Traveling to Tono (Tono City Tourism Exchange Center)

Yamaguchi Sansa dance

It is said that it was introduced from the Shimohei region around the middle of the Meiji era and began to be danced as a Bon Odori dance.It is a dance that requires skill with its simple but sharp movements, and has been passed down as a dance with an improvisational nature and bright folk song style.

Arakawa Plateau and Arakawa Valley

It is a 2,500 hectare plateau connected to Mt. Yakushi, south of Mt. Hayachine, and is used as grazing land. You can see clusters of hydrangeas and rhododendrons. The Arakawa Valley flows at the foot of a plateau and is home to many river fish. It is also a climbing course from the Tono side of Mt. Hayachine.

Skunk cabbage from Sadato Plateau

In the mountains of Tono, where winters are long, the white fairy skunk cabbage, which heralds the arrival of late spring, displays its dainty flowers from mid- to late April every year. It is located in the wetlands of the Sadato Plateau national forest northeast of Tono, and is in full bloom over an area of ​​approximately 1.7 hectares. Best time to see: April 15th to April 25th