TONO Hop Tour 2023

Dates: 2023/07/29

Day Trips/Guided Tours　
TONO Hop Tour 2023

Date of the event：
July 14 and August 13 　
　　　 10:15-13:30
Application deadline　4:00 p.m. at 14 days prior to the date of the event

Partipants:　Capacity : 8 persons
Minimum: 4 persons

Price: 15,800 yen/per person (tax included)
Location: Tono City, Iwate Prefecture

Tono Beer Tourism♪ Enjoy hops as ingredients of beer, local attractions, and beer with hops from Tono.
You can drink and compare Tono craft beers, visit a hop field, have lunch in a hop field, and the guide will teach you a lot more than just hops and beer!

Guesthouse Shamuneko-tei

A guesthouse run by a rather stubborn chef who also runs a restaurant serving western-style foods made with local ingredients. His wife also happens to be rather good at making cakes and sweets. They also run the farming guesthouse that has a soothing cat ready to welcome your arrival.

The secret back way to the home of the Kappa

Kappa are synonymous with Tono. Here you can wander down grass and dirt tracks that only the lo-cals know to try and find the elusive river sprites.

Experience what it’s like in a traditional farmhouse

Koya Yauemon Traditional Guesthouse

This is an opportunity to experience the unique spaces in a 200-year-old traditional farmhouse. Enjoy this experience created by Chihoko Yamada while enjoying delicious cake served with tea.

Enjoy Tono’s famous confectionary
Try some of the local sanzanyubeshi cake

Chikurindo

This is an old Japanese and western confection-ary shop founded in the first year of the Taisho era (1912~1926). You can try some of the excellent confectionaries as well as get some take home souvenirs. The lady owner of the shop also speaks English.

Sprout seeds

Matsuda Seeds and Seedlings

A plant nursery and seed shop with a wonderful natural scent where you’ll be able to get all kinds of flowers, seeds and seedlings. The owners provide wonderful service and are helpful with all kinds of questions and queries.

Get a postcard as a souvenir and talk about “Shiki” (the four seasons) at Shiki

Shiki Accessories and Café

A Mama-san with such a variety of interests. Here you’ll find all kinds of knick-knacks and accessories that the ladies will love. You can feel the Ma-ma-san’s vibrancy the moment you walk in.

See some traditional Tono-style and other interesting pieces of furniture.

Chiba Furniture

This shop has 70 years history making furniture. Each piece is individually crafted in the unique Tono folk-craft style. Go through the path to the back of the store to see what you will find!

Learn about the joys of the next world from these memorial paintings.

Zenmyo-ji

This is an historical Buddhist temple in Tono where you can view exquisite memorial paintings of those that have gone before. There is a museum to Bunko Kindo on site which is open to the publics a calligraphy art museum.

The world of "The Legends of Tono"
Here is the place to learn about Tono.

Tono Municipal Museum

The first place to visit to learn about Tono’s histo-y, nature and lifestyle, as well as about “The Legends of Tono”.

Everyone pull a strap at the same time to see who gets lucky!

Home of Mayoiga

The strap the lady got is today’s lucky color! Presents for the lucky people!

Slip through time and land at this great Insta-ready spot.

Kobayashi General Store

This is the perfect place to get a photo of yourself dressed up in traditional Japanese farmer’s rice straw hats, coats and basket.as well as some great stories to take home with you.