Rafting Tour Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting
  • Enjoy floating with a life jacket
    Enjoy floating with a life jacket
  • Jump into Yoshino River!
    Jump into Yoshino River!
  • Jumping from a rock with courage
    Jumping from a rock with courage
  • We want you experience the best rafting!
    We want you experience the best rafting!
  • Dynamic! Make a big smile after rafting torrents
    Dynamic! Make a big smile after rafting torrents
  • Extremely powerful!
    Extremely powerful!

The feature of Kochi Rafting

Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting has dynamic torrents!

Rafting Fee

Various credit cards can be used

Fee

from the last ten days of April to the last ten days of October.
Prices start from
JPY3,980
(including tax-8%)~
JPY3,686 (excluding tax-8%)~
the charge after reservation discount on the website
including wet jacket and accident insurance

Meeting Time

  • start9:00 finish12:30
  • start13:30 finish17:00
※ Finish time depends on the condition of the river.

Age Limit

Minimum age is 13.

Rafting Fee(WEB Discount)

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Introduction Kochi Rafting

Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting Tour Guide
Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting Tour Guide,
Ninnin
Yoshino River has popular rafting spots as the best of Japan. thrilling course of enough quantity of water and dynamic torrents, you can enjoy rafting in half day. Our gentle tour guides are popular by kind politeness, and many people are the famous tour that it's visited. It's a preliminary reservation system, but when there is a seat, the reservation is also possible on the day. It takes 15 minutes by car from Otoyo I.C of Kochi Expressway in Shikoku. By train, it located 800 meters distance from JR Toyonaga Station. [continued from here] It is the best rafting tour for your friend group, lovers, a family. The domestic maximum scale, the educated polite staff, relief and trust, be chosen from nearby 100 school trips every year. Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting as safe as possible for the participants from all nationalities, while still allowing everyone to experience the fun.

Tour Schedule

Meeting at Toyonaga Meeting Base♪


BIGSMILE Toyonaga base
Toyonaga Meeting Base of Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting is located 15 minute by car from Otoyo I.C of Kochi Expressway. You can park your car near our free parking lots. It takes 20 minutes walk from JR Toyonaga Station. In the changing room,there are coin lockers and air conditioners. We have enough of free wet suit and variety of sizes(XS~4XL)
One point advice
On the way to the starting point
On the way to the starting point, there are steep stairs. The tour guide will help you tightly.
More information
Getting dressed
Before the meeting time, you fill in the participation application form. And after that,change for the wet suit in the clean and comfortable room with air conditioners.
Safety instructions
After you changed, put on a life jacket and helmet.
It's being prepared from 100 centimeters of height to 140 kilometers of weight.
Move
The starting point is immediately under the Toyonaga Meeting base. Let’s walk together! The tour guide explains about safety. Now it is time to go rafting! (sometimes at the meeting place before movement)

Time to rafting!


Rafting start
After rowing practice, we will go down the river. Enjoy the greatest scenery from start to goal, 3.5 kilometers about 1 hour or 1 and a half hour.
More information
Let's board the boat
Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting being prepared a boat of at most 7 seats of basis. We aim for the first torrent.
Rowing practice
At first, rowing a boat practice. Of a BIGSMILE, friendly tour guides teach you it kind politeness gently.
Let's get down
Let's go rafting after practicing to row the boat! You guys ready? Here we come! Enjoy your rafting!

Try the big torrent!


Torrent!
Large and small variety torrents wait you! “Toyonaga no Se”,”Sandan no Se”,”Iwahara no Se”, and more!
One point advice
Heavy torrents
There is a possibility that it's lost for your contact lens, because we go down into heavy torrents. If you need, there are rental of goggles.
More information
Challenge torrent
Before the torrent, we have to row hard our boat together with breath. And in the torrent, we catch the rope beside the boat.
Rafting
Splash! The feeling is like down into the river. We cannot see anything! Let's go down the river together!
Torrent
After rafting, you feel refresh and make a big smile! Did you get over a torrent with falling in no one?

