This tour takes you to the famous snow monkeys lounging around their hot spring, followed by attendance, including reserved seating, at Japan's most spectacular autumn fireworks display, Ebisu-ko fireworks festival, where over 15,000 fireworks are fired.

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Duration 11 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
Live tour guide: English

Highlights

See Japan's most beautiful autumn fireworks festival, Ebisu-ko Fireworks Festival
Take photos with the world-famous snow monkeys
Enjoy a Japanese lunch
Try "sake", Japan and Nagano’s most famous beverage

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See the famous snow monkeys of Jigokudani lounging in or around their hot spring. After seeing the monkeys, enjoy lunch at a nearby restaurant and sample sake, before heading back to Nagano City for the main event. The last part of this tour is the highlight for this specific one day limited tour — the festival of Ebisuko, at which you'll have reserved seating. Over 15,000 fireworks are fired in one evening. This festival is hailed as the grandest autumn fireworks show in Japan, with 430,000 people from all over the country coming to Nagano to see the spectacle. You'll have a chance to buy some festival food, before returning to JR Nagano Station where the tour concludes.

Includes

Nagano to the Snow Monkey Park transfer
Snow Monkey Park entrance fee
Lunch
Sake tasting
Reserved seat (Ebisu seat) at the Ebisu-ko Fireworks Festival
English-speaking guide

Bullet train tickets
Dinner

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask
You will receive a mandatory temperature check

Meeting point

JR Nagano Station, in front of the Information Board directly opposite the shinkansen (bullet train) gates.

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Important information

Know before you go

Please wear comfortable footwear and warm clothing
In case of closure of the Monkey Park, a replacement activity will be arranged
Infant (0-3) lunch is not included

November 23: Ebisu-ko Fireworks & Snow Monkey Tour

November 23: Ebisu-ko Fireworks & Snow Monkey Tour

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