Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Experience local food and products in Miyazu

Date: 22nd&23rd October 2016
Time: 10:00-17:00(22nd), 10:00-16:00(23rd)
The market is called "Tango-no-eemon-umaimon(丹後のええもん・うまいもん), Tango good goods". This market is good for if you are interested to discover local food and local craft :)
Location: Miyazu City Gym(Miyazu-shimin-taiikukan宮津市民体育館)
Access:
From Miyazu station walk about 10mins.
From Amanohashidate station, take a bus toward Kamimiyazu(上宮津) and get off at Kisenba-minato-kan(キセンバ港館) and walk about 1min. Bus fare(single) 200JPY/person.

Tatami mat floor train???

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Interested to ride on a train which you can only see in Japan? 
It is called Ozashiki-ressha(お座敷列車) in Japanese, the train has tatami-mat floor and take off your shoes when you ride on. This train runs only seasonally, on the timetable, it is written Akamatsu#1 and #2. 
Date: 
everyday(except 27th Nov.) until 30th Nov. 2016

Timetable:
YELLOW means stations connect to JR.

Akamatsu#1Akamatsu#2
Nishimaizuru西舞鶴10:2715:20
Tango-yura丹後由良10:5214:51
Kunda栗田11:0314:41
Miyazu宮津11:0914:25
Amanohashidate天橋立11:1814:18
Iwatakiguchi岩滝口11:3514:14
Mineyama峰山11:5813:54
Amino網野12:0713:47
Kumihama久美浜12:3213:22
Toyooka豊岡12:4713:07


Fare: To ride on this train, you need to pay 310JPY/person extra, addition to the ordinal train fare.

Miyazu Flea market&Farmer's(fisherman) market

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Date: 27th Novemeber 2016
Time: 10:00-14:00
The market is called "Miyazu Eemon-ichi(宮津ええもん市)". Food stalls are available. This market is good for if you are interested to discover local food :) Some popular products are sold out within 30mins after the opening.
Location: Miyazu City Gym(Miyazu-shimin-taiikukan宮津市民体育館)
Access:
From Miyazu station walk about 10mins.
From Amanohashidate station, take a bus toward Kamimiyazu(上宮津) and get off at Kisenba-minato-kan(キセンバ港館) and walk about 1min. Bus fare(single) 200JPY/person.

ONI(Japanese demon) festival

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Date: 30th October 2016
Time: 10:00-15:00
Access: The festival held at two different area.
Main area is located around Oe station(大江駅). To get to sub area, take a bus from Oe station about 30mins and get off at "Oe-yama-no-ie(大江山の家)". Bus fare(single)=200JPY/person.

What I recommend the most about this is not the event itself(well of course you can visit the event if you are interested), this day is the easiest to get to the area where you can enjoy autumn leaves in Mt.Oe. From the sub area of the festival, about 10mins walk and you can visit the suspension bridge which in the picture above(look for the sign, Futasegawa-keiryu, 二瀬川渓流). Around the bridge, there is an easy trekking route which takes about 1hr.
**In the mountain, there are many wild animals are living so I don't recommend you travel alone and please tell your accommodation staff where you are going and please say hello to everyone who you meet at there(this is unspoken rule in mountain in Japan, to avoid nobody knows about where you gone, in case of emergency).
If you are visiting not on this day, you can see autumn leaves usually around end of October to end of November. Please get off the bus at Onigachaya(鬼ヶ茶屋) and walk about 5mins for the suspension bridge. Also turn on radio loudly to avoid meeting bear.

Shuttle bus timetable from Oe station to Oe-yama-no-ie(only available on 30th Oct. 2016)
9:00/10:00/11:50/13:20/14:30/16:10
Shuttle bus timetable from Oe-yama-no-ie to Oe station(only available on 30th Oct. 2016)
8:00/9:30/10:30/12:20/13:50/15:10/16:50

Bus timetable from Oe station to Onigachaya(鬼ヶ茶屋) for year-round
7:15/8:10/11:06/12:50/13:50/15:30/17:50
Bus timetable from Onigachaya(鬼ヶ茶屋) to Oe station for year-round
7:35/8:30/11:26/13:10/14:20/15:50/18:10

Monday, 17 October 2016

23rd October 2016

Time: 10:00-14:00
Ine-no-umyaa-mon Matsuri(伊根のうみゃーもん祭) = Farmer(Fisherman)'s market will be held in Ine. The market will be held at around Ine Town council. From there you can also walk to Hide pier where is departure point for sightseeing boat of Ine.
Access: From Miyazu station or Amanohashidate station, take a bus to Ine and get off at "Ine Shinryojo(伊根診療所)". Bus fare(oneway): 400JPY/person
http://www.inekankou.jp/view/%E4%BC%8A%E6%A0%B9%E3%81%AE%E3%81%86%E3%81%BF%E3%82%83%E3%83%BC%E3%82%82%E3%82%93%E7%A5%AD/


Illuminated event at Nariai-ji Temple


Date:
5th&6th Nov. 2016
Time:
from sunset to 21:00

I highly recommended this event to enjoy autumn leaves in Tango region :) The temple located in a mountain so please prepare warm clothe. Please note, the last public bus from "Amanohashidate keburu-shita(the closest bus stop to the cable car)" to Amanohashidate station depart at 18:51. So if you are not staying around Fuchu area(Kasamatsu park side of Amanohashidate), perhaps you can rent a bicycle at your accommodation.
Some food stalls are available at the temple area.

Access:
Only these two days, cable car and mountain bus is running in the night. Take the cable car to Kasamatsu park and change to mountain bus to Nariai-ji Temple.

From Kinosaki Onsen to Tango region

Are you going to stay at Kinosaki Onsen?
Why not visit Tango region before you trip back to big cities!
Direct train available between Kinosaki Onsen and Kumihama.

Date:
On weekends and public holidays (until 29th Nov. 2016.)

Timetable:
From Kinosaki Onsen to Kumihama
9:39→10:22
11:19→11:55
13:36→14:12

From Kumihama to Kinosaki Onsen
10:40→11:12
12:50→13:27
15:56→16:39