Private Guided Full Day Stove-Train and Deep Tsugaru Culture Tour

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5 to 7 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

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.

What's Included

Guiding (English or Japanese)

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

In front of the ticket gate of the JR Aomori Station

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 5 to 7 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    We leave JR Aomori Station by Guide's Privat car. Transportaion cost to Gosyogawara (petrole and toll road fare) should be paid on the tour day JPY 4,000. The time is from Aomori station to Goshogawara station.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    Private railroad "Tsugaru Railway" is famous for its stove train in the winter. You can take the stove train from TSugaru Railway Gosyogawara station.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3

    Tsugaru Nakasato station is a terminal of Tsugaru railway. After 45 minutes ride on a stove train enjoying Sake and dried squid which an attendant of the train cooks for you, you get to the terminal Tsugaru Nakasato station. There is nice Japanese food restaurant in 3 minutes on foot.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • (Pass by)

    Come back to the Tsugaru Goshogawara station by local train (not stove train.)

    Admission ticket free
  • 4

    You can witness huge (23m high) lantern floats of Goshogaara Tachineputa festival which is held in early August. If you have time, you can enjoy local handy craft making. There is a local resutaurant where you can enjoy local Japanese food enjoying city view of Goshogawara city.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 5

    The end of this tour.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Tomio Yokouchi

Tags

Day Trips
Bus Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Rail Tours
Car Tours

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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