Basic information for model area
1.Overview of accepting organization
| Regions handled | Toyama PrefectureTateyama-cho | ||
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| Name of accepting organization | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan (Nature Museum) Management Association | ||
| Name of contact organization | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan (Nature Museum) | ||
| Department in charge | |||
| Name of person in charge | Shiro Tsutsui | Title | Director |
| ZIP code | 930-3221 | Means of contact | 117 Shidanio, Tateyama-cho, Nakanikawa-gun. Toyama-Pref. |
| Address | Organization | ||
| TEL | 076-462-8555 | FAX | 076-462-8556 |
| Hours available | 10:00-16:00 | ||
| info@konchu.jp | |||
| Homepage | http://www.konchu.jp/ | ||
| Organizational structure | ・Event/Food Culture/Production Divisions/Shidanio Insects Cooperative | ||
| Characteristics of organization | NIPPON as it is at Tateyama Village; with the slogan of Just Come As You Are!: Higashitani Area in Tateyama-cho at the foot of one of Japan's best three mountains: it's an old Japan; insect observation, direct sales of farm products & local specialties; A base for urban-rural interaction; Toyama is well known for its rice production; traditional farmhouses are availavle for accomodation; foreign tourists also visit; reservation for all inns can be made. | ||
2.Overview of accepting region
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| Introduction to surrounding tourist sites and facilities |
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3.Access from nearby major cities to the excepting region
| Closest city | Yoyama City | Assembly point in accepting region | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan (Insect Kingdom Yateyama) |
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| By a car (bus) | 40 min. | Route | JR Toyama Station---Tateyama-cho town office---Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan |
| By train, plane, boat | 40 min. | Route | JR Toyama Station---Dentetsu-Toyama Station---Dentetsu-Gohyakkoku Station---Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan |
| Closest city | Toyama City | Assembly point in accepting region | Daikanbo Nature Park |
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| By a car (bus) | 50 min. | Route | JR Toyama Station---Tateyama-cho town office---Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan---Daikanbo Nature Park |
| By train, plane, boat | Route |
4.Maximum number of overnight guests in accepting region
| Maximum number of overnight guests | 20 |
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Overview of experiential programs
Overview of outdoor experiential programs
| Genre | Agricultural experience | Program name | Harvesting bamboo shoots | ||
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| Content | Dig bamboo shoots with a shovel or a hoe in a bamboo grove with a guide; keep 2 bamboo shoots as a souvenir | ||||
| Location | Volunteer's bamboo grove | Response to rainy weather | Not to be postponed/cancelled in case of light rain | ||
| Capacity (number of persons) | 50 | Charge per person (including tax) | 2,000 | Time needed (minutes) | 90 |
| Name of providing organization | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan (Nature Museum) | Times available | Mid-May | ||
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| Genre | Experience in natural environments | Program name | Firefly watching | ||
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| Content | Firefly watching in the evening while taking a walk along the river with a guide | ||||
| Location | Around the Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan | Response to rainy weather | Cancelled in case of rain | ||
| Capacity (number of persons) | 50 | Charge per person (including tax) | 500 | Time needed (minutes) | 60 |
| Name of providing organization | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan | Times available | Early June | ||
| Notes | Whether fireflies appear nor not depends on seasonal and meteorological changes. | ||||
Indoor hands-on learning programs
| Genre | Craftwork experience | Program name | Straw craftwork class | ||
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| Content | Produce folkcraft articles like straw boots and small containers under the guidance of local straw artisans | ||||
| Location | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan | ||||
| Capacity (number of persons) | 10 | Charge per person (including tax) | 1,000 | Time needed (minutes) | 120 |
| Name of providing organization | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan | Times available | Early to mid February | ||
| Notes | 3 straw craftwork classes are conducted in the month (every Sunday). | ||||
| Genre | Eating experience | Program name | Soba making | ||
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| Content | Make soba using soba powder made in Higashitani, Tateyama-cho under the guidance of local masters of soba making; Boil the soba noodles in fresh water of Tateyama and eat them cold or hot as you please. | ||||
| Location | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan | ||||
| Capacity (number of persons) | 50 | Charge per person (including tax) | 1,800 | Time needed (minutes) | 120 |
| Name of providing organization | Tateyama Soba Lovers Club | Times available | All year | ||
| Notes | Soba is harvested in November; freshly harvested soba is more tasty | ||||
Menus of food that can be provided
| Menu | Content | Location | Charge | Notes |
