Tours & Activities in Nishio

Nishio City Historical Park is a new historical and cultural center that conveys the life of the past by partially restoring “Nishio Castle,” which was the center of the Nishio clan‘s Rokumangoku castle town until the Edo period. In this plan, you can learn about the history of Nishio by visiting the cityscape of the former castle, which is likened to the park and Little Kyoto, and visiting a temple (Seiganji) related to the Matsudaira family who served the Tokugawa family , with explanations by a local guide who knows Nishio City well. Iwase Bunko is Japan's first old book museum that preserves and publishes more than 80,000 books in a wide range of fields and eras, from classical books including important cultural properties to modern practical books. With this plan, you can see and touch printed matter (scrolls), which is considered to be the oldest in the world?, and gorgeous picture scrolls from the Edo period, and experience making Japanese-style books.

・A local guide living in Nishio City will accompany you in Sakushima. ・You can be away from the busy life of the city and enjoy the nature of the island, feeling the sea breeze. ・We provide you rich ingredients of Sakushima surrounded by the sea. ・You can experience traditional japanese rustic life about 100 years ago, by wood-chopping, campfire-building, cooking rice in a clay pot named Kamado ・You can make traditional japanese dishes called "Ichiju Sansai" (1 soup/3dishes) for your lunch ・After lunch, you can enjoy your relaxing time, chatting with others, having coffee/tea etc… ・In your free time, you can also join “art” walks with the guide, or simply do nothing to feel the nature.

A local guide will take you the nature, tumulus, art, and Kobo of Sakushima. Sakushima offers untouched nature surrounded by old coastlines with rocks, and cliffs and wildflowers. You can also see the traditional settlements with black walls and narrow winding streets when Sakushima flourished as a fishing village previously. Sakushima Art works are scattered in the island in harmony with nature. You will have an unforgettable art experience that you can see, touch, climb, and enter …. You can use your unlimited imagination to feel the art. In addition, Kobo and shrines scattered throughout the island from the Taisho era also take art elements. By putting it in, it is possible to go around Kobo, which is unique to Sakushima. For lunch, you will enjoy fresh local seafood dishes that are unique to the island surrounded by the sea.