Local craft experience, Zazen experience, traditional local meals, sightseeing, onsen ryokans, … luxuriously, irreplaceable journey! Toyama + Ishikawa + Fukui = Hokuriku 3 prefectures ! 13 nights 14 days model plan
○ Unlike package tour, because it is a private tourism, is totally free from stress of chasing the fixed time frame and schedule. You can enjoy with your private car and guide as you like with free from stress of group activities.
○ Hotel, onsen ryokan, dining … Why do not you travel around tourist spots in Hokuriku carefully while spending a luxurious time? It is a model plan of 13 nights and 14 days to visit with licenced guide.
Traditional crafts experience ! Hokuriku 3 prefectures
Traditional crafts experience ! You can try to touch some traditional culture of Hokuriku 3 prefectures.
- Toyama Prefecture : Masunosushi (Trout Sushi, traditional local food of Toyama Prefecture) making experience, traditional pill making experience
- Ishikawa Prefecture : Hands-on Kanazawa Gold Leaf experience, hands-on Wajima-nuri (traditional local lacquerware) experience, local Taiko Drumming Experience, Unsui Experience (You can dress as a Zen monk, and then take a 30 minutes tour around the monastery in full costume), Kutaniyaki porcelain making experience (Potter’s wheel, or painting)
- Fukui Prefecture : Zazen (seated meditation) experience at Eihei-ji temple, Miso making experience, Houcho (Japanese kitchen knife) sharpening experience, Washi (traditional Japanese paper) making experience
○ Model plan includes some different “Onsen” places ! Why not look to compare each of the atmosphere.
○ Visit World Heritage Place – Historic Villages of Gokayama.
○ Extension of stay, reduced nights, additional optional tours, can be arranged, such as a hotel upgrade.
○ This is a model plan of freely arrange.
Day | Itinerary |
1 | From various places, arrive at the Narita Airport or Haneda Airport After arrival, with the assistant, to the hotel of Tokyo in private car Later free Breakfast: no Lunch: no Dinner: noAccommodation: Shinagawa, Tokyo Please enjoy your stay at the hotel, which boasts a spacious and beautiful Japanese garden extending to 20,000m2 |
2 | Breakfast at the hotel 7:30 Departure from hotel to Tokyo station with your assistant by chartered car 8:36 Departure by Shinkansen (Bullet train Kagayaki545, Green car – First class car) to Toyama station 10:46 Arrival at Toyama station, meet your licenced guide at arrival lobby, transfer by chartered car 11:30 – 12:30 Masunosushi (Trout Sushi, traditional local food of Toyama Prefecture) Museum 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch – Masunosushi at the restaurant in Masunosushi Museum 14:00 – 15:00 Masunosushi making experience 15:30 – 16:00 Kokando Museum (Toyama city is known as a traditional medicine town. Kokando is one of the traditional pharmaceutical companies) 16:10 – 17:10 Ikedaya Yasubei Shoten (traditional pill making experience) 17:20 Arrival and check-in at your accommodation small break – free time 19:00 – 21:00 Dinner – Traditional Japanese Multiple Course dinner made with local ingredients, at a restaurant in the hotel Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Toyama Please enjoy your stay at the hotel, which is a central-located landmark of Toyama City. |
3 | Breakfast at the hotel 9:00 Departure from hotel to Tokyo station with your licenced guide by chartered car 9:30 – 10:30 Iwase district ( ancien thriving port town in the Edo Period ), Mori-ke Kitamae Shipping Building 11:00 – 12:00 Lunch – Glass shrimp (local speciality) lunch at a restaurant near Shinminato fishermen’s wharf 12:30 – 13:30 Midday fish auctions at Shinminato fishermen’s wharf 14:00 – 15:00 Shinminato sightseeing cruise through the Uchikawa River, “the Venice of Japan” 15:30 – 16:00 Takaoka Daibutsu 17:00 Arrival and check-in at your accommodation small break – free time 18:00 – 20:00 Dinner – Traditional Japanese Multiple Course dinner made with local ingredients, at a restaurant in the Ryokan Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Gokayama Please enjoy your stay at the Onsen Ryokan, which is located in an Unesco World Heritage Gokayama Area. |



