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Fun Boat Ride in Yanagawa, enjoy a day trip to countryside

Day Trip

Fukuoka

English, Japanese (Native)

7 hours

Private tour (only you and your group)

Up to 8 people

There are some places that you can enjoy boat ride throughout Japan, but I definitely say Yanagawa boat ride is the most famous and popular one. You can enjoy the unique view and atmosphere from the boat and it must be one of the good memories during your stay in Japan. In addition to the boat ride, we will visit 2 different Japanese houses. One was a big architecture for the feudal load and another was a small house for a samurai retainer. Enjoy local tour and have fun.

Yoshiharu S.

4.76 / 5

(54 reviews)

08:00 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel in Fukuoka city. (If you stay at a hotel around Fukuoka city and hope to pick up, please send me a message beforehand)

08:30 AM

Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station

Pick you up at the hotel you are staying. We will move to Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station, Pick you up at the hotel you are staying and move to Yanagawa-city by Nishittestu train. It is about 1 hour ride to reach there from Fukuoka.

09:00 AM

Yanagawa station

After arriving Yanagawa station, we will move to the pier, starting point of boat tour.

10:50 AM

Boat Tour

From the boat station near Yanagawa railway station, we will enjoy 70 minute boat tour about 4.5 km in length to the destination. Boat tour provides the different view and scenery. You can see many Japanese houses standing near the waterway, and water is closely related with the local people’s daily life. Passing through many low ceiling bridges is really fun, also you may have an opportunity to listen to some Japanese songs sung by a waterman during the boat tour.

11:50 AM

Ohana (Former feudal lord’s villa) & lunch

After getting off the destination, we will visit ‘Ohana’ and ‘Shoto-en’. Ohana was a villa of Tachibana Family, a feudal load who ruled Yanagawa area. It provides a beautiful landscape garden named ‘Shoto-en’, a Western-style Seiyokan Annex and a Tachibana museum which houses splendid collections of antiques such as samurai’s armors, helmets, scroll paintings, other utensils that has been passed down through generations. If you hope, we will enjoy having lunch at a restaurant next to the garden.

01:40 PM

Toshima Family House (former samurai residence)

At the end of this tour, we will visit ‘Toshima Family House’, which was a former samurai house built about 200 years ago. This tiny Japanese house with thatched roof and tatami mat rooms will take you back to the feudal ages of Japan and we can touch the history and lifestyle in the feudal ages of Japan.

02:30 PM

Yanagawa station

Back to Yanagawa station, and move back to Fukuoka by Nishitetsu train.

03:30 PM

Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station

End of the tour.

Ending Point

Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee, hotel pick-up at your hotel*.

*Pick up service is applied to hotels in Fukuoka city. If you stay at a hotel around Fukuoka city and hope to pick up, please send me a message beforehand.

What‘s not included

lunch for guests, transportation fee, fare of the boat tour, and admission fee of Ohana for guide and guests.

Reference:

・Transportation fee between Nishitesu Fukuoka (Tenjin) and Nishitetsu Yanagawa --- 860 yen (one way)

・Fare of boat tour --- 1,600 yen per person more than 12 years old, 850 yen per person between 6 and 11 years old, free per person less than 6 years old

1,0・Admission fee of Ohana --- 1,000 yen for an adult, 500 yen for a high school student, 400 yen for a student of elementary school or junior high school

・Admission fee of Toshima Family House --- 100 yen per person more than 12 years old.

Tour Important Information

You are asked to take off your shoes when you get on the boat.

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

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