2-Day Matsushima Historical Tour with Local Homestay and Fishing Experience
Miyagi District, Japan
Trip Type: Overnight Tours
Duration: 2 days
Book this unique 2-day Matsushima historical tour with unique fishing experience! Matsushima is well known as one of Japan’s three most scenic destinations. Visit a historical tea house with VIP access to a private tea room. Experience the most authentic tea ceremony and taste a different variety of Japanese green tea. Stay with a local family overnight and have a local style dinner together. Take this great opportunity to interact with the locals and learn about their family history and daily lives. Enjoy the mesmerizing coastal landscape of Matsushima with over 260 pine-covered islands while your local guide explains the fascinating local history especially about the famous shogunate, Masamune Date, the samurai ruler of the Sendai region who was known as ”Dokuganryu” (one-eyed hero) as he could only see with one eye.
More About This Activity All Overnight Tours →
Book this unique 2-day Matsushima historical tour with unique fishing experience! Matsushima is well known as one of Japan’s three most scenic destinations. Visit a historical tea house with VIP access to a private tea room. Experience the most authentic tea ceremony and taste a different variety of Japanese green tea. Stay with a local family overnight and have a local style dinner together. Take this great opportunity to interact with the locals and learn about their family history and daily lives. Enjoy the mesmerizing coastal landscape of Matsushima with over 260 pine-covered islands while your local guide explains the fascinating local history especially about the famous shogunate, Masamune Date, the samurai ruler of the Sendai region who was known as ”Dokuganryu” (one-eyed hero) as he could only see with one eye.Day 1 [D]:
10:00 AM - Meet your guide at Hon-Shiogama Station in Matsushima
10:10 AM - Visit a local green tea shop to learn about local green tea culture and experience green tea tasting
11:00 AM - Go to a famous sake brewery. Learn about the sake manufacturing process and enjoy sake tasting.
If you are traveling on Sunday, the sake brewery is closed and you will be taken on a short sightseeing boat ride in Matsushima Bay instead.
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - Tea ceremony and walking tour in Matsushima
Tea ceremony will be held at this property that are not open to public. Enjoy the VIP access to a private tea room with beautiful traditional Japanese wall paintings. Later the walking tour will take you some of the most popular attractions in Matsushima including the Zuiganji Temple (National Treasure and Important Cultural Property), Godaido Temple (Important Cultural Property), Entsuin Temple and, if time allows, Pine Tree of "Saigyo Modish".
4:30PM - Transfer to the accommodation
5:30PM - Check in to the accommodation and relax. In the evening, enjoy local style dinner with your host family. Learn the fascinating history as well as local lifestyle of Matsushima
Day 2 [B, L]:
8:00 AM - Enjoy breakfast
9:00 AM - Local fishery experience with English translation support. Be a local Japanese fisherman for 3 hours and learn some secret tips from your guide
12:30PM - Seafood BBQ lunch. Learn more about local fisherman's daily lives while enjoying the freshest seafood BBQ. After lunch, you will be transferred back to Nobiru station for your onward journey
10:00 AM - Meet your guide at Hon-Shiogama Station in Matsushima
10:10 AM - Visit a local green tea shop to learn about local green tea culture and experience green tea tasting
11:00 AM - Go to a famous sake brewery. Learn about the sake manufacturing process and enjoy sake tasting.
If you are traveling on Sunday, the sake brewery is closed and you will be taken on a short sightseeing boat ride in Matsushima Bay instead.
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - Tea ceremony and walking tour in Matsushima
Tea ceremony will be held at this property that are not open to public. Enjoy the VIP access to a private tea room with beautiful traditional Japanese wall paintings. Later the walking tour will take you some of the most popular attractions in Matsushima including the Zuiganji Temple (National Treasure and Important Cultural Property), Godaido Temple (Important Cultural Property), Entsuin Temple and, if time allows, Pine Tree of "Saigyo Modish".
4:30PM - Transfer to the accommodation
5:30PM - Check in to the accommodation and relax. In the evening, enjoy local style dinner with your host family. Learn the fascinating history as well as local lifestyle of Matsushima
Day 2 [B, L]:
8:00 AM - Enjoy breakfast
9:00 AM - Local fishery experience with English translation support. Be a local Japanese fisherman for 3 hours and learn some secret tips from your guide
12:30PM - Seafood BBQ lunch. Learn more about local fisherman's daily lives while enjoying the freshest seafood BBQ. After lunch, you will be transferred back to Nobiru station for your onward journey
« Go Back