4 | Breakfast at the hotel 9:00 Departure from hotel with your licenced guide on foot 9:10 – 10:00 Gokayama – Murakami-ke House, traditional folk song and dance performance (Kokiriko) by dancer Departure by chartered car 10:10 – 11:10 Gokayama – Suganuma area 11:25 – 12:25 Gokayama – Ainokura area 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch – Japanese style lunch with local speciality Gokayama Tofu at a Japanese restraurant in Ainokura 15:00 – 16:00 Hakukokan Comprehensive Gold Leaf Museum 16:00 – 16:30 You can try to taste Gold Leaf Soft Serve Ice Cream at cafe in the museum 17:00 Arrival and check-in at your accommodation small break – free time 19:00 – 21:00 Dinner – Sushi Dinner at a sushi restaurant Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Kanazawa Please enjoy your stay at a Japanese-style Onsen hotel, which is located in center of Kanazawa. |
5 | Breakfast at the hotel 8:45 Departure from hotel with your licenced guide on foot 9:00 – 10:00 Hands-on Kanazawa Gold Leaf experience at a gold leaf company 10:15 – 11:00 Higashi Chaya(traditional tea house) District 11:00 – 12:00 Kaikaro (one of the historical Chaya), and you can try to taste Kudzu starch noodles with gold leaf at cafe in the building 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch – Oshizushi (pressed sushi) lunch at a sushi restraurant in Higashi Chaya District 14:10 – 17:00 Kenroku-en, Kanazawa Castle, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Departure by chartered car 17:10 – 18:00 Nagamachi Samurai District 18:00 – 19:30 Dinner – Kanazawa Oden Dinner at a local restaurant in Katamachi District 20:00 Arrival at your accommodation Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Kanazawa (same as the 4th day) |
6 | 6 Breakfast at the hotel 9:00 Departure from hotel with your licenced guide by chartered car Driving on Chirihama Nagisa Driveway (one of the few in the world where visitors can drive across the shore) 10:40 – 11:10 Keta-taisha Shrine 11:20 – 11:50 Myojo-ji Temple 12:20 – 12:50 Longest bench in the world 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch – Noto Beef lunch at a restraurant directly managed by butcher 14:40 – 16:00 Noto Kongo Coast 17:00 Arrival and check-in at your accommodation small break – free time 19:00 – 21:00 Dinner – Traditional Japanese Multiple Course dinner made with local ingredients at Ryokan Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Wajima Please enjoy your stay at a Japanese-style Ryokan, which is located in center of Wajima. |




7 | Breakfast at the hotel 9:00 Departure from hotel with your licenced guide on foot 9:15 – 9:45 Wajima Morning Market 9:45 – 10:15 Go Nagai Wonderland Museum (This Manga Artist is known for creating Mazinger Z, Devilman, and Cutie Honey) 10:25 – 13:00 Wajima Kobo Nagaya (a facility dedicated to workshops for the traditional artform of Wajima-nuri), hands-on Wajima-nuri (traditional local lacquerware) experience 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch – Local grilled fish lunch at a restraurant 14:35 – 15:35 Local Sake brewery at Wajima, with tasting local sake 15:45 – 17:00 Wajima Kiriko Museum, local Taiko Drumming Experience 17:30 Arrival and check-in at your accommodation small break – free time 19:00 Dinner – Sushi Dinner at a sushi restaurant Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Wajima (same as the 6th day) |
8 | Breakfast at the Ryokan 8:30 Departure from hotel with your licenced guide by chartered car 8:45 – 9:30 Shiroyone Senmaida (terraced rice field, registered to Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) 10:15 – 11:45 Daihonzan Sojiso-in Temple, Unsui Experience (You can dress as a Zen monk, and then take a 30 minutes tour around the monastery in full costume) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch – Noto Don (local assorted seafood rice bowl) at a Japanese restraurant 14:15 Arrival at Wakura Onsen station 14:30 Departure by express train (Noto Kagaribi8, Green car – First class car) to Kanazawa station 15:43 Arrival at Kanazawa station 16:00 Departure by express train (Thunderbird34, Green car – First class car) to Kaga Onsen station 16:23 Arrival at Kaga Onsen station, departure for your accommodation by chartered car 16:45 Arrival and check-in at your accommodation small break – free time 19:30 – 21:30 Dinner – Japanese traditional course dinner at Onsen Ryokan 21:30 – Watching Kaga Shishi Dance at Onsen Ryokan (Kaga shishi dance, in which the performers act out a samurai combatting a shishi (mythical lion) that is performed using a large, colorful wooden shishi head) Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Yamashiro Onsen (same as the 8th day) |










