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Noto Wakura Onsen and Festival Culture Walking Tour

By DeepExperience
Free cancellation available
The previous price was NZ$452 and current price is NZ$316 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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  • 2h
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Overview

Unlike standard onsen or museum tours, this experience explores how festivals, hot springs, and local communities are connected in the Noto Peninsula. As you walk through Wakura Onsen with a local guide, you will learn how the region developed through maritime trade, fishing culture, and community traditions shaped by life along the Sea of Japan.

At the Wakura Onsen Festival Hall, discover the meaning behind Noto’s famous festivals beyond their colourful floats and performances. Learn how festivals developed as religious and community traditions connected to safety at sea, successful harvests, and relationships between local communities. The tour also explores modern challenges such as depopulation and earthquake recovery, as well as local efforts to preserve festival culture through community participation and volunteer support.

By combining local history, everyday life, & living festival traditions, this tour offers a deeper understanding of Noto culture beyond ordinary sightseeing.

Activity location

  • Bentenzakigensen Park
    • 73 Yo
    • 926-0175, Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Yumoto No Hiroba
    • Yo
    • 926-0175, Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan

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Noto Wakura Onsen and Festival Culture Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$451.11
NZ$315.78 x 1 AdultNZ$315.78
Total
The previous price was NZ$451.11 and current price is NZ$315.78
30% off
Until Mon, 25 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided walking tour of Wakura Onsen
  • What's includedWhat's included
    English-speaking local guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Explanations about Noto festival culture, local communities, and onsen history
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Admission to the Wakura Onsen Festival Hall
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Swimming at Wakura Onsen Soyu is not included in this tour

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Bentenzakigensen Park

  • 10m
Bentenzaki Hot Spring Park is one of the places where visitors can experience the origins of Wakura Onsen. The hot spring is said to have been discovered around 1,000 years ago as a rare seaside onsen flowing from beneath the sea. From this area, learn how Wakura gradually developed from a natural hot spring site into one of Noto’s best-known onsen towns during the Edo period. The park also offers views of Nanao Bay, reflecting the close relationship between the sea, local communities, and life in the Noto Peninsula.

Wakura Onsen Omatsuri Hall

  • 1h 10m
  • Admission ticket included
The Wakura Onsen Festival Hall introduces the vibrant festival culture of the Noto Peninsula through large festival floats, traditional decorations, music, and immersive displays. Visitors can learn about the unique characteristics of festivals held across different parts of Noto and discover how these celebrations developed through fishing communities, local beliefs, and regional trade networks. The museum also explores how festivals continue to support local identity and community connections even as rural communities face modern challenges such as depopulation and natural disasters.

Wakura Onsen Soyu

  • 30m
Wakura Onsen Soyu is a public bathhouse used not only by visitors, but also by local residents as part of everyday life in the onsen town. In addition to its swimming facilities, the building functions as a community and tourism space where people gather and interact. Before local festivals, residents sometimes use the multipurpose rooms to practice festival music and prepare for upcoming events, showing how festival culture remains closely connected to daily life in Wakura Onsen today.

Location

Activity location

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    Bentenzakigensen Park
    • 73 Yo
    • 926-0175, Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Yumoto No Hiroba
    • Yo
    • 926-0175, Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan

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