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| Tateyama soba | Tasty soba made of local soba powder; eat them cold or hot as you please | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan | 1,800 | Meals are offered after soba making |
| Tateyama pork saute with miso sauce | Well-known Tateyama pork is lightly pickled in Ecchu miso sauce and sauteed | Accommodation: farmhouse | Included in accommodation charge | |
| Pear sherbet | Pear sherbet made of 100% local 'La France' pear | Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan | ||
| Pot-boiled dishes | Traditional dishes offered to shugenja (those who practice shugendo); wild edible plants, satoimo (a | Accommodation: farmhouse | Included in accommodation charge | |
| Tanada rice | Koshihikari variety grown in fresh water running the Tateyama Mountain Range, the northern Japanese | Accommodation: farmhouse | Included in accommodation charge | Rice (brown rice) available also at the Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan |
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Overview of accepting facilities
Overview of accommodation facilities
| Type of facility | Guest houses run by farming, forestry, and fishing families | |
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| Number of houses | 5 | |
| Total number of rooms | 10 | |
| Total capacity | 20 | |
| Overview of expenses per child | Lifestyle experience charge (including preparing dinner) | 6,500 |
| Lifestyle experience charge (without preparing dinner) | ||
| Overview of expenses per adult | Lifestyle experience charge (including preparing dinner) | 7,500 |
| Lifestyle experience charge (without preparing dinner) | ||
| Notes | Participants prepare meals with the host family. | |
| Type of facility | Guest houses run by farming, forestry, and fishing families | |
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| Number of houses | ||
| Total number of rooms | ||
| Total capacity | ||
| Overview of expenses per child | Lifestyle experience charge (including preparing dinner) | |
| Lifestyle experience charge (without preparing dinner) | ||
| Overview of expenses per adult | Lifestyle experience charge (including preparing dinner) | |
| Lifestyle experience charge (without preparing dinner) | ||
| Notes | ||
| Type of facility | Public accommodation facilities | |
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| Number of houses | 1 | |
| Total number of rooms | 19 | |
| Total capacity | 300 | |
| Overview of expenses per child | Lifestyle experience charge (including preparing dinner) | 1,450 |
| Lifestyle experience charge (without preparing dinner) | ||
| Overview of expenses per adult | Lifestyle experience charge (including preparing dinner) | 1,480 |
| Lifestyle experience charge (without preparing dinner) | ||
| Notes | National Tateyama Youth Outdoor Learning Center (20-minute drive) | |
| Possibility of billeting | Possible |
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Overview of main facilities providing experiences (indoor experiences, facilities that can respond to rainy weather)
| Facility | Capacity | Use charge | Main intended uses |
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| Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan | 50 | 500-2,000 | Soba making, local specialties cooking & miso making |
| Ecchu Sue no Sato (Pottery Village) Tono-kan | 40 | 1,000-2,000 | Ecchu-Seto ware (mug) production & over-glazed decoration |
Introduction to model plans for spring, summer, fall, and winter
Introduction to model plans for two-day, one-night international green tours in spring, summer, fall, and winter
| Plan name | Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route & Rustic Nippon Course | Periods available | April 17th-May 20th |
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| First day (hours) | Program name | Content in parentheses (location, cost, etc.) |
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| Afternoon | Harvest vegetables at farms | Harvest vegetables at farms to prepare a dinner with the host family |
| Lodging | Farm-inn | Stay overnight at a traditional farm-inn |
| Dinner | Enjoy Tanada rice and rustic specialties | Enjoy delicious Tateyama rice, freshly-harvested vegetables and wild edible plants. Since Tateyama-cho is close to Toyama Bay, fresh seafood is also on the table. Enjoy them all with the host family. |
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| Second day (hours) | Program name | Content in parentheses (location, cost, etc.) |
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| Breakfast | Breakfast with morning-harvested vegetables | Harvest seasonal vegetables at the host family's farm, which are on the table at once. |
| Morning | Tateyaka-Kurobe Alpine Route | A cable car or a bus will take to the 2,500-meter summit-paradixe. Enjoy trekking along "Snow Wall" of 20m in height. |
| Lunch | Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route | Enjoy your host mother's handmade lunch (approx. 500 yen) with a panoramic view of winter snow! |
| Afternoon | Refresh yourself at the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route & sub-Alpine hot springs! | After being tired with trekking, refresh yourself in a natural hot spring in Green Park Yoshimine (charge: 600 yen) |
| Notes | Some farms will give you the experience of harvesting bamboo shoots. | |
| Highlight of this model plan | Traditional wealthy farmer's house is offered as farm-inn, since Toyama is well known for its rice production; One of the highlights of the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route is "Great Valley in Snow" of 20m in height, where you can take a walk during a set period in a year. |
