Sagano Romantic Train & Hozugawa River Boat

嵯峨野観光鉄道 トロッコ嵯峨駅／保津川下り

A 25-minute gorge train, then two hours back by boat

⚠ Book the train a month ahead

Hours

Trains roughly hourly from around 9am to 4pm, with irregular non-operating days and a winter break 30 Dec–end Feb; boats don't run 29 Dec–4 Jan

Tickets

Train ¥880 adults / ¥440 children one way, any section, book on the official site. Hozugawa boat ¥6,000 adults / ¥4,500 children, book online

Address

Starts at Torokko Saga station next to JR Saga-Arashiyama; ends at Torokko Kameoka

A sightseeing train with open-sided carriages runs slowly up the Hozu gorge from Torokko Saga to Kameoka in about 25 minutes. It hugs the cliffs just above the river, and every time it comes out of a tunnel the water and maple woods open up in front of you. The popular combo is to return by the Hozugawa river boat, a wooden boat poled by boatmen, down the same river: about 16 km and two hours through rapids and rocks, landing near Togetsukyo in Arashiyama.