Vocational experience in Japan Page 5

• Age 10～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 20:00

This is a private kagura performance where a small group of 1 to 10 people can enjoy Iwami Kagura, a traditional performing art that has been passed down in the western part of Shimane Prefecture since ancient times, at Ryugozen Shrine in the hot spring town of Yunotsu, Shimane Prefecture. Iwami Kagura is a dance that has been practiced since ancient times in the Iwami region of western Shimane Prefecture, mainly based on Japanese mythology, and is danced to lively music while wearing gorgeous costumes woven with gold and silver threads and expressive masks. It is a traditional performing art that has been passed down. With this plan, you can enjoy a local sake pairing from ``Wakabayashi Sake Brewery,'' a sake brewery in Onsentsu that has been in business for over 100 years, in a private space limited to one group per day and a maximum of 10 people. After the performance, you can also get to know the behind-the-scenes aspects of traditional performing arts, such as interacting with dancers, trying on costumes, playing music, and taking photos. In addition, the ``Kagura Cup,'' the cup into which sake is poured, is handmade by ``Kameya Ceramics,'' a company that manufactures the stone tiles that decorate roofs in the Iwami region, and you can take it home as a souvenir after viewing it. (For customers who prefer non-alcoholic drinks, we use Iwashimizu, Wakabayashi Sake Brewery's brewing water, and also enjoy ``mulberry tea,'' a material used to make Sekishu washi paper used in the production of Kagura masks. *Seasonal) (The tea leaves may change depending on the situation) If you like tradition, history, and theater performances, you can enjoy it regardless of your age or nationality.

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• For Groups

• Age 0～Age 100
• 4～5 hours
• 14:00

A female diver from Shima will be your guide, and you will go out to gather your own ingredients and go basket fishing with the female diver. After fishing, you will move to a private beach and enjoy an original menu prepared by a top chef and Shima ingredients cooked right in front of you.

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• For Family

• Age 20～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 09:05 / 14:00

This is a taxi tour of three wineries in the Furano area. You can easily take a taxi to visit three unique wineries: Furano Wine in Furano City, Tada Farm in Kamifurano Town, and Domaine Raison in Nakafurano Town. Since it is a shared ride, you are sure to have lively wine discussions with your new travel companions. There are lots of special benefits that you can only get here! This is a special tour with limited time and quantity only available in October. Come with friends or as a couple and enjoy the new charms of autumn in Furano!! [Tour itinerary] (Time required: 3 hours 20 minutes) <Morning departure / Afternoon departure> 9:05 / 14:00 Depart from Furano Station 9:25-9:55 / 14:20-15:20 Tada Farm - Cider tasting while looking at the fields from the log house deck - Winery tour (viewing through glass due to natural yeast fermentation) - Direct store tour 10:15-10:55 / 15:10-15:50 Domaine Raison - Winery tour - Boutique tour, tasting 11:05-12:15 / 16:00-17:10 Furano Wine - Winery tour, tasting in the barrel aging warehouse, direct store tour. If you have made a purchase, you can also send wine purchased at other wineries together 12:25 / 17:20 Arrive at Furano Station - Disband ※Please cooperate with the survey. Souvenirs are available.

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• Age 10～Age 90
• 1 Day or more

This is a 3-night, 4-day training experience trip where you can make a small knife under the direct guidance of swordsmith Shohei Fujiyasu. Through the training experience, you will learn about the beauty and spirit that resides in Japanese swords, and the small knife you make yourself using the same process as a Japanese sword using tamahagane, the material of Japanese swords, is a one-of-a-kind treasure. [Experience content] Full schedule: 10:30-17:00 Day 1: After an explanation about Japanese swords and a tour of the forging process, you will have lunch and then a tour of the unbending and fire-making process. After the tour, it's time to experience it. First, you will experience fire-making. Day 2: Continue with the fire-making experience Day 3: Experience filing and sen-kake, and practice in meikiri Day 4: Experience inikiri and soil removal, and a tour of the tempering of a spare small knife *The process may change depending on the actual progress.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1 Day or more
• 12:50

This is a two-day, one-night taxi tour where you can receive direct instruction from swordsmith Shohei Fujiyasu, observe the appreciation of Japanese swords, observe the forging process (preparing the base for Japanese swords), and experience hammering and copper plate inscription. Through the tour, you will learn about the beauty and spirit that resides in Japanese swords. After staying overnight at the famous Iizaka Onsen hot spring in Fukushima City, on the second day, you will be taken to a Japanese lunch using Fukushima City's specialties and Nakano Fudoson, one of the three Fudoson in Japan.

