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By YURAGI - Japan Guide Tours -
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$359 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h+
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

    • Walk through Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine in a peaceful ancient forest.
    • Learn the history and spiritual significance of Ise Grand Shrine's Outer Shrine.
    • Visit the clear Isuzu River flowing through the sacred grounds of Ise Jingu.
    • Enjoy local street food and traditional snacks in an Edo-style shopping street.
    • Explore the cultural area near Meoto Iwa, known as a spiritual matchmaking spot.

Activity location

    • Ise
    • Ise, Mie, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Ise
    • Ise, Mie, Japan

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4hours

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$179.41 x 2 AdultsNZ$358.82
Total
Price is NZ$358.82

5hours

  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$206.31 x 2 AdultsNZ$412.62
Total
Price is NZ$412.62

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    A Professional Local Guide
  • Inclusions
    Photo opportunities throughout
  • Exclusions
    Transport during the tour
  • Exclusions
    Transport costs to the meeting point
  • Exclusions
    Food and drink expenses
  • Exclusions
    Personal expenses

What you can expect

  • Long before Kyoto, before Tokyo, before Japan even had an emperor in name, there was Ise — a forest, a river, and a single shrine to the sun goddess. Two thousand years on, it still stands. Or rather, it is still being rebuilt: every twenty years, by hand, exactly as before.

    This is a fully private, fully customisable day in Ise — shaped around your pace and curiosity.

    Highlights:

    • Walk Geku and Naiku in the traditional pilgrimage order, Japan's most sacred shrines
    • Cross Uji Bridge and purify your hands in the Isuzu River, as pilgrims have for centuries
    • Step into the 5,500-hectare sacred forest of ancient cypress that surrounds the shrines
    • Taste Okage Yokocho — Akafuku mochi, local sake, and Edo-era pilgrim streets
    • Optional add-ons: Meoto Iwa (the Married Rocks), Sengukan museum, or a quiet tea moment

    Your licensed guide doesn't just point — they explain why a shrine with no idols and no scripture has shaped Japan more than any other.

Location

Activity location

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    • Ise
    • Ise, Mie, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Ise
    • Ise, Mie, Japan