Minakami Canyoning Adventure

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We headed up to Minakami to do a combination of rafting and canyoning with Canyons Outdoor Adventure Center. We had a fun-filled morning of whitewater rafting on the Tone River in the morning and then returned to the Center for a great lunch on a sunny deck. A bit of a breather and then it was soon time for our PM adventure.


Our afternoon was canyoning – something I can’t say I’d heard of before, but it seems to be reasonably popular in other parts of the world. You head down a river with no boat and have to tackle anything you come across by walking, swimming, jumping, sliding or the occasional bit of rope assistance. Mike and the other guides at Canyons were instrumental in bringing the sport to Japan and have set up several courses in different areas. They are always on the lookout for new locations and during quiet times take the whole team off to try a new one that they are interested in.


We were trying their most popular course which is on their doorstep – Fox Canyon. It has a little bit of everything that makes canyoning so fun. We kept our wetsuits, helmets and lifejackets, and were then given sturdier canyoning shoes as well as wetsuit gloves and a harness. Read More...