In a 3-nights trip, experience World Heritage tea farming through body, taste, and dialogue—supporting tea farmers and the SDGs
- Bokun ID:
- 972723
- Product Code:
- 111
●Minimum of traveling staff/ 2
●Tour conductor/ Tour conductor will not accompany you on this trip. A local guide will accompany you during your stay in Kakegawa City from day 1 to 4. For all other sections, please manage your own itinerary.
●Number of meals: 10 times in total l (3 Breakfast, 4 Lunch, 3 Dinner)
●Application Deadline/ 4 weeks prior to tour start date (Japan time)
●About the travel fee (price for 2 people per room per person)/ ¥252,000～
●Travel planning and implementation of this tour／
Company name: C.I.T. Co., Ltd.
Location: Zenken Plaza Building 3rd Floor, 1-4-11 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023
Phone No.: 03-6871-8666
Email address: nagai@cit.jp.net
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 17:00 (Closed on Sundays)
Registration No.：Tokyo No. 2 7769 National Travel Industry Association (ANTA)
Certified General Travel Services Manager: Nagai Chizuko
The certified travel services manager is the person responsible for transactions at the sales office that handles the customer's travel.
If you have any questions about this travel agreement, please ask the certified travel services manager during the above business hours.
[When making a travel contract]
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Contact: nagai@cit.jp.net
[Regarding barrier-free access]
The product is not barrier-free.
Ticket Information
2 people, 1 Japanese style room, 1 person
¥252,000More Information
Reservation Deadline
The start of the experience Up to 4 Weekly before
What's included in the experience
Taxes such as car fees, accommodation expenses (3 nights), meals (10 meals), experience fees, guide fees, and consumption tax are included when traveling as specified in the travel itinerary.
Languages of materials
What is not included in the experience
Transportation expenses to meeting places not listed on the itinerary, drinks and additional meals during meals, activities not included in the itinerary, and other personal expenses are not included.
Precautions
*The minimum number of participants is 2
*Please be sure to apply for overseas travel insurance/domestic travel insurance
*Please bring cash (yen)
What you need
*Towels such as bath towels (depending on the place of stay, towels may not be provided as equipment)
It is safe to have several sheets, such as a bath towel or face towel to use after taking a bath
*Travel insurance certificate valid in Japan (reservation confirmation)
*Please be sure to bring the final schedule given to you in advance
*Please take note of the name and phone number of the local contact information given to you in advance
Cancellation Policy
| On the day | 100% |
|---|---|
| 11Hours before | 50% |
| 1Days+11Hours before | 40% |
| 7Days+11Hours before | 30% |
| 20Days+11Hours before | 20% |
Information
Meet up at Kakegawa Station around 11:00 AM
Travel by private car
Kakegawa Castle (pass-by)
11:30 AM Higashiyama Regional Lifelong Learning Center
Welcome drink with green tea, entrance ceremony, orientation
12:30 PM Tour the Cha no Sato Higashiyama area by private car
12:35 PM ～ 1:00 PM Higashiyama Ippuku Dokoro (Higashiyama tea drink comparison)
1:15 PM ～ 2:00 PM Awagatake Summit Terrace: Lunch while looking out at Mt. Fuji, Suruga Bay, and the Izu Peninsula
2:00 PM-2:30 PM After lunch, it's time to take a walk at the summit's Awawa Shrine, Iwakura, etc.
2:50 PM ～ 3:00 PM Tea Character Viewpoint
3:05 PM ～ 4:00 PM Tea factory and tea plantation tour
4:05 PM ～ 5:00 PM Free time
5:00 PM ～ 7:00 PM Welcome BBQ party with tea farmers → Move with each host farmer
Go to bed
Stay with each general family and enjoy a relaxing stay in each home.
[Day 2] On Day 2, we will spend the whole day helping the tea farmers at our accommodation and spending time together!
Breakfast (at each farm household)
Farmers, who do various tasks every day depending on the season, teach us about the day's work and give us a hands-on experience of helping them.
You will also enjoy the experience of cooking Japanese home-style meals with the farmers for all three meals.
※The details of the work vary depending on the season, the farmer's work schedule, the growth status of tea leaves, weather, etc.
[Expected work examples]
Tea season (picking season: late April to early May, June, late September to early October): Helping with tea harvesting work (carrying tea bags, cleaning tea factories, etc.)
Spring to fall (other than picking season):Assistance with tea garden management work (weeding, garbage collection, farm equipment maintenance, etc.)
Fall to winter (around November to February): Assistance with tea herb work (bundling tea herbs, carrying tea herbs, laying tea grass, etc.)
Go to bed
Stay with each general family and enjoy a relaxing stay in each home.
[Day 3] Let's visit a nearby tea-producing region today to learn more about tea!
Breakfast (at each farm household)
8:30 AM Departure from a private house
10:00 AM-11:30 AM “Mountain Tea” Kawanehoncho tea field tour · tea plantation walking tour by farmers · Kawane tea presentation service
11:40 AM ~ 12:20 PM Tea party at the tea room with Kawane tea
12:40 PM ～ 1:20 PM Local Mother's Homemade Lunch
2:00 PM-3:30 PM Let's learn about tea from around the world at the Tea Museum
3:50 PM ～ 4:20 PM Two major spots that tell the history of the Oigawa River: Kawagoe ruins tour
4:30 PM ～ 5:00 PM Crossing the longest wooden bridge in the world “Horai Bridge”
5:30 PM Back to each host farmar
Dinner
Go to bed
Stay with each general family and enjoy a relaxing stay in each home.
[Day 4] On the last day, let's work up a sweat once again with the help of farmers for half a day!
Breakfast (at each farm household)
AM Return the favor to the farmers who took care of you! Half day help
Checkout
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Higashiyama Regional Study Center: Let's all gather for the first time in three days and mingle having a popular local bento lunch.
1:00 PM-1:30 PM After lunch, we leave the village and promise another reunion with the farmers and locals who took care of us and said goodbye!
2:00 PM⇒ Disband at Kakegawa Station
The business offering the experience will reply to you within7days whether the reservation has gone through or not.
Please note that the payment will not be processed until we receive a response from you.
Vendor Information
株式会社 C・I・T
〒160-0023
東京都新宿区西新宿1-4-11 全研プラザビル３階