School / Classroom Spots in Japan

  • Hikari Kyusu
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Aichi Tokoname-shi Kanayama Kami Suhara 103 Tokoname-shi
    A pottery experience class in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, which is famous for Tokoname ware. It's in Ceramall, a ceramics shopping mall near the southern end of Tokoname Park. Even elementary school students can easily enjoy making pottery there with their potter's wheel. Being in a mall, it's nice to stop by after sightseeing or other errands. Evening sessions are available between 18:00 and 20:00 with a reservation, which is helpful if that's the only time you have for sightseeing. There is also a coffee shop on-site. They serve tea, coffee, and sweets like anmitsu (syrup-covered bean jam and fruit) in original ceramic vessels.
  • Hiruga no Kogen Kiso Horse Ranch
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Gujo-shi Takasucho Hirugano 4670-3654
    A ranch about a 15-minute drive from the Hirugano Kogen Smart Interchange on the Tokai Hokuriku Expressway (only accessible with electronic toll collection (ETC) cards). They care for Kiso-uma, Honshu's only Japanese native horse species, and also run a tourist ranch where you can enjoy horseback riding. Kiso-uma average about 135-centimeter-tall and are stocky with short torsos and a friendly disposition. Since they are gentle, everyone from small children to adults can ride worry-free. Their Hirugano Hoplodge pension on the grounds offers a horseback riding package where visitors can get in a lot of riding on both the day of their stay and the day after.
  • Ena Horse Riding Club
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    Gifu Ena-shi Iwamuracho Tomita 2330-8
    "A riding club in Iwamura-cho, Ena City, which is said to have the ""nicest rural landscape in Japan."" It's Gifu Prefecture's largest riding club with 56 horses and about 700 members. A variety of programs are available that cater to people's level and reason for riding. These include a beginner course for those with no experience at all, a riding school for those who want to take it up as a hobby and continue day-to-day, and a course that lets you master the basics in 10 sessions, leading to a 5th level riding license. Helmets, boots, and safety vests are included in the participation fees, so you don't need to bring anything in particular."
  • Horse Riding Club Wrangler Ranch
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    Yamanashi Hokuto Kobuchisawacho Kamisasao 3332
    A horse-riding club just a five-minute drive from the Kobuchizawa Interchange on the Chuo Expressway. Surrounded by the magnificent nature of the Yatsugatake mountain region you can enjoy a leisurely ride and meet horses that have appeared in historical dramas and movies. There are riding experiences and classes offered and instructors will teach you carefully according to your individual ability. They also hold horse riding training camps and you'll be able to fundamentally improve your horse-riding ability in just a short period with their one day two saddle lessons.
  • Horseland Azumino
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    Nagano Azumino Toyoshina Minami Hotaka 3800-1
    A tourism farm primarily dedicated to horses. Raising horses and goats, the farm's spacious grounds encompass a horseback riding course and pasture area. The farm offers riding activities for children as young as one year of age. Children up to three years of age can ride together on the same horse with a parent. An instructor accompanies all such courses and holds the reigns, insuring rider safety. The farm also offers a full array of fully fledged horseback riding lesson courses, enabling customers to choose the course which meets their needs and aims. In the petting zoo area, visitors can feed goats and horses (additional fee required).
  • Tateshina Riding Farm
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    Nagano Chino-shi Kitayama 6153
    A 30-minute, 14 kilometer drive from the Suwa Interchange on the Chuo Expressway. This visitor-oriented horseback riding facility offers lessons and outdoor rides under the clear highland sky. Aiming to make it easy for anyone to ride a horse like a bike or motorcycle, the facility employs a cowboy-style riding system inspired by the old American west. Focusing on outdoor riding, via rope-led rides to full on lessons, everyone from beginners to advanced riders can have fun riding a horse here. The facility's beginner lessons are open to people of elementary school age and older. While outside riding, you just might encounter a deer or other wild animal.
  • Nihon Trekking
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    Nagano Iida-shi Kitagata 3462
    A horseback riding center situated among the mountains. The center's riding ground is right in front of a guesthouse and hotel, while a panoramic view of the Southern Japan Alps stretches into the distance in the background. The center has rental riding equipment and offers lessons for beginners on up. The center also offers programs such as a farm stay which includes lodging and food, and pony camps for elementary school- to high school-aged students.
  • Shikaoi Town Riding Park
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    Hokkaido Kato-gun Shikaoi Cho Urimakunishi 3
    This is the only horse riding facility in the eastern Hokkaido. The grounds have a riding school, and a park golf facility as well. This is the perfect place to spend some time away from the workaday world and ride a horse through the beauty of the great outdoors, and it's perfect for guests of all ages. Even small children and beginners can try horse riding at ease. It's connected to Roadside Station Umariku, so this is a great place to stop by on your long Hokkaido drive to buy some fresh mountain vegetables, potatoes, black garlic and more Hokkaido produce at the farm-direct sales section.
  • Northern Pacific Ocean Seaside Line Horse Riding Club
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    Hokkaido Akkeshi-gun Hamanakacho Esashito 12
    This horse-riding club is along the North Pacific Seaside Line, a coastal rode stretching 321 kilometers from Hiroo-cho in Tokachi to Cape Nosappu in Nemuro City. Not only can you enjoy a woodland ride, but they offer ocean-side rides to enjoy the quiet lapping of the waves. The family owners offer gentle guidance, so it's a great place even for beginners. The grounds serve as a course for local races, and they offer lessons as well, so they have a wide variety of services. The advanced courses offer a journey through trackless forest that surely offer views not normally seen.
  • Western Village Sahoro
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    Hokkaido Kamikawa-gun Shintokucho Niinai 637
    This equestrian center is located in Shintoku Town, the fourth largest town in Japan. Visitors can challenge the horse trekking in Shintoku Town which is comparable to half the size of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. This trekking course, which is open to sixth-grade children to 65-year-olds, is a wild course that you can walk in the forest of Sahoro following beast paths and fords. If visitors are lucky, they may encounter wild deer along the one-hour course. Children aged five to seven can ride on the back of a horse with a guide. There is also a farmers' cafe, so after enjoying the horse trekking, visitors can also buy puddings and cakes, as well as egg-topped rice, all made with eggs laid the very same day.
  • Lake Toya Ranch
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    4.5
    33 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Abutaguntouyakochou Tsukiura 44
    This is a guest Ranch specializing in horse trekking, and is located two hours by car from Sapporo half way to Hakodate. Visitors can overlook Lake Toya, Mt. Usu and Mt. Showa Shinzan, recognized as the first “World Geopark” in Japan, while enjoying horse trekking. There is also a family course for those with small children, and anyone can join if they can straddle a horse alone without being afraid. There is a full mountain course for adults or those with a height of 140 centimeters or more. The course can be enjoyed by both experienced and inexperienced riders.

