Hobby / Cultural experience in Japan Page 25

• Age 6～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 10:30 / 13:30

Transform into a skilled artisan donning the same white costume as an Itamae (sushi chef)! Your first job as an Itamae is to prepare your own wasabi for use in sushi. Be careful, or your tears won't stop flowing.The next step is to prepare sushi nigiri. First, you will practice making the rice. The way you grip the rice makes all the difference in taste. If you can do this, you are 50% of the way to being a chef. Once you can make the rice, let's put some ingredients on top of the rice! You will complete 8 different sushi combos including Japanese tuna, salmon, Edomae conger eel, seared wagyu beef, and hand rolls. Compare and contrast the sushi you have tasted so far with the sushi you have made yourself! If your sushi tastes better, you are welcome to make your debut as an Itamae (chef) at our restaurant!If just experiencing the sushi is not enough for you, we can also attach a A GoPro will be used to capture a realistic and authentic video of your experience as a sushi chef. After the meal, you can also freely enter the counter and take a commemorative photo. You will be able to take home memories that you can only have here. Sake tasting is also available as an option. You can taste Itamae Sushi's original sake, etc.

• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 19:00

A pottery kiln with a history of 35 years. It is a pottery experience that can be innocence for about 2 hours a day. Experienced people say that their hearts have become lighter and they have been scuttled. Incorporating the most innocuous pottery making technique into the curriculum, you will be asked to make two pottery pieces using different methods. If you wish, it is also possible to make it a goth painting. There are times when people who have experienced pottery experience become innocent while making pottery. Mindfulness is exactly what you can experience unconsciously. At Mushin Kiln, we express this way of thinking as “Becoming Mushin.” With more than 30 years of pottery instruction experience as a Mushin kiln, we have unconsciously experienced mindfulness. Even if you try to be consciously mindful, it is difficult for beginners. It's the same as the more you try to sleep, the more you can't sleep. The work will be delivered by courier (cash on delivery) or picked up directly at the site.

• With Pets
• For Rainy Days

• Age 18～Age 100
• Within 1 hour

You can take a picture wearing a high-class wedding dress used in Japanese weddings. It only takes 5 minutes. Kimonos for men are also available, so you can take a commemorative photo with your spouse. We will have lunch "Oteranchi" at the temple.

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• Age 12～Age 70
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 15:00 / 17:00

A 10-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Shibuya Station B1 exit, the Jinnan area of ​​Shibuya Ward is lined with stylish cafes and apparel shops. You can casually experience tea culture, which is often thought of as being high-class. At the teahouse "Kakoi" run by organic matcha brand EAST GREEN MATCHA, you can learn about the history of matcha and the tea ceremony, experience the host preparing thin tea, and finally make matcha yourself. English support is also available, so we are also happy to welcome guests from overseas. You can rejuvenate your mind and body with the tea ceremony, which has a history of over 400 years!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 5～Age 75
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 18:00

At Abe Dojo, we will teach you the Japanese traditional art of sword fighting in a safe and fun way, so anyone can feel like a samurai in one day! Sword fighting has a scary image, but it is originally from Kabuki, and it looks very gorgeous and gorgeous. Unlike martial arts, we don't really use techniques, and we create while performing together. There is a technique that makes it look like you are really fighting, playing the role of slashing and the role of being slashed, so you can feel like you are the main character in a historical drama! Now, not only actors, but anyone can experience it. Come join us and become a samurai! ! !

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 75
• 3～4 hours
• 09:45

Nokogiriyama is known as a lesser known mountain on the Boso Peninsula. With its jagged ridgeline resembling the teeth of a saw, and the remains of the quarry where Boso stone was quarried by the stone-cutting industry until the Showa era, it looks like an abandoned building, and this otherworldly space that appears in the middle of nature has become popular. On this tour, you will pass through the streets of Kanaya, which once flourished as a stone-cutting industry, and climb the "Sharikko Road," a road that once transported quarried stone, with a guide. While enjoying the climb, which is low above sea level but has a large elevation difference, you will feel the breath of the craftsmen of the time, and trace the history of how Boso stone supported Japan's modernization and declined over time.

• Age 6～Age 75
• 3～4 hours
• 09:50

Nokogiriyama is known as a low-profile mountain on the Boso Peninsula. On its southern side is the grounds of Nippon-ji Temple, the imperial temple of Emperor Shomu, which will celebrate its 1,300th anniversary in 2025. This plan is a half-day tour to experience the charms of Nokogiriyama Nippon-ji Temple, starting from JR Yasuda Station, walking along the main approach to the temple and climbing Nokogiriyama from the mountain gate. Once inside the Nippon-ji Temple grounds, you can enjoy the mystical atmosphere of the tallest Buddha statue in Japan (as a seated statue and rock-carved Buddha), as well as the 1,500 arhat statues arranged on the mountainside. Climb the stairs to the top of the mountain, pass by the famous photo spots "Hell Peek" and "Hyakushaku Kannon", and then use the ropeway to return down the mountain.

• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 75
• 4～5 hours
• 09:45

A private trekking tour with a guide around the sights of Mt. Nokogiri, a lesser-known mountain on the Boso Peninsula. This is a special tour that allows you to enjoy the sights of Mt. Nokogiri, a unique mountain where the remains of the stone-cutting industry that supported the region and the Buddhist world of Nihon-ji Temple are back to back, all in one day! We start by walking through the streets of Kanaya, which flourished as a stone-cutting industry from the Edo period to the Showa period, and then head to the Nokogiriyama Ropeway Station. After entering the grounds of Nihon-ji Temple and worshiping the "Hyakushaku Kannon," we trace the scenery and history of the remains of the quarry, which once flourished as a stone-cutting industry and now stands like an ancient ruin. After that, we proceed while listening to the guide's explanations about the sights such as the famous photo spots "Peeking into Hell" and "1,500 Arhats," and the tallest "Great Buddha" in Japan (as a seated statue and rock-carved Buddha), and finally descend the mountain by ropeway and disband. *There will be a lunch break along the way.

• Age 4～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 16:00 / 19:00

``Samurai Drama'', a sword fight show performed by actors who are active in movies and on stage, in an old folk house in Asakusa, Tokyo. We will deliver "Samurai Drama - The original story of the two-wielding swordsman MUSASHI" in a space that makes you feel like you have traveled back in time to Japan from a long time ago. You can watch a samurai drama show up close that looks like a movie. You can experience this power and realism only here!

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• In Door Activity

• Age 7～Age 90
• 2～3 hours

At Mitsuishi Fudoson, a traditional esoteric Buddhist temple that worships the waterfall where Kobo Daishi trained at the age of 21, we will practice rituals at the goma and make our wishes come true. The prayer priest is Sato Myosen (representative of the Kishu Koyasan Yokofue Association), a nun who lives in Mt. Koya. After the Goma prayer, if the weather is good, you can visit the waterfall and achieve a unique purification. Although you can apply for the Goma prayer experience alone, we recommend visiting in a group.

• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 13:00 / 16:00

★ We will show you various banana trivia by connecting with the experience-based tourist farm in Miyakojima / Alternative Farm Miyako via Zoom. ➤ You can remotely watch and ask questions about the “delicious, fun, and educational” banana sweets making experience that is usually provided at tourist farms in Miyakojima. ➤ We will introduce the wonders of bananas while disassembling banana seedlings from our own farm.

• For Groups

• Age 0～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 18:00

You can enjoy the fantastically lit up 140-year-old townhouse, a cultural asset. The townhouse is lit up in hopes of ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Handmade lights made with an abundance of Japanese materials, such as washi paper, wood, and sake barrels, warmly illuminate the six gardens. Please enjoy the illuminated townhouse (building and garden) to your heart's content. This course will serve you carefully prepared kaiseki cuisine. Enjoy delicious food along with the beautiful lighting.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 6～
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 12:30 / 14:30

Wazuka-cho, Kyoto Prefecture, is the main producing area of Uji tea, and it is also known as the "chagenkyo" because of the beauty of its tea plantations. In Wazuka Town, a guided tea plantation walk for about 1 hour. The scenery that you can see while walking is definitely on Instagram ☆ After having enjoyed the story about tea with such scenery, we will carefully brew the Uji tea produced in Wazuka, which is recommended at that time. You'll be amazed at the scent and taste. Please enjoy it with a Japanese-style confectionery shop made in Wazuka Town.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 65
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours
• 08:00 / 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 16:00 / 18:00

Ryukyu flower art experience course ☆ Only in Okinawa! New experience ☆ You can experience high quality hair arrangement using realistic Ryukyu flowers unique to Okinawa. Now accepting very popular! Let's make your own work with a flower artist and leave it in the picture ♪ Make a work using Okinawa's tropical flowers, which is the only one in the world! ● What you can do with this course Use local Okinawan flowers, arrange hair with a flower artist and original flowers, and shoot. You can take the created arrangement as it is. The shooting will be done with our SLR camera, and all the data will be shared later on the LINE album. * If you wish, we can also send you the download URL by email. Ideal for couple photography, family photography with children, publicity photography, artists, etc. It is also recommended for profile shooting and SNS shooting. A set plan with another course such as mermaid experience, maternity shooting, wedding shooting is also possible. Please feel free to contact us first.

