Sapporo Nanseki: A Timeless Legacy
Chitose & Sapporo Guided Walking TourStory
Enjoy activities in the great outdoors on this walking course as you experience Hokkaido history and culture. The course is themed around
Sapporo Nanseki, a soft stone material registered as a Hokkaido Heritage for its role in Hokkaido industry and lifestyles, and for its significanceto later generations. Focusing on the unique and often-overlooked theme of Sapporo Nanseki and tracing its history from its formation to thepart it plays in modern lifestyles will impart meaning to all aspects of this highly satisfying course, give you an understanding of the full rangeof history and culture in Hokkaido and thoroughly stimulate your intellectual curiosity.

Itinerary
Activity and cultural experience

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Meet your guide at New Chitose Airport at 13:30, and transport to Lake Shikotsu byprivate car/bus.
Offer prayers for a safe journey at Chitose-jinja Shrine.
Next to the stairs leading up to the main shrine, you can drink Sachii-no-mizu, sacred
water from the forest of Chitose-jinja Shrine. After prayers for a safe journey, fill yourcanteen with sacred water.
Transport to hotel[Nanajo-otaki Falls FAT Bike]
You may encounter wildlife such as deer along the way.
The snowy road lined with giant trees presents an otherworldly scene. As you walkfurther, a world of ice created by waterfalls and icicles awaits you.
[SUP on clear window paddleboard]
Proceed along the shores of Lake Shikotsu while peering into its waters.
The views of the three Shikotsu mountains, among them Mt. Eniwa, and the crystal-clearwaters are spectacular.

Hiking Koke no Kairou, a mossy canyon and Bifue area

Tour overview at Visitors' Center
Chitose River canoeing
The Chitose River is the only outlet from Lake Shikotsu. Enjoy canoeing through a silent,silvery world in search of scenery and creatures that can only be seen in winter.
Depending on time of year, you may see white-tailed eagles and young salmon.
Eniwa Valley walking *Volcano topography
Tour of waterfalls in Eniwa Valley, formed by the volcanic eruption that created Lake
Shikotsu (Rarumanai Falls, Sandan Falls, and Hakusen Falls)

Meals

Story
At the Lake Shikotsu Visitor Center, learn
about the origin and characteristics of thelake you will tour over the next days.
The hotel is self-sufficient for both powerand drinking water, which is directly
sourced from Lake Shikotsu. The hotel's
open-air baths are filled with natural springwaters from the lake.

Paddleboard in the caldera lake, formed byan eruption 40,000 years ago. Themountains surrounding Lake Shikotsu canalso be seen from the lake's line of sight.
*This is the only place in Hokkaido where
you can SUP in winter.

Koke no Kairou is the result of years oferosion by wind and rain on the hardenedlava flows created by the enormous volcanic
eruptions around Lake Shikotsu.
・Take a walk to the Bifue area on the otherside of the lake where you experienced
activities the previous day. Experience Lake
Shikotsu close to 360 degrees.

・The Chitose River and its tributaries are
dotted with numerous archeological sites
where people have lived since the Jomon
period.
・Approaching downtown Chitose by canoe.
・See a waterfall formed by a pyroclastic
flow and learn about the topography of thearea where it flowed.
・Welded tuff bedrock = Sapporo Nanseki
・The luxurious lobby entrance wasconstructed from birch. The large Sapporo
Nanseki bridge is also impressive. (hotel)

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DJapanese Kaiseki Course Mealfeaturing local ingredients at Irori

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Buffe style break fast

LSalmon sushi in Shikotsu

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Cook together with aprofessional chef, using local
ingredients.

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Buffe style break fast

Llight meal

DJapanese Kaiseki Course Mealfeaturing local ingredientsB

Buffe style break fast

Llight meal
Enjoy lunch while observing thenature and ecosystem wateredby Lake Shikotsu.

