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Yamagata Shore Excursion Tours
Hands-on Exciting and Exploring Tour in Sakata (6.5 Hours)
This tour can give you chances to enjoy both Japanese traditional cultures and modern ones. We can visit a sembei rice cracker firm, rice storehouses, rice museum, Zen-sect Buddhist temple and a maiko teahouse. What makes this tour so special is that you can dive deep into ricce-related Sakata cultures, one of Japan's biggest rice production sites from long ago. You can't miss this amazing and unforgettable tour!
Hands-on Exciting and Exploring Tour in Sakata (6.5 Hours)
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Unforgettable Deep-Dive Sakata Tour (6.5 Hours)
On this tour we can dive deep into not only wonderful nature of Sakata, but its rich traditions and cultures as well. First we visit 16 Buddha statues carved into the cliff along the Sea of Japan. Second destination is the Former Aoyama Residence built by Aoyama Tomekichii about 100 yrs ago, who made a tremendous fortune as a fisherman. Third Somaro Teahouse, where we can enjoy maiko dance. Lastly 1,200-year-old Kaikoji Temple, which holds two awe-inspiring self-mummified priests from long ago.
Unforgettable Deep-Dive Sakata Tour (6.5 Hours)
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Yamagata Tour Reviews
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Evelyn F.
“Spectacular day with delightful guide ”
Our day in Sakata was carefully planned by Pure Water. His communication prior to our ever meeting him was very detailed oriented and thorough, making sure all our needs were met. He designed a wonderful tour that included the most delicious authentic Japanese lunch followed by a visit to a tea house which included a traditional geishas' dance performance. We visited historic temples and strolled along a picturesque tree lined stone paved walkway, paralleling the historic Rice Storehouse. We would highly recommend Pure Water to design a future tour when visiting Sakata. He is caring, delightful and an outstanding guide.
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Kuniaki S.
Thanks a trillion for writing me such a compelling review, which I did not expect at all. I'm truly very much honored to be your private guide this time. Looking back, our plannnig started almost a year ago. Over the year we repeatedly exchanged our information on dietary restrictions, interesting places to visit, and accessibility to the destinations. Simply due to your meticulous data, I was able to tailor our tour to your needs and requests. I just cannot thank you enough! You seven tour mates have been all very amicable and comfortable to talk with throughout the trip. I'm more than happy that you enjoyed every single minute of this tour like I did as well. I do hope that all the fantastic memories in Sakata will stay with you for the rest of your life. Wishing our paths will definitely cross again in the future while I'm still at work as a guide. See you soon! Purest Water (my guide name)
Theo V.
“Incredible guide!”
I booked a hiking tour with Mai, and my experience was excellent. I knew I wanted to see the mountains and I almost thought of going alone as I’m very comfortable solo traveling, but based on the reviews here, I decided to let Mai be my guide. She’s a native of Sendai, very fluent in English, and incredibly knowledgeable about these sites. Thank you, Mai!
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Roberta G.
“We thoroughly enjoyed having Kuniaki as our guide”
Pure Water is his name and Pure Attention to Detail is his mission! Kuniaki suggested booking a 9 passenger van for our group of 8 from the Westerdam cruise ship in Sakata. This worked out great and saved time and whisked us right to our next destination. He always works with the same experienced driver and that worked like a charm and was a good value too. He customized a tour for us and planned a lunch stop at a small local restaurant where we had a delicious inexpensive quick lunch. Kuniaki’s English is very good, his communications in trip planning were excellent and his sense of humor was a joy. Domo Arigato Pure Water (not Waste Water!)
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Kuniaki S.
Thanks a million for traveling with me, giving me all the wonderful gifts, and even writing such an impressive review for me! Amazingly our tour planning started almost a year ago and we repeatedly shared our thoughts on creating the most suitable tailored tour ever for each and every one of us. For me it sure was a joyful process to go through shaping our own tour and finalizing it. I'm also very glad that you all savored ramen noodles for lunch, which is now very popular all across Japan because Sakata got the championship in the ramen competition several years ago. I'd be more than happy just if our paths would cross again in the future while I'm still at work as a tour guide. In reply to your Japnanese phrase; Do itashi mashite! (Pronounced like " Don't touch my moustache!", meaning the pleasure is all mine.) A special huge thank you from your joke-loving guide, Poor Water (Kuniaki)
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