Activities
Mountain Stream Discovery
- Availability:
- All year
Lectures are held every night to convey the appeal of the Oirase Stream under the concept of "deep discovery". The nature guide of the hotel serves as the instructor, and he or she will convey the recommended walking style, seasonal enjoyment and other content that will make the next day's walk enjoyable.
Moss Ball Making Workshop
- Availability:
- All year
You’ll make your own original kokedama using moss, ferns, and other plants found along the Oirase Gorge.
Oirase Lamp Making Workshop
- Availability:
- All year
You can make gourd lamps designed from moss that lives in the Oirase Stream. The finished lamps can be taken home with a special pedestal.
Moss Trail
- Availability:
- Apr 13, 2024 – Nov 27
Moss creates gorgeous scenery in Oirase Gorge. You will take a walk along the stream with a magnifying glass and observe the beautiful moss, glittering with water droplets.
Keiryu Breath
- Availability:
- Apr 13, 2024 – Nov 27
It's a program where you listen to the sound of a mountain stream and stretch while breathing deeply to your heart's content.
Oiase Guided Walk
- Availability:
- Apr 13, 2024 – Nov 27
A nature guide with great knowledge of the nature around the hotel will accompany you on this classic tour. You will walk around the Oirase mountain stream and enjoy the many beautiful sights. This tour is also recommended for first-time visitors to Oirase Gorge.
Oirase Shuttle Bus
- Availability:
- Apr 12, 2024 – Nov 27
A free shuttle bus connects the hotel to the midstream area of the Oirase stream. We recommend taking the bus to the midstream area and then enjoy the walk from there.
Mountain stream going tea set
- Availability:
- Apr 12, 2024 – Nov 27*Please return 11/27 by 12:00PM.
This tea set lets you spend a relaxing time in the Oirase mountain stream.
Keiryu Coloring Book Set
- Availability:
- Apr 12, 2024 – Mar 24, 2025*Please return 11/27 by 12:00PM.
It is a coloring set to enjoy the scenery of Oirase mountain stream in various colors.
E-bike Rental Service
- Availability:
- Apr 12, 2024 – Nov 27
You can rent an e-bike, a power-assisted electric bike. Have fun riding it along the mountain stream.
Memorable Instant Camera Set
- Availability:
- Application period: 9:00~18:00*Please return 11/27 by 12:00PM.
This is a set of instant cameras that can capture beautiful views of the Oirase mountain stream and memories of strolling and leave them in an album.
Moss art watching
- Availability:
- Apr 12, 2024 – Mar 23, 2025
It is a lecture program on how to enjoy moss representing Oirase Stream at the moss art wall in the hotel. You can easily learn how to observe and take photos using a magnifying glass.
Private Hot Spring Yaekokonoe no Yu
- Availability:
- 1 June - 22 Nov 2024 *Monday and Tuesday Only
A five-minute drive from the hotel, you can reserve the Yaekokonoe no Yu, a mixed-use outdoor bath. You can enjoy a moment of soaking in a quality bath while gazing at the scenery that changes every season. The rustic open-air bath with a waterfall close at hand is filled with a simple hot spring that springs from Mt. Hakkoda, and you can hear the sounds of wild birds and waterfalls from all sides, giving you the feeling of enjoying a forest bath. Both men and women can enjoy the bath without hesitation as we prepare bathing suits.
Lake Towada Tour in late autumn
- Availability:
- Nov 6, 2024 – Nov 26
The tour includes exquisite viewing platforms and quays where you can enjoy the calm waters of Lake Towada, the source of the Oirase mountain stream, from various angles.
Oirase Waterfall Walk
- Availability:
- Nov 6, 2024 – Nov 27
A tour that takes you to famous waterfalls in late autumn. You can see the exposed waterfall in the forest after the fallen leaves.
Fallen Leaves Accessory Making Workshop
- Availability:
- ①2024/9/1~11/27 ②2025/1/1~1/15*The last day is until the 11:00 experience.
The natural forest of Oirase Gorge is home to more than 100 varieties of diverse trees. Accessorize with leaves in many unique shapes to bring back memories of Oirase Gorge.
Oirase Moss Bus
- Availability:
- Aug 10, 2024 – Nov 27
It is a unique shuttle bus with a moss design. When you get on the bus, you can experience the illusion of being lost in the world of moss as your body becomes smaller.
Winter Spectacular Snow Viewing Open-Air
- Availability:
- Wed, Jan 1, 2025 〜 Wed, Feb 26, 2025 Tuesday and Wednesday only
It is a private service of Yae-Kokonoe no Yu, a hot spring with a superb view of pure white snow. In the silence of the deep snow, you can listen to the echoing sound of the waterfall and the voices of wild birds, watch the fantastic snowscape, relieve your tiredness in the hot spring, and warm up your body and soul with a drink such as hot spice tea after bathing.
Cotliard Style Jappa-jiru
- Availability:
- Dec 10, 2024 – Mar 24, 2025
A new breakfast dish, “Cotliard style jappajiru, ” is now available. Cotliard is a local dish traditionally eaten in the Brittany region of France. We wanted people to enjoy every bit of winter seafood, so we combined “jappajiru ” and“ cotliard, ” a local dish from Aomori Prefecture that uses every bit of fish skin, bones and innards. While gazing at the fantastic snowscape, you can spend a luxurious time warming your body and soul.
