Meet your guide at Gimyo Rice Terraces or Matsudai Station. The tour takes approximately 1.5 hours.

The tour starts at Gimyo Rice Terraces., famous for its mountain cherry blossoms and water mirror-like terraced rice fields.

While gazing at the rice terraces spread out before you, your guide will tell you about the rice terraces in the area, such as:
-How are the terraced rice fields formed?
-What kind of cultivation is done?
-What is the role of terraced rice paddies in Satoyama?

The tour then continues through the villages that live with the terraced rice paddies, giving a glimpse of life in the snow country.
Along the way, listen to the guide talk about life in a region of heavy snowfall, seasonal flowers and wild plants.

The goal is the Kamo Rice Terraces, with the Echigo Sanzan Mountains towering in the background.

You will be led by a dedicated guide to the banks of the terraced rice paddies, where you can finish the tour with a delicious packed lunch* made with plenty of locally grown vegetables or local snacks and tea, while enjoying the view of the terraced rice paddies to your heart’s content.

The tour ends with a return transfer to either the Gimyo Rice Terraces or Matsudai Station.

*If you would like to request the packed lunch option, please let us know at the time of application. Snacks will not be provided if the packed lunch option is selected.

Please inform us of your departure time preference at the time of application. (If you would prefer a different time, please contact us.)

From Apr to Jun, late Sept to Nov.

• Morning: Departs 10:30am – finishes around 12:00pm (finishes around 13:00pm if packed lunch is included).
• Afternoon: Departs 13:30 – finishes at 15:00 (finishes at 16:00 if packed lunch is included).

July to mid-September

• Morning: Departs 7:30 – finishes at approx. 8:00 (finishes at approx. 9:00 if packed lunch is included)
• Afternoon: Departs 16:00 – finishes at 17:30 (finishes at 18:30 if packed lunch is included).