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By Japan Guide Agency
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$400 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • This value-packed trip with a government-licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Tono!

    Tōno is a rural town in the hills of central Iwate Prefecture. The area is notable for its rustic landscapes and traditional farming culture. But Tono is best known as a repository of Japanese folklore due to its legends of spirits, animals and supernatural creatures. This rich oral tradition was passed down through generations of storytellers.

    Your guide will start your day with a morning pickup at your hotel. Let us know what special requests you have for the day and we will customise your itinerary in advance!

    Note1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customised itinerary.
    Note    2: The National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

Activity location

  • Kappabuchi
    • Tsuchibuchicho Tsuchibuchi,
    • 028-0555, Tono, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kappabuchi
    • Tsuchibuchicho Tsuchibuchi,
    • 028-0555, Tono, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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Tono Folk Villages Customised Tour with Licensed Guide

  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
AU$400.43 x 1 AdultAU$400.43
Total
Price is AU$400.43
Until Sat, 10 Oct

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Meet up with guide on foot within designated area of Tono
  • Inclusions
    Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
  • Inclusions
    Customisable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from 'What to expect' list
  • Exclusions
    Transport fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • Exclusions
    Private Vehicle
  • Exclusions
    You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • Exclusions
    Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Tour dates can be changed up to 2 days before the tour. Any tour date change may result in a change of tour guide or tour unavailability.
    • Pick up & Drop Off is on foot

Activity itinerary

Kappabuchi

  • 30m
It is claimed that a number of mischievous Kappa river sprites, which love to threaten people and play tricks on passersby, live in the small stream in Tsuchibuchi-cho running behind Joken-ji Temple. Apparently the Kappa appear even now along the clear stream hidden by the surrounding thickets. Near the stream is a small shrine to the Kappa gods where expectant mothers go and leave breast-shaped red clothes to pray that they will be able to breastfeed their child.

Unedorisama Shrine

  • 30m
A small wayside shrine known to be the home of the god of love. Buy a small red cloth from the unmanned shop in the shrine grounds, tie it to a tree with just your left hand and you’ll be tied with the one you love.

Denshoen

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Experience the pure rustic lifestyle of the Tono region! In this theme park, you will be able to see the Kikuchi Residence, a registered important cultural asset, a memorial museum to Kizen Sasaki (the Tono local who worked with Kunio Yanagida on The Legends of Tono), as well as Oshirado Hall where you will see a thousand Oshirasama.

Tono Tale House

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
You can see images and listen to recordings of folklore in Hall of Stories, or listen live to the stories from an official storyteller at the Tono Theatre, see the display on Kunio Yanagita, author of The Legends of Tono. There is also a restaurant and gift shop on site.

Tono Furusatomura

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Theme park, a recreated nostalgic rural village in Tono. You can experience local folk craft, regional cuisine, an listen to folk tales. Experience traditions handed down through the generations and all the other unique mountain village life.

Chiba House

  • 1h
Farmer's private residence built approximately 200 years ago. The L-shaped house is called "Nanbu Magariya" , unique to this region, where people and hourses lived under the same roof. The house is a registered Important Cultural Assett. * Scheduled to re-open in 2025 after renovation.

Tono Municipal Museum

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Opened in 1980, this is the first museum in Japan devoted to folk customs. Focused around The Legends of Tono, you will see displays and videos about the nature, life, culture and history of Tono and its people.

Location

Activity location

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    Kappabuchi
    • Tsuchibuchicho Tsuchibuchi,
    • 028-0555, Tono, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Kappabuchi
    • Tsuchibuchicho Tsuchibuchi,
    • 028-0555, Tono, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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