Icefall Christmas
- Availability:
- Dec 9, 2024 – Dec 25
We will hold an event where you can thoroughly enjoy "icefall," a winter feature of Oirase Stream. Around the 3m high icefall Christmas installed in the small path of the stream on the hotel premises, there will be an icefall Christmas Marche! There are many icefall items in collaboration with traditional crafts and companies that represent Aomori. This event is full of contents to enjoy icefall.
Ice Fall Hot Springs
- Availability:
- Dec 9, 2024 – Mar 24, 2025
The frozen waterfall found in Oirase Gorge is reproduced on the walls of this hot spring. Take a soothing bath in the water coming directly from the Hakkoda Mountains, while enjoying a spectacle of glittering icicles.
Winter Boot Rental Service
- Availability:
- Dec 9, 2024 – Mar 24, 2025
You can rent warm and waterproof winter boots that you can enjoy safely in winter snow.
Winter Moss Tour
- Availability:
- Dec 9, 2024 – Mar 16, 2025*January 1 to February 29 are excluded days.
In early winter and early spring, we stroll along the Oirase Stream, observing moss emerging from the snow. Using a magnifying glass or smartphone lens, we enjoy a small world of moss within about 1 km of the middle river.
Mountain Stream Snowshoe Walk
- Availability:
- Jan 6, 2025 – Feb 28
It is a program to walk on snow using snowshoes. I will mainly show you the beautiful area of Oirase mountain stream. For a distance of about 1 km, you can enjoy beautiful views that are inaccessible only by snowshoeing.
Icefall Snowshoe Walk
- Availability:
- Jan 6, 2025 – Feb 28
It is a program to walk on snow using snowshoes. The "Icefall Snowshoe Walk" takes you to an area of the Oirase River where you can see continuous waterfalls. You can stroll about 1 km and enjoy the frozen waterfall up close, which is typical of winter.
Tsutanuma Snowshoe Walk
- Availability:
- Dec 25, 2024 – Mar 9, 2025
We will guide you through the snowy beech forest at the foot of Hakkoda Mountain with snowshoes. You can stroll about 1.5 km and enjoy the tranquil rice fields of winter and the endless expanse of snow forest. This is the hardest snowshoe walk tour.
[Year-end limited workshop] Moss ball New Year decoration making experience
- Availability:
- Dec 9, 2024 – Dec 31
Anyone can easily make shimekazari made with original arrangement.
Hakkoda Mountain Tree Ice Snowshoe Tour < Snowshoe Hiking Course >
- Availability:
- Tuesday, December 10, 2024 to Tuesday, December 24, Saturday, March 1, 2025 to Sunday, March 23*Open only on Saturdays and Sundays in March
A snowshoe tour to enjoy the tree ice of Hakkoda Mountain. It is a walking course of about 3.5 km from the ropeway summit station to the foot of the mountain. Enjoy a variety of snowshoe hikes from tree ice to vast beech forests.
Hakkoda Mountain Tree Ice Snowshoe Tour < Snowshoe Hiking Course >
- Availability:
- Dec 25, 2024 – Feb 28, 2025
A snowshoe tour to enjoy the tree ice of Hakkoda Mountain. It is a walking course of about 3.5 km from the ropeway summit station to the foot of the mountain. Enjoy a variety of snowshoe hikes from tree ice to vast beech forests.
Hakkoda Mountain Private Snowshoe Tour
- Availability:
- Dec 10, 2024 – Mar 23, 2025*Open only on Saturdays and Sundays in March
It is a private tour limited to one group per day. We can set the course according to your request.
Hakkoda Mountain Ski Shuttle Bus
- Availability:
- Dec 10, 2024 – Mar 23, 2025※Open only on Saturdays and Sundays in March
Shuttle bus between Hakkodasan Ropeway and Oirase Keiryu Hotel. You can also enjoy powder snow at Hakkoda International Ski Resort.
Oirase Mountain Stream Bus Tour
- Availability:
- Dec 10, 2024 – Mar 24, 2025
It is a guided bus tour to enjoy the winter scenery of Oirase mountain stream casually. You can enjoy the snowy landscape of the mountain stream and the powerful icicles.
Frozen Waterfall Night Tour
- Availability:
- Dec 20, 2024 – Mar 2, 2025
It is a bus tour that goes to Oirase Keiryu at night to see illuminated icefalls and ice pillars. The bus stops at two places of interest in Oirase Keiryu, where you can see the sculptural beauty of ice and snow that is lit up fantastically.
Lake Towada good fortune walking tour
- Availability:
- Jul 30, 2024 – Nov 25Held only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays during the festival ※ November 17: not held, November 22 to 25: held only in the morning
It is a tour to visit good luck spots centering on Towada Shrine with a guide who knows the history of Towada Lake created by great nature.
Hakkodayama Snowshoe Tour < Appreciation Course >
- Availability:
- December 10, 2024 - December 24, March 1, 2025 - March 23 * Excluding the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays * Open only on Saturdays and Sundays in March
This is a snowshoe tour where you can easily enjoy the beautiful snowscape of Mt. Hakkoda. This is a beginner friendly tour where you walk about 1.5 km around the Ropeway Sancho Station.
Hakkoda Mountain Tree Ice Snowshoe Tour < Tree Ice Viewing Course >
- Availability:
- Dec 25, 2024 – Feb 28, 2025*Except 2nd and 4th Wednesdays
A snowshoe tour to enjoy the ice of Hakkoda Mountain. From the top of the ropeway, you can tour the ice pack around Mt. Tamoyachidake, where you can easily appreciate the power of the ice.