Nishiwaga Trip Overview
This tour can only be experienced at the end of winter.
It is an experience from before sunrise until immediately after the temperature rises.
Japan’s leading fairy tale writer, Kenji Miyazawa’s “Snowwalk” world is here.
You can experience the fun of nature that changes subtly depending on the snow quality, temperature, and weather.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Nishiwaga, Japan
Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Walking Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Nishiwaga, Iwate, Japan
This tour can only be experienced at the end of winter.
It is an experience from before sunrise until immediately after the temperature rises.
Japan’s leading fairy tale writer, Kenji Miyazawa’s “Snowwalk” world is here.
You can experience the fun of nature that changes subtly depending on the snow quality, temperature, and weather.
Itinerary
From late February, a phenomenon called heavy snow will occur in Nishiwaga Town. It is a phenomenon in which the snow that melts during the day cools and hardens due to radiative cooling at night, and you can walk on the snow forever until the sun rises the next morning. An illusion of only two hours in the early spring morning. We will guide you to the world of Kenji Miyazawa’s fairy tale “Yukiwari”.
6:00 Meeting start over the snow
7:00 Tea time while watching the train and the sunrise on the Kitakami Line
8:00 Return to the meeting place
8:30 Dissolution
【The meeting place】
Hasamado 41-72-15 Kawajiri, Nishiwaga-cho, Waga-gun, Iwate Prefecture
(The house at the foot of the yellow Kaitobashi is a landmark)
* Please come to the meeting place 10 minutes before the start.