Jumping and some activities


jumping from the rock
We do some activities, jumping from the rock and floating with life jackets.
More information
Let's swim a lot
We do some activities, "The TITANIC" role play, this picture. The body is brought close to a surface of the water with a rope is put on back♪
Rafting game
This picture is “Boat Jumping”. I run on the boat which turned inside out and plunge into a river. What kind of activities would you like to play today?
Titanic game
Most of people likes jumping. Now it is time your courage is tried (free-for-all).
※ We sometimes cancel these activities by the quantity of water of the river or the crowded condition of the day.

After finish rafting


It's a goal
Now we are the goal point after “Iwahara no Se”. After the goal, we go back to the Meeting base by our passenger’s bus.
More information
It's a goal!
Here we are! At the goal point, we are so full of energy!
After rafting is a hot spring
After the goal, we go back to the Meeting base by our passenger’s bus.
If you have time, take some pictures with a big smile.
After rafting is a hot spring
At the meeting base, we change into clothes and break up.
If you have a time,please check some photographs we took you today.
Kochi Yoshino river half-day Rafting Daily update!
We update every day, the movement situations of the river

What you need?

  • Spring rafting clothes
  • Early summer rafting clothes
  • Summer rafting clothes
  • Winter early fall rafting clothes
  • Autumn rafting clothes
  • helmet, life jacket ,paddle and so on are prepared by BIGSMILE for free
  • It depends on the weather situation of the day, we prepare another wears.

You need to prepare for Koboke Full-day Rafting

  • bathing suit
  • Towel
  • Shoes for rafting (It will get wet)

who wear glasses and contact lenses

  • glasses band goggles
You need to prepare for Kochi Rafting

We prepare for you

wear

wear

paddling jacket(on the left)

We have paddling jackets for windy and rainy weather for protect you from cold climate. You are not strong to the cold, you wear it.

wet suits(in the middle)

The wet suits, we prepared is made of neoprene material. You can enjoy rafting with this wet suit even in the cold weather. Enough to wet suit and variety of sizes(XS~4XL) But we don't have enough 4XL size, please contact us beforehand.

wet jacket(on the right)

In the cold day or you are not strong to the cold, we are ready wet jackets for you. There are a lot of situations idle at a river for a child, so the child wears a wet jacket for all seasons.

gear

gear

helmet

In the river, there are many rocks and drift wood. You need to wear a helmet to protect your head. We have various sizes.

life jacket

For your safety, you have to wear a life jacket one by one. Whenever you are not good at swimming, you can float on the water with the life jacket.

paddle

Paddles are an essential element of rafting. We row the boat with the paddle. We have a small size paddle for a child.

You need to bring yourself

necessary belongings

bathing suits

bathing suits

You wear your bathing suits under the wet suits. Underwear is substitute for bathing suits. the underwear get wet in the river water, bring your one more underwear for changing.

towel

After the rafting, you use your towel in the changing room for dry your body. You don't bring it to the river.

Paid rented

shoes for rafting

shoes for rafting

Please bring your sport sandal or sneakers. CROCS are not good, because heels should be firmly fixed. You can rental our shoes for JPY300/ for each pair.

other belongings

sunscreen

sunscreen

Cause of reflection of ultraviolet rays is strong, it's very easy to get a tan in the river. You should bring sunscreen, waterproofing sunscreen is more good to protect you.

disposable contact lens

We don't recommend the type of hard contact lenses. Even if you wear soft contact lenses, contact lens often come off in the water. You can rent our goggles for JPY100/ for each. And also we are ready for you who wear glasses rent glasses band for JPY100/ for each.

