Travel by Lucky Taxi through the southern Shimabara Peninsula and choose the experience that suits you best, either creating your own chopsticks in an eco-friendly craft workshop or joining a dolphin watching tour to see wild dolphins swimming in the sea. This nature-filled day tour also includes a hearty seafood rice bowl lunch, offering a relaxed and memorable way to connect with the region’s rich natural environment.
Options
Private Tour for 1 People
Private tour for group of 2 people (Price per person)
Private tour for group of 3 people (Price per person)
Private tour for group of 4 people (Price per person)
Private tour for group of 5 people (Price per person)
Private tour for group of 6 people (Price per person)
The Highlight
Private Taxi Charter: Travel comfortably by Alphard or Jumbo Taxi with pick-up and drop-off at Nagasaki City hotels, Nagasaki Station, or city-center locations.
Seafood Rice Bowl Lunch Included: Enjoy a generous seafood rice bowl featuring fresh seasonal fish from Nagasaki.
Peaceful Cultural Visit: See the hand-carved wooden St. Mary Kannon statue, a place to pray for peace regardless of religion.
Optional Seaside Onsen: If time allows, relax in the “Hot Spring of Beauty” with views of the Ariake Sea.
Choice of Experience: Choose between an eco-friendly chopsticks-making workshop using local wood or a dolphin watching cruise in waters home to around 200 wild dolphins.
Scenic Viewpoint: Take in sweeping views of Tachibana Bay from Chijiwa Observatory, one of Japan’s Top 100 Landscapes.
The Experience
Private Charter: Charter an Alphard or Jumbo Taxi! Stay comfortable in a spacious vehicle during transit. Pick-up and drop-off available from Nagasaki City hotels, Nagasaki Station, or desired locations in the city center.
Lunch Included: Enjoy a "Voluminous Seafood Rice Bowl Set" featuring plenty of seasonal fish, unique to Nagasaki, which boasts the highest number of fish species in Japan.
Sightseeing: View the wooden St. Mary Kannon statue, hand-carved over 40 years. A place to pray for peace regardless of religion.
Onsen: If time permits, you can enjoy a bath at the "Hot Spring of Beauty" overlooking the Ariake Sea.
Choice of Experience (Choose one):
- Eco "My Chopsticks" Making: Visit a local lumber shop. Use offcuts from cutting boards for an eco-friendly craft. Carve your name to create one-of-a-kind chopsticks. Take them home in a cute Japanese-patterned case.
- Wild Dolphin Watching: Take a pleasure boat out to sea. In these waters, where about 200 dolphins reside, there is a high probability of seeing wild dolphins swimming. No feeding is done to protect the ecosystem.
Scenic View: Overlook Tachibana Bay from "Chijiwa Observatory," one of Japan's Top 100 Landscapes. The observatory specialty "Jaga-chan" is also recommended (not included in price).
Itinerary
- Include: Lunch
- 10:00Depart from meeting point ※ Pick-up and drop-off are available from hotels in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Station, or other designated locations within the city center.
- 11:30Hara Castle St. Mary Kannon Hall (Approx. 30 minutes)
- 12:15Seafood Rice Bowl Lunch (Approx.. 1Hours 15 Minute / If time permits: Hot spring bath, Hara Castle ruins)
- 14:00Dolphin Watching Experience OR My Chopsticks Making Experience (Approx. 1 Hours 30 Minutes)
- 16:15Chijiwa Observatory (15 Minutes Short break)
- 17:30Arrival Drop-off Point
Price Details
How to Use
- Voucher will be sent via email. Please show your e-voucher at designated location.
Purchase Notice
- Minimum Participants: The tour operates with one participant.
- Pick-up and drop-off available from Nagasaki City hotels, Nagasaki Station, or desired locations in the city center.
Duration: The total tour time is approximately 7.5 hours.
Extension Fees: If you request an extension on the day of the tour, additional charges apply as follows: Standard Taxi ¥2,630 per 30 minutes; Specific Large Taxi ¥3,880 per 30 minutes. Payment is made on site.
Vehicles: Transportation is provided by Standard Taxi (up to 2 guests), Alphard (up to 4 guests), or Jumbo Taxi (up to 8 guests). If an Alphard is unavailable, a Jumbo Taxi will be arranged even for a single participant.
Important Booking Information
- If the Alphard is unavailable, a Jumbo Taxi will be arranged even for a single participant.
- This tour takes approximately 7.5 hours.
- After lunch, you may enjoy the hot spring; however, please strictly observe the departure time. Please bring your own towel.
- During the My Chopsticks Making Experience, sandpaper and a branding iron are used. Please take care to avoid dust entering your eyes or affecting your breathing, and be cautious to prevent burns or other injuries.
Notes for Dolphin Watching Boarding:
- Prior to boarding, passenger registration is required, including name, age, and passport number (passport number for foreign nationals only). Please prepare this information in advance.
- Wearing a life jacket is mandatory on board.
- If you are prone to seasickness, please take motion sickness medication before boarding.
- Boats will depart even in rainy weather, provided sea conditions are safe and waves are not high.
- Depending on sea conditions, pregnant women, elderly guests, small children, or those in poor health may be asked to refrain from participating.
- Please prepare appropriate protection: sun protection in summer (sunscreen, sunglasses, hat, towel) and warm clothing in winter (down jacket, knit hat, gloves, scarf, earmuffs).
- If sea conditions change suddenly, the tour may be cancelled for safety reasons, even just before departure.
- In case of cancellation, the plan will switch to the My Chopsticks Making Experience or an alternative Unzen sightseeing plan. No refund will be provided for the dolphin watching portion.
- As dolphins are wild animals, sightings are not guaranteed, and on rare occasions they may not be seen.
Cancellation Policy
- Cancellation made at least 11 day(s) before departure date, Fully refundable (100% refund)
- Cancel during 8 ~ 10 day(s) of departure, will charge 20%
- Cancel during 2 ~ 7 day(s) of departure, will charge 30%
- Cancel on 1 day(s) before departure, will charge 40%
- Cancel on activities date, will charge 50%