• Pickup Service
• With Pets
• For Rainy Days
• Date Spot

• Age 3～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

In this plan, customers can grind matcha with a stone mill and enjoy the matcha with Japanese sweets and friends. We use high-grade Uji matcha for yen kg, and we can speak foreign languages. Even beginners can experience the "tea ceremony" of traditional Japanese culture with peace of mind.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 16:00 / 19:00

Group discount for 10 to 15 people! "Samurai Drama" is a sword fighting show performed by actors active in movies and stage plays. It is held in an old house in Asakusa, Tokyo. In a space that makes you feel like you have traveled back in time to an old Japan, we will present "Samurai Drama - An original story of MUSASHI, the master swordsman with two swords." You can watch the samurai drama show up close, just like in a movie. You can only experience this power and realism here!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 16:00 / 19:00

A private plan for 2-8 people. TOKYOBUNBUN is a traditional Japanese house from 100 years ago. There, you can experience the feeling of being in a Japanese movie. Just one meter away! You can even feel the actors' breathing in the drama that is performed in an 8-tatami room. A thrilling spectacle! Tension! The actors also perform with their lives on the line. When you come to Japan, we want you to feel the Japanese spirit. Only at TOKYOBUNBUN you can see such a drama show! The way of life of a man who holds a sword in both hands and faces many enemies alone. What did the Japanese man who won the fierce battle see at the end? After watching the actors' show, it's your turn! A full-fledged samurai experience taught by real actors who are active in movies and stage plays! Experience a sword fight! From how to use a sword to samurai etiquette. At the end, we will film a performance of defeating the enemy with a sword fight. We will give it to you at a later date! It's sure to be a rare experience where you'll feel like a real movie star! We look forward to your visit!! Let's go!!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 5～Age 99
• Within 1 hour

At the quaint samurai residence Chofu Mouri Residence, you can casually experience matcha hospitality while gazing at the Japanese garden.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 13:30

It is a lacquer painting experience where you color the lacquer tray on which the sketch is drawn and sow gold powder. Since we use substitute lacquer, there is no need to worry about getting sick, and anyone can feel free to join us. Time required will take about an hour and a half. It is a store eligible for regional common coupons.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 09:00 / 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00

In the hand corner, you can make plates and cups while stretching or stacking them using 1 kg of clay. It's easy, so you can be safe with your children.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 15:00

[Early dinner included, greedy Satoyama experience] ~ Make hot chicken hotpot & bamboo pot rice with bamboo crafts and homemade bamboo pot ~ It also leads to social contribution of bamboo forest regeneration! Scoop Farm, which wants to pass on the beautiful Satoyama to future generations, is working on bamboo forest regeneration. You will experience Satoyama life through the bamboo materials generated in the process. [Bamboo craft production experience] Make a bamboo pot using bamboo. In addition, you can experience making various bamboo crafts as options! ☆ Additional options ☆ ・ Cup (500 yen / piece) ・ Bamboo Kappo (1000 yen / piece) ・ Stilts, bamboo lantern (2000 yen / piece each) ・ Bamboo speaker, Kappo sake sake vessel making (1500 yen / piece) etc. You can take home the chopsticks you made ♪ If you wish, please let us know when you make a reservation. Each will add about 5 to 30 minutes to the production time. *We may not be able to accommodate without a reservation. [Making rice in a bamboo pot] Using thick bamboo from the mountain behind "Farm Restaurant and Cafe Zeze," owned by Scoop Farm, we will make a "bamboo pot" for cooking rice and making chicken hotpot. First, cut the bamboo to make the pot, then put the prepared rice and ingredients in it and put it on the fire. If you wish, you can also experience lighting the stove. In addition to rice and hot pot, we will have an early dinner with a dish using vegetables from the farm and a dessert using vegetables from the field. If you would like to make bamboo crafts as an option, you can make your own chopsticks, chopstick rests, and cups while the pot is on the fire and wait for the rice and hot pot to be completed. In addition, you can order additional meals, side dishes, and drinks on the farm restaurant's business days (LO 14:30). You can add sake (600 yen / 1 cup) for Kappo sake. (This is not available to those who drive a car.) [An experience that also contributes to society] Abandoned bamboo forests are a problem all over the country. Problems such as forestry control, animal damage, and landscape deterioration are occurring. Bamboo crafts and bamboo pot experiences will help solve these problems that are spreading all over Japan. Let's have fun interacting with bamboo and incorporating it into our lives!