    Our first horseriding experience right here at Lake Toya! our guide was fun and could converse in simple english - we did a 90 min mountain + lake trail and it was worth it. horses are really...

  • Herbal Ranch
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    Hokkaido Abutaguntouyakochou Tsukiura 44
    Herbal Ranch is a hands-on experience facility in Tsukiura, Toyako-machi, in Abuta County. Visitors pick herbs from the herb garden on the property and try their hands at distilling herbs, making herbal tea, or cooking local vegetables with herbs in a Dutch oven. Reservations are required, but Herbal Ranch can accommodate groups of up to twenty people.
  • Clark Horse Garden
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    Hokkaido Asahikawashi Higashiasahikawachou Sakuraoka 160-4
    A horse ranch where visitors can experience horseback riding. The facility is notable for its American west countryside feel. Children and others can have an instructor lead your horse by a rope for a safer experience or, after a ten minute lecture; you can ride in the nearby forest. There's an old West-style cafe on the grounds where you can enjoy a meal after your ride. There's also a remodeled old farm house which has been turned into a cottage visitors can rent and stay the night in.
  • Kushiro Fureai Horse Park
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Kushiroshi Yamahana 10-1
    This horse riding club in Kushiro offers a well-appointed horse-riding experience for beginners at affordable prices. A 50-minute horse trekking course meandering slowly through a water flower grove and on into the forest is available, as well as a 70-minute course that stretches all the way to Momiji Boulevard. This horse park, provides instructor-directed beginner's rides, and free range riding for those bringing their own horses. With no entrance fee, visitors are free to take photos or pet the horses.

