（Page 7）Things to do in Japan

【Yamanashi, Kawaguchiko】Choose from 8 nature tours around Mt. Fuji de

Plan ID:46803 Yamanashi / Lake Kawaguchi/Lake Saiko/Fujiyoshida/Lake Shoji/Lake Motosu Sightseeing tour/Guided tour / Guided tour / Eco-tourism Provide：野川自然学校

Age 3～Age 60
3～4 hours
08:00 / 13:00

Here are the English descriptions for each tour:CAVE Tour in Aokigahara Jukai near Mt. Fuji - 3 hoursExplore the mystical Aokigahara Jukai near Mt. Fuji with a 3-hour cave tour.Aokigahara Trekking Tour around Mt. Fuji - 3 hoursImmerse yourself in the beauty of Aokigahara with a 3-hour trekking tour around Mt. Fuji.Rainbow Trout Fishing Experience at Lake Motosu - 3 hoursEnjoy a 3-hour fishing experience targeting Rainbow Trout at Lake Motosu.Beetle Hunting Tour - June & August, 2 hours + 1 hour travelJoin the exciting search for stag beetles and rhinoceros beetles during this 2-hour tour in June and August, with an additional hour for travel.River Exploration Tour - 3 hoursEmbark on a 3-hour river tour to discover and observe various fish and wildlife .Snowboarding & Skiing Tour at Fujiten Yamanashi - 3 hoursExperience the thrill of snowboarding and skiing at Fujiten Yamanashi during this 3-hour tYamanashi Nature Tour Menu♪Choose from the 8 menus below. 1. 3 hours CAVE tour in the Aokigahara forest near Mt. Fuji 2. Aokigahara trekking tour around Mt. Fuji 3 hours 3. Rainbow trout fishing experience at Lake Motosu 3 hours 4. Beetle and stag beetle hunting tour June/August 2 hours + 1 hour travel5. 3-hour river tour to look for fish and creatures6. 3-hour snowboarding & ski tour at Fujiten Yamanashi7. Yamanashi edible leaf tour and cooking tempura with leaves for 3 hours8. Lure Fishing Tour: Black Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Catfish, Carp 3 hours

[Ishikawa / Kanazawa] A once-in-a-lifetime dressing ♪ Kaga Yuzen 1-day plan

Plan ID:40942 Ishikawa / Kanazawa/Hakui Hobby / Cultural experience / Traditional culture experience / Kimono rental Provide：着物レンタルあかり

Age 18～Age 99
Within 1 hour
09:00 / 09:30 / 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30

Kaga Yuzen, a traditional craft of Kanazawa, is loved by women who like kimono because of its fine patterns and deep colors. As a kimono store that has been in business for over 90 years, Akari has a large selection of carefully selected Kaga Yuzen, from traditional classical patterns centered on fine and live-action five-colored flower patterns to modern and stylish small patterns. You can rent it at a very reasonable price. ~ Flow of the day ~ ① When you come to the store, complete the reception and choose a kimono. Coordinate kimono, obi and bag. If you get lost, the staff will give you advice. ② Dressing It is dressed by skilled staff. It takes about 20 minutes. ③ Hair set (option) This is a hair set by a hairdresser. Please feel free to contact us if you have a desired hairstyle. ④ When you are ready to go out, make payment and go out. Please enjoy the town of Kanazawa slowly. ⑤ Return You may go out at night, so you can return the one-day plan the next day. Please enjoy yourself slowly.

[Ishikawa / Kanazawa] A once-in-a-lifetime dressing ♪ Kaga Yuzen 3-hour rental plan

Plan ID:40941 Ishikawa / Kanazawa/Hakui Hobby / Cultural experience / Traditional culture experience / Kimono rental Provide：着物レンタルあかり

Age 18～Age 99
Within 1 hour
09:00 / 09:30 / 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30

[Ishikawa / Kanazawa] Akari is recommended because it's a sunny day to wear on a special day ♪ Graduation hakama & kimono rental plan

Plan ID:40894 Ishikawa / Kanazawa/Hakui Hobby / Cultural experience / Traditional culture experience / Kimono rental Provide：着物レンタルあかり

