Nostalgic Course 【Nostalgic Course】 The Heart and Soul of : Tours of Ise-jingu Shrine and World Heritage Sites Model route How to Travel the Nostalgic Course

Day1 Kanazawa（Overnight in Kanazawa） Day1 Walking around Kanazawa (Kenroku-en [walking around in kimonos and the must-see Yukitsuri illumination], Park, Higashi Chaya District, Japanese confection-making and gold foil activities, Omicho Market, and more) Shuttle Bus（40min） Komatsu Walking around Kanazawa Overnight in Airport Kanazawa Recommended dining Kaga cuisine, Kano crab, Japanese confections, and more

Day2 Gokayama, a World Heritage Site/Shirakawago▶Takayama（Overnight in Takayama） Day2 Walking around Shirakawago and Gokayama, a World Heritage Site→ Walking around Takayama (historical district, Takayama Festival Hokuriku Shinkansen Bus（115min） Shin-Takaoka Floats Exhibition Hall, Hida Folk Village Hida no Sato, local sake brewery tours and sampling, and more) Stn Walking around Shirakawago and Bus Kanazawa （15min） Walking around Takayama Overnight in Stn Gokayama, a World Heritage Site Takayama Recommended dining Hida beef, Hoba miso, Takayama ramen, and more （50min） Bus（85min）

Day3 Takayama▶Shinhotaka▶Kamikochi▶Matsumoto（Overnight in Matsumoto） Day3 Shinshimashima Walking around Takayama (morning market and more)→ Walking around Shinhotaka (A World Above the Clouds: Shinhotaka Ropeway at Matsumoto Matsumoto Stn Electric Stn Okuhida Onsen Village)→ Walking around Kamikochi → Walking around Matsumoto Walking around Bus Walking around Bus Walking around Bus Railway Walking around Overnight in Matsumoto Recommended dining Hida beef, oyaki, Shinshu soba,and more Takayama （80min） Shinhodaka （55min） Kamikochi （65min） Kamikochi Matsumoto Line（30min）

Day4 Matsumoto▶Nagano▶Shiga Highlands (Overnight in Nagano) Day4 Walking around Matsumoto (Matsumoto Castle and more)→ Walking around Nagano (Zenko-ji Temple, Togakushi Ninja Museum, and more) Nagano Stn Nagano Stn Matsumoto → Walking around the Shiga Highlands (Jigokudani Monkey Park and more) JR Limited

Stn Walking around Walking around Express train Bus Bus Recommended dining Zenko-ji teramachi soba, oyaki,mushrooms, and more Walking around Nagano the Shiga Overnight in Matsumoto （50min） （70min） Highlands （70min） Nagano Day5 Tsumago-juku and Magome-juku▶Inuyama（Overnight in Nagoya） Walking around Tsumago-juku and Magome-juku post towns→ Walking around Inuyama (, wearing armor, Day5 karakuri puppets, and more) JR Nakatsugawa Nakatsugawa Nagoya Stn Inuyama Stn Inuyama Stn Nagano Stn

Nagoya Stn Meitetsu JR Limited Limited Nagoya Meitetsu Meitetsu Express Meitetsu LimitedExpress Recommended dining Gohei-mochi, kuri-kinton, and more Express Walking around LimitedExpress Walking train Stn Bus Tsumago-juku Bus Stn train Train Train around Overnight in

and Magome-juku Stn （125min） （25min） （25min） （55min） （25min） （25min） Nagoya Day6 Nagoya▶Nagashima（Overnight in Nagashima Resort） post towns Inuyama Walking around Nagoya (, Atsuta-jingu Shrine, Oasis 21 and TV Tower, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, Noritake Garden, and more)→ Walking around Nagashima Resort (Nagashima Spa Land, Nabana no Sato, Jazz Dream Nagashima, and more) Day6

Recommended dining Nagoya cuisine (hitsumabushi eel, miso pork cutlets, miso udon noodles, chicken wings, kishimen noodles, and more) Nagoya Stn Nagoya Stn

Bus Walking around Nagoya Walking around Nagashima Resort Overnight in Nagashima Resort Day7 Iga▶Ise▶Toba（Overnight in Toba） （50min） Walking around Iga (Ninja Museum of Igaryu [ninja activities], , and more)→ Walking around Ise (Ise-jingu Shrine, Okage Yokocho, Sengukan Museum, Futamigaura, and more) Recommended dining Matsusaka beef, Ise udon noodles, Tekonesushi, “Toba”rger,Akafuku, and more Day7 Iga-Kambe Stn Iga-Kambe Stn Ujiyamada Stn Ise-Nakagawa Kuwana Stn Uenoshi Stn Uenoshi Stn Nagashima

Resort Kintetsu Kintetsu Iga Iga Kintetsu

Day8 Toba▶Owase（Overnight in Kumano or Owase） Bus Limited Stn Limited Railway Railway Limited Walking around Toba (Mikimoto Pearl Island (jewelry-making), Toba Aquarium, Activities with female divers, Shinmei Shrine Walking around Walking Overnight in （20min） Express Express （25min） Iga （30min） Express around Ise Toba (Ishigami-san), and more) train train train （45min） （20min） （45min） Recommended dining Oysters, Ise prawns,meharizushi, and more Day8 Matsusaka Day9 JR Limited Owase Stn

Owase・Kumano and more（Kumano Kodo） Toba Stn Kintetsu Express

Walking along the Kumano Kodo (Kumano Kodo / Iseji Route [walking along your choice of 17 trails] and more) Limited Stn train Overnight in Walking around Toba Kumano Express （85min） or Owase train Recommended dining （30min）

Day9 Owase Stn Kansai Walking along the Kumano Kodo International Airport Takayama ramen Shinshu soba Mie seafood (oysters and Ise shrimp) EN

Model route Guide Nostalgic Course Dragon Course The Shoryudo truly offers a diverse array of tourist attractions. The Nostalgic Route An invitation to traditional spaces lets you discover Japan’s “good old days” and experience the spirit of the Japanese people. Numerous castles and their castle towns with the characteristics of culture still remain today, as well as unspoilt Japanese scenery in old post towns and historic villages with gassho-zukuri architecture ̶ a world heritage site that is still inhabited now. There’s also Ise-jingu Shrine, a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage destination for people of the early modern period, and Kumano Kodo Street, another world heritage site. The people of this region have always cherished their connection with the sea, engaged in pearl cultivation and developing a culture of female divers. Come and Great Nature Course experience the spirit of rural Japan, An alpine journey and historical discovery in the great outdoors which offers visitors a sensation of nostalgia and warmth. Nostalgic Course The Heart and Soul of Japan: Tours of Ise-jingu Shrine and World Heritage Sites Dragon Course Great Nature Course Ukiyo-e Course

This route, which symbolizes the Shoryudo, is This route puts you in touch with the bustle This route lets you enjoy crafts and experience shaped like a dragon rising to the sky with the and magnificence of the great outdoors, castles related to the samurai, who played a Noto Peninsula as its head. including mountains, fantastically-shaped formative role in the period we see depicted in rocks, and ancient lakes. ukiyo-e paintings.

Ukiyo-e Course Experience samurai culture and actual traditional techniques.

国土交通省 中部運輸局 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Chubu District Transport Bureau

国土交通省 北陸信越運輸局 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hokuriku-Shin'etsu District Transport Bureau

中 部（東 海・北陸・信州）広域 観 光 推 進 協 議 会 http://shoryudo.go-centraljapan.jp/ Central Japan Tourism Promortion Association Nostalgic Course