Full day, tour territory — the round trip from the gangway, with the 60-minute margin kept aside.
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A stream valley so composed it looks landscaped — mossy boulders, beech light, waterfalls every few hundred meters. Long drives; go guided or not at all.
A 14-kilometre mountain stream flowing out of Lake Towada, with a walking path beside the water the whole way. It is nationally designated as both a Place of Scenic Beauty and a Natural Monument. The reason it is seasonal is simple: the road closes in winter and the point is the leaves.
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
See · ~1.5h, on the waterfrontFull-size festival floats — glowing, ferocious, twenty feet tall — with the drums playing.
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Eat · ~2hBuy a book of tickets, walk the stalls, and build your own seafood bowl one scallop at a time.
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See · ~1h, beside the berthA cider works and market hall under the bay bridge — apple everything, from fresh juice flights to pies.
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