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