Our smartphones and computers are indispensable to our daily lives. The internet provides us with information from around the world and connects us to other people, regardless of time or location.

However, there are many people who suffer from SNS fatigue. They become anxious if they cant constantly keep up with the words and actions of others via Facebook, Twitter and other social networking platforms, or compulsively respond to a constant stream of incoming text messages.

Against this backdrop of excess connection, one solution that is drawing increasing attention is the concept of the digital detox.

The Ridilover Incorporated Association in Japan conducts a digital detox tour, in which participants relinquish their digital devices and enjoy a nature walk through Kamakura City. I paid the 2,900 (about $26.00) tour price and tried it myself.

Sadly, it rained on the day of the tour. The tour group, which included college students, married couples and a few men who joined on their own, assembled at the train station at 9:30 am.