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- The Birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Okazaki & Mikawa Bay Drive Total Time：About 9 hours
Course Contents
Central Japan International Airport CENTRAIR →（About 60 minutes）→ Okazaki Castle →（About 15 minutes）→ Miso soy paste brewery tour（Kakukyu Hatcho-Miso-no-Sato Museum, Maruya Hatcho Miso） →（About 20 minutes）→ Gamagori Orange Park Orchards →（About 20 minutes）→ Takeshima Island →（About 20 minutes）→ Laguna Ten Bosch → Return Vehicle to Its Shop or Set Next Destination
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Okazaki-City
- Okazaki Castle / Okazaki Park / Mikawa Bushi and Ieyasu Museum
- Aichi Prefecture is the birthplace of heroes. The nations’ three Unifiers were all born in Aichi, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Nagoya, and in nearby Okazaki Castle, the first of the 14 Tokugawa Shogun, the Great Lord, Tokugawa Ieyasu. See more
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Okazaki-City
- Miso soy paste brewery tour（Kakukyu Hatcho-Miso-no-Sato Museum, Maruya Hatcho Miso）
- Situated 8-cho, (pron. Hatcho) or about 800 meters west of Okazaki Castle are the two heritage listed manufactories, still making the traditional dark red, fermented soybean paste called Hatcho Miso by hand. Take a tour of the 500 year old factory’s operations and taste the miso for yourself! See more
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Gamagori-City
- Gamagori Orange Park
- In the mountains of Gamagori overlooking the calm, sparkling seas of Mikawa Bay, is the Gamagori Orange Park. The park is surrounded by greenhouses and plantations, where fresh fruit and produce grows all year round. Depending on the times of your visit, you’ll be able to enjoy a wide range of seasonal fruit picking. Sweet strawberries from January to May, tasty melons and grapes from June to September, and from October to December, Gamagori’s famed Mikan mandarin oranges! See more
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Gamagori-City
- Takeshima Island
- "Takeshima Island" is the symbol of Gamagori City and is connected to shore by a 387 meter bridge. On the island is a "Yaotomi Shrine," in dedication to the Buddhist goddess Benzaiten. The bridge is supposed to bring good luck to couples, so if you come with your significant other it is customary to walk the bridge together while holding hands. In winter, migratory birds from Siberia also make an appearance here as well. See more
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Gamagori-City
- Laguna Ten Bosch / Lagunasia
- A great place for friends, families and couples looking for a good time is Gamagori’s Lagunasia and Laguna Ten Bosch, Aichi’s premier amusement park, with natural hot spring spas, shopping, dining, relaxation, and entertainment facilities at sea-side Gamagori. See more
