Top Aomori Car Tours - page 2

Let's enjoy deep Tsugaru sight-seeing with Stove train ride. Stove train is operated through snow covered rice fields only from December to March. On the stove train, local attendants help us to know deep Tsugaru area, and they even cook dried squid on the stove (Squid is sold on the train) for you. It is also fun to dring Japanese sake with dried squid. At Goshogawara city, you can visit local summer festival museum called Tachineputa no Yakata(museum.) Tachineputa Museum:Gigantic floats are welcomming you at this museum.22 meters high. Please enjoy deep Tsugaru culture.

Experience traditional craft making with Guide. Tsugaru is the eastern half of Aomori Prefecture. In this tour you can experience three kinds of local handicrafts in Tsugaru. We visit Kuroishi Town, famous for its old Komise Street (traditional shopping arcade street), and museums nearby. 1. Making a Paper lantern Using the color-full Japanese paper from the local summer festival float, you can make your own design lantern by placing the paper over a prepared wooden flame. 2.Kokeshi doll or handicraft painting experience Kokeshi doll is a local souvenir of some hot spring resorts in the northeastern region of Japan. You can experience painting Kokeshi doll face and body. Or you can choose other handicrafts such as tops, matryoshka or some local toys. 3.Lacquerware chopstick making Tsugaru lacquerware is a local traditional lacquerware dating back to the samurai period. You can experience the grinding step of chopstick making. Make your own individual chopsticks for your daily life.

You can enjoy walking and trekking near the world heritage site Shirakami mountains. Cute waterfalls and refreshing beech forest walking can be enjoyed. You may witness bear scratches on the beech trees. If we are lucky, we can see some animals. To visit waterfalls, trekking path is narrow at some points. Please wear walking shoes or trekking shoes. We need to rent a helmet one for each to go and see water falls. At the Aqua Green Village Anmon, there is a restaurant where you can have lunch. You can also enjoy soft ice cream after the trekking.

The most beautiful rice paddy art in Japan. In Inakadate village, from the Japanese castle-like building, you can enjoy viewing rice paddy art which started 31 years ago. There is another paddy art site about 10 minutes away by car. In this tour, you can visit two rice paddy art site. Near the second site, you can also visit roadside station Inakadate and buy souvenirs, vegetables and local fruits. There is a restaurant where you can enjoy lunch if you are hungry. Each year, we can enjoy different rice paddy arts at two sites. In addition, you can view a stone art from the tower of the second site. *** Attention **** If you are 4 guests, 3 of you should be packed in the back seat in my car (TOYOTA Prius.)