Leisure / Outdoors Spots in Western Tama Area

  • Nippara Furusato Art Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitamagunokutamamachi Nippara 775-4
    You can reach this art museum by taking a bus from JR Okutama Station, getting off at the Higashi Nippara stop, and walking about three minutes. They have a focus on the work of the artist Saburo Kurata, originally from Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, who was invited to represent Japan at the International Society for Education through Art. He visited about 50 countries and created over 2,000 sketches. The exhibit changes several times a year. Housed in a restored elementary school, there is also a display of artwork owned by the town of Okutama. The museum is a good place to get in touch with art in a quiet setting in the midst of nature.
  • America Camp Village
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitama-gun Okutamamachi Umezawa 230
    "This campground rents log cabins and barbecue gear, and is replete with facilities like a fishing pond, obstacle course, and hiking trails. The full-on obstacle course resembles a gym. It takes about an hour to complete and is fun for kids and adults alike. With advance reservation you can also have a campfire which is a scarce activity in Japan. Launching fireworks is prohibited, but hand-held fireworks can be used in the open central area. The log cabins were used to shoot the horror movie ""Rings."""
  • Higashihara Park Swimming Pool
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Ome-shi Imadera 5-11
    This outdoor pool in Ome City is only open during the summer holidays. The park's centered on a 176.8-meter river pool, and also has a pool with straight and twisting water slides, a kids' pool, and more. You can bring flotation devices, beach balls, rafts, etc., but there are restrictions on their use when it's crowded. As it's a municipal pool, the entrance and locker fees are very reasonably priced. It also has good access, being about one kilometer from Ome Interchange on the Ken-O Expressway.
  • Okutama Canoe Center
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitamagunokutamamachi Tanzaburou 243
    Okutama Canoe Center, located in the rural Okutama area of Tokyo, is a place where visitors can enjoy not only canoeing but also kayaking and rafting. The Center conducts canoeing lessons for beginners and group sightseeing tours. During the summer vacation, it offers canoeing lessons for children. Its autumn leaf viewing tours in the Hikawa River Gorge, offered for a short time each year, are popular events.
  • Hato no Su Valley Yuhodo
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Okutama-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo
  • Showa Retro Packaging Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Oumeshi Sumiechou 65
    A museum located four minutes on foot from Ome Station. The museum collects and displays product packaging from the Showa period from around 1955 to 1965, including candy wrappers, medicines, tobacco, and stationery, etc. Works by Mr. Bankan Kubo, a movie billboard artist, are also on display in the adjoining Bankan Billboard Room. As well as exhibitions in the gallery space, on the second floor they display exhibits relating to Koizumi Yakumo’s Yuki-Onna (snow woman).
  • Tamagawa River Rafting Concept
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Oumeshi Mitakehonchou 265 River House
    This is a facility in Mitake Honcho, Ome City where visitors can experience rafting and canoeing. It is about a three minute walk from Mitake Station, and taking advantage of the location along the Tamagawa River holds rafting tours and canoeing classes. There is also a fully equipped clubhouse offering a wood terrace big enough for 40 people, a large public bath, a multipurpose room, as well as “The Canoe bar” where visitors can enjoy a draft beer.
  • BIGSMILE (Okutama, Tokyo)
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Ome-shi Mitake 1-178-1
  • ADVENTURE DOME
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Akiruno-shi Kamiyotsugi 600
    This indoor pool facility is one of Tokyo Summerland's main attractions. Here visitors can play in a pool regardless of the season or the weather outside. Facilities include the central Cobalt Beach area, which has a huge pool; the Rock Beach area, where a giant barrel hangs overhead and will suddenly spill out 600 liters of water onto those standing below; and the thrilling Tiki Slide waterslide. There are also plenty of things to do other than swimming, including enjoying relaxation facilities such as a hot bath pool and soft water jacuzzi, and riding the Adventure Train locomotive around the area.
  • ADVENTURE LAGOON
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Akiruno-shi Kamiyotsugi 600
    A water adventure park area located in Tokyo Summerland. The area is open from the end of June to the end of September. Here visitors can enjoy exciting attractions such as the central Great Journey, a 650-meter-long lazy river which is one of the biggest in Japan; the Dekasla, a huge waterslide ridden using a rubber raft seating between four and six people which ends in a gigantic funnel; and the Dobon, a waterslide which drops you into a pool of water with a huge splash. Small children can have fun playing in areas such as the Monkey Floats, and there are also plenty of things to do other than swimming, including the Spring House hot bath-style relaxation pool.
  • Shinrinkan Forest Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitama-gun Okutamamachi Nippara 819
    A three-minute walk from the Higashinippara bus stop. Located near the Former Nippara Elementary School and along the Nippara Highway, as its name states, this museum is dedicated to forests. The museum was established to present the rich natural environment found in Okutama Town in response to a hinoki cypress in Kurasawa being designated a Natural Monument by the Tokyo metropolitan government and its selection for inclusion in a new list of the 100 most famous trees of Japan, as well as outcry over environmental issues in the latter half of the 1980s such as global warming and ozone layer depletion. The museum has information on particularly large trees found in Tokyo and across Japan; you can also see majestic Inamura Rock from the facility.
