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Goshogawara Full-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Goshogawara Full-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Goshogawara Full-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Goshogawara Full-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide
Goshogawara Full-Day Private Tour with Nationally-Licensed Guide

Goshogawara Full-Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide

By Japan Guide Agency
Free cancellation available
Price is €273 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This value-packed trip with a government-licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Aomori city!

Every summer, the world's tallest paper sculptures, known as Tachineputa, parade through Goshogawara City. Enjoy the views of the expansive Tsugaru plains stretching out from the foot of beautiful Mt. Iwaki, also called the “Fuji of Tsugaru” and please discover Goshogawara's rich culture, history, and local food. Immerse yourself in the authentic local atmosphere of Tohoku.

Your guide will start your day with a morning pickup at your hotel. Let us know what special requests you have for the day and we will customise your itinerary in advance!

Note1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customised itinerary.
Note2: The National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

Activity location

  • Tachineputa No Yakata
    • 506-10 Omachi,
    • 037-0063, Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Tachineputa No Yakata
    • 506-10 Omachi,
    • 037-0063, Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Check availability

Goshogawara Full-Day Private Tour with Government-Licensed Guide
  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h6h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
€272.88 x 1 Adult€272.88
Total
Price is €272.88
Until Tue, 26 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed Local Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedCustomisable Tour of your choice of 3-4 sites from 'What to expect' list
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedOther personal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance Fee of Dazai Osamu Residence(for yourself):Adults500JPY
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPrivate transport
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance Fee of Tsugaru-shamisen-kaikan(for yourself):Adults600JPY
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance Fee of Shayokan(for yourself):Adults600JPY
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance Fee of Tachineputa Museum(for yourself):Adults600JPY

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Tour dates can be changed up to 2 days before the tour. Any tour date change may result in a change of tour guide or tour unavailability.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Tachineputa No Yakata
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Tachineputa Museum is a museum located in the city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The museum has exhibits related to Goshogawara's Tachineputa Festival, which is held every August.
Shayokan
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum, also commonly referred to as Shayōkan, is a writer's home museum located in the Kanagi area of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Ashino Park
  • 1h
Ashino Park is known as a place where the writer Osamu Dazai used to play when he was a small boy. The park has been selected as one of the 100 Best Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Japan, and the cherry blossoms on about 1,500 cherry trees bloom in spring. The park is 80 hectares large, and visitors can enjoy a lake, the Osamu Dazai Literary Monument, a statue of Osamu Dazai, a monument marking the origin of the Tsugaru Shamisen, the Tsugaru Railway that runs through the park, and a small old-fashioned train station.
Tsugaru Shamisen Kaikan
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
It is located in Kanagi-machi in the town of Goshogawara, the birthplace of Tsugaru shamisen (Japanese lute). In addition to visiting the exhibition halls of history, folk songs, local arts, etc., you can listen to live tsugaru-shamisen music and experience this instrument.
Jusanko Lake
  • 1h
Lake Jūsan, also known locally as Jūsan Lagoon is a brackish-water lagoon-type estuary located in the city of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is the third-largest lake in Aomori Prefecture, after Lake Towada and Lake Ogawara, with a shoreline of 30 kilometres and a maximum depth of 3 metres.
Dazai Osamu Residence, Tsushimake Shinzashiki
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The house that Osamu Dazai evacuated to was built in 1922, and was originally a building on the grounds of his family home, and was opened as a private museum in 2007. As he wrote 23 of his works here visitors can almost feel his presence. It is a three minute walk from “Kanagi Station” on the Tsugaru Railway Line.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESTachineputa No Yakata
    • 506-10 Omachi,
    • 037-0063, Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLETachineputa No Yakata
    • 506-10 Omachi,
    • 037-0063, Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

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