Age 18～Age 99
Within 1 hour
09:00 / 09:30 / 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30 / 16:00 / 16:30 / 17:00

The graduation ceremony is to declare that you will be an adult member of society after you finish your school days. Why don't you celebrate with a kimono that is different from usual? But I don't have furisode and I don't know how to put on a hakama ... If you have any problems, please leave it to Akari, a kimono rental shop in Kanazawa Omicho Market. Akari is a kimono rental shop of a long-established kimono store that boasts the largest selection of furisode in the prefecture. In the graduation plan, we rent out a fashionable two-shaku furisode and a cute hakama, which is synonymous with female students, at a reasonable price. ~ Plan flow ~ ① Reservation for fitting meeting While trying on Akari's proud furisode and hakama, we will consult with you about the coordination that suits you and your taste. (2) Try-on meeting We will actually put on a kimono and coordinate Japanese accessories such as obi and accessories according to the customer's taste. ③ Dressing It takes about 20 minutes to dress. ④ Hair set (option) A hair set by a hairdresser. Please feel free to contact us if you have a desired hairstyle. ⑤ Return After attending the graduation ceremony, please return to the store by 17:00 on the day and return the rented kimono.

[Fukuoka Tenjin] Super bargain! Choose your favorite grade and get a hair set for just 4,950 yen!! Get up to 4,400 yen off with this women-only student discount plan☆

Plan ID:55190 Fukuoka / Fukuoka city (Hakata/Tenjin)/Dazaifu Hobby / Cultural experience / Traditional culture experience / Yukata Rental Provide：着物レンタルVASARA 福岡天神西通り店

Age 3～Age 100
Within 1 hour
09:00 / 09:30 / 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30 / 16:00 / 16:30 / 17:00

*:.｡..｡.:* (Women only) Great deals for students!! Student discount plan★*:.｡..｡.:* For students, you can choose your favorite grade from standard yukata to retro yukata. It's a great deal! ! Hair sets are usually included in the plan price for 2,200 yen! Please choose your favorite hair set from the designated catalog. You can bring your belongings empty-handed! (* Please present your student ID card, commuter pass, school homeroom app, etc.) Additional options can be selected at the store on the day. (Please pay for additional options on the day at the store.) 〇Return ・Rental on the day is until 17:30.・A late fee of 1,100 yen (including tax) per person will be charged for returns between 17:30 and 18:00. *Additional nights will be rented for 2,200 yen (including tax) per person until 17:30 the next day. ♪. ★*・゜・＊♪*.♪. ★*・゜・＊♪*.♪. ★*・゜*.♪. ★*・゜・＊♪*.♪. ★*・゜・＊♪*.♪. ★*・゜～Why choose “Rental Kimono Basara”～① Free dressing! Dressing is done by a professional dresser. It's free of course! ② Plenty of accessories! We have a wide variety of items such as hairpins and lace accessories to make your yukata look cute. Enjoy your own original style by arranging it in various ways. ③ We will store your luggage! We also accept luggage storage so that you can enjoy walking around town in a light yukata. Customers who rent yukata can keep one piece of luggage free of charge. ④ The student discount plan usually includes a hair set worth 2,200 yen! VASARA's stylist will make you even cuter. Choose your favorite hairstyle from our catalog! *.♪. ★*・゜・＊♪*.♪. ★*・゜・＊♪*.♪. ★*・゜*.♪. ★*・゜・＊♪*.♪. ★*・゜・＊♪*.♪. ★*・゜※Student discount plans cannot be used for men's reservations. Please make a reservation from the men's plan. *Makeup is not included.

[Yamanashi / Fujikawaguchiko] Oshino Hakkai soba making experience / local cooking experience class [Fujiya] ☆ Accommodates up to 20 people!