Access to Kochi Rafting

Kochi Yoshino river half-day Rafting access map Access by car
Meeting Place
BIGSMILE Toyonaga base
direct phone line
090-4643-8215
Address
ZIP-code: 789-0241
34-1 Tobinoishi, Kawado-Aza, Otoyo-cho, Nagaoka-gun, Kochi
  • By car
  • By train
  • Kochi Yoshino river half-day Rafting access map Access by car
    Osaka area→Tarumi I.C → (Kobe Awaji -Naruto Expressway) → Naruto JCT → (Tokushima Expressway) → Igawa-Ikeda I.C → Route 32 to Kochi area about 20 minutes → BIGSMILE Toyonaga Meeting base
    Free parking lots in the same area

  • Kochi Yoshino river half-day Rafting access map Access by train
    Okayama Station → (JR Seto-Ohashi Line) → Awa-Ikeda Station(JR Dosan Line) → Toyonaga Station → 20 minute walk → BIGSMILE Toyonaga Meeting base
    Please check the time table of trains.

Kochi Halfday Rafting Course Map

Map of Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting

Make a big smile even big torrents are approaching you!?

Kochi Yoshino river torrent!
Torrents are spectacular! But you don’t feel scary with your friends. You can enjoy the Half-day Rafting in Kochi Yoshino River.

Like a roller coaster! Splash of the river water!

Not only big wave! Let's enjoy the Yoshino river Oboke in the whole body!!
You feel exciting and thrilling, because there are many torrents in Oboke course. You will make good memories at Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting for you vacation.
The charm of Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting in Oboke course is, you can enjoy rafting thrilling and exciting. I'll recommend you can enjoy rafting in the beautiful nature. After rafting, the feeling which joined the forces by everyone, and got over a torrent is best! We do some activities, jumping from rocks and swimming in the river. Whenever you are not good at swimming, it is OK you wear a life jacket. It makes you being float you and relaxed. Our friendly tour guides teach you it kind politeness gently. Please make good memories of Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting with your friends and family.
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Info Kochi Yoshino River area

WEST-WEST

WEST-WEST
The tourist facilities takes 20 minutes from Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting Toyonaga Meeting base.
It is along Route 32, there are restaurants, convenience store, paid dog run, BBQ site, tree trekking, and so on.

Contact
address : 1468-1 Nishiu, Yamashiro-cho, Miyoshi-shi, Tokushima
direct phone :0883-84-1117
URL:http://www.west-west.com

Hotel Mannaka

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The hotel takes 20 minutes by car from Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting Toyonaga Meeting base.
It is in the valley. You can enjoy a day Hot Spa, and their open-air bath makes you relaxed.
There is an Oboke Valley sightseeing boat by 3 minutes walk from here. Why don’t you try both of them?
open : 12:00~20:00 (last time you can entry 20:00)
<fee>
 adult JPY700 (more than a junior high school student)
 child JPY350
 less than 2 years old is free
Contact
address : 1644-1 Nishiu, Yamashiro-cho, Miyoshi-shi, Tokushima
direct phone :0883-84-1216
URL:http://www.mannaka.co.jp/hotel/hotel.html

Foodie Kochi Yoshino River

Hibari Shokudo

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The restaurant takes 20 minutes by car from Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting Toyonaga Meeting base.
They are famous for “ the holy place of super-size”.
Their meals are super-size and there are lot of different kinds of.
We recommended you “Katsu-don(a bowl of rice with pork-cutlet on top).
Their specialty is “ Shuwan- bo”, made of wild boar meat is popular food in locals.
Even in a weekday, they can also line up waiting for lunch. We recommend you to shift time and go.
open 11:00~17:30
Contact
address : 226 Takasu, Otoyo-cho, Nagaoka-gun, Kochi
direct phone :0887-72-0972

Otaguchi Café

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The café takes 3 minutes by car from Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting Toyonaga Meeting base.
The owner was a rafting tour guide before.
Their café has a good atmosphere for your rest, and nice location along Route 32.
On weekends, their kids play date in the café.
Their specialty is daily-lunch and deer hamburgers. The owner is always friendly and open-hearted.
open : 10:00~17:00
Monday is closed (sometimes change by school event)
Contact
address : 236-3 Terauchi, Otoyo-cho, Nagaoka-gun, Kochi
direct phone :0887-73-0410
URL:http://cafemonsieur.web.fc2.com

