# End-of-Year and New Year's Plan: Celebrate a Country New Year at a Former School Lodge
_ゆく年くる年プラン　～校舎の宿で山里のお正月～_

- **When:** Thu, Dec 31, 2026 – Sun, Jan 3, 2027 (JST)
- **Where:** Kogen-no-Sato Onsen Healthy Misato, Hayakawa — 651 Oharano, Hayakawa, Minamikoma, Yamanashi
- **Price:** price on the official site
- **Category:** Cultural & Ethnic Festivals
- **Official site:** https://www.hayakawa-eco.com/program/index.php/view/91?continue=1#continue
- **On Tokyo Events:** https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/end-of-year-and-new-years-plan-celebrate-a-country

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Experience traditional Japanese New Year activities such as making rice cakes with a mortar and pestle, visiting a local mountain village shrine for the first shrine visit of the year, and writing the first calligraphy of the year with special inkstones from the Hayakawa area. Enjoy daily events like observing flying squirrels and stargazing in the surrounding nature. Enjoy classic New Year games freely in the gymnasium or on the grounds. Relax in a hot spring bath when you need a break. Spend a nostalgic and leisurely New Year's holiday in the countryside, with special benefits included. Additional paid birdwatching programs in the nearby bird park are also available.

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Source: Tokyo Events — https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/end-of-year-and-new-years-plan-celebrate-a-country