  • Okutama Mukashimichi
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitama-gun Okutamamachi Hikawa Sakaibaru
    "This hiking course is situated along the Old Ome Highway traveling southwest from Okutama Station. 9.4-kilometer-long, the course takes around four hours to walk. Hikawa Shrine is located right next to the station, and from there you can follow the trail and come across a variety of sightseeing destinations such as the Hagurozaka hill road, a famously beautiful pagoda tree, and Fudo Waterfall. Literally meaning the ""Okutama Old Time Road,"" as its name implies, those walking the course can take in scenery from a bygone age. The trail ends at Lake Okutama. Note that there are steep mountain trails along the course; prospective walkers are recommended to make thorough preparations beforehand."
  • Sengen Ridge Hiking Course
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitama-gun Hinoharamura
    A 25-minute bus ride from Musashi-Itsukaichi Station. This hiking course starts near the Motoshukuyakuba-mae bus stop and visits Hossawa Falls before passing through Tokisaka Pass and connecting to Mt. Sengenrei. The entire course takes around two and a half hours to walk one-way, and if you like you can catch a bus partway along the course when you want to head back. The course also climbs and descends gradually and there are benches along its length, making this a popular hiking trail which even beginners can comfortably enjoy. Spectacular views can be seen from scenic lookouts along the course, along with seasonal plants and flowers.
  • Ginza Akie Sashikokan
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitama-gun Hinoharamura Nango 6128
    A 10-minute walk from the Nango bus stop and a 30-minute drive from Musashi-Itsukaichi Station. This museum operates out of a relocated and remodeled old Japanese home and is situated on a side road off of the Hinohara Highway a short distance east from the Nango Police Substation. The museum displays pieces by sashiko quilter Akie Ginza; each room is dedicated to a different theme, such as secondhand clothing, kimono, and haiku poetry, revealing different aspects of the artist's world. The museum also has a shop which sells implements and materials for creating sashiko quilted clothing.
  • Takamizu Three Peaks Hiking Course
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Ome-shi
    This hiking course travels in an arch, starting at Ikusabata Station and climbing Mt. Takamizu, Mt. Iwatake Ishiyama, and Mt. Sogaku before ending at Mitake Station. All three mountains, known as the Takamizu Three Peaks, are each 700-meters-high and are relatively easy to climb, but because of the spectacular scenery which can be enjoyed from their summits, this hiking course is recommended as one of the best for beginners in the Okutama area. The course takes around four hours to walk. Additional highlights along the course include the Jofukuin Temple, Masugataki Waterfall, and the Aoi Shrine Okunoin.
  • Mt. Mitakeand Mt. Hinode Hiking Course
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Ome-shi Nishitama-gun
    This hiking course starts at Mitake Station and follows Mt. Mitake's shrine road, then visits the Mitake Visitor Center and Musashi Mitake Shrine before reaching Mt. Hinode. After climbing up and descending from Mt. Hinode, be sure to stop by the Tsuru-Tsuru Onsen hot spring bathhouse and take a relaxing, soothing soak. The course ends at Musashi-Itsukaichi Station. The entire course takes around three and a half hours to walk or, if you take the cable car part way, around two and a half hours. Additional highlights along the course include an avenue of cedar trees planted in the early Edo period, and a sacred Japanese zelkova tree estimated to be 1,000 years old.
  • Small Fruits Land Berry Cottage
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Ome-shi Shinmachi 2-11-5
    A five-minute drive from the Ome Interchange and a 15-minute walk from Ozaku Station. This fruit farm is located on a side road off of the main road heading east from the Wakagusa Koen Higashi Intersection. As its name implies, the farm offers fruit picking, primarily berry picking. When in season, visitors can pick raspberries, blueberries, and kiwi grown without agricultural chemicals or chemical fertilizers. Fruit picking requires an advance reservation made by phone. The farm also has a cafe where you can enjoy desserts such as a blueberry brulee limited to just a few customers a day.
  • Kubota Noen
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Ome-shi Nariki 1-286
    A three-minute walk from the nearest bus stations and a 15-minute drive from the Ome Interchange. This fruit farm is located close to the Naruki River. The farm offers visitors the chance to pick blueberries and kiwi fruit. It also sells items such as herbs, vegetables, and homemade jams. Blueberry picking is available from late June to mid-August, while kiwi fruit picking is held from late October to mid-November.
  • Canyons Okutama
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    64 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitamagunokutamamachi Kawai 54-1

    The guides (Rodrigo & Fergus) were amazing! So much fun and even though it was rainy they still made sure we had a great time!

  • Otaba Kawa International Niji Trout Fishing Field
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    12 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Nishitama-gun Okutamamachi Otaba 114

    数日前の水曜日に行ってきました。 40数年ぶりに娘を連れて行ってきましたが施設もすっかり新しくきれいになって、平日ということもあり人が少なくて快適でした。 施設の方の対応も親切だし娘につり方を教えながらのんびりと過ごすことができました。 二人で10数匹、持て余すこともなく程々の釣果で気分よく楽しめました。

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