10 | Breakfast at the Ryokan 8:30 Departure from ryokan with your licenced guide by chartered car 9:15 – 10:15 Tojimbo Cliffs 10:50 – 12:20 Maruoka Castle 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch – Local grilled fish lunch at a restraurant 14:15 Arrival at your Ryokan 15:00 Departure for Eihei-ji temple 15:30 – 17:00 Zazen experience at Eihei-ji temple (one of the 2 head temples of the Soto sect) 17:15 Arrival at your Ryokan small break – free time 18:00 – 20:00 Dinner – Shojin Ryori (Buddhist cuisine) at Ryokan Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Eihei-ji town Please enjoy your stay at a Japanese style Ryokan, which is located near Eihei-ji temple. Zen concierge of Ryokan assists your stay at Ryokan and your activity at Eihei-ji temple. |
11 | Breakfast at the ryokan 9:00 Departure from ryokan with your licenced guide on foot 9:10 – 10:40 Eihei-ji temple Departure by chartered car 11:10 – 12:50 Echizen-Ono Castle 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch – local Shoyudare Katsudon (bowl of rice topped with cutlet, vegetables, and soy sauce) at a local restraurant 14:30 – 15:30 Local Sake brewery at Ono, with tasting local sake 16:00 – 17:00 Ichijodani Asakura Clans Ruins 17:15 Arrival at your Ryokan small break – free time 19:00 – 21:00 Dinner – Traditional Japanese Multiple Course dinner at Onsen Ryokan Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Fukui Please enjoy your stay at a Japanese style Onsen Ryokan, which is located in the suburbs (forest area) of Fukui City. |
12 | Breakfast at the ryokan 9:15 Departure from ryokan with your licenced guide by chartered car 10:00 – 11:30 Miso making experience at a local workshop 11:50 – 12:50 Sabae Glasses Museum 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch – local Kakiage Oroshi Soba (grated daikon radish with mixed vegetable and seafood tempura) at a local restraurant 14:45 – 16:15 Houcho (Japanese kitchen knife) sharpening experience, at Takefu Knife Village 17:00 Arrival at your Ryokan small break – free time 19:00 – 21:00 Dinner – Traditional Japanese Multiple Course dinner at Onsen Ryokan Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Echizen Coast Please enjoy your stay at a Japanese style Onsen Ryokan, which is facing the beautiful Echizen coast |
13 | Breakfast at the ryokan 9:30 Departure from ryokan with your licenced guide by chartered car 9:35 – 10:35 Echizen Crab Museum 10:50 – 11:50 Echizen-misaki Cape 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch – local seafood lunch (especially you can taste Echizen Crab from November to April) at a Japanse restraurant 14:15 – 16:30 Washi (traditional Japanese paper) making experience, at Echizen Washi Village 16:45 Arrival at Takefu Station 17:35 Departure by express train (Thunderbird36, Green car – First class car) to Osaka station 19:16 Arrival at Shin-Osaka station 19:30 Departure by express train (Haruka53, Green car – First class car) to Kansai Airport station 20:25 Arrival at Kansai Airport station, departure for your accommodation on foot 20:45 Arrival and check-in at your accommodation 21:15 – 22:30 Dinner – Okonomiyaki “Japanese pizza” dinner at a restaurant in the Kansai Airport building Breakfast: included Lunch: included Dinner: included Accommodation: Kansai Airport Please enjoy your stay at the hotel, which is directly connected to Kansai Airport |
14 | Breakfast at the hotel Departure from hotel with your english speaking assistant on foot check-in at the airline counter From Kansai Airport, return to the country by airplane Thank you very much Breakfast: included lunch: no Dinner: no |
Travel period: 13 nights 14 days departure: (It is also possible departure from other district!) Narita Airport or Haneda Airport
Those that are included in this model plan:
○ accommodations with breakfast
○ in stroke English guide (Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish, German, it is also possible that the Portuguese, such as the Russian other language guide arrangements)
○ private car in the process, railway, fee applied to the movement, such as ropeway, and the facility entrance fee
○ lunch in a stroke, dinner price
【Notes】
※ With regard to the hotel, there are times when it can be arranged to suit your hope. (Type: General City Hotel, Japan-style hotel, inn, such as design hotels, Location: station nearby, quiet area, such as the downtown area) Please let us know if there is hope.
※ Please note that the itinerary may vary depending on local circumstances.
※ airplane or train to Tokyo, airplane or train from Tokyo is not included in the model plan, but not please let us know if you wish so you can also be arranged.
Trident Tours travel model plan of (Japan Tour) Course code: JP0016
Local craft experience, Zazen experience, traditional local meals, sightseeing, onsen ryokans, … luxuriously, irreplaceable journey! Toyama + Ishikawa + Fukui = Hokuriku 3 prefectures ! 13 nights 14 days model plan