Stay time : 3 hour 25 minutes

The town contains 85 buildings from 90 to 300 years ago. There are also spots where you can experience indigo dyeing and wagasa-making. (Japanese umbrellas)

Fee

Yoshida Family Residence: 510 yen
Indigo-dyeing experience from 1,000 yen
Wagasa-Lamp shade crafting experience from 3,500 yen

Business hours

All year
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Explore

9:05-10:30
（Includes a wagasa (Japanese umbrella) studio and tour of bamboo dolls.)

Indigo dye experience

10:30-11:30.

Lunch

(in the street: tea room, Sarian, Aigura, etc.)
11:30～12:30

Stay time : 1 hour

The exhibition pavilion for orchids contains several hundred pots of orchids in bloom throughout the year, including the Cymbidium which rose to world champion in the world’s largest gardening show.

Fee

Anmitsu Hall: Free
Ranmu Museum: 300 yen

Business hours

All year
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Holidays

No scheduled holidays

Stay time : 1 hour

Tera-machi (Temple Town) has a row of four temples with imposing Sanmon gates and monasteries. The town retains traces of history that dates back more than 1,000 years.

Fee

Tera-machi (Temple Town) guides (free of charge)

Business hours

All year
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Holidays

No scheduled holidays

Stay time : 2 hour

The historic town of Usatsu Sadamitsu is part of the townscape that was completed in early Meiji. They are important arts and crafts which are a rarity in Japan, and are two-staged and decorated with patterns at the front. Local volunteer guides give tours of the town highlighting the two-storied Udatsu.

Fee

Free
Guiding Tour: 2,000 yen

Business hours

All year

Holidays

No scheduled holidays

Visitors can get the first-hand experience of life in Nishi-Awa at the farmhouse inn recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System. Why not try your hand at picking vegetables or making traditional foods?

Fee

Accommodation fee (Two meals a night): from 7,000 yen

Stay time : 15 minutes

The 1,000-year old giant tree is a designated natural monument. Legend has it that it will help you find lost properties.

Fee

Free

Business hours

All year

Holidays

No scheduled holidays

Stay time : 3 hour 10 minutes

It is the head temple of the Shingonshu sect of Buddhism. Legend has it that Kukai had opened the temple after building seven monasteries according to an oracle he had received at Kompira Temple and enshrining a golden statue he had carved. It is known as the inner sanctuary of Kompira, and a guided animal mystery tour is conducted there.

Fee

Hashikura Ropeway: 1,540 yen Hashikura Animal mystery tour guide: 500 yen (one person)

Business hours

All year
(Hashikura Ropeway) April - November: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. December - March: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Holidays

*Available for groups during the busy periods, including New Year holidays.

Stay time : 3 hour 40 minutes

The main area of Ikeda-cho that prospered from the tobacco industry from the end of the Shogunate era to Meiji retains a townscape that evokes the bygone days, with townhouses decked with ornately designed Udatsu and old breweries that produce flavorsome local sake.

Fee

Awa-Ikeda Tobacco Museum: 310 yen
Sake Brewery Tour Guide: 500 yen (one person)

Stay time : 1 hour

Vine Bridge is in the rarely visited “Iya” where there is the legend of the tragic tale of the Heike clan. It is made of the hardy kiwi wood (weighing approximately 6 tons) and is 45 meters long, 2 meters wide, and is set 14 meters above the river. In the olden days, the bridge was the only traffic facility in the region with deep mountains and valleys. It is replaced every three years. (Japan’s designated Important Folk-Cultural Property.)

Fee

Adults: 550 yen, children (elementary school): 350 yen, group discounts (over 20)... Adults 500 yen, children 320 yen, disability discount (with presentation of disability or rehabilitation certificate... Adults 270 yen, children 170 yen.

Business hours

All year
April - July 20: 7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
July 21 - August: 6:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
September: 7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
October - November: 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
December - February 12: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
February 13 - March: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Holidays

No scheduled holidays

Stay time : 2 hour

The tour lets you experience the whole process of Iya’s regional cuisine, Iya soba. Even novices can enjoy the experience from milling the soba seeds to make flour to kneading, cutting, boiling, and eating.

Fee

Includes a meal of wild vegetables + meals for 5 to take away: 3,000 yen

Business hours

All year

Holidays

Open all year (Must be booked at least 3 days in advance by phone or fax.)

Stay time : 1 hour

The Iya region is alive with the legend of the “fugitives of the Heike clan.” The museum introduces the region’s association with “The Tale of the Heike” and “Iya’s Heike legend” while referring to the era in which Kiyomori Taira had lived, and the official history of the Gempei War.

Fee

Admission fee: Adults: 410 yen, children (elementary school) 100 yen, children (junior high school) 210 yen

Business hours

All year
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Holidays

Sat & Sun from Dec to Feb, holidays, end of year & New Year holidays (12/28-1/3)

Stay time : 2 hour

The village spreads across the hillside approximately at the center of Higashi-Iya. The difference in height in the village is nearly 390 meters, and the Nakaue Observatory on the opposite shore affords the entire view of the hamlet.

Fee

Free

Business hours

All year

Holidays

No scheduled holidays

Stay time : 15 minutes

The sheer cliffs along Iya River has a rock left over from the construction of Iya Highway which juts out, and there is a Peeing Boy Statue on the rock that was created based on an anecdote about local children and travelers who tested their courage.

Fee

Free

Business hours

All year

Holidays

No scheduled holidays

Stay time : 1 hour 35 minutes

The “outdoor park in harmony with nature” originating in France is in Japan’s three most rarely visited regions, “Iya.” The long zip wire that takes you across Iya Valley in a swoosh provides a spectacular thrill as it is one of the longest and highest in Japan at 360 meters long with a height difference of 50 meters!

Fee

Long ZIP-SLIDE: 2,200 yen
Adventure Course: Adults: 4,000 yen, children: 3,600 yen

Business hours

All year (call during the winter season)
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (subject to change by seasons)

Holidays

No scheduled holidays(Inquiry required)

Stay time : 2 hour 05 minutes

Take a leisurely cruise on the river to appreciate the beauty of Oboke’s V-shaped valley in all four seasons. (Round trip: 30 mins./4km)

Fee

Adults: 1,080 yen, children (from 3 to elementary school): 540 yen, group discounts (over 15)... Adults 980 yen,children (from 3 to elementary school): 490 yen

Business hours

All year
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Holidays

All year. *Subject to cancellation without notice due to weather conditions, including flooding, gale force wind, and rainstorm.