DJapanese Kaiseki Course Mealfeaturing local ingredients

★Nanseki Guided Walk (morning course)
Ishiyama Open Space, 60 min (snowshoes) + Sapporo Municipal Ishiyama Flood Control
Warehouse 5 min + Former Ishikiriyama Station 10 min ➡ Nishikuru Café (lunch)
Day5Day6★Nanseki Guided Walk (afternoon course)
Private residence 20 min + Ishiyama Community Development Center (dress in kimono)
40 min + Ishiyama-jinja Shrine 50 min (talk by priest and purification ceremony) +Ishiyama Community Development Center 110 min (change out of kimono/lightmeal/chat) + Post-kan 90 min (Nansekiya: soft stone craft experience)

Sapporo City Archive Museum (former Sapporo Court of Appeals, Sapporo High Court)*Important Cultural Property
Little Juice Bar Sapporo Main Shop
Hokkaido Shrine Tongu
New Chitose Airport (OUT)

・Cross the Ishiyama Open Space, once asoft-stone quarry, on snowshoes
accompanied by a guide, who will explain
the area's history.
・Learn about soft-stone history andprocessing methods by visiting the Sapporo
Ishiyama Flood Control Warehouse and theformer Ishikiriyama Station (IshiyamaPromotion Hall), which was used totransport Ishiyama soft stone and ore fromthe Toyoha Mine as well as serving localcitizens.
・Visit a private home and experience thereal soft stone used in daily life.
・Interact with local citizens at theIshiyama Community Development Center(dress in kimono, make rice balls, chat, etc.).
・Making rice balls with locally-grown and prepared pickled plums (available fromvending machine).
・Learn about people's lives by wearing
kimonos that were actually worn by thelocals.
・Ishiyama-jinja Shrine is an unusual shrine
built entirely with excess lumber from theceremonial relocation of the Ise-jingu
Shrine. A priest will cover such topics as therelationship between the shrine and softstone, and perform a purification ceremony
for you.

・The building is one of the largest extant
structures constructed from Sapporo
Nanseki, and displays a range of stone
dressing techniques.
・A juice bar in a remodeled Taisho-era softstone warehouse.
It is said that it was constructed by awealthy woman to store her kimonos.
The komainu (guardian dogs) standing
before the main shrine are of Sapporo
Nanseki. They were dedicated in 1890 andare said to be the oldest such figures inSapporo.

※Extended stays can be arranged; please contact us for details.

BJapanese Set Meal featuring local
produce

LLunch at a restaurant renovatedfrom a soy sauce brewery built in1926
Island ingredients, mainly fromthe islands of Hokkaido. You canenjoy a variety of boldly
presented grilled and local
cuisine that brings out the best in
the ingredients.

DEnjoy the taste of Northern
cuisine and experience
Hokkaido's unique history in awarehouse constructed from softstone in 1915.
Japanese cuisine using freshseafood and vegetables,including horsehair crab fromHokkaido.

BJapanese Set Meal featuring local
produceLDPoint・Learn about the overall history of Hokkaido through the theme of Sapporo Nanseki (soft stone).
・Interact with local people.
・ Meals such as salmon from Lake Shikotsu are locally produced for local consumption.
・Experience the uniqueness of Hokkaido by doing clear SUP at Lake Shikotsu, which boasts the highest water quality in Japan.
・Guide tells the story about one of Japanese best caldera lakes and Sapporo Nanseki.
・ The natural open-air bath, which is rare in Japan, is a hot spring which a connects the Lake Shikotsu.

Highlights
・A highly localized, guided tour focusing on Sapporo Nanseki (soft stone), a Hokkaido Heritage
・Interaction with local citizens who have incorporated soft stone into their daily lives
・Japanese cultural experiences including shrine visit and purification, and dressing in kimono
・Snowshoe through the "Moss Corridor," a mysterious space cut by lava flows
・Clear-window SUP experience on Lake Shikotsu, with some of the clearest waters in Japan・Ease your fatigue away at Marukoma Onsen, an open-air hot-spring bath connected to the waters of Lake Shikotsu

Information•Available• Minimum 2 people, Maximum 10 people• Departure Time: January to March• Tour includes 6 breakfast, 5 dinner, 5 nights' hotel, bus or taxi transfers, and a hot spring fee and ♨ bath tax.
• Tour includes a guide/escort.
• Please meet at the designated bus stop 10 minutes prior to the scheduled meeting time.
• Please make sure to sign up for travelers’ insurance (although some activities may include insurance).

Contact Information
KINKI NIPPON TOURIST Co., Ltd.Sapporo Corporate Travel BranchAddress: Nittsu Sapporo Bldg., 6F, 2-1, West2, North3, Chuo-ku,Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0003, JapanMail: h-inbound@or.knt-h.co.jpTel: 011-251-5731Fax: 011-251-3630Reception Hours: 9:0017:00 (Sat, Sun and Holidays Closed)

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