Maiwai tour – Day tour
Learn the history of Maiwai, a beautiful kimono gifted to the fishermen when they had a big catch in the old days – Day tour
This tour is just one example to give you a better idea of what a typical trip looks like. We are able to change any course content to suit your group.
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Take a day trip from Tokyo to Minamiboso, and learn and experience the local fishing history/culture through a guided tour
Take a ride on a privately chartered van across the peninsula along the coastline
Visit the museum that has the largest collection of Maiwai in Japan and listen to a special presentation made by the owner of the museum
Enjoy the fresh seafood lunch.
Experience painting miniature Maiwai
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Meet/pick-up at JR Tateyama station at 9:20 am.
(Take the highway bus from Tokyo Station departing at 7:20 am and get off at the bus stop “Tateyma Station” at 9:18 am. We will meet you there and have you on a privately chartered van)
Visit Nagisa no Museum and learn about the fishery history and the culture of the region. s and the Imperial Palace.
Visit Shirahama Kaiyo Museum and see the largest collection of Maiwai in Japan. Listen to the special guided tour and presentation made by the owner of the museum
Have a delicious seafood lunch at a local restaurant
Visit one of the few Maiwai dyehouse left in the region and experience painting/dying Maiwai
Drop-off at JR Awa Kamogawa station around 16:30
(Taking the bus at 16:53 would get you back to Tokyo Station at 19:13) .
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Meet/Depart: JR Tateyama Station/JR Kamogawa Station
Trip Length: 1 day
Price per Person:
JPY9,800 with your own vehicle JPY16,800 using minivan
Accepted number of guests: 2 to 8
minimum 4 if using the minivan
includes lunch, entrance fee for the museum and experience at the Maiwai dyehouse, and guide support