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Kurashiki Bikan historical area and Seto Inland Sea and Seto Ohashi Bridge from Washuzan Hill
Joined 2017
First we will go to Kurashiki Bikan historical area. We will walk along the stream called Kurashiki River. We will see big and old merchants' houses and old warehouses. We will watch and buy Japanese folkcraft there. We will go to Ivy Square and eat lunch. After that we will go to Washuzan in Kojima by bus and taxi. We will see many small islands and Seto Ohashi Bridge in Seto Inland Sea.
Itinerary
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Meeting Point
At your hotel near Kurashiki Bikan historical area.
Seeing many small islands in Seto Inland Sea and Seto Ohashi Bridge
Cruising by boat in Seto Inland Sea if you want
Walking along the stream with willow tree beside it in Kurashiki Bikan historical area
Watching and shopping Japanese folkcraft
Ivy Square , a hotel and restaurant which was the spinning factory in Meiji Period
Ending Point
At your hotel near Kurashiki Bikan historical area.
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee, hotel pick-up in Kurashiki area
transportation fee (you and guide)
・ bus fee between Kurashiki and Kojima 1440yen round trip per person
・ taxi fee between Kojima and Washuzan about 4000 yen round trip
entrance fee ( you and guide), 1300yen per person in Ohara Museum and 700yen per person in Kurashiki folkcraft museum
Seto Inland Sea cruising fee for about 45 minutes 1500yen per person
lunch,
Tour Important Information
After visiting Washuzan we will return to Kurashiki together.
From Kurashiki Area to Kojima we use a bus. But from Kojima to Washuzan we use a taxi. It costs 2000yen from Kojima to Washuzan by taxi. In winter cruising in Seto Inland Sea is cold. When you don't want to join the crusing, you can visit Jeans Street in Kojima instead. Kojima is the town which made jeans for the first time in Japan. There are many jeans shops and jeans factories.
On a national holiday I can guide you.
Important message from the supplier
I can guide you according to your request.
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 2017
About Tour Guide Yoko M.
Hello. I'm Yoko Miyake. Please call me Yoko. I'm a licensed guide. I love travelling. I have visited all the prefectures in Japan. Though Japan has many good places to visit, I hope many foreign travellers will visit my hometown Kurashiki and enjoy their stay there. Because I was born in Kurashiki, and I have lived there since then, I know a lot about Kurashiki. Of course I can show you other good places in Okayama Prefecture and near Okayama Prefecture.
Reviews
Viktoria S.
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“Very good guide! ”
Yoko was very informed and provided a lot of information. It was the excellent tour!
Yoko M.
Thank you for a nice comment. I am very happy to hear that. I had a good time with the guests.
Jon H.
Okayama Korakuen Garden , Okayama Castle, and Yumeji Museum
“Above and Way Beyond Expectations, Yoko!”
Yoko was tremendously helpful both long before our custom tour and even after! She patiently answered so many questions I had as a first time visitor to Soja City/Kurashiki, Okayama in the weeks before our tour. She set up a taxi driver and helped me navigate Japanese gravesite customs. Someone in the taxi compoany even happened to know my family and where my family's grave was located! Her English is excellent and she is a caring and capable guide that w connected with so easily. Our visit to my family's grave in Soja City was magical for me, my wife, and our daughter and granddaughter. Our granddaughter asked me if she could meet a relative her age. Yoko and the ancestors made that happen. (See picture with two happy 10 year olds, one from the US, one from Soja CIty, Japan). We bid our newly found relatives goodbye and returned to Kurashiki. After a refreshing lunch, we had a wonderful (and cooling!) visit to the Ohara Art Museum and Ohara houses. After our tour, Yoko was once again such a star! My cousin wanted to visit our family grave a couple days after us. Yoko helped arrange a taxi for them and my cousin got to spend additional time with our Soja City relatives! Yoko is such a caring, generous, knowledgable and helpful guide! Words cannot express our deep gratitude to her. Our request was complex and she delivered! We cannot recommend her to you enough!
Yoko M.
Thank you for a nice review. I also had a nice time with you and your family. I appreciate you.
“A wonderful day in Okayama!”
We saw a lot on this tour. Important to have an umbrella on hand if touring in June as it rained a bit. Yoko packed a lot into this day which was good. Because it rained the river boats were not operating. We instead walked along the beautiful river bank. Yoko understood and spoke good English.
Yoko M.
Thank you for your nice review. I am very happy to read it. Is your leg all right? We walked long. So I am worried about that. I wish you can get Nintendo tickets. Yoko
$214/ per group
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