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Welcome to “Volcano Journey” in Bandai-Asahi National Park
About The Adatara Nature Center
The Adatara Nature Center serves as the trail center for the Bandai-Azuma-Adatara Volcano Trail (®︎), a long trail hiking route that connects three active volcanoes and lakes in Bandai-Asahi National Park. Bandai (1816m above sea level), Azuma (2035m above sea level), and Adatara (1700m above sea level), three of Japan’s 100 most famous mountains, and offers a route that allows visitors to enjoy hiking as a “journey” while staying at traditional hot springs, mountain huts, and campgrounds scattered around the area. Long Trail
Long Trail
Bandai-Azuma-Adachi Tara Volcano Trail ®︎
The long trail features three active volcanoes (VOLCANO) along the way. Although they are all located in the same area of Bandai-Asahi National Park (Bandai-Azuma and Inawashiro areas), the three volcanoes are very different from each other in terms of their shape and origin.
The good thing about long trails is that, unlike marathons, you do not have to complete the entire trail at once. You can walk the distance you want to walk at your own pace, in the season you want to walk it, and aim to complete it over the course of several years, which is the best part of the challenge of long trails. Another selling point of the “Bandai-Azuma-Adachi Tara Volcano Trail (®︎)” is that you can enjoy the trail in theme-based hikes such as “hot springs x section hikes” without aiming to conquer the trail from the beginning.
This time, we have created a 3-day/2-night tour based on the “Bandai-Azuma-Adachi Tara Volcano Trail (®︎)” with 5 different themes.
Here is an overview of the tour.
Planning: Adatara Nature Center, Walking Tohoku Research Institute
Sales: In Outbound Sendai & Matsushima
For more information
please contact
In Outbound Sendai Matsushima Inc.
Contact: Goto
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Tour ①
First long trail x mountain trip 3 days/2 nights
〜Easy Bandai-Asahi Volcano Trail with luggage transportation〜
【Features】
New long trail “Bandai-Azuma-Azuma” in this area.
This course utilizes the platform (including maps) of the newly established long trail “Bandai-Azuma-Adachi Tara Volcano Trail” in this area. Online lectures are provided prior to the tour, so beginners can feel at ease.
This is not a “mountain climbing” program to reach the summit of a mountain, but a “mountain trip” to the next hot spring resort.
Luggage delivery is included, so you can enjoy the trails with less luggage.
A walking and hot spring trip where you can stay at a different hot spring inn every day. A different onsen ryokan will be used for each day of the tour, and a reliable chat service will be provided to connect you with a mountain travel supporter during the tour. A different onsen ryokan is available for accommodation every day.
June 1, 2023~October 31, 2023
*Institutions may change due to the closing days of the inns.
Planned Accommodations: Dakeonsen, Numajiri Onsen
Minimum number of applicants: 2 Maximum number of applicants: 4
For 2 persons: 80,000 yen per person
For 3 persons: 75,000 yen per person
For 4 persons: 72,000 yen per person
Child (elementary school student) No reservation
［Course Contents] 3 days 2 nights
Day1
13:00 Gaku Onsen Adatara Nature Center General briefing and gear check, safety check of the trail route by the mountain trip supporter and distribution of maps.
Day2
Pick up from the hotel in the early morning by cab to the Adatara Okudake trailhead, then start the trail (7 hours) to the Numajiri trailhead.
Day3
Early in the morning, we will take a cab from the hotel to the Numajiri trailhead and then to the Adatara Okudake trailhead (7 hours).
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Tour ②
Snow Activity x Mountain Trip” 3days/2nights
〜A mountain trip to Mt. Adatara in winter with snow activities and hot spring baths.
【Features】
This is a nature experience program that even mountain beginners can enjoy as a way to enjoy a mountain trip other than mountain climbing.
Snowshoe hiking, fat bike riding on the snow, and Day-camping will be combined to provide a special experience unique to the snow season. Snowshoe hiking, fat bike riding on snow, and lectures on how to use winter gear are also included.
Stay at a hot spring hotel where you can feel the connection between volcanoes and hot spring water. The first snowy mountain experience with lectures on how to use winter gear.
December 1, 2023~March 31, 2024
*Accommodations may change due to hotel closing dates.
Planned stay: Mt. Minimum number of applicants
2 Maximum number of applicants: 4
For 2 persons: 98,000 yen per person
For 3 persons: 82,000 yen per person
For 4 persons: 75,000 yen per person
Children (elementary school students) No setting
The above prices are based on the assumption of a Japanese-speaking guide.
Please inquire separately if you need an English-speaking guide.
［Course Contents] 3 days 2 nights
Day1
1:00 p.m. Meet at Gakuonsen Adatara Nature Center Reading a map and learning how to use Appalachian gear in winter & how to make a good cup of coffee
Day2
Snow Fat Bike Experience Day Camp & Snowshoe Hike / Coffee Break
Day3
Adatara’s hot spring and volcano culture experience: Sake experience or Nihonmatsu pottery experience
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Tour③
Volcano Flight & Trail Trip: 3 days/2 nights
〜Premium tour to enjoy two volcanoes from land and air
【Features】
Volcano Flight” is a mountain tour combining a helicopter tour and hiking through active volcanoes (Adatara and Agatsuma).
