Nakone - Fun rafting experience & farming activities

*The price listed is the room-only price, per night/person
*Meal plan available (see below)
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If you’re looking for a relaxing farm stay experience, you’ve found the right place.


At Nakone you can make soba noodles and Yuzu vinegar, harvest potatoes and enjoy other farming experiences in a beautiful mountain environment.


And if you like a bit of adventure and thrill you can go rafting in Japan’s fastest stream, Yoshino river, or cross the Kazurabashi bridge!


Finally, after a great day of activity and fun, you can relax in the Goemon-buro (a traditional cauldron shaped bathtub) while gazing at the starry night sky.


●Rooms
Enjoy a relaxing moment beside the fireplace, listening to folk songs of Iya and old legends while eating local specialities such as dekomawashi (potato, tofu or konjac skewer), hirara-yaki (dish cooked on a heated flat stone) or buckwheat dumplings.


●Amenities and equipment
・Body soap, conditioner, soap bar, toothbrush set, yukata, slippers, hair dryer, iron provided
・WiFi access available in every room
・Vending machines and outdoor barbecue space
　
●Meals
・Meal plan: 1 night 2 meals included, ¥7000 (tax included). Please contact us if you’re interested in adding this meal plan to your booking.
・ We make typical Japanese countryside dishes using seasonal foods. Everything is homemade. We can make hirara-yaki as well, which is a sort of barbecue typical of the region.
You can bring your own ingredients for the barbecue if you want. There is a supermarket and a liquor shop around Oboke station. We can prepare you wild boar meat too.
Tools and charcoal for the barbecue can be rented (¥3500).


●Other
・Meals and accommodation free of charge for babies, if no extra bedding and meals are required. If extra bedding/meals are required, the adult price will apply.
・Pick-up service: please contact us for more information.
・Parking: 5 parking spaces available (free). Reservation required.


●Experiences to enjoy all year long
・Grind buckwheat flour with a millstone to make soba noodles
・Try your hands at potato digging
・Make Yuzu (citrus) vinegar
・Contemplate the sea of clouds that forms in the early morning
・Bath in a Goemon-buro, a traditional cauldron shaped bathtub (according to season)
・Try tea picking
・Harvest different vegetables and fruits (Yuzu, Sudachi etc)


●Sightseeing and activities
・Oboke Gorge, 10 minutes away by car
→ Oboke and Koboke valleys became famous because of the river that runs through them, the Yoshino river, known for being Japan’s rapidest stream. Be careful if you go there, as a walk in Oboke and Koboke can be dangerous, especially at a fast pace.
・Kazurabashi bridge, 30 minutes by car
→ Kazurabashi bridge is located in one of the three most unexplored regions of Japan: the Iya area. It’s a vine bridge, suspended 14m above the water. The bridge sways and creaks as you cross it, so if you’re not afraid of heights and like a bit of a thrill you’ll certainly love it.
・Yoshino river rafting site, 30 minutes by car
・Kurozo wetland, about 1h by car
・Tsurugisan Quasi-National Park, about 2h by car


●Events
・Oboke River Festival (every year around May)
・Iya Heike Festival Month (every year in October)


●Access
・By train:
Walk 30 minutes from Oboke station (on the Dosansen line).
Walking in direction of Kazurabashi, you’ll see a signboard at some point indicating the entry.
Walking in direction of Ahashi / Arise, you’ll find 2 tunnels on your way; 300m after the 2nd tunnel you’ll see the signboard.
・By car:
40-minutes ride from the Ikawa-Ikeda IC on the Tokushima expressway and the Otoyo IC on the Kochi expressway.