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Oriental White Stork Observation Tour (with English-speaking guide)
Oriental White Stork brought back from extinction in Japan. Toyooka is the last habitat of the Oriental White Stork, and is working to reintroduce them in the wild. Besides learning about the history and initiatives related to them, from extinction to revitalization, you can also enjoy the organic, wet-harvested rice that was key to their restoration and the vegetables grown from a lush environment where the Oriental White Stork can also live on this tour. Walk along Hachigoro’s Tojima Wetland with a guide, a place where Oriental White Stork pairs have been raising their chicks annually since 2018. While doing so, you can come into contact with the wildlife, visit rice fields that are the feeding grounds of Oriental White Storks and set out in search of Oriental White Storks living in their natural habitat.
Photos
![An Oriental White Stork soaring high in the sky](/kansaiguide/data/directory/22000/21533/20240322_190048_79ff2ffd_w640.jpg)
An Oriental White Stork soaring high in the sky
![View of a rice paddy](/kansaiguide/data/directory/22000/21533/20240322_190049_712bc3b2_w640.jpg)
View of a rice paddy
![Leisurely stroll through Hachigoro's Tojima Wetland](/kansaiguide/data/directory/22000/21533/20240322_190049_29b46842_w640.jpg)
Leisurely stroll through Hachigoro's Tojima Wetland
![Observation building at Hachigoro's Tojima Wetland](/kansaiguide/data/directory/22000/21533/20240322_190049_bb187cfd_w640.jpg)
Observation building at Hachigoro's Tojima Wetland
![Museum of the Oriental White Stork](/kansaiguide/data/directory/22000/21533/20240322_190049_4ed0d154_w640.jpg)
Museum of the Oriental White Stork
![An Oriental White Stork in a rice paddy](/kansaiguide/data/directory/22000/21533/20240322_190051_f2f28095_w640.jpg)
An Oriental White Stork in a rice paddy
![Rice cultivated by Oriental White Stork](/kansaiguide/data/directory/22000/21533/20240322_190051_37e8a8b6_w640.jpg)
Rice cultivated by Oriental White Stork
Information
- Minimum Number of Passengers
- 2 participants
- Maximum Capacity
- 6 participants
- Meeting and Exchange Areas
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Accommodation on the street of Kinosaki Onsen or JR Kinosaki Onsen Station
Yushima, Toyooka City, Hyogo - Open Period
- Closed on certain days
- Closed Period
- Available period: April–October/Excluded dates: Every Monday and Tuesday (if Tuesday is a national holiday, it will be closed on the following day)
- Meeting Times and Business Hours
- 9:00 a.m.
- Tour Schedule
- Kinosaki Onsen (Accommodation on the street of Kinosaki Onsen or JR Kinosaki Onsen Station) > Tojima Wetland (50 minutes) > Museum of the Oriental White Stork > (60 minutes) > Morizu and Fukuda rice fields (20 minutes) > Lunch with rice cultivated by Oriental White Storks (Amita, Sanpou, etc.) (60 minutes) > Kinosaki Onsen
- Required Time
- 5 hours
- Provision of Meals
- Meals are provided
- Open to meal requests
- Vegetarian options available
- Universal accessibility
- No (there are some differences in levels.)
- Related websites
- https://visitkinosaki.com/tour-packages/oriental-white-stork-observation-tour-with-private-english-guide/
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