Experience Hakodate's rich natural environment through CANOEING and HIKING

8:15 a.m.　Tour Starts
A private vehicle will pick you up at your hotel in Hakodate city with a through guide to start the tour. Please participate in the tour while dressed in clothing suitable for canoeing. Please minimize your change of clothes and luggage to participate in this tour.

8:40 a.m.　Meet Up with Activity Guide
Meet your canoe activity guide at the fishing port. The guide will lead you to the starting point of the canoe.

9:00 a.m.　Preparation & Briefing
Receive a briefing from the activity guide on canoe operation and safety measures.

9:15 a.m.　Canoeing Experience Starts
It takes about 2 hours to canoe down the river to the mouth where it flows into the Tsugaru Straits. The Shiodomari River is a second class protected river that flows through Hakodate City and empties into the Tsugaru Straits, and its current is relatively gentle. Guides will take you to Hakodate’s rich natural environment, which you may not notice in the city. In addition to observing fish, wild birds, flora and fauna, you may be lucky enough to see a wild horse. Although Hakodate’s main tourist attraction is the city, once you get away from the city, you will find a rich natural environment that will sharpen your spirit and open your eyes to things you would not normally pay attention to. During the tour, you can take a coffee break on a sandbar, get out of the canoe and go ashore, and stop by Tochinokizan Shiraki Shrine, which is dedicated to the god of marriage, and a large horse chestnut tree that is over 800 years old. You can also catch a glimpse of the lives of people living with nature.

11:30 a.m.　End of Canoeing Experience
The canoeing experience ends when you reach the mouth of the Tsugaru Straits. You will return to the base to change clothes and review the experience.

12:00 p.m.　Return to Hotel, Lunch and Rest on Your Own
Return to your hotel by private vehicle and have lunch on your own. Please take a break until the next meeting time.

3:15 p.m.　Reassemble
A private vehicle and through guide will pick you up again at your hotel. Departure time can be arranged according to the evening or night view from the top of Mt. Hakodate.

3:30 p.m.　Meet Up with Activity Guide
Meet your hike activity guide at the Mt. Hakodate Fureai Center to start your hiking tour. The natural environment of Mt. Hakodate, the symbol of Hakodate, is said to be the result of repeated logging and tree planting that took place throughout the history of development and growth. The rich natural environment of Mt. Hakodate today is the result of protection activities since the late Edo period (1750-1867) and the fact that the area was a military fortress from the Meiji period (1868-1912) until the end of the war, and was off-limits to citizens for about half a century. This tour will take you on a hike to become familiar with the flora and fauna of Mt. Hakodate while listening to a guide talk about activities to protect this rich forest, which has also been opened as a tourist attraction. The view from Mount Hakodate is uniquely beautiful, combining the unique topography of the island with the light of daily life. Here, too, you can feel the rich nature that supports the city of Hakodate, which attracts people to the area.

4:30 p.m.　Arrival at the Summit of Mt.Hakodate
Enjoy the evening and night views from the top of Mount Hakodate.

5:15 p.m.　Descending by Ropeway

5:30 p.m.　Tour Ends
Return to your hotel by private vehicle to complete the one-day tour.