    いや-楽しかったです! 家族で『馬に乗ってみよ-!』となって、見つけた所ですが・・・ まったくの未体験の者にも、簡単・丁寧・分かり易い説明で・・・ しかも、『じゃ-行きましょ!』ってな感じで? さすが北海道です。細かいこと抜きで楽しませていただけました! 50分コースの『ホーストレッキング』だったのですが、70分 コースでも良かったかな?と、思いました。 馬は『どさんこ』で、途中に周りの草を食べた...

  • Sonny's Stable
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    5.0
    5 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Kayabegunmorimachi Komagatake 95-23
    This is a riding club located in great expansive natural surroundings of Onuma where one can enjoy western horse riding, just like the original. The trail riding experience with a veteran cowboy guide takes you meandering through forests on a horse and are designed so that even a beginner can securely enjoy 'real' horse trekking. The courses available are 90 minutes course, two and a half hours course with a coffee break, and three and a half hours course with coffee and a snack. Each course comes with a 45-minute lesson and a selection menu.

    wonderful experience with American quarter horse named SHIMAchan riding him or her about 1 hour and half first of all learning to ride him/her and learn how to use horse reins and stirrup spurs how...

  • Frontier Equestrian Club
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Ishikarishi Atsuta-ku Shuppu 165-3
    Located about 30 minutes from the Sapporo Kita Interchange by car, this equestrian club is located in the Atsuta district of Ishikari City. Various lessons and courses are provided at the Frontier Equestrian Club on its large grounds surrounded by the rich nature of Hokkaido in the perfect environment for horseback riding. Everyone from beginners to veterans can similarly enjoy themselves and experience healing and comfort on a course rich with rivers, the sea, grasslands, forests, hills and other environments while doing horse trekking, an activity that has become popular in recent years. The horseback riding plans include a beginner's course, an outdoor riding course, obstacle jumping and dressage.

    初めての北海道旅行で急に思い立ち、夫婦で当日朝に申し込み!空いてますよー。との事で、手ぶらでお邪魔しました。装備は全て貸し出て頂き(無料)初めての乗馬にドキドキでしたがインストラクターの方がとても優しく丁寧に教えてくださり楽しかったです!なんだか始終のんびりした雰囲気で軽く散歩を楽しむ感じ。お馬さんもコースを熟知しているので特に何もしなくてもついて行けます...

  • Kisouma no Sato Kisouma Horse Riding Center
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Kisomachi
    This horseback riding facility is located inside the “Kiso Horse Village” in Kaidakogen, Kiso Town. There are about 30 Kiso horses being kept and raised here; they’re a Japanese local breed known as warrior steeds. They are not as tall as thoroughbreds and have gentle personalities, making them especially suitable for those new to horseback riding. You can also ride horse-drawn carriages, experience horse therapy and stablekeeping, and more.
  • Aotogama
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    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Nuttarihigashi 3-5-24
    Aotogama located in Nuttari Terrace Street in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture is a ceramic studio which also holds pottery classes. At the shop attached to the studio, it also sells containers glazed with natural ash, small earthenware items, and accessories as well as variety goods selected with a unique sense of taste. It has a wide range of items which are simple, tasteful and useful in daily life. With a booking, you can experience an electric potter’s wheel and hand forming of clay.
  • Ohtsukouyou
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Ibaraki Kasama-shi Tegoshi 68
    "Kasama Pottery is located along Route 355 in Tegoshi, Kasama City. The kiln has been in business for more than 150 years, and produces and sells a variety of ceramics, mainly vases and tableware, under the motto, ""We make ceramics with the feelings of the people who use them, without making distinctions between crafts and miscellaneous ware."
  • Riding Club Crane Kanazawa
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    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Awagasakihamamachi 1-7
    A riding club located in Kanazawa operated by Crane, a popular riding club organization with 33 locations nationwide. A free shuttlebus connects the club to JR Kanazawa Station. The club is located in a naturally beautiful area close to the Uchinada Dunes and, in addition to areas throughout the prefecture, many of the clubs customers commute from the prefectures of Fukui and Toyama. The club keeps around 79 horses for riders, from retired racehorses to calm horses perfect for beginners. The club can accommodate everyone from novices to those seeking full riding lessons. If you're a first-timer, the club's one ride beginner course, which includes rental of all riding equipment necessary, is recommended. The club also offers a horseback riding license course.

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