Easy Todoroki & Tama Valley Hike🌺等々力🍁Fall Colors, a Lovers Shrine & Free Sake!

Let's enjoy a refreshing, relaxing, easy hike through "TODOROKI VALLEY" where cool waters flow...over waterfalls, around mossy rocks & beside trails in the Todoroki-Keikoku ravine, where camellia bushes bloom & trees display bright fall colors!
(A truly GREAT photo walk!)
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等々力 Todoroki means: "Sound of gushing water"
TODOROKI is known as the last natural valley in Tokyo's 23-ku & was inhabited before the Yayoi-era, when ancient people lived here, nearby the wide Tama River.
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A popular tour each year, we'll go places you've never seen!
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We'll visit a lovely hilltop tea house surrounded by giant bamboo & stop for a friendly picnic lunch (with free hot green tea) on the lawn overlooking the surrounding area! (Hot Sake will be poured later in the event)
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We'll hike past mossy shrines, tinkling, fern-shrouded waterfalls & wonderful statues to a gorgeous Buddhist temple whose vermilion lamps & broad verandas will be surrounded by a display of beautiful autumn leaves!
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After leaving the valley, we'll walk beside the wide Tama river. To the south, we'll explore the stunning Sengen-jinja Shinto shrine which overlooks the river, with views of Fuji-san on a clear day.
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Afterwards, we'll visit Tamagawadai-koen & Ancient Tumulus Museum, built to showcase rare artifacts excavated in nearby Yayoi "kofun" mounds of ancient warrior nobles. (Yayoi: 200 BC-650 AD)
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A poem in the “Manyoshu,” the eighth-century poetry anthology, praises the rhythmic flow of the Tama & a lovely maiden washing cloth in the river. Fuchu, on the left bank of the Tama, became the capital of Musashi Province long before the rise of Edo in the 17th century." (多摩川台公園古墳展示室)
These wooded hills are a wonderful to explore!
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SCHEDULE: MEETUP at Todoroki station at 10:00 am & leave promptly at 10:15
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Please don't be late, because we won't wait!
With time out for breaks, lunch, museum, & rest, our tour finishes @4:00 & 4:30 pm, depending on the pace.
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On reaching Den-en-chofu Station we may enjoy snacks, drinks & conversation at a nearby café!
👉 BRING: Lunch & beverages (Or buy near Todoroki station BEFORE Meetup time.) Bring a jacket, good walking shoes & a picnic sheet or cloth to sit on. (OUR ROUTE: -> Todoroki Valley -> Picnic spot (30 minute break for lunch and socializing) -> Todoroki-Fudosan temple -> Walk along the Tama River -> Sengen shrine -> Tamagawa-dai Park & Ancient Tumulus Museum-> Horai Park -> Den-en-chofu.)
Distance: about 6 kilometers or 2.5 -3 hours of easy walking & NOT all at once. We'll be walking short sections, with lots of breaks!
📸 You may upload 10 of your best photos to our event page!
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HIGHLIGHTS: TODOROKI FUDO-SAN: Gorgeous hilltop Buddhist Temple!
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TAMAGAWA SENGEN SHRINE: Built atop an ancient tomb, this elegant shrine (Dedicated to lovers, fertility & healthy childbirth!), was founded by Lady Hojo Masako in the Kamakura era to pray for her husband Minamoto no Yoritomo's victory in battle.
http://www.sengenjinja.info/top/index.htm

KAMENOKOYAMA KOFUN: Built in 4th Century is the largest "zenpo-koen fun" (keyhole-shaped mound) in the Tama River basin. At 107 meters long, it's a designated Historic Site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofun
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TAMAGAWADAI PARK & Ancient Tumulus Museum: Where swords, gold, jewelry, armor, pottery & other important artifacts discovered nearby may be seen.
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HORAI-KOEN: A wooded park with lovely pond which is home to many playful creatures!
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DENENCHOFU STATION: The quaint European-style station opened in 1923 was beautifully restored in 2000.
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NOTE: Others give similar tours, but not as good as ours, I guarantee!
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NOTE: We work hard to plan interesting events & guide you well, so please be generous. (Suggested: Students, Seniors or Low income:￥1000-2000, employed: from ￥2000-5000. Your choice!)
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KIDS ARE WELCOME & free to join with a parent!
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Your suggestions are always welcome!

Thanks, organizer, Kerry D. 😃