Plan ID:29379 Yamanashi / Lake Kawaguchi/Lake Saiko/Fujiyoshida/Lake Shoji/Lake Motosu Hobby / Cultural experience / Traditional culture experience / Soba noodles making Provide：高菜先生の郷土料理体験教室富士家

Age 1～Age 120
1～2 hours
10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30

At Fujiya, our local cooking experience class, you can make Oshino Hakkai Soba, a Yamanashi Prefecture specialty! ☆★About Fujiya☆★Nice to meet you! Located in Fujikawaguchiko Town, in the Fuji Five Lakes area of Yamanashi Prefecture, we offer hands-on cooking classes where you can learn about Yamanashi's food culture and history, creating a memorable experience for all visitors. Our staff will provide attentive support to ensure that even beginners and children can enjoy the experience. We welcome small groups, such as private trips, as well as group trips like school trips, company trips, and sightseeing tours. Please stop by our restaurant if you're in the Fuji Five Lakes area. Why not create a memorable memory of your trip to Yamanashi Prefecture by making Oshino Hakkai Soba noodles using meltwater from Mt. Fuji? This is a hands-on experience of making a traditional Japanese dish with a long history. Oshino Hakkai is a tourist destination with eight ponds fed by spring water from Mt. Fuji. The spring-fed ponds are highly transparent and have been selected as one of Japan's 100 famous springs, making Oshino Hakkai a popular spot for delicious soba noodles. While soba noodle-making experiences are available throughout Japan, this is the only place where you can enjoy soba noodles made with Mt. Fuji's spring water. Anyone can easily make Oshino Hakkai soba. This experience is suitable for beginners, including those with limited cooking experience, small children, and those who have never made soba before. Many of our past guests have booked with groups of family and friends, and the more people there, the more fun it becomes. The extraordinary experience of making noodles is highly enjoyable for both children and adults. We also offer a dyeing experience, where you can try traditional Japanese dyeing techniques using natural materials. This experience can be combined with the hoto experience. Each step of the dyeing experience is carefully explained, making it a safe and enjoyable experience for those new to dyeing and those bringing children. The natural feel of natural materials and the craftsmanship of your own hands create a one-of-a-kind product that no one else can imitate. ◆Recommended for◆ Those who want to try famous Yamanashi Prefecture dishes Those who want to make Yamanashi Prefecture's local dishes Those looking for activities at Lake Yamanaka or Lake Kawaguchi Those who want to experience cooking with their children Those looking for an experience program Those who are having trouble sightseeing on rainy days Those looking for sightseeing in English

Rating 5.0

Really enjoyed the soba making class, the instructions were shown to me visually. My sensei tried her best to explain in English which I appreciated as well as teach Japanese words. At the end I managed to eat my soba according to my taste. It was presented as cold dipping noodles. Enjoyed the session, my sensei was lovely and will come again! Good for solo travellers.

Tea room exploration plan Explore rare things such as tea ceremony, tsukubai, squeeze mouth, and dora sound in a real tea room

Plan ID:32396 Nara / Nara/Heijo Palace Ruins Hobby / Cultural experience / Traditional culture experience / Tea ceremony experience Provide：喫茶去庵

Age 7～Age 90
Within 1 hour
10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

The Daigokuden has been restored to its large appearance in the capital of Nara Year and the ruins of the central palace [Heijo Palace]. If you go northwest from the Taikyokuden, you will find "Cafe Kyoan". Experience the tea ceremony here and explore the various tea rooms. First of all, decide the seating order of the customer. If there are four people, it will be a regular customer, a second customer, a third customer, and a last customer. When you enter the tea room, you will be given a signal by a gong. After that, you will enter the room after cleaning your hands and mouth with the Tsukubai in front of the tea room. The entrance of the tea room is less than 1m square! Enter one by one from the regular customer to the last customer through the entrance (small rectangular entrance). The tea room is a different space. First, you will see (appreciate) tea utensils (everything has a name and meaning) such as hanging scrolls, and then sit down at your own seat. The owner (the person who makes tea according to the fixed method <pointing>) comes into the tea room with tools. The tea party is about to begin! During the tea ceremony, the instructor will teach you how to do it in the tea room. At the end of the ceremony, there is a <seeing> of the light tea bowl (Natsume) and chashaku (Chashaku) used by the host. You will be asked to place the tools in front of you in order from the regular customers. The way of <seeing> is surprisingly careful to handle the tools! This may also be my first experience. Let's listen to the "sound" in the tea room! The sound of boiling water, the sound of pouring and rinsing the cassotte and chasen water, and the indescribable impression! At the end of the tea ceremony, as well as when entering the room, after seeing the tools in the tea room, we will leave from the regular customers through the entrance. I'm used to returning home, so it may be easier to get out! Thank you for your hard work! Originally, it is not possible to take pictures in the tea room, but there is a shooting time after the end. There is no doubt that it will look good on Instagram, as it is in front of you, as a customer!

