Agritourism in Nigacho, Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture: Farming experience in a depopulated village resort, hot spring experience, outdoor sauna experience, and seasonal food experience tour

[Summary] This private outdoor sauna and campsite, limited to one group per day, was developed in a marginal village with a population of 200, based on the concept that the countryside is the ultimate resort. In today's world, work and leisure are carried out entirely within virtual reality. While this is convenient, it can also overstimulate the autonomic nervous system, exposing us to anxiety and stress that don't exist in reality. Experience with your five senses the natural world of earth, water, wood, fire, and wind that has existed for hundreds of years. An eye-opening experience awaits you. [Highlights] Become one with the soil: Experience a muddy lotus root harvest, connecting with the earth through agriculture, the foundation of our food supply. Become one with the water: Enjoy a hot bath in a rare radioactive cold mineral spring, even in Japan, that springs from a source that has been around for over 1,300 years. Become one with the trees: Experience forest bathing in a wood-fired outdoor sauna surrounded by mountains. Become one with the fire: Enjoy an outdoor sauna heated by a woodfire and chat around a bonfire while watching the flames. Become one with the wind: Experience the wind created by the natural elements of rain falling on the mountains and rivers flowing through the valleys. Air Bathing Experience [Itinerary] 10:00 AM: Meet at Tanikaze 10:00 AM: Agricultural Experience: Lotus root fields in Nika-cho, Takehara City 12:00 PM: Hot Spring Experience: Day-trip bathing at Kamogawaso 1:00 PM: Sauna Experience: Tanikaze kokufu's outdoor sauna 1:30 PM: Seasonal Food Experience: Harvested lotus root and seasonal vegetables 2:00 PM: Additional sauna: An endless loop of sauna, cold bath, and open-air bathing Around 6:00 PM: Leaving at your leisure (refills of sauna are free) *You can also use the sauna experience alone. *Free shuttle service available (reservations required). Hiroshima Airport (approximately 15 minutes by car from Hiroshima Airport) Higashi-Hiroshima Station (10-minute Shinkansen ride from Hiroshima Station, ¥1,460) [Details] Tanikaze kokufu's "Soil" experience allows you to experience farming in the lotus root fields of the Takehara City Regional Revitalization Volunteers, who are using abandoned farmland to start new farming operations. Interacting with the soil stimulates your five senses and brings back memories of playing in the mud as a child. "Water" offers two types of experiences: hot and cold. Hot Experience After working your way through the mud during your lotus root harvesting experience, you can soothe your fatigue with a day-trip bath at nearby Kamogawaso. As a post town on the Sanyo Road, it is said that Sugawara no Michizane and other feudal lords on their alternate attendance routes stopped here in the past to soothe their fatigue. Experience the cool air. Tanikaze boasts a free-flowing cold water bath pumped from 40 meters underground. Enjoy the river right in front of you, carved out of the valley over tens of thousands of years. Enjoy the loyly and detox water made with natural water and freshly picked Japanese herbs. The soothing circulation of the water will cleanse your soul. "Trees" refers to the surrounding mountains, so outdoor air bathing after a sauna session can provide forest bathing benefits (reduced stress hormones, activated parasympathetic nerves, lowered blood pressure and pulse rate, relaxation effects, improved immunity, etc.). "Fire" refers to the wood-burning sauna stove, a bonfire pit for wood-fire cooking and teppanyaki, and a large-opening outdoor sauna where you can enjoy the view of the bonfire. The space created by the firewood and fire will clear your mind. "Wind" refers to the topography created by the valley and river. Rain that falls on the mountains collects and becomes a river, and the wind is created by the convection of air cooled by the river. Experience the sound of the wind blowing through the valley during outdoor air bathing after a sauna session.