Custom Guided Day Tours

Let us craft a custom guided tour of legends, culture, and exclusive experiences just for you!

Get to Know Okumikawa and Countryside Japan

You can find out more about transport to Okumikawa here. Almost all of our tours start in the quiet onsen (hot spring) village of Yuyaonsen.

Our custom guided tours can help you discover more of the beautiful sights and attractions in this quiet but very accessible part of Japan, with exclusive experiences. Half-day guided tours (4 hours) start from ¥15,000, full-day (8 hours) from ¥30,000.

Our guided tour booking process:

Add free 'Tour/Booking Request' items to your cart on this website when you'd like to add something to an itinerary, then 'check out.' OR Get in touch using the contact form on this page (or on our Contact and Bookings page).
We work with you to organise transport, itineraries, meals, and experiences to create your own special guided tour, tailored to your interests.

Start at our What's in Okumikawa page to find what you would like for your custom guided tour! Of course, also feel free to contact us and let us know what you'd like to see or ask any questions.

What's in Okumikawa

Experiences and workshops

Immerse yourself in Japanese countryside life, culture and crafts. Many of our custom tours include experiences, some exclusive to our tours.

Okumikawa has a wide range of experiences available like tea farm visits, traditional craft, and unique specialities of the area, take a look at our experiences page below!

See our experiences

Festivals, events, and ceremonies

Experience our local festivals and ceremonies on very special custom guided tours! We can help you discover the magic of small festivals and see why "this place, this time, these people" is so important.

See local events and festivals

Sights and attractions

Okumikawa is known for its beautiful natural sights, hiking trails, rivers and waterfalls. Use our local knowledge to design a custom guided tour around what you want to see. Many of our attractions are true hidden gems, incredible but not so easy to find or visit if you're not a local.

See the local attractions

Historical sights

If you're a fan of Japanese history, this area has some important and incredible stories to offer that are made even more special on a guided tour. Being in Central Japan, and in the centre between two major sides during the wars roughly 500 years ago, many important people in Japanese history battled on the mountains and fields around this area.

Nagashino Castle remains and museum

In 1575, this castle perched where two large rivers meet was the target of a huge siege by 15,000 samurai. One of the most heroic and impressive feats of the Warring States Period came from the defenders trying to save their castle, and in the museum on the site you can see the story and artefacts from the time.

If you're interested in Japanese samurai history, let us take you through the incredible story of our city's hero, Torii Suneemon.

Shitaragahara Battlefield and museum

After Nagashino Castle was besieged, the call for help from Torii Suneemon brought the three most important samurai in Japan's history to this battlefield where they decimated a powerful and feared army in the first 'modern' battle in Japan's history, with the use of new tactics.

On the site of the battlefield you can see recreations of the cavalry-blocking fences, and feel the scale of the battle.

The museum near the battlefield is full of relics and important pieces of samurai history. Depending on the time, you can also try on samurai armour and discover how it feels to hold a matchlock rifle.