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Experience Toyama’s carpentry craftsmanship at “Uchikawa in Geta” and the “Hydrangea Festival”

Experience Toyama’s carpentry craftsmanship at “Uchikawa in Geta” and the “Hydrangea Festival”

Area

Imizu City
Category
- #Nature
Time

Dates: June 20 (Sat) – 21 (Sun), 2026; June 27 (Sat) – 28 (Sun), 2026; and July 4 (Sat) – 5 (Sun), 2026 (3 dates in total)
Price

Price: 660,000 JPY per private group (up to 12 people)
Format: Chartered bus tour (may be changed to a taxi for small groups)
Meeting place&
Dismissal

Toyama Station or Kanazawa Station
Booking

OVERVIEW

*Accommodations: “Zenraku,” a traditional Japanese inn converted from a former fishing master’s house over 150 years old
*The yukata experience will consist of either a dressing session at the event or a scheduled dressing session at “Zenraku.”

Booking

SCHEDULE

10:00

【Day 1】　
(10:00) Toyama Station or Kanazawa Station
10:40

Bamboo Grove & Forest Area / Current situation where abandoned bamboo groves are expanding (bamboo damage) due to forest management issues, an aging population, and a shortage of workers / Bamboo harvesting
11:30

Sasagawa Architecture Workshop / Discussion on carpentry tools and woodworking == (Transfer by chartered vehicle) ==
12:30

Lunch
(Part 1) Hands-on experience making geta (wooden sandals) using cedar wood, guided by a carpenter.
(Part 2) Bamboo lantern making and bamboo tube rice cooking...
Dinner (BBQ featuring ingredients from the mountains and seas of Imizu, plus bamboo tube rice)...
Night walk along the Uchikawa River wearing geta and carrying bamboo lanterns
【Day 2】　

Breakfast at the traditional Japanese inn “Zenraku”
10:30

Enjoy the “Hydrangea Festival” in geta sandals and yukata
14:30

Arrive to Toyama Station or Kanazawa Station

Booking

OTHER NOTES

Capacity・Deadline	12people
Minimum guests	1people

CANCEL POLICY

Cancellations made 20 days or more prior to the trip start date (10 days for day trips)... 20% of the trip cost
Cancellations made 7 days or less prior to the trip start date... 30% of the trip cost
Cancellations made the day before the trip start date... 40% of the trip cost
Cancellations made on the trip start date... 50% of the trip cost
Cancellations made after the trip start time or no-shows without notice... 100% of the trip cost