Tahara

Full-day Tahara Sightseeing Tour

Tahara has a custom called Tahara kite which has been continuing since Edo period. When a boy is born, we give him a kite with his name on it as a present. It is so popular that Tahara Kite Festival is held on the weekend at the end of May every year. In this tour, local people teach us how to make kites, and we walk through the Gongen Forest, which is full of beautiful nature. In Japan, we call it "Shinrin-yoku", or forest bathing, is a term that means "taking in the forest atmosphere" for therapeutic results. If you