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• Age 6～Age 80
• 2～3 hours

Seaside Discovery Tour: Guided Fish Market Tour with Authentic Seto Inland Sea Tastingand Local Breakfast Delights!Exclusive Market Exploration:・Venture into a typically off-limits market with our expert guide.Secretive Auction Experience:・Observe live auctions using unique gestures for communication. Frozen Adventure:・Tour a freezer storage where even wet towels can freeze.Middle Wholesaler Shop Visit:・Explore a shop featuring a variety of local fish from Seto Inland Sea and Nearby Coastal Areas.・Discover techniques for maintaining good quality and freshness.・Sample Seto Inland Sea delicacies, including fresh sashimi featuring local specialities.Culinary Delight: ・Enjoy a two-hour guided tour concluding with a delightful fish-based breakfast at a renowned restaurant favored by market professionals.

• Age 12～Age 80
• 1～2 hours

Guided Lunch-inclusive Fisherman's Visit and Harbor Stoll Tour.Boat Visit with a Guide:・Explore a local fisherman's boat accompanied by a guide.Interview Sessions with a Fisherman:・Conduct a personalized one-on-one interview with the fisherman. The guide will facilitate aconversation covering topics such as the caught fish, fishing techniques, types of boats, beliefs in" funarama" (boat spirits), marine litter and the challenges and rewards of being a fisherman.Taxi Transfer Experience after Harbor Area Exploration:After a leisurely stroll near the fishing port, take a taxi to the Umimachi Shopping Street.Culinary Delight:・Enjoy a two-hour guided tour concluding with a delightful fish-based lunch at the renowned,long-established Eatery, Okeichan, favored by market professionals

• Age 20～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 19:00

Did you know that there are many types of sake? Overseas, there may be few opportunities to taste and compare sake and learn the differences. If you're traveling to Japan, why not try sake? On this tour, you will learn the basics of sake from a sake expert and sample and compare several types of sake. We will gather at a local izakaya and sample three types of sake along with some snacks.

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• Age 10～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Yamaken Mokkojo is the only factory in the production area of ​​Echizen cutlery that specializes in manufacturing kitchen knife handles. Even if you use a good kitchen knife, the handle that you hold directly is an important part. With such a handle as a starting point, we will tour the factories that make the handle and the blade. Finally, it is an experience to make your own kitchen knife from a number of repertoires.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

You can make your own sunglasses by fitting your favorite lenses into your favorite spectacle frames. There are more than 300 kinds of colors, frames and lenses that intersect at the end of a lot of trouble, and when you wear sunglasses that were born in that way, you will find yourself that you have not seen yet. Also, after the experience, take a break with soft serve ice cream or special coffee at the cafe in Lens Park!

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• In Door Activity

• Age 7～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 14:00

It is an experience to follow the process of making Echizen lacquerware by visiting two workshops. There is no doubt that the spoons that you create with your own hands contain not only attachment but also the magnificent story of Echizen lacquerware.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 09:30 / 14:00

Children as young as 3 years old can make their own semi-custom glasses! You can make your own glasses while learning about "glasses" in the studio tour. Would you like to give your child a special experience and glasses?

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• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 13:00

Nishikori Lacquerware Store is a lacquerware shop run by brothers in Kawada, the town of Echizen lacquerware. In this experience, you will receive direct instruction from Mr. Masataka Nishikikori, a craftsman at Nishikikori Lacquerware Shop, and experience wiping lacquer on a wooden tray. The tray, which can be used for serving meals or as a tray for breakfast and snacks, will make your usual little time your favorite time. *The tray in the photo is an image. The shape of the actual experience is different.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 09:30 / 14:00

Fukui's traditional craft "Echizen cutlery". One of the characteristics of Echizen cutlery, which is attracting attention not only in Japan but also from overseas, is the sharpness created by craftsmen. The tour will visit two workshops: Yamaken Mokkojo, which specializes in making Echizen cutlery handles, which are rare even in Japan, and Ryusen Hamono, which makes knives with beautiful unique ripple patterns.

