lined along the approach of Okusha shrine
14:00PM Kagamiike pond
15:20PM Chusha Bus Stop and Back to Nagano Station
16:30PM Tour Finish at Nagano Station
Ending Point
Togakushi Chusha Bus stop
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee,
Transportation fee ( guide and customer) , the bus costs(round trip from Nagano station to Togakushi area ) 2250 yen~2500 yen/ person.
Lunch fee will be cost approx. 1500 yen/person.
Tour Important Information
We may have to change the itinerary depending on the weather conditions.
Please prepare the below
・Comfortable shoes
・Proper wearing for the season ( Togakushi is located at the elevation of around 1100m above sea level)
If we can meet up at the Togakushi Hokosha bus stop, you don't need to prepare the guide's transportation fee.(Please feel free to ask me about the details of the meet up point and the meeting time.)
If you have any food allergy, please let me know in advance.
Important message from the supplier
I can guide you not only in Nagano, but also some other areas such as Matsumoto, Takayama, Kanazawa.(Transportation fee for the guide needed.)
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
Joined 2019
About Tour Guide Kouhei N.
Hello,
I'm Kouhei, a National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter.
I'm originally from Tokyo, but since I love outdoor activities and wanted to live in a place surrounded by abundant nature, I moved to here in Nagano in 2015.
I have traveled a lot of places in Japan and eventually decided to live in Nagano.
Nagano prefecture is sometimes described as "a roof of Japan" since most of its part are covered with high mountain range.
Because of that, the area gets lots of snow every winter.
It makes the place's nature and culture different from other areas in Japan.
I am also a Mountain Trekking guide and a Cycling Guide as well as English translator guide..
I want to guide you to super beautiful yet lesser known places!
I am very flexible, so please let me know your requests for the guided tour.
Let's explore the "Hidden Gem" of Japan together :)
(for example) Walking Tour : Matsumoto Castle, Zenkoji Temple, Togakushi Shrine, Obuse Town,etc
Mountain Hiking: Beginners to Intermediates (Northern Alps, Yatsugatake, etc)
Cycling Tours : Beginners to Intermediates (North Nagano Area), E Bikes tour available.
Other Specials :Snow Monkey, Picking Wild Vegetables and Cooking Tempura together,
Night Cherry Blossom Viewing, Visiting Sake Winery, Snow Shoeing in
National Park, etc
Reviews
Jeff D.
“Review of Kouhei-san”
This is not a review of the tour itself as I had to cancel due to a dumb mistake on my part that has to take up my day instead. However, I will say that planning the tour I wanted to go on and communication with Kouhei-San was excellent and smooth. He was very responsive with verifying the date I was requesting and answering a lot of questions I had about what to do on the morning of the tour. While it was very unfortunate I didn’t end up going on the tour in the end, I still left with a very positive impression of Kouhei-San and wanted to leave this review.
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Kouhei N.
Dear Jeff-san, Thank you for writing such a nice review even though not being able to do the tour. It was unfortunate that I couldn't see you today. I hope our paths crosses one day in the future!
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Teo R.
“Snowshoeing in Togakushi shrine ”
We had a blast snowshoeing with Kouhei our wonderful and knowledgeable guide. He was responsive and accommodating to accept our request for our available date. It was our 2nd time snowshoeing after our first in Hokkaido. Hike to togakushi shrine was fun and manageble. We even had local speciality soba at a resturant recommended by Kouhei. Overall highly recommend Kouhei if you're looking for snowshoeing experience. Thank you for the wonderful experience to finally see the amazing giant cedar trees at togakushi shrine. Take care. Apology for late review as we just got back yesterday from trip.
Kouhei N.
Hi, Thank you for a great review for the snowshoe hiking tour in Togakushi. I am very glad that you enjoyed the tour so much :) It was nice to meet you guys! Arigato Gozaimashita. Best, Kouhei
James S.
“Incredible tour”
This was a highlight of our trip to Japan. We had an amazingly serene and magical trip through the forest and to some shrines which Kouhei gave interesting information about. Kouhei was also very knowledgable about the nature of the area. We also had delicious coffee prepared by Kouhei in the forest and soba noodles for lunch. We were lucky to see a Japanese antelope! I would highly recommend this tour.
Kouhei N.
Dear James, Thank you so much for joining the tour today! I am very glad to hear that you enjoyed the tour a lot. It was great to meet you two! Thanks again and hope you have awonderful trip in Japan! Best Regards, Kouhei
$277/ per group
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