Narita Trip Overview
Rowboats, shrines, festivals and sake breweries!
Sawara, a 30 minute train ride away from Narita Airport, is a city in which you can enjoy beautiful historical townscapes of the Edo Period (1603-1868).
There is an Important Traditional Building Group Conservation Area in the center of town, and you can row down the river to get a great view of it. In Sawara there is also the house of the man who made the first map of Japan, a traditional festival recognised by UNESCO and the head shrine of several hundred Katori Shrines in Japan.
As there is a lot to cover on this tour, you will use bicycles as a means of transportation. If you are flying into or out from Narita Airport, we recommend this tour!
Additional Info
Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Starts: Narita, Japan
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Rowboats, shrines, festivals and sake breweries!
Sawara, a 30 minute train ride away from Narita Airport, is a city in which you can enjoy beautiful historical townscapes of the Edo Period (1603-1868).
There is an Important Traditional Building Group Conservation Area in the center of town, and you can row down the river to get a great view of it. In Sawara there is also the house of the man who made the first map of Japan, a traditional festival recognised by UNESCO and the head shrine of several hundred Katori Shrines in Japan.
As there is a lot to cover on this tour, you will use bicycles as a means of transportation. If you are flying into or out from Narita Airport, we recommend this tour!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Narita City Cultural Arts Center, 828-11 Hanazakicho 3F to 5F Sky Town Narita, Narita 286-0033 Chiba Prefecture
Narita City Cultural Arts Center, Sky Town Gallery: Let’s go to Sawara from Narita where the airport is! But before we leave, we will stop by a gallery where you can have a brief information about the area.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Suigo Sawara Tourism Association Ekimae Information Center, 81-31 Sawarai, Katori 287-0003 Chiba Prefecture
SAWARA Tourism Information Center: You will rent your bike here. Now your tour in Sawara has started!
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Sahara Machinami Exchange Center, 1903-1 Sawarai, Katori 287-0003 Chiba Prefecture
Sawara Machinami Exchange Center: Traditional handscraft of Sawara is exhibited here. You can also have a brief calligraphy experience!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Little Edo Sawara boat tour, I-1730-3 Sawara, Katori, Chiba 287-0003, Japan
Boat tour of Little Edo Sawara: We will get on a hand-rowed boat and slowly look around the river! Enjoy the tastefull town around river while feeling relaxing wind during Summer or while warming in a table with electronic heater during Winter!
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Old House of Tadataka Ino, 1899 Sawara i, Katori 287-0003 Chiba Prefecture
Historic house of Ino Tadataka: The building where Ino Tadataka, the first Japanese who wrote a map of Japan, lived in the Edo era still remains! It was used around 1762 and it has a kitchen, a study hall, and a space for business!
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Nakamuraya Store, I-1720 Sawara, Katori, Chiba 287-0003, Japan
Nakamuraya Shoten: A knick-knack shop with a diner built in 1855 which is located in the center of the city! Let’s have lunch at a tasteful diner!
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Sawara Dashi Kaikan, I 3368 Sawara, Katori 287-0003 Chiba Prefecture
Suigo Sawara Float Hall: A float hall related to the festival of Sawara which is a world heritage. There is a huge float and you can take a picture with a traditional cloth for festivals on!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Katori-Jingu Shrine, 1697 Katori, Chiba 287-0017, Japan
Katori Shrine: Let’s cycle through a vast rice field heading to a big shrine! The head temple of Katori shrine, there are 400 hundreds of them in Japan, waiting for you!
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Tokun Sake Brewery, 627 I, Sahara, Katori Chiba Prefecture
Tokun Sake Brewery: They have been making sake for a long time from tasteful pure water. Let’s take a look at the brewery and learn where and how sake are made!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Suwa Shrine, 1020 Sawarai, Katori 287-0003 Chiba Prefecture
Suwa Shrine: There are steep stairs behind the gate of the shrine. Don’t bother yourself climbing it up since it is beautiful enough below the stairs!
Duration: 20 minutes
