title: Hokuriku Tales vol.3

Summary

A book of five stories about Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama with useful data vol.3

Rental kimono are available in Kanazawa City (photo: courtesy of Kanazawa City Tourism Association)Chapter VHave lipstick ? Will travel in HokurikuSoothe your body and soulFun that only a girl can haveGood food and the silly things girls do --- girls-only travel is full of fun and excitement. Our report of suchan enjoyable trip in Hokuriku follows.“Let’s get away”Goodbye stress [Tateyama Mountain Forest Therapy Base]The water streams overHyakkenname heel you.If you walk through a forest, your stress will go away and your body and soulare heeled. Forests that scientific data show to have this effect are officiallycertified as Forest Therapy Bases by the Forest Therapy Society, anincorporated NPO. We learned about the forest therapy base certified for thefirst time in Hokuriku in the mountains of Tateyama, and visited there to trytheir therapy.Our guide was one of the forest therapists and forest therapy guides who areregistered at the base. There are six routes called Therapy Trails at this base.The longest is over ten kilometers and is almost like a trekking course. Thetherapy trail we were taken on is called the“Trail of Streams and Forest”(aboutthree kilometers long) that includes an interesting spot called Hyakkennamewhere clear water currents flow over a gigantic rock. There are some stairs toclimb but the trail was generally easy to walk.38 Hokuriku Tales vol.3