The “Volcano Flight” is a route that allows visitors to see from the sky the source area of Dakuonsen, which is inaccessible from the ground, in order to enjoy nature as it is in the lava fields of Adatara, an active volcano, as well as Onsen, a blessing of volcanoes. This is a universal tour that allows wheelchair users and the elderly (those who cannot walk on their own) to enjoy the active volcanoes. The route is set up so that visitors can enjoy the “onsen,” the blessings of volcanoes.
April 1, 2023~November 30, 2023
(some days will be set during this period) *Scheduled for 2023.
Plans for overnight stay: Dakeonsen
This is a tour for a minimum of 2 people and a maximum of 4 people.
For 2 persons: 1 person 162,800 yen
For 3 persons: 1 person 134,200 yen
For 4 persons: 1 person 121,000 yen
Child (elementary school student) No reservation
［Course Contents] 3 days 2 nights
Day1
13:00 Daku Onsen Adatara Nature Center General briefing and gear check, safety check of the trail route by the mountain trip supporter and distribution of maps.
Day2
Pick up from the hotel in the early morning by cab to the Adatara Okudake trailhead, then start the trail (7 hours) to the Numajiri trailhead.
Day3
Early in the morning, we will take a cab from the hotel to the Numajiri trailhead and then to the Adatara Okudake trailhead (7 hours).
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Tour④
“Dake Onsen Hot Springs Tour × Mountain Trip3-day/2-night
〜Explore the source of “Dake Onsen” a hot spring resort that has existed since the Heian Period.
Features
A mountain trip to the source of Adatara’s subterranean water, sake brewing, history and transition of Dake Onsen, and yumori-style culture, while tasting hot spring and sake from Nihonmatsu City to Dake Onsen and Kurogane Hut (Dake Onsen source).
Our goal is to visit the “Kurogane Hut” area, located 1,400 meters above sea level in Bandai-Asahi National Park’s Adatara-yama Mt. Kurogane Hut” is located at 1400m above sea level on Mt. Adatara in Bandai-Asahi National Park, and was the site of the “original” Dake onsen until the late Edo period. During the winter season, snowshoeing is available.
We will take you to the source of the hot spring water, where it flows and how it is managed, which you will not be able to know unless you participate in this tour.
Planned stay: Mt. Minimum number of applicants
2 Maximum number of applicants: 4 For 2 adults
For 2 persons: 98,000 yen per person
For 3 persons: 82,000 yen per person
For 4 persons: 75,000 yen per person
Children (elementary school students) No setting
The above prices are based on the assumption of a Japanese-speaking guide.
Please inquire separately if you need an English-speaking guide.
［Course Contents] 3 days 2 nights
Day1
1:00 p.m. Meet at Gakuonsen Adatara Nature Center Reading a map and learning how to use Appalachian gear in winter & how to make a good cup of coffee
Day2
Snow Fat Bike Experience Day Camp & Snowshoe Hike / Coffee Break
Day3
Adatara’s hot spring and volcano culture experience: Sake experience or Nihonmatsu pottery experience
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Tour⑤
Bonsai Trail and Mountain Journey to Touch the Spatial Beauty of Bonsai
〜Nature is the model for bonsai. The “Story” Tour of Mt. Agatsuma as felt through Agatsuma Goyomatsu 〜
Features
This tour is a one-hour drive from Fukushima Station. It takes 1 hour from Fukushima Station by car to Mt. Located at an elevation of about 1,600 meters, Jododaira is popular for its varied scenery, including the rugged mountain surface covered with volcanic debris, marshlands scattered with swamps and ponds, and flower fields of alpine flora. This area has long been known as a treasure trove of Goyomatsu (Japanese white pine), and many native trees can still be seen here today as examples of bonsai tree forms. This tour will also visit the Bonsai Garden Bonsai and Abe, which have been preserving the culture of “Azuma Goyomatsu Bonsai,” which represents the Goyomatsu pine trees that have been growing wild on Mt. This is a tour that can only be experienced here, where you can experience the way Japanese people deal with nature. This is a tour that can only be enjoyed by those who have been to Japan before.
June 1, 2023~October 31, 2023
Overnight stay: Takayu Onsen, Gaku Onsen
Minimum number of participants: 2 Maximum number of participants: 4
For 2 persons: 200,000 yen per person
For 3 persons: 160,000 yen per person
For 4 persons: 130,000 yen per person
Children (elementary school students) No reservation
The above rates are based on the assumption of a Japanese-speaking guide.
Please inquire separately if you need an English-speaking guide.
【Course Contents】3 days 2 nights
Day1
1:00 p.m. Gather at Fukushima Sta.
Bonsai workshop at Bonsaiya “Abe” to feel the elegance of space Takayu Onsen (overnight stay)
Day2
Trail to feel the spatial beauty of Goyobamatsu and Neagari-matsu (rooted pine) in Jododaira. Accommodation Taxi Fudosawa trailhead – Mt. Jyododaira
Day3
Accommodation Taxi Adatara Kogen – Adatara Volcano Trail (6 hours)
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Planning: Adatara Nature Center, Walking Tohoku Research Institute
Sales: In Outbound Sendai & Matsushima Registered
Travel Agency No. 2-390 by the Governor of Miyagi Prefecture
For more information
please contact
In Outbound Sendai Matsushima Inc.
Contact: Goto