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• Age 7～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 09:30 / 14:00

``Imadate, the town of Echizen washi with a history of 1,500 years.'' It is said that Echizen washi began when a beautiful woman came down from the mountains and taught the villagers how to make washi. On this tour, you will walk around Imadate and visit two Japanese paper making workshops, Ryozo Yanase Paper Mill and Nagata Paper Mill. The large torii gate at the entrance of Imadate is an eye-catching photo spot. Other than that, one of the pleasures of traveling is finding your own favorite points while walking around the city, such as the nostalgic townscapes with history and the mountains covered with clouds on rainy days. ▼▼▼ First of all, let me introduce you to the Japanese paper making studio, Ryozo Yanase Paper Mills. At the workshop, you can see the molds used in the technique of mold rakusui paper, and experience making Japanese paper using mold rakusui paper. (Depending on the day, we may not be able to tour the studio, and in that case we may use video to explain.) ▼▼▼ After the paper-making experience, visit the Echizen Washi specialty shop "RYOZO" attached to the studio. Let's take a peek. "In order to continue as a production area, I want people to know about the various washi papermaking workshops in this production area." With this in mind, RYOZO offers a variety of washi accessories from the washi papermaking workshops in the production area in addition to its own products. increase. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Mr. Yanase what kind of workshop they are made in. ▼▼▼ After visiting Ryozo Yanase Paper Mill, we will walk to Nagata Paper Mill. The retro workshop where you can feel the times is the workshop of craftsmen who have been making Japanese paper for generations. At the workshop, you can hear directly from craftsmen about the raw materials of washi, the role of machines, and washi made by various methods. ▼▼▼ After the tour, go to the attached shop. In a complete turn from a workshop that makes large Japanese paper, cute Japanese paper accessories that tickle the hearts of women are lined up. There are also a wide variety of items such as business card holders, torinoko notebooks, and stamp books made from Japanese paper. You may be able to find unique items that catch your eye with unisex designs. After leaving Nagata Paper Mill, walk to your next destination. ▼▼▼ At the end of the trip, visit Otaki Shrine and Okamoto Shrine, which enshrine the god of paper. Kawakami Gozen, the only god of Japanese paper, is enshrined, and the precincts have a calm and soothing atmosphere. You will be overwhelmed by the shrine building with a cypress bark roof designated as an important cultural property of the country! ▼▼▼ And the tour ends here. Finally, we will take a commemorative photo etc. Travel to Imadate, the town watched over by the god of Japanese paper, and experience the techniques and thoughts of craftsmen. Why don't you visit the production area of ​​Echizen Washi?

• In Door Activity

• Age 20～Age 85
• 4～5 hours
• 10:30

An old private house lunch, Tarai boat experience, cafe, leisurely luxury course around sake breweries ♪ Finally, you can enjoy tasting and shopping at Hokusetsu Sake Brewery before returning home! [via/route] Ogi port (accommodation) → Shukunegi/lunch → Tarai boat experience → Otaki Rakusha/Satoyama Cafe Yamazato → Hokusetsu Sake Brewery → To your accommodation (Ogi port)

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• Age 2～Age 100
• 3～4 hours

This is the “Junsai Picking Experience” in Mitane Town, located in the northwestern part of Akita Prefecture. In a swamp with a depth of 50 to 60 cm, the berries are harvested while riding in a small boat with a size of about 1 tatami mat and using a stick to steer the boat. Adults and children alike can safely experience picking, and we will carefully teach you how to ride a small boat and how to pick junsai, so even beginners can do it. When you pick each one by hand, it feels silky smooth♪ The experience of hand-picking in the actual Junsai marsh is a surprisingly fresh experience. Please enjoy a valuable experience that can only be enjoyed here! ～Time Schedule～ ※The time is just an example. Check the temperature and the route to Junsai Pond. Tasting a bite of junsai at the cafe corner. 9:40 [Departure] Departure by private car, taxi, rental car, etc. 10:00 [Arrival, experience start (~180 minutes)] Arrive at Abe Farm. After listening to the farmer's explanation, the experience started.

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• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 100
• 2～3 hours

It is a plan to visit two udon restaurants in a udon taxi and a farmer of "Sanuki no Mezame", an asparagus of Kagawa prefecture's original variety. Visit the Sanuki awakening field, listen to the farmers' stories, sample the harvested Sanuki awakening locally, bring it to a udon shop in the market, make it tempura and enjoy it with Sanuki udon. increase. Why do not you experience the udon culture unique to Kagawa Prefecture? ～ Flow of the day ～ ① Pick up at the meeting place or desired place by udon taxi 10 minutes ② Meal at the first udon shop 20 minutes ③ Move by udon taxi 20 minutes ④ Sanuki Awakening Harvest experience, freshly picked Sanuki Awakening ⑤ 20 minutes by udon taxi ⑥ Taste Sanuki's awakening tempura and udon harvested at a udon shop in the market

