From Tokyo: Hitachi-Ota Castle Town & Daigo Apple Orchards
ID: GYG1497707-2297757
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Land: Peru
Duur:
10:00 uren
Beschrijving
Private day tour from Tokyo, September to November: the old castle-cliff town of Hitachi-Ota, a landscaped villa garden, and apple picking in the Daigo hills.
Northern Ibaraki is usually visited for its famous waterfall, but this private tour skips that crowd entirely for a castle town on a river cliff and the apple hills behind it, timed to the September to November picking season. Private, per-group, up to six guests.
We leave Tokyo around 07:30 for the roughly two-hour drive north. We begin in Hitachi-Ota, walking Saigo-do, the old merchant street of a town built on a defensible river cliff, its buildings largely unchanged since the castle era even though the castle itself is long gone. From there we visit Nishiyama Villa, the landscaped retirement garden of a former regional lord, laid out with ponds and clipped trees in a style meant for quiet contemplation rather than grandeur. In the afternoon we drive into the Daigo hills for apple picking at an orchard, where you pick and eat fruit straight off the tree during the autumn harvest window, before a short stop at a Daigo onsen foot bath to rest your legs before the drive back.
Entry to Nishiyama Villa garden and the Daigo apple picking are both included in your price, along with the van, driver-guide, fuel and water. Any extra apples to take home beyond what is included, and any lunch, are your own cost.
This suits travellers who want autumn scenery and a hands-on orchard visit without the bus crowds of the region's famous falls, and families who enjoy picking their own fruit. This tour runs only from late September to late November, matching the apple harvest.
If any included stop, ticket or activity cannot run 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.
Hoogtepunten
- Explore the old merchant street of a river-cliff castle town
- Stroll through Nishiyama Villa's landscaped retirement garden
- Pick and eat apples straight off the tree
- Relax at a Daigo hot spring foot bath
Talen
BELANGRIJKE INFORMATIE
Pickup is around 07:30, back in Tokyo by evening, about 10 hours door to door. Walking is easy in the old town and garden; the orchard has soft, sometimes uneven ground, so wear closed shoes. This tour runs only late September through late November, matching the apple harvest; exact orchard opening dates are confirmed closer to your travel date. If the orchard cannot open on your date because of weather, we substitute extra time in Hitachi-Ota and the villa garden. If an included stop cannot run because of weather, closure or availability, you get a full refund, guaranteed; an alternative is offered only if you prefer it. We will send your pickup time and meeting details before the tour
INCLUDED
- Private air-conditioned van with English, Hindi and Urdu speaking driver-guide
- Hotel or address pickup and drop-off anywhere in Tokyo 23 wards
- Fuel, tolls and parking
- Bottled water
- Nishiyama Villa garden entry
- Daigo apple picking
NIET INBEGREPEN.
- Meals and drinks (own cost)
- Personal expenses
- Optional activities not listed as included
Wanneer moet ik boeken?
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Annuleringen
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