We are married couple,75old husband and 71old wife. So we have amazingly rich OMOTENASHI spirit that our ages have raised. First you will walk along the gorge, next you will make HOTO, a local flat noodle specialty served MISO SOUP as your lunch. And yo will visit KANAZAKURAJINJYA shrine having a history of 2000 years. At that shrine, you will practice calligraphy, traditional art form in Japan.
The local bus stop No.4 at the south entrance of Kofu Station
KAKUENPO cliff, SENGATAKI water fall and KANAZAKURAJINJYA shrine
making HOTO, practicing CALLIGAPHY
The south entrance of Kofu Station
You can feel that your body and soul are refreshed by walking in SHOSENKYO gorge along clear ARAKAWA river and communicating us.. And you can know how to make HOTO and a sense of a Japanese art through practicing CALLIGRAPHY. Also you can see Mt. FUJI from the shrine in clear day. And we use a local bus with inhabitants for travel between KOFU station and the entrance of SHOSENKYO. So you might see a part of Japanese daily life.
guide fee,making HOTO fee,practicing CALLIGRAPHY fee
local bus fee (2,320jpy a person)
We use a local bus. The departure time of the bus is 9:10am. So I can't wait for my guest who is late.
The walking time is about 90～100 minutes.
The course is a gradual ascent, paved, narrow path along the river and it has about 150 steps stone stair on the way. So you shoud wear suitable clothes, rain gear, shoes and take a bottle of water.
Yoichi and Yasuko gave a great guided hike of the Shosenkyo Gorge, a Houtou (noodle) cooking lesson (and lunch), and a calligraphy lesson. They were great guides, really knowledgeable about the area, its history and mythology - it's a beautiful area to start with, but having that context really makes it a great experience. Even aside from their guidance and knowledge, they were great company! My wife and I really enjoyed it.
Thank you for the very positive feedback. We are very happy that you had a good day. We also spent a very joyful day with you. Please come to Kofu City again. We'd like to introduce the ruines of SHINGEN TAKEDA and the history of his family. Next! we want to fold Origamis together.