[Yamanashi/ Kawaguchiko] Yoshida's udon making experience / local cooking experience class Fujiya] ☆ 15 minutes on foot from the nearest station ☆ Accommodates up to 20 people!

Plan ID:34967 Yamanashi / Lake Kawaguchi/Lake Saiko/Fujiyoshida/Lake Shoji/Lake Motosu Food making / Udon noodles making Provide：高菜先生の郷土料理体験教室富士家

Age 1～Age 120
1～2 hours
10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30 / 16:00 / 17:00 / 18:00

At the local cooking experience class [Fujiya], we offer a hands-on experience of making "Yoshida Udon", a specialty of Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture! ☆★Introducing Fujiya☆★Nice to meet you. Our restaurant is located in Fuji Kawaguchiko Town, located in the Fuji Five Lakes area of Yamanashi Prefecture, and is holding a hands-on class where everyone can make and enjoy Yamanashi's local cuisine. We are open every day with the hope that tourists visiting Yamanashi will learn about Yamanashi's food culture and history, and that it will be one of the memories of their trip to Yamanashi. Our staff will carefully support you so that even beginners in cooking and small children can enjoy participating. We are used by many customers not only for small groups such as private trips, but also for group trips such as school trips, company trips, and sightseeing tours. Please come visit our store when you are in the Fuji Five Lakes area. ☆★Introducing Yoshida's udon making experience☆★Yoshida's udon is a local dish of udon that is loved around Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture. It is an unusual type of udon that is characterized by its hard and chewy noodles and toppings such as horse meat and cabbage. It has also been selected as one of the ``Top 100 Local Dishes from Rural Areas, Mountains, and Fishing Villages,'' selected from among the local flavors of each region. Yoshida's udon noodles are characterized by thick and chewy noodles, toppings made with horse meat and cabbage, and a soup made with miso and soy sauce. This is the only place in Japan where you can eat it with a spiciness called suridane. Yoshida's udon was originally a home-cooked dish, so each restaurant has its own characteristics. For example, some restaurants use beef or horse meat, and the sides vary in hardness and length. Although there are general rules, there are no clear rules, so the freedom of making them may also be a characteristic of Yoshida's udon. In this plan, customers will make udon noodles from powder. Enjoy with hot soup and toppings such as cabbage, fried tofu, and wakame. The content is quite extensive, so please come hungry. Our store also offers a dyeing experience where you can experience traditional Japanese dyeing techniques using natural materials, which can be used as a set with the hotou experience. During the dyeing experience, we will explain each step in detail, so even those who are new to dyeing and those who come with children can participate with confidence. The natural feel of natural materials and the fact that you make it with your own hands create a one-of-a-kind product that no one else can imitate. ◆ Recommended for the following people ◆ Those who want to try Yamanashi Prefecture's famous dishes Those who want to try making Yamanashi Prefecture's local cuisine Those who are looking for activities at Lake Yamanaka and Lake Kawaguchi Those who want to experience cooking with their parents and children Plan an experience For those who are having trouble sightseeing on a rainy day Those looking for sightseeing with English support *Due to our reservation system, all reservations are by request, but in most cases You can make a reservation at your desired time. We apologize for the inconvenience, but please check the reservation status once.

Rating 5.0

初めてのうどん作り、あっという間に出来て、すごい楽しかったです。簡単なので、家でも作ってみたいと思いました。丁寧に教えていただきありがとうございました。