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Kitakata Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Kitakata Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Kitakata Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Kitakata Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Kitakata Half-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide

Kitakata Half-Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide

By Japan Guide Agency
Free cancellation available
Price is £150 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • 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 Kitakata!

Blessed with an abundance of water and rice, Kitakata is known for its love of ramen and, also, for its most excellent sake. Walk around the town centre and see the many remaining kura, or traditional Japanese storehouses, that have been converted into inns, shops, breweries, and speciality stores. Many of them are concentrated in the city centre.

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.
Note2: 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

  • Kitakata Kura no Sato
    • 109 Oshikiri,
    • 966-0094, Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kitakata Kura no Sato
    • 109 Oshikiri,
    • 966-0094, Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Check availability

Kitakata Half-Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
£150.44 x 1 Adult£150.44
Total
Price is £150.44
Until Sat, 4 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedMeet up with guide on foot within designated area of Kitakata
  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed Local English Speaking Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedCustomisable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from 'What to expect' list
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPrivate transport
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedYou cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGuide 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
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot.
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Kitakata Kura no Sato
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Established in 1993, Kitakata Kura no Sato is a base for passing down the cultural tradition of building kura (traditional warehouses) and magariya (L-shaped houses), which are valuable parts of the lifestyle heritage of the Kitakata area. Ten traditional-style buildings stand within this 4,500 square-meter area. These include a mise-gura (a kura used as a shop), a miso-gura (kura for preserving miso paste), a kokumotsu-gura (a kura for storing grain), and a kura-zashiki (a kura used as a residence), as well as the residences of local officials (Go-gashira and Kimoiri) constructed around a courtyard.
Kitakata Ramen Museum & Shrine
  • 1h
Kitakata’s ramen museum – full of everything ramen – has finally been completed! A ramen shrine was built in conjunction with the museum, where information about the history and storey of Kitakata Ramen is exhibited. There is even a big ramen bowl at the centre of the shrine, where visitors can pray for good luck in love! Check out the shrine to find out if Kitakata Ramen will bring you romance!!
Yamatogawa Sake Brewery Northern Climate Museum
  • 1h
Established in 1790, this is an old sake brewery shop. Various sake making tools are displayed in the oldest warehouse, “Edo Warehouse”, built during the Edo period. You can also see in part how sake was made in those days. In the shop on the premises there is a sake tasting corner where you can taste over 10 different kinds of Yauemon rice wine for free. You can enjoy tasting as well as purchasing the sake which has been made from chosen local ingredients for local consumption.
Shingu Kumano Shrine Nagatoko
  • 1h
Built in 1055, the Nagatoko is Shingu Kumano Shrine's worship hall and translates to “long floor”. It is designated as a Nationally Important Cultural Asset. Built as the main structure during the Heian period to the Kamakura period, its thatched roof is supported by 44 massive pillars, each one 45 cm in diameter. This comprises a single large, open stage with no walls, and is said to have been used for ascetic training by priests, as well as kagura dance festivals. Housed inside a nearby large wooden frame is the shrine bell, which visitors to the shrine are welcome to hit with the wooden rod. There is also a famous copper pot where, allegedly, rice was rinsed before being offered to the gods; it was designated as an Important Cultural Property in 1959. This treasure is housed at the shrine along with many others and are on display for visitors along with national and prefectural designated cultural assets.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKitakata Kura no Sato
    • 109 Oshikiri,
    • 966-0094, Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKitakata Kura no Sato
    • 109 Oshikiri,
    • 966-0094, Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

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