• Age 18～Age 70
• 4～5 hours
• 09:00

We visited a farmer who rents a bicycle in Takamatsu City and grows "Sanuki no Awake", an original variety of asparagus from Kagawa prefecture. We will talk about Sanuki's Awakening field tour and how to grow it. Bring the harvested Sanuki Awakening to a udon shop in the market, make it into tempura, and have it with Sanuki udon. Takamatsu's unique cycling route, where you can enjoy views of the sea, rivers and mountains in a short time, is also attractive. ～ Flow of the day ～ ① Orientation, bicycle rental procedure, bicycle lecture 40 minutes ② Cycling along the Kato River while looking at the market and Sanuki sea, river, mountains 80 minutes ③ Asparagus harvesting experience, tasting freshly picked asparagus 70 minutes to interact with farmers ④ Move to the market by cycling 65 minutes ⑤ Taste the vegetable tempura harvested at the udon shop 30 minutes ⑥ Walk around the Umachi shopping street 15 minutes

• Age 18～Age 70
• 4～5 hours
• 09:00

Riding a bicycle rental in Takamatsu City, we visited a farmer to see the agriculture in Kagawa prefecture, which is the smallest area in Japan. We will talk about field tours and how to grow broccoli. Bring the harvested broccoli to a udon shop in the market, make it into tempura, and have it with Sanuki udon. Takamatsu's unique cycling route, where you can enjoy views of the sea, rivers and mountains in a short time, is also attractive. ～ Flow of the day ～ ① Orientation, bicycle rental procedure, bicycle lecture 40 minutes ② Cycling along the Kato River while looking at the market and Sanuki sea, river, mountains 90 minutes ③ Broccoli harvest experience, interaction with farmers 60 minutes ④ Cycling 65 minutes ⑤ Taste the vegetable tempura harvested at the udon shop 30 minutes ⑥ Walk around the Umachi shopping street 15 minutes

• Age 4～Age 100
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours /Over 6 hours on the day
• 10:00

A 20-minute drive from Furano, you will experience digging up cabbage that overwinters under the snow of Mr. Endo Farm in Nakafurano Town. A vegetable storage method unique to snowy countries, winter vegetables are allowed to overwinter under the snow. Will winter vegetables freeze under the snow? Winter vegetables How do you go through the winter? What is a farmer's winter life? ?? Of course, the dug out cabbage is sampled on the spot! Let's compare the taste with normal cabbage. Handmade sausages made from Kamifurano pork, onions and carrots produced in the Furano area, and potatoes that Endo Farm is proud of are added and served in pot-au-feu. Let's warm your body and soul with a snow picnic lunch on the snow!

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• Age 5～Age 100
• 2～3 hours

All wind-chimes ring beautifully, but Niigata is especially famous for its crystal fuurin. The sound of these wind-chimes is clearer and louder than those made of regular glass. See for yourself, by joining us in making this amazing household decoration. This will be an unforgettable experience, especially since you will have the wind-chime to take home and remind you of it!

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Sake has a long history in Japan. Since 700 AD it was used in religious ceremonies. For almost 1000 years, sake was mainly produced in Shrines and temples. Even now, Sake is one of the main offerings left for Shinto Gods. Learn all about the history of this ancient relationship, while tasting the delicious Niigata Sake in the heart of a Shinto Shrine.

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• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 16:30

Become yourself a sake master after taking part in EDGE OF NIIGATA's unique lecture. You will not only gain the skills to differentiate all the types of sake, but you will also learn the best food pairing options for each type. The lecture takes place in a renovated traditional Japanese home that is now a restaurant-café with a unique retro feel. First, you will receive our Sake presentation. Then, you can test your new skills with practice. Try four different types of Sake and match them with freshly prepared delicious traditional Japanese dishes.

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• Age 18～
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00

Recommended for those who like animals and those who are interested in ranch life! This is a program where you can experience ranch work. You can enjoy extraordinary experiences in idyllic scenery. This time, you will enjoy a special herbal tea after the experience menu as the sea town walker original. ◇ Experience program contents ・ Various ranch work experience ・ Firewood split experience ・ Horse brushing ・ Horse riding experience etc.

• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 70
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 10:00

Private Cruising from Takamatsu Port to Shodoshima. Visit Shodoshima only sake brewery "Morikuni Sake Brewery" Japanese lunch mainly on island traditional cuisine and tasting of several types of sake from sake brewery After tasting, tour the traditional soy sauce brewery “Yamacro Soy Sauce” Tour the historical soy sauce building and traditional soy sauce making. With Favorite soy sauce after the dominant soy sauce Enjoy the rice cakes baked with the folk art seven wheels. Morikuni Sake Brewery ⇒ Sake brewery tour, sake tasting, lunch Yamaroku soy sauce ⇒ tour of soy sauce brewery, handy soy sauce, taste of mochi with Favorite soy sauce Morikuni Sake Brewery with Yamaroku Soy Sauce Original Sun Port Takamatsu ⇒ Kusakabe harbor ⇒ (taxi) ⇒ Yamaroku soy sauce ⇒ (taxi) ⇒ Morikuni Brewery (Forest brewery) ⇒ Kusakabe harbor ⇒ Sun Port Takamatsu ＜ What is included in the cost ＞ Round-trip cruise, taxi, lunch, tasting, soy sauce set, tour fee, gift souvenir, hors d'oeuvre drink

• Age 3～Age 100
• 4～5 hours
• 10:00

We have prepared a special program that is limited to one group per day and allows you to enjoy Shizuoka tea with all five senses. The Higashiyama district, which produces tea that has been designated as a World Agricultural Heritage Site, is one of the highest quality tea producing areas in the prefecture, but in recent years there has been an increase in the number of dilapidated tea plantations in this area. In this plan, you will pick tea in a scenic tea plantation that has been renovated from a ruined tea plantation, and you will enjoy the picked tea with tempura or as a kaiseki meal with seasonal local ingredients. Also, as a fun activity before and after your meal, you can work up a sweat by climbing up to the top of Mt. Awagatake, the symbol of the area, for about 30 minutes. From the mountaintop terrace, you can see the large tea garden below, the Oi River, Suruga Bay, and the Izu Peninsula on the horizon. On clear days from autumn to winter, you can even see Mt. Fuji. After your meal, enjoy a sencha ceremony where you can brew delicious tea yourself using a teapot. Local staff and farmers will give you detailed instructions, so please try it at home! ~Procedure of the experience~ ① Gather at Higashiyama Ippukudokoro (10:00) ② Welcome tea and program information at local Higashiyama tea (about 20 minutes) ③ Tea picking experience at a ruined tea plantation halfway up Mt. Awagatake (about 30 minutes) ④ Walk It takes about 30 minutes to hike to the top of the mountain! ... Awa Shrine, Iwaza ... Take a short break at the finish line on the terrace at the top of Mt. Awagatake ... ⑤ It's finally time to eat on the terrace with a spectacular view (about 60 minutes) ⑥ After the meal, enjoy being taught how to brew delicious tea Tea time (approx. 30 minutes) ⑦ Transfer to Higashiyama Ippukudokoro by shuttle car, scheduled to disband around 2:00 p.m.

• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 99
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00

Growing delicious tomatoes by visualizing the environment inside a greenhouse. At Honda Farm, we practice agriculture using ICT with the support of Komatsu City Hall, JA Komatsu City, and local companies. By visualizing temperature, humidity, CO2, and illuminance, we share information not only with our company but also with local producers. In addition, food waste from local schools and nursery schools is used as compost to create soil that will grow strong and healthy crops. Would you like to visit Honda Agricultural Co., Ltd., which conducts recycling-oriented agriculture and smart agriculture in parallel? *For foreign nationals: Information on the day will be in Japanese only.

• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 75
• 2～3 hours
• 13:00

What is "mandarin orange" !? Simply put, "mandarin orange peel" is mixed with the "food" given to the "sea bream grown by eating orange peel". Ehime Prefecture has the highest production of cultured red sea bream in Japan! In addition, the production of citrus fruits is also the highest in the country. The "fruit fish" unique to Ehime, which is famous for "mandarin oranges," is this "mandarin orange bream"! This plan includes a farming tour of "Mikan-tai", a feeding experience, and a meal of sea bream, so you can enjoy learning about "Mikan-tai" directly from the producer. ～ Flow of experience ～ 13:00 Nakata Fisheries Meeting / Reception --- 13:30 Tour of red sea bream (commentary by producer) --- Feeding experience (at Ikesu connected to land) 14:30 Experience ends ... Free 17:00 Meal of red sea bream (move to the dining place by yourself) * Only for group applicants, it is possible to move by boat from Roadside Station Kisaiya Square to Nakata Fisheries. Inquiry required (---walk ... car)

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• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 100
• Within 1 hour

You can experience making butter using freshly squeezed milk. You can participate from 4 years old child. Time required is about 1 hour.

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• For Groups