Let's Enjoy Together

recommendation
The best of Japan torrents in Kochi Oboke Half-day course become gentler than Tokushima Koboke course in Yoshino-River. It's recommended to beginners who say that still afraid of thrilling torrents. It's in the upper area in Yoshino-River, so water is clean, clear to the bottom on a river and seen. If you take a boat, you feel like swimming by all means. There even is distance of a little less than about 1 hour by car in Kochi-shi, so Katsurahama and sightseeing of Tosa's bonito cuisine and combination are outstanding. Please experience "Shikoku-Saburo" in Japan 3 large rampageous river first.

Impressions of Kochi Rafting

Experience1
Nicknamed "Saecchi-san" enjoyed Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting.
Experience2
She was participated with her friends in July. It was their first rafting, so they were nervous. But our tour guide made us relaxed.
Experience3
We went down the river in beautiful scenery. Not only rafting, we do some fun activities in the river. The day was hot summer season, the cool river water made us refresh.
Experience4
Jumping from the rocks was my first try. I felt thrilling, but after that I got refresh!
Experience5
Our tour guide took some pictures for us. That was our good memories for us. We will try rafting again sometimes!
Experience5
All of the guides in BIGSMILE are friendly and good-looking! I will come back here next year! Why don’t you try rafting at BIGSMILE?

FAQ Kochi Yoshino Rafting

Q. How much length is Kochi Yoshino River Oboke Half-day Rafting ?
We go down the river about 3 kilometers of distance. The course is good for beginners because the river is not so wild. We are in the river about 1 and half hour. We do some fun activities not only rafting. Jumping from rocks is more exciting activities if you want to!
Q. Are there any places to have a meal?
Yes. From Kochi Yoshino River Oboke Half-day Rafting Meeting base, Otaguchi-Café takes 5 minutes by car, and Hibari Shokudo(restaurant) takes 15 minutes by car. And there is a tourist facilities, takes 20 minutes by car from Kochi Yoshino River Oboke Half-day Rafting Meeting base. Please check the website you want some more information.
Q. When a companion doesn't participate in rafting, is there a waiting place?
You can wait at the meeting base, of course. But our tour guides had gone to the rafting tour. In this half-day course, we go to the river for about 2 hours. So we recommend you to go sightseeing around near here. Takes 20 minutes by car, there is an Oboke Valley sightseeing boat. Takes 40 minutes by car, there is a tour spot, Iya no Kazura Bashi(suspension bridge). If you want to wait near the meeting base, there is a river beach at the place to which you can walk from the meeting base, so you can play in water. You can also read you books, please make a relaxed time.
Q. Where can I put my valuables?
Please put all your valuables in the safe at the changing room. The safe is return type, put JPY100 coin and return. Please don’t lose the key of the safe, requires the repairing expenses is JPY3,000 you need.

Comment from CEO

The president
A point in the Kochi Yoshino River Half-day Rafting I'll recommend is that's neither too long with about 3.5 km not too short.
That's also the length good for the customer who would like to enjoy in 1 day exactly, rafting and sightseeing.
A torrent point is concentrated in the course, and it's possible to enjoy itself without getting tired.
The course where much all except for a torrent is also charming.
Please come to from one person to a group with your friends and family to get exercise to the fullest!

Limits for Rafting

Age Limit
Minimum age is 13 years old
Health conditions
Participation is sometimes declined by the day's health.
Decline to accept for be drunk.
We decline a drunken person. And the case's repayment can't refund a fee.
During pregnancy
A pregnant woman can't participate in rafting.
An epileptic fit
Doctor's medical certificate is needed, mentioning of participation permission of rafting.
Handicapped person
here is dangerous risk in rafting. There are acceptance pros and cons by a case. Please consult us beforehand.
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