• Tonkururin - Start your soba-making adventure from scratch with guidance from your instructor and the museum’s skilled soba artisans.

Relish the results of your efforts with a handmade soba lunch in the museum’s restaurant seating area!

• Togakushi Shrine Chusha - Head to the Togakushi Ninja Museum, making a brief stop at the Togakushi Chusha Shrine along the way.
• Togakushi Folk Museum Togakushi Ninja Museum - Upon arrival at the ninja museum, your guide will lead you to the ninja trick house for an engaging and authentic puzzle-solving experience to escape the manor. If time allows, you can explore other parts of the ninja museum during your free time.
• Togakushi Shrine Okusha - From the Ninja Museum, walk with your guide toward the ‘Okusha’ (Upper Shrine) through the ‘Zuishimon’ Gate and along the majestic cedar avenue. This stunning landscape serves as an ideal endpoint for the tour. The walk to and from the gate takes about 25-30 minutes round trip. Please note, due to time constraints and the difficulty of the walk, we will not go all the way to the Upper Shrine.

• Guided tour at all listed attractions
• Transportation fee from Nagano to Togakushi and between activities/attractions
• Entry ticket to the Togakushi Ninja Museum
• English-speaking guide
• Lunch

• Shinkansen/Bullet Train ticket
• Accommodation
• Additional food, snacks & drinks

Escape to the Mountains: Ninja, Soba & Sacred Cedars

Leave the city behind and enter the misty forests of Togakushi, where Japan’s creation myths and ninja lore come alive. This engaging 1-day excursion from Nagano combines hands-on tradition with ancient spirituality.

Tour Highlights:
Master the Soba Blade: Don’t just have lunch—create it. With the help of a skilled artisan, participants will knead, roll, and hand-cut Togakushi’s renowned buckwheat noodles before savoring their own dish.

The Path of the Ninja: Discover the historic 12th-century sanctuary of the Togakure school. Navigate the Ninja Trick House, a maze of trapdoors and secret passages, and try your hand at shuriken throwing.

The Giant Cedar Avenue: Stroll along the ancient Togakushi Kodo pilgrimage trail. Pass through the iconic red Zuishimon Gate into a stunning cathedral of 400-year-old cedars leading to the secluded Okusha Shrine.

Ideal for Tokyo Day-Trippers! Convenient access via Shinkansen.

• This tour has a minimum of 2 guests to operate
• This tour includes a significant amount of walking, often along forest trails. While paths are well-maintained, the ground is uneven in places and requires a reasonable level of fitness to partake. The itinerary is designed to breakup periods of walking into 30-minute blocks. Please ensure you wear good quality shoes or boots.
• This tour is well-suited to children but they will need to be able to walk or be carried for up to 30-minutes at a time.
• This tour spends a considerable period of time outside. Weather conditions in Togakushi are often notably cooler than Nagano City, even in summer. Please also ensure you wear suitable clothing for the season and bring a waterproof jacket and/or umbrella as weather conditions can change quickly.
• This tour includes a ‘soba’ (buckwheat) noodle lunch in Togakushi village. If you have any dietary requirements please let us know at time of booking.
• Infants (0-5) are free of charge. An infant lunch is not included and the order will be made directly to the restaurant according to your needs.
• All listed events, activities, and experiences are subject to availability. Please note that while certain tour options may appear bookable through our platforms, this does not guarantee that every experience can be carried out as scheduled in the tour itinerary. Many activities require direct confirmation with our partner venues, and availability may vary based on the date and other factors. Should any part of your ordered itinerary require adjustment or deviation from the original schedule, or if a specific experience is unavailable, we will contact you promptly to discuss suitable alternatives or amendments.
• Due to the amount of walking, this tour is not suitable for guests who are mobility impaired

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.