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.

    • 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

    • 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) .

  • 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

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