The concept behind this tour is to see the “two seas” of Kyoto by the Sea, including sunrise and sunset, in a single day! Visitors will start their journey in the Oeyama Mountain Range, a place where Shuten-doji, one of the most famous oni (demons) in Japan called home. The foot of the mountain has an Oni Cultural Museum that has artifacts and explanation of the history of oni in Japan. There are also friendly little oni statues all over the mountain roads for you to find on your way up to the overlook where the first “sea” will become visible as the sun rises out of the sea of mist. This is the famed sea of clouds; mist rolls into the mountains, making them appear as if they were islands in the ocean.

The region is also one of the original places the Shinto goddess of the sun was enshrined, with ancient shrines, a 2,000 year old Dragon Lantern cedar tree that houses a dragon spirit, as well as a mysterious pyramid mountain that is also a Japanese Power Spot.

The tour will head towards the Japanese Sea, where visitors can visit Ine Bay, where 230 boat houses line the bay. This is officially one of Japan’s Most Beautiful Villages, and rare because it is built right on the water. Following the Tango Peninsula, visitors will eventually arrive at Yuhigaura, “land of eternal sunsets,” where you can watch the sun complete it’s journey back into the sea, completing the natural cycle. Yuhigaura sits on a UNESCO Global Geopark coastline, and the nights accommodations will not only have fresh local food but natural hot springs as a reward for the adventure.

2 nights 3 days

Day 1 and 2 Highlights

Fukuchiyama in the mountains:
•legendary Oeyama Mt. Range
•sunrise and special breakfast bento
•light hiking or mythical Oni Museum visit
•Motoise Kodai Shrine & 2,000-year-old Dragon Lantern Cedar
•rare Japanese Pyramid, sacred power spot
•Fukuchiyama Castle, home to samurai general Mitsuhide Akechi
Accommodation: riverside lodge at the foot of Mt. Oeyama

Day 2 and 3 Highlights

Ine fishing village:
• iconic boat houses
• sea taxi tour of Ine Bay

Kyotango on the Japanese Sea:
• drive the UNESCO Global Geopark coastline to the land of eternal sunsets, Yuhigaura.
Accommodation: onsen ryokan at Yuhigaura, on the Japanese Sea