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- Below the spectacular Nikko Mountain Range: Cedar Avenue Hiking centered on the new season’s sake and food (Hiking from Imaichi Station)
The hiking event has finished. We look forward to serving you again.
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| It is also possible to join the hike on the day of the event but a prior application is more convenient! | English-speaking staff is available to help you! | English maps are also available. A wonderful free gift is included! Customers who make a reservation through the Internet will receive another wonderful free gift as well! |
There are no time limits, etc. Please enjoy the hiking in your own way! |
Please come to the reception counter on the day of the hike, where you will be given your Ekikara Hiking map (in English).
Advance reservations can be made over the Internet but participants are also welcome to just turn up on the day.
| Date | Saturday, February 25, 2012 |   Original Can Badge & Hiking Map (English Translation) |
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| Application Time | 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | |
| Nearest Station | JR Nikko Line Imaichi Station |
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| Reception Area | Imaichi Station on the JR Nikko Line | |
| Walking Time | Approx. 2 hours (excluding time looking round the sites) | |
| Walking Distance | Approx. 8 km | |
| Tour Fee | Free of charge | |
| Lunch | Feel free to bring your own lunch. | |
| Guide | This is not a guided tour. You can walk around there freely with a map. |
- You will be walking for about 2 hours so please wear sturdy clothes and shoes, etc. on the hike.
- The event will still take place even if it is raining on the day. In the event of rain please bring your rain gear with you.
- Please take all of your trash home with you. Thank you for your cooperation.
In addition, participants in the course can travel around a park in which they experience the atmosphere of many historical temples and shrines and the local natural beauty. Please have fun on this station hike, enjoying the vast nature of Nikko in the cool, clear air of winter.
Ninomiya Sontoku (Ninomiya Kinjiro) studied diligently while also working hard, and successfully restored the family business which had previously fallen on hard times. His talents were recognized, he was asked to help with the financial reconstruction being undertaken by the chief retainer of the Odawara Domain, and he was brilliantly successful.
Later a shrine was established in historical and distinguished Imaichi, where Sontoku lived at the end of his life, and he is still well-known among the people as the god of scholarship and business management even today.
The brewery uses a smooth-tasting soft water (called Senryomizu) that is drawn up from 16 meters underground to make its sake. Many tourists stop off here on their way back from Nikko and Kinugawa to draw up some of the water to take home.
[Recommendation!]
There will be tastings of the new season’s sake.
Since its founding in 1842 (the 13th year of the historical Tenpo era) this company has continued brewing sake in the cold winter air that blows down from the Nikko Mountain Range, using the famous cool, clear spring water from the foothills of the Nikko mountains. Approximately 90% of the full production volume is a pure sake called "junmai jozoshu."
[Recommendation!]
There will be tastings of the new season’s sake.
Participants in this event can experience the flavors of famous local foods while walking along the avenues. You can taste food made with delicious local ingredients and ceremonial sake is also available.
Furthermore, folk singing and other performances will be presented at the site, creating a lively atmosphere in which to enjoy the sake.
[Recommendation!]
There will be tastings of local food at the "New Season’s Sake and Food Trade Fair" site.
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| Tohoku Shinkansen MAX Yamabiko 127 | Tohoku Shinkansen MAX Yamabiko 129 | ||
| Tokyo | dep. | 8:08 | 9:00 |
| Utsunomiya | arr. | 8:58 | 9:50 |
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| JR Nikko Line | JR Nikko Line | ||
| dep. | 9:12 | 9:57 |
| Imaichi | arr. | 9:46 | 10:34 |
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More information about the Tohoku Shinkansen
- If you are going from Tokyo to Imaichi,
the JR Kanto Area Pass is recommended because it can be used for access from Narita Airport and Haneda Airport.
- The JR East Pass is recommended to anyone who would like to travel a little further because it offers inexpensive travel everywhere within the JR East area.