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| Plan fees | Two-day/one-night stay at a farm-inn (including project participation fees: 7,500 yen per adult & 6,500 yen per child); Round-trip fare between Tateyama Station and Murodo on the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route is 4,190 yen (per adult); the fare depends on destination. |
| Comment to participants | Enjoy dynamic mountain tourism and rural culture of Good Old Nippon. |
| Plan name | Fantasy of light "firefly watching" & farm stay | Periods available | Early June-mid-June |
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| First day (hours) | Program name | Content in parentheses (location, cost, etc.) |
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| Morning | Vegetables harvest at farms; Firefly watching | Harvest vegetables at farms to prepare a dinner with the host family; Firefly watching in the evening while taking a walk along the river with the host family. Enjoy fantastic light show. |
| Lodging | Farm-inn | Stay at a traditional farmhouse. |
| Dinner | Firefly watching in the evening while taking a walk along the river | Enjoy delicious Tateyama rice, freshly-harvested vegetables and wild edible plants. Since Tateyama-cho is close to Toyama Bay, fresh seafood is also on the table. Enjoy them all with the host family. |
| Notes | ||
| Second day (hours) | Program name | Content in parentheses (location, cost, etc.) |
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| Breakfast | Breakfast with morning-harvested vegetables | Harvest seasonal vegetables at the host family's farm, which are on the table at once. |
| Morning | Trekking at Taikanmine Nature Park | Taikanmine Nature Park is within the Green Tourism Promotion Area and has a wonderful trekking course. Enjoy walking in the woods. There is an observation deck on the top at an altitude of 325m, which offers a great view of Sankyoson (village) on the Toyama Plain and the Sea of Japan as well. |
| Lunch | Barbecue | Enjoy having a barbecue viewing the panorama from Taikanmine Nature Park. |
| Afternoon | Tateyama calabash' painting experience | Traditionally, 'Tateyama calabash' is said to answer your prayer for family well-being and good health. Enjoy painting it and keep it as a good souvenir. |
| Notes | ||
| Highlight of this model plan | Since the region has clear streams, you can see fireflies. Enjoy the fantastic light streams the river. Fireflies appear in some farmyards and produce a peaceful, rural atmosphere. |
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| Plan fees | Two-day/one-night stay at a farm-inn (including project participation fees and firefly watching guide fee: 7,500 yen per adult & 6,500 yen per child); Barbecue charge: 1,000 yen per group; Reservation for fuel & ingredients at the manager of Taikanmine Nature Park |
| Comment to participants | Whether fireflies appear nor not depends on seasonal and meteorological changes. Please refer to the Tateyama Nature Fureai-kan in advance; When a reservation is made for barbecue ingredients, you can buy them at a shop in a rest house. |
| Plan name | Rustic Specialties' Plan | Periods available | September 1st-November 30th |
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| First day (hours) | Program name | Content in parentheses (location, cost, etc.) |
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| Afternoon | Mushrooms & vegetables harvesting experience | Enjoy harvesting mushrooms with your host father as well as harvesting vegetables and fruits at farms and farmyards. |
| Lodging | Farm-inn | Enjoy staying at a traditional farmhouse. |
| Dinner | Enjoy Tanada rice and rustic specialties | Enjoy delicious Tateyama rice, and freshly-harvested mushrooms, vegetables and fruits. Since Tateyama-cho is close to Toyama Bay, fresh seafood is also on the table. Enjoy them all with the host family. |
| Notes | ||
| Second day (hours) | Program name | Content in parentheses (location, cost, etc.) |
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| Breakfast | Breakfast with morning-harvested vegetables | Harvest seasonal vegetables at the host family's farm, which are on the table at once. |
| Morning | Soba making & eating | Make soba using soba powder made in Higashitani, Tateyama-cho under the guidance of local masters of soba making; Boil the soba noodles in fresh water of Tateyama and eat them for lunch. You can also enjoy kakiage (mixed tempura) with 'white shrimp' also known as 'jewels at Toyama Bay' (additional charge required). |
| Lunch | Soba making & eating | |
| Afternoon | Fruits harvest | Harvest seasonal fruits (fig, apple, persimmon, pear etc.) in farmyards and enjoy the freshly-harvested fruits (approx. 700 yen per person). |
| Notes | ||
| Highlight of this model plan | Enjoy Tateyama-cho's autumn specialties like newly-harvested Tanada rice, flavory soba and freshly-harvested fruits. Since Tateyama-cho is close to Toyama Bay, also known as 'natural fish farm,' you can also enjoy fresh seafood (reservation required); dinner at an inn, soba making, tempura for lunch. |
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| Plan fees | Two-day/one-night stay at a farm-inn (including project participation fees: 7,500 yen per adult & 6,500 yen per child); Soba making & eating: 1,800 yen per person (reservation required for tempura with 'white shrimp' etc.); Fruits harvesting & tasting: approx. 700 yen (depending on fruits). |
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