Tango・Amanohashidate・Ine Pass: The smart way to explorer TANGO!

Original cost.....

*This information is made in 2013, since Japan had consumer tax raised in 2014, the price is slightly higher than tables(about 100JPY).

Amanohashidate Sightseeing ticket :1500JPY

If you are visiting Amanohashidate and Nariai-ji temple, you can save some money by buying this ticket.
The ticket is called "Kasamatsu Kanko-ken(傘松観光券).
Even if you are not visiting Nariai-ji temple but you are sure about you don't walk(or bike) through Amanohashidate, you will save 120JPY than original cost compared with paying round trip of "sightseeing boat and cable-car/chairlift"separately.

The ticket is valid 1day.

You can purchase the ticket at the both piers(Amanohashidate天橋立, Ichinomiya一の宮).

Non-refundable.

**If you like to walk or bicycle Amanohashidate for oneway, there is a ticket for 1100JPY which include single boat ride between Amanohashidate and Ichinomiya pier and round trip of cable car(or chair-lift) at Kasamatsu park. This ticket also give discount for the mountain bus to Nariai-ji temple.
If you visit Nariai-ji Temple, you will save 390JPY than original cost. Even you don't visit the temple, you will save 90JPY than original cost.

Tango Chirimen(silk fabric) history museum with factory shop

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The name of the museum: Tango Chirimen Rekishi kan(丹後ちりめん歴史館)

Admission: FREE

OPEN: 9:00-17:00 (365days)

Address: 313 Iwaya, Yosano, Kyoto 629-2314 (629-2314 京都府与謝野町岩屋３１３)

Access:
*From Amanohashidate station(天橋立駅) take a train to Nodagawa station(野田川駅).  Then take a bus about 15mins and get off at Iwaya-kouminkan-mae(岩屋公民館前) and walk a minute. Train fare:240yen/single, Bus fare:200yen/single
*From Amanohashidate station(天橋立駅) take a bus about 12mins and get off at Iwataki(岩滝) then take another bus about 22mins and get off at Iwaya-kouminkan-mae(岩屋公民館前) and walk a minute. Bus fares:200yen/ride

The official website in English.
Well, their website is kind of flashy....

TIPS: If you interested in textile probably worth to visit, if you are not, better to spend your time visiting the other places. And inside of the museum is quite noisy because of sounds of machines although they are not producing anything there anymore. At the factory shop, you can buy some goods made with Chirimen(Kimono) fabric and also other goods made by silk.

*Caution* From 1st October 2013

Bus route, fare and timetable can be change!!
Please ask at the tourist information at Amanohashidate station for the actual bus info.
I will try to update information on this blog in October.
Bus fare will be not increase that I am sure! Bus fare will be cheaper or just stay in what it is now.

Lighting up event in temple district of Miyazu!

About 10000 lanterns will be used to light up the area :) Miyazu is a small town but in this temple district you can find 12 temples from 15th-17th century.

Dates: 11th(Fri)-13th(Sun) October 2013
Time: 18:00-21:00
Access: 10mins walk from Miyazu train station(宮津駅) or 10mins by bike from Amanohashidate train station(天橋立駅)

"14th Tango Kimono festival" in Amanohashidate

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Date: 20th(Sun) October 2013
Time: 10:00-15:30
Access: 5mins walk from Amanohashidate train station

This event need pre-registration but already the period is over. So here I wrote what you can do at the event without registration.
If you are planning to visit Amanohashidate on this day, perhaps just nice to see hundreds of people wearing Kimono in pine tree forest.

*Open-air green tea ceremony in pine tree forest

Time: 10:00-15:20
Fee: 500yen

*Kimono parade

Time: 11:20~

*Kimono fashion show

Time: 14:10-14:40

 

Some traditional local dance show will be held as well.

Would you like to try fishing in Japan?

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You can rent a fishing kit at Ine Tourist Office(伊根町観光協会).
1500yen/per kit (bait is not include in the price)

Access to the Ine Tourist Office:
Take a bus from Amanohashidate station(Bus stop name=Amanohashidate-eki-mae天橋立駅前) and get off at Funaya-no-sato-koen-mae(舟屋の里公園前). Bus fare:950yen/oneway
Takes about 70mins.