The Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture is gaining popularity among tourists for its food culture such as rice, vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, sweets, sake, wine, and seafood, as well as Sakata French, Sakata ramen, and traditional shōjin ryō. I will.
Facing the Sea of Japan, Sakata, Minatomachi, has one of Japan’s leading ports bustling with Kitamaebune trade, and has a Sankyo Soko, a restaurant, and an art museum that displays works of art collected by wealthy merchants. Shonai Town has a full range of shops and restaurants with a wide range of products, a day trip hot spring facility, and one of the largest cart courses in Tohoku.
“The Shonai Plain is a place where there is little difference in elevation and it is easy to drive. We hope that you will enjoy the food and experience unique to this area along with the beautiful scenery of Shonai.” (Organizer The Hidden Japan GK Representative Comment from Mr. Yamashina)
1. Guided tour
While enjoying the scenery of the plains, windmills, and mountains in Shonai Town, Yamagata Prefecture, we will stop by Byakkosankoshoji Temple, where business is prosperous, and Mantoyama Hiyaiwa Temple, where good luck, property awarding, and good luck are fulfilled. On the way, take a break after eating mochi from a local Japanese sweets shop.
After enjoying lunch at the Roadside Station Shonai Windmill Market, you will finally feel like a racer on the largest kart course in Tohoku, with a total length of 1,063 meters. Classe offers souvenirs such as local vegetables, sweets and a variety of ingredients.
“Actively enjoy Shonai Town Long Cycling Tour (Intermediate Course)”
| Implementation period: |
April-early November 2021 |
| Date of the week: |
Monday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday * Start 10:00, End 14:45 |
| Price: |
11,000 yen (tax included) |
| Reception deadline: |
Up to 3 days before the event |
| Minimum number of participants: |
2 people |
| Tour time: |
Approximately 4 hours and 45 minutes |
| Usage cycle: |
E-bike |
| What is included in the tour fee: |
Bicycle rental fee, insurance fee, guide fee, snack, admission fee for Cart Solei |
| Course: |
* Meeting time is 10:00, end time is 14:45
Shonai Town New Industry Creation Center Classe Meeting → Byakkosankoshoji Temple → Mantoyama Cold Rock Temple → Roadside Station Shonai Windmill Market → Cart Soleil Mogami River → Shonai Town New Industry Creation Center Classe |
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At Sokoji Temple, which is famous for mushroom cedar, you can experience copying sutras and have a mindfulness experience of enjoying matcha while looking at the garden.
Guided tours include the following tours. It will increase in the future.
· “Cycling trip to enjoy food and activities in Shonai Town” including a factory tour of a long-established soy sauce shop
· Visiting two power spots in Yamagata Prefecture, which has the most waterfalls in Japan, “Tamasudare Falls” and Fudo Waterfall, which is said to be the waterfall of Kaiunsei, “E-bike waterfall kingdom Yamagata / waterfall tour Yawata course”
· “Cycling trip to enjoy making my stall and copying sutras” to experience the calming mindfulness at Sokoji Temple and the plant dyeing of Tsuruoka silk stalls
Visiting waterfalls in Yamagata Prefecture, which boasts the largest number of waterfalls in Japan
You can experience making my stall by dyeing a soft silk stall from Tsuruoka with plant dyeing that originated in Shonai Town.
2. Unguided model course
You can go around freely by using the rental cycle that Sakata City rents out for free. You can refer to the model course and drop in at your favorite spot.
“Cycling course around the city of art in Sakata” * Estimated time 5 to 6 hours (including sightseeing time)
Sakata Station → Homma Museum → Minato Market → Ken Domon Museum of Art → Sakata City Museum of Art → Oranda Senbei Factory → Sankyo Soko → Sakata Station
At the Homma Museum, you can enjoy an exhibition of old books, antiques, paintings and other works of art collected by the Homma family, as well as a stroll through the Japanese garden.
We will visit three museums in Sakata City. The Ken Domon Museum, which holds, researches, and exhibits photographic works by photographer Ken Domon, and the works of art collected by the Homma family, the landlord of Sakata, which was once the number one in Japan, are on display, and you can also appreciate the garden and wooden architecture. We will visit the Homma Museum of Art, where you can learn about the history of Minatomachi Sakata.
Along the way, we will stop at Sakata Market, where you can enjoy the seafood caught at Shonai Beach, and Sakata Rice Cracker’s Dutch Senbei Factory, where you can experience making rice crackers during a factory tour.
The unguided model course includes the following courses: It will increase in the future.
· Colorful Sakata Kasafuku, a commemorative photo with Maiko, colorful gelato using seasonal ingredients, a luxurious bowl of a tuna specialty store that makes you want to take a video, a beautiful garden and a retro and modern feeling of Taisho romance “Photogenic Sakata Journey” to visit places where you want to take pictures such as interiors
· A course that runs along the Mogami River to reach the hill climb spots of local riders. “Scenery and activity enjoyment course” for advanced users who can enjoy a wonderful view from Mt. Chokai to the Shonai Plain and the Sea of Japan
· Popular with local road bike riders and those who have participated in cycling competitions, “Shonai Active Long Ride Course” for advanced riders, including gentle slopes with an altitude of about 500m and a round trip of over 40km.
Additive-free gelato shop ‘Baby Chu Chu’
In addition to the above cycling tours, The Hidden Japan GK has created a manual that allows those who operate tourist facilities, hotels, restaurants, etc. to use their own devices to make videos for corona countermeasures. .. You can easily make videos using iPhone / iPad and free video editing software iMovie. This manual is provided free of charge to businesses in Yamagata Prefecture who can cooperate in accepting cyclists.
Please contact us for more information.
＞”Cycling Shonai Adventure Tourism” HP