• With Pets
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 15:30

Look back and enjoy the history of sushi while making colorful and colorful sushi. adult Ki Nigiri Sushi was born in the Edo period and is a fast food for the impatient Edo kid. Before that, sushi was "push paper" or rose paper (flyer paper). Even now across Japan There are still a variety of push-buttons. You will experience the creation of a vivid push-push. You can also enjoy seasonal vegetable dishes and miso soup made from shrimp heads. [Experience content] We will challenge to make a push. [Meals] Oshizushi, miso soup, seasonal vegetable dishes, pickles

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 8～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 11:00 / 13:00 / 15:00

At the Yamanaka-nuri workshop "Urushi-no-Usada Asada," which is about 1km from the center of Yamanaka Onsen town, we offer a "lacquer painting experience" where you can draw a picture with lacquer. Whether you are a beginner or a child, you can easily enjoy the painting experience! In this plan, you can freely draw letters and designs on the finished lacquer chopsticks with 5 colors of natural lacquer. It is also recommended as a present for your loved ones. In addition, in the store that is easy to enter, we have everything from affordable lacquerware to full-fledged lacquerware. The view of the countryside from the store is superb and has been very well received by customers. Please visit us when you come to Yamanaka Onsen. How about creating your own original work by drawing a picture with lacquer on lacquer chopsticks to commemorate your trip to Yamanaka Onsen?

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• Age 3～Age 100
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00

We will help you choose a kimono that suits you best from our selection and rent it for a day. (From June to September, we will use yukata.) It's nice that you don't have to worry about time. Traditional kimonos go well with the historical and atmospheric city of Otaru, with its gas lamps and music box museum. The kimonos we offer are retro-modern kimonos that go well with the retro townscape of Otaru. They are different in terms of comfort and the luster of the fabric. They will make a wonderful keepsake.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 80
• 1～2 hours

Experience making sushi at a sushi roll restaurant just a one-minute walk from the north exit of Yonago Station in Tottori Prefecture! Experience making sushi rolls using local and seasonal ingredients. You will be taught by the owner, who has over 10 years of experience. He will explain everything carefully, so even beginners can make sushi rolls skillfully and enjoyably. We also have over 30 types of sake available. You can also enjoy sake with the sushi rolls you make. (Additional cost required)

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 80
• 1～2 hours

Experience making sushi at a sushi roll restaurant just a one-minute walk from the north exit of Yonago Station in Tottori Prefecture! Experience making sushi rolls using local and seasonal ingredients. You will be taught by the owner, who has over 10 years of experience. He will explain everything carefully, so even beginners can make sushi rolls skillfully and enjoyably. We also have over 30 types of sake available. You can also enjoy sake with the sushi rolls you make. (Additional cost required)

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 11:30 / 13:00 / 14:30

Learn how to greet, walk, and behave from the head of the Shinkawa School of Japanese dance. Shinkawa School has a wide variety of dances, from classical Japanese dance to Kabuki dance and Bon Odori. Head of the school, Shinkawa Ogio, will provide careful instruction so that everyone from children and students to the elderly can enjoy the dance. Yukata rentals are available, so please change into one first. We will teach you how to tie an obi and how to wear a beautiful yukata. If you come to the store wearing Japanese clothing, you can participate in the class in your favorite clothes. We also have yukatas for men and children, so families are welcome to participate! We will practice the ancient Japanese popular song "Sakura Sakura" in the Shinkawa style. After practice, all participants will dance through the whole dance at the end. Enjoy dancing Japanese dance with your heart and discover a new you!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 3～Age 100
• 5～6 hours
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Waplus Nara is a 2-minute walk from JR Nara Station and a 10-minute walk from Kintetsu Nara Station. It's in a very convenient place. It's OK empty-handed ♪ Why don't you feel free to Rental a kimono and enjoy the town of Nara? It is a plan that can Use a coupon common to all regions.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• Within 1 hour /1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Waplus Nara is a 2-minute walk from Nara Station and a 10-minute walk from Nara It's in a very convenient place. It's OK empty-handed ♪ Why don't you take a picture of the kimono and make a wonderful memory? Regional Use a coupon available.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• 5～6 hours
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Waplus Nara is a 2-minute walk from Nara Station and a 10-minute walk from Nara It's in a very convenient place. In the summer of the ancient city of Nara the cool and gorgeous yukata looks great. With the world heritage shrines and temples and the historic cityscape in the background, you can take a lot of commemorative photos that shine on SNS! Rental a kimono or yukata for two people at a great price! Female wear a small crest (yukata in summer) and a half-width band, and Male wear a kimono (kimono or yukata and a square band). It's OK empty-handed ♪ Why don't you feel free to Rental a Nara Regional Use a coupon available.

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