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The Heike Festival Returns to Yunishigawa Onsen After 5 Years

By ninjakotan

The Heike Festival Returns to Yunishigawa Onsen After 5 Years   Yesterday, I posted a blog about the legend of the Heike refugees in Gokayama, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. Today, I will introduce Yunishigawa Onsen in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, which also has a Heike refugee legend and the Heike Festival inspired by this legend.   Don’t Miss the Heike Festival at Yunishigawa Onsen: Join the Majestic Parade On June 1st (Saturday) and 2nd (Sunday), 2024, the Heike Festival (Heike Taisai) will be held at Yunishigawa Onsen. The Heike Festival is a continuing tradition at Yunishigawa Onsen, where it is said that the Heike clan fled after being defeated by the Genji clan in the Battle of Dan-no-ura (1185). The festival features the ‘Heike Emaki Parade,’ where participants dress as Heike warriors and princesses and march solemnly through the area. For those staying at Yunishigawa Onsen on June 1st, there is a special opportunity to experience dressing up as a princess or samurai and stepping back into the Heike era. However, you must apply by May 20th, so please make your reservations early. It is believed that either Taira no Tadamune (grandson of Taira no Kiyomori) or Taira no Kagemoriread moreThe Heike Festival Returns to Yunishigawa Onsen After 5 Years

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Create an itinerary to tourist destinations by JNTO No.5

By ninjakotan

Create an itinerary to tourist destinations recommended by JNTO   No.5 The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)’s wonderful Japanese guidebook “100 EXPERIENCES IN JAPAN” does not include “traffic information” for public transportation. In order to make a better itinerary for overseas travelers, we will post traffic information for arriving at the tourist spots listed in “100 EXPERIENCES IN JAPAN” from Tokyo Station and Osaka Station by 12:00 noon as much as possible. Traffic information, travel time, and fares are based on Google map and Yahoo route information. Please contact us if your desired arrival time is different or if you have traffic information from places other than Tokyo Station and Osaka Station.   NATURE Table of contents for NATURE 1. Find your spiritual side on the famous Kumano Kodo Trail (Wakayama Prefecture) 2. Explore Kumamoto’s active volcano Mount Aso up close (Kumamoto Prefecture) 3. Explore a ravine in a land of myth and legend (Miyazaki Prefecture) 4. Magnificent unspoiled beech forest in Tohoku (Aomori Prefecture) 5. Hike the Hachimantai Hills (Iwate Prefecture) 6. Natural therapy in Nagano’s forests (Nagano Prefecture) 7. A sheltered and secluded Shikoku Valley (Tokushima Prefecture) 8. Stroll beneath the majestic Great Wisteria (Tochigi Prefecture) 9. A singularlyread moreCreate an itinerary to tourist destinations by JNTO No.5

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Create an itinerary to tourist destinations by JNTO No.1

By ninjakotan

Create an itinerary to tourist destinations recommended by JNTO   No.1 The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)’s wonderful Japanese guidebook “100 EXPERIENCES IN JAPAN” does not include “traffic information” for public transportation. In order to make a better itinerary for overseas travelers, we will post traffic information for arriving at the tourist spots listed in “100 EXPERIENCES IN JAPAN” from Tokyo Station and Osaka Station by 12:00 noon. For tours that start before noon, we will post an example of traffic information in time for the tour to start. Traffic information, travel time, and fares are based on Google map and Yahoo route information. Please contact us if your desired arrival time is different or if you have traffic information from places other than Tokyo Station and Osaka Station. TRADITION OUTDOORS CUISINE CITIES NATURE ART RELAXATION   Table of contents for TRADITION 1. An enticing evening with authentic geiko awaits (Ishikawa Prefecture) 2. Train with a true mountain mystic in Yamagata (Yamagata Prefecture) 3. Dance like no-one’s watching in historic Tokushima (Tokushima Prefecture) 4. Watch sacred dance and feel yourself whisked away to bygone times (Hiroshima Prefecture) 5. Learn lost arts at the ancestral home of the ninja! (Mie Prefecture) 6. Experience oneread moreCreate an itinerary to tourist destinations by JNTO No.1