Hiking / Cycling | Things to Do

Kinki Long-Distance Nature Trail - Mt. Taishi hiking course

A 10km (approx.) walking course through the mountains that surround Kinosaki Onsen. The majority of the course is through forests, but on the way you will get to see the scenic view from the summ...

Nekozaki Peninsula Hiking Course

Nekozaki Peninsula protrudes from Takeno Beach and is the northernmost tip of Hyogo Prefecture. At the tip of the peninsula is a lighthouse. Enjoy a hike out to the Nekozaki Lighthouse at the end ...

Walk around Takeda Castle ruins and Teramachi Street

At the summit of the mountain you will find the remains of the ancient mountain castle, Takeda Castle. It takes about 40 minutes to walk from the foot of the mountain to the castle ruins. Walk down...

The Famous Scenic "Kasumi Kaigan" Shiokaze Course

On this long course you will enjoy the scenery and landscape of the famous "Kasumi Kaigan" (Kasumi Coast), while catching glimpses of fishing boats from the ports located to the east and ...

Visit one of Japan's 100 most secluded regions, Torokawa Valley and Mt. Torokawa mountain trail.

Walk on a trail course through one Japan's 100 most secluded regions, the only region to be chosen in Hyogo Prefecure, Torokawa Valley in Mt. Torokawa and past its steadfast waterfall to Hachikitak...

Mt. Sobu & Mt. Oosugii to Oonuka Mountain Trail

A walking / hiking course that will take you on a mountain trail loved by two of Japan's famous mountain climbers, Buntaro Kato and Naomi Uemura. Enjoy Tajima's great outdoors as you pass through M...

Walking Hamasaka Town

This route will take you around the beach area from Hamasaka Station along Ajiwara Path. Hamasaka is a town that was developed on a sandbank; it was also where flatboats use to travel back and fort...

Yumura Onsen Course

It is said that Jikaku Daishi, a famous Buddhist priest and philosopher, opened Yumura Onsen in 848. You can feel the history of the town that revolved around the natural hot springs. The springs s...

Moroyose Course

Moroyose has been a prosperous port of call for cargo ships since ancient times with a great number of cultural people coming through. Currently it is a lively fishing town specializing in matsuba ...

Ueyama Highlands Course

Walk on a trail course through one Japan's 100 most secluded regions, the only region to be chosen in Hyogo Prefecure, Torokawa Valley in Mt. Torokawa and past its steadfast waterfall to Hachikitak...

Tajima Mihonoura Course

The village of "Mio" is situated in the cove on the Riasu Coast. Once you pass through the tunnel that runs through the town you will see a majestic landscape open up before you. The area that was ...

Home of Silkworm Culture - Osugi & Kuragaki Route

Your route begins at the memorial hall and silkworm cultural center Kaiko-no-Sato, facility honoring the good deeds and services of Morikuni Uegaki who’s said to be the god of sericulture. He...

Mining Town Walking Course in Akenobe

The mining town of Akenobe is a designated Japanese heritage site and this course will have you feeling the remnants of a flourishing mining town through its townscape. At its peak when the town wa...

View from Above the Sea of Japan - Aerial Train- Course

Amarube Viaduct Railway Bridge and “Aerial Train” offer beautiful views. You can walk along the railway bridge tracks of the “Sky Station”. Bath in the forests, take in the ...

Exploration of History Through Muraoka Castle Town

Muraoka still retains the appearance from when it prospered as a castle town during the Edo period. You’re invited to a world of history, the Yamana clan’s place of encampment, room of ...

Hachikita Kogen Scenic Walking Course

Although Hachikita Kogen is known for its ski areas in the winter, the natural surroundings including rare plants like the Zezanso(Skunk Cabbage) and other plants specific to the plateau grow in ab...

Japan’s Most Beautiful Village - Tour Kami Town Ojiro & Kusube Valley Falls

Kusube Valley (Kusube-keikoki) is part of Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park and it’s also a treasure trove of primeval forests and waterfalls. Listen to the murmuring stream of ...

Japan’s Most Beautiful Village - Kami Town Ojiro, Giant Tree Forest, Yoshitaki Falls

A course that’ll take you around Hyogo Prefecture’s designated natural treasure “Yoshitaki Falls”. From behind Yoshitaki Falls the water looks like a curtain as it falls and...

Walk Around Kuchiganaya in Ikuno Town

The mining town of Ikuno retains a unique landscape in the area of Kuchiganaya. Take a walk through and see preserved structures including old private houses that were country inns to prospectors a...

Uduka History Course - Legend of the Rabbit Burial Mounds

The old legend of three rabbits and how they attributed to the name Uduka. From Mt. Hachimanyama where the Yamana clan had once set up camp, you can look over the once prosperous castle town of Fuk...

Uwano Nature & Interaction Forest Course

The fresh green of spring, refreshing air of summer, autumn foliage, snowshoeing in winter; enjoy walking through the highland's nature all year round. This course has many attractions, such as...

Highland Course of a Shimmering Starry Forest and Pond

Forest & Pond, Kebi Oike Park at an altitude of 600 m where shinning stars fill the night sky. A park that has left nature untouched; here you can enjoy colorful scenery that changes with the s...

See Oriental White Storks Dance in the Sky

In 1971, the last oriental white stork disappeared from the wild, and now nearly a quarter of a century later a promise to return the oriental white storks to the wild has been fulfilled. Now more ...

Walk the Town Where Oishi Riku Once Lived

Toyooka is the hometown of Oishi Riku, the wife of Oishi Kuranosuke who is known as the leader of the Foury-seven Ronin. As you walk through the old castle town where Riku lived, you can see the re...

Along the Road Kinosaki Where Shiga Naoya Walked

Kinosaki Onsen in Hyogo prefecture's Toyooka city is a hot spring town with 1300 years of history. This is a course where you can enjoy the townscape and hot spring atmosphere familiar to many ...

Blessings of the Earth, Walk Through the Town of Kawaminato

Beginning at Hyogo prefecture's designated natural monument "Hasakari Iwa", enjoy the magnificent coastal beauty as you travel along the San'in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geopark. In ad...

Kannabe lava flow and crater course in a town where the world adventurer Uemura Naomi was born.

Some 22,000 years ago lava flowed from Mt. Kannabe's volcano, over several tens of thousands of years the hardened lava flow eroded and formed the Kannabe highlands. This course allows visitors...

A Course Through Serene Rural Landscape and a Rice Ball

Walk through the clear mountain air and rice fields that use water from the lush mountains to grow their rice. Start from the old Kyo-kaido road, you will enjoy local time while stopping by peacefu...

Japanese Heritage and Kitamae Ship Port "Moroyose Port" Course (Moroyose Short Course)

Moroyose Port is a famous scenic spot that has been written about in classic Japanese poems, such as Kokin Rokujo and Kagero Nikki among others since ancient times. This course also explores the hi...