From Tokyo: Tateshina Plateau Forest Bath & Shirakaba Lake

A private day from Tokyo to the Tateshina plateau for a slow forest-therapy walk past a waterfall and pond, the white-birch Shirakaba Lake, and an onsen bath.
The Tateshina plateau is built for a slower kind of day, a forest walk with no ticket booths or crowds, finishing at a lake lined with white birch trees, and this private trip is deliberately unhurried from start to finish.

Your driver-guide collects you in Tokyo at 06:30 for the drive to Tateshina, arriving by mid-morning to start the walk at Tateshina Otaki waterfall, a forest path leading to a waterfall dropping through mossy rock, the kind of quiet, tree-shaded walking known in Japan as forest bathing. From there the path continues to Mishaka Pond, a small still pond deep in the forest, before your driver-guide drives you to Shirakaba Lake, ringed with white birch trees that give the lake its name, where you can walk the shoreline path at whatever pace suits you. The day finishes at a Tateshina onsen for a day-use bath, included in your booking, before the drive back to Tokyo.

The van, driver-guide, fuel, tolls, parking and bottled water are included, along with your day-use entry to the Tateshina onsen bath. The waterfall walk, Mishaka Pond and the Shirakaba Lake shoreline are all free to walk.

This suits anyone who wants a genuinely quiet nature day rather than a checklist of sights, and travellers who enjoy forest walking and a hot bath over a packed sightseeing schedule. The walking throughout is gentle and suitable for most fitness levels.

If the Tateshina onsen bath cannot be used on your date because of weather, closure or availability, you can take a full refund of your booking, guaranteed; an equivalent alternative is offered only if you prefer it.

उपलब्धता की गारंटी के लिए जितनी जल्दी हो सके बुक करें। जल्दी बुकिंग पर विचार करना विशेष रूप से तब महत्वपूर्ण है जब आप सार्वजनिक छुट्टियों या सप्ताहांत जैसे उच्च सीजन के दौरान यात्रा की योजना बना रहे हों।

इस यात्रा को आप यात्रा शुरू होने से 24 घंटे पहले बिना किसी शुल्क के रद्द कर सकते हैं। यदि आप इसे 24 घंटे बाद रद्द करते हैं या यात्रा पर नहीं आते हैं, तो भी आपको गतिविधि की पूरी कीमत चुकानी होगी। पिक-अप या प्रस्थान में देर से आना यात्रा पर नहीं आने के रूप में माना जाएगा।