trip-chichibu.md

3-Day Weekend Trip to Chichibu

Table of Contents

• Random Notes
• Hotel Options
• Day 1
  • Morning to Afternoon
  • Evening
• Day 2
  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Evening
• Day 3
  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Evening

Random Notes

• Seibu Chichibu Station and Chichibu Station are different stations!
  • Seibu Chichibu Station is for express trains connecting to Ikebukuro Station
  • Chichibu Station is for local trains connecting to the local area
• Sunsets early since it is in the mountains

Hotel Options

• Daiichi Hotel Chichibu
  • 16 min walk from Seibu Chichibu Station
  • 1 min walk from Chichibu Station
• Comfort Stay Miyabi
  • Cheap and clean hotel but a 10 min walk from Seibu Chichibu Station

Day 1

Morning to Afternoon

Travel

• Shinjuku Station → Ikebukuro Station via Saikyo Line
• Ikebukuro Station → Hanno Station via Seibu Ikebukuro Line Limited Express
• Hanno Station -> Moominvalley Park via 日高線１０武蔵高萩駅行 bus

MOOMINVALLEY PARK

• ムーミンバレーパーク

Evening

Travel

• Moominvalley Park → Hanno Station via 秩父鉄道秩父駅行 bus

• Hanno Station → Seibu Chichibu Station via Seibu Ikebukuro Line Limited Express

• Hotel check-in

• Explore Chicibu central area

Day 2

Morning

• Head to the Chichibu Muse Park
• Walk around the park
• Outdoor Play Forest (beam rifle, buggy, trampoline) / ソト遊びの森 (ビームライフル・バギー・トランポリン)

Afternoon

• Forest Adventure Chichibu
  • Book in advance

Evening

• Seibuchichibu Ekimae Onsen Matsurinoyu Hot Spring / 西武秩父駅前温泉 祭の湯

Day 3

Morning

• Nagatoro Iwadatami / 長瀞岩畳

Afternoon

• Hodosan Ropeway / 宝登山ロープウェイ山麓駅
  • Hours: 9:00 - 16:30
• Tsukinoishi Momiji Park / 月の石もみじ公園

Evening

• Head back to Tokyo
  • Seibu Chichibu Station → Ikebukuro Station via Seibu Ikebukuro Line Limited Express
  • Ikebukuro Station → Shinjuku Station via Saikyo Line