Forest Adventure Chichibu - Chichibu

Good obstacle course

Fun place

Fantastic place, absolutely worths traveling from Tokyo!

Very fun afternoon adventure trip. Chichibu is a beautiful area, and an obstacle course in the trees is a great way to experience a piece of it. Recommended to bring gloves.

Very safe. Very fun. Our 9 yr old was to get it done with some encouragement. Gloves not required but I encourage them.

Really nice staff - they know just a little English, but are extremely willing to provide extra care and patience to those who need it. The introduction/guide was all in Japanese and unfortunately there wasn't a written explanation - basically it's: 1) Follow the metal "track" with the strongest device (it has two wheels and moves smoothly along the track - and passes through "checkpoints" only at a certain angle. You just need to make sure you have this on at the start of each section 2.1) Put your red hook onto the red ropes for support, or 2.2) on top of the metal track roller device (better distributes weight on the ropes) 3) When climbing, attach the blue hook to the blue hook on your belt. The colour coding makes things easy, and people of all ages (kids, old grandpa's, everything between - so long as they're over 140cm tall, I think!) can have fun. Bottle holder sachets are freely available to borrow, and vending machines are nearby. We just did the intro, level 1, and level 3 course - skipping level 2 because a short person in our group found the Amazon Wire (tightrope, with rope to hold above) very challenging. Took us 3 hours with a little break, and we were quite tired from getting to Chichibu so we stopped there. Small lockers with 4-digit passcodes are available for free. Gloves can be rented for free. I lost a bit of skin on my finger from the zip line, so in retrospect I'd have rented some gloves too. For 3300 yen (£25) I think we had a lot of fun and it was a great change of physical activity from walking during my holiday in Japan. The bus takes about 20 minutes there/back from chichibi, and wasn't too crowded for us (Friday, summer hols). You can reserve online, or on phone (you might get lucky and be able to reserve a spot even if the website shows its fully booked). I'm not sure if they speak English on the phone.

Fun place. Everything is clean and in very good condition. The long slides are really fun!

Must go place if you are an outdoor person. Awesome activity to do in the nature. It takes about 1.5-2hours to complete the course. Plan to wear clothes that can get dirty! Bugs spray is nice to have if you are visiting during summer.