ISHIKAWA SHIZEN GAKKO
Ishikawa Nature School provides many activities from in the mountains to the ocean. Professional instructors guide you to the new experiences. Make a great discovery through fun and surreal experiences and learn more about the nature!


Activities

Char Nature School (2days)

Camping and Char Fishing! Try fishing chars in a mountain stream, if you can’t get any, catch them with your hands! Enjoy freshly cooked fish and walnuts or wild berries along the trails. If you are lucky, you might see Japanese serows!
　□ Ages
　6 yrs and up
　□ Meeting Dates
　Saturday, September 20th to Sunday, September 21st
　□ Meeting Times
　10:00am to 1:00pm (next day)
　□ Location
　Hakusanroku Youth Outdoor Learning Center
　□ Status
　Full, 40 Enrolled
　□ Price
　￥4,500
　□ Registration
　Friday, August 1st to Sunday, September 14th

Yuhidera – Environmental Working Holiday＜III＞

Join the activities such as pruning unnecessary branches or branches that have grown too dense, maintaining the trails, and planting fungus for mushrooms to preserve and to utilize the forest in Yuhidera. You can learn the connection between our lives and the nature throughout this experience.
　□ Ages
　6 yrs and up
　□ Meeting Dates
　Saturday, September 27th to Sunday, September 28th
　□ Meeting Times
　9:00am to 4:00pm
　□ Location
　Yuhidera Prefectural Natural Park
　□ Status
　Full, 20 Enrolled
　□ Price
　￥8,000
　□ Registration
　Friday, August 1st to Thursday, September 25th

Fall for Harvest! In Shunran no Sato 〜Fun Experience, Reaping Rice!

Another exiting harvest season has come! Let’s try gathering rice crops at a rice field in Shunran no Sato. After reaping the crops, taste the new rice!
　□ Ages
　Children(6-15 yrs) with Parents or 16 yrs and up
　□ Meeting Dates
　Tuesday, September 23rd  
　□ Meeting Times
　10:00am to 3:00pm
　□ Location
　Shunran no Yado, Noto-machi
　□ Status
　Full, 20 Enrolled
　□ Price
　￥3,000
　□ Registration
　Friday, August 1st to Saturday, September 20th 

Bamboo Dish Making in Mountain Village – Shunran no Sato (2 days)

Fall brings many treasures in mountains; digging sweet potatoes, picking up mushrooms, and so on! Be a village-dweller and enjoy the blessings in the mountain! Make a bamboo plate and a mug cup, and try the various kinds of mushroom dishes.
　□ Ages
　Children(6-15 yrs) with Parents or 16 yrs and up
　□ Meeting Dates
　Monday, October 20th to Tuesday, October 21st  
　□ Meeting Times
　1:30pm to 2:00pm (next day)
　□ Location
　Noto-machi(homestay in Noto-machi)
　□ Status
　Full, 15 Enrolled
　□ Price
　Adult(16yrs and up):￥10,000 Child(15 yrs and under):￥7,000
　□ Registration
　Wednesday, September 3rd to Saturday, October 18th  

Fall Beech Wood Trekking in Togatani

The small village in Togatani, and there is only one family living there. Scoop the fresh water by the big drooping cherry tree and pick up some mushrooms along the trail, and now you are ready to enter the beautiful beech wood… Warm up yourself with some mushroom soup and enjoy the fall beech wood!
　□ Ages
　9 yrs and up  *9 – 12 yrs with Parents
　□ Meeting Dates
　Friday, October 31st
　□ Meeting Times
　10:00am to 2:00pm
　□ Location
　Togatani, Hakusan
　□ Status
　Full, 30 Enrolled
　□ Price
　Adult(13yrs and up):￥2,000
　□ Registration
　2 months before the activity stars

Special Tea Time with Nengwaji Sweet in Yoshino

Let’s have a tea break with special sweets called Nengwaji Nengwaji is the local dry sweet that used to serve with Shojin Ryori (Buddhist Cuisine) in Chugu. Make the sweets usig the mountain products such as chestnuts, taros, and walnuts. Enjoy the brisk fall weather in Yoshino with the Nengwaji sweet!
　□ Ages
　13 yrs and up
　□ Meeting Dates
　Saturday, November 15th
　□ Meeting Times
　9:30am to 2:30pm
　□ Location
　Yoshino, Hakusan
　□ Status
　Full, 30 Enrolled
　□ Price
　￥5,000
　□ Registration
　2 months before the activity stars

Amenomiya Tumuli in Bijozan (Nakanoto)

The biggest old tumuli in Ishikawa were built on the top of Bijozan mountain. Start climbing up from the roots of Quercus serrata (Konara oak)-Pinus wood, follow the trails walking around the tumuli, and enjoy the views from the top of Bijozan.
　□ Ages
　6 yrs and up * better for good walker
　□ Meeting Dates
　Saturday, October 4th
　□ Meeting Times
　9:00am to 3:00pm
　□ Location
　Hondoji, Nakanoto
　□ Status
　No limit
　□ Price
　Free
　□ Registration
　Not necessary – meet others at the meeting place.

Hakusan Montain Climbing in Fall

Let’s enjoy the view of the leaves turned in autumn. We will take the most popular route of Sabo new road to the top and return to the foot of the mountain. You may see partly covered with snow near Midaga field, but mostly you enjoy the beautiful colorful leaves along the route.
　□ Ages
　Adults *experienced climbers
　□ Meeting Dates
　Sunday, October 12nd to Monday, October 13rd
　□ Meeting Times
　6:00am to 12:00pm (next day)
　□ Location
　Hakusan neighboring area
　□ Status
　Full, 20 Enrolled
　□ Price
　￥29,400
　□ Registration
　Tuesday, April 1st to Wednesday, October 1st

Fishing Octopus

Let’s become an expert of fishing octopus with the old way and learn more about its mysterious biology!
　□ Ages
　Children(6 - 9 yrs) with Parents and up
　□ Meeting Dates
　Saturday, October 11st
　□ Meeting Times
　1:30pm to 3:30pm
　□ Location
　Yoshino, Hakusan
　□ Status
　Full, 20 Enrolled
　□ Price
　Free  * 200 yen above 18 yrs
　□ Registration
　Tuesday, April 1st to Sunday, October 12th

Moon-Viewing, Tsukimi (2 days)

Another Tsukimi festival held in October beside the one in September 15th called “Jugoya”. “Shitsurai” is the way to enjoy viewing the moon and to celebrate the harbest by decorating the room with flowers and other plants, also belongings. Let’s learn how Japanese connect agriculture with the moon and how Japanese feel about the moon.
　□ Ages
　18 yrs and up
　□ Meeting Dates
　Tuesday, October 14th to Wednesday, October 15th
　□ Meeting Times
　1:00pm to 12:00pm (next day)
　□ Location
　Hakusan Seminar House Bohgakuen
　□ Status
　Full, 15 Enrolled
　□ Price
　￥13,000
　□ Registration
　Monday, September 8th to Tuesday, October 21st

-The courses above are regular programs, but some of them are possible to be reserved by a group of 10 people and more.
　The programs are flexible and changes can be made to suit your requests.
　Please ask us for more information, if you wish.
- Each activity requires an Arrangement Fee** (￥800) and travel expenses. **Arrangement Fee doesn’t include an interpreter, please ask
　us if you need.
- There are more fun activities – Hakusan Mount Climbing (2,702m), Catching Octopus at Noto Marine Center, and more!
- For more information : Contact us