【In July】 Hobby / Cultural experience in Japan Page 53

• Age 5～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 15:00 / 17:00

The koto is a representative Japanese musical instrument that has been around for 1000 years. The melody is very elegant and Japanese. It will be an unforgettable memory of your trip to Japan. In this program, you will actually touch the koto and practice simple songs. Recommended for people who love music.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 0～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30

This is a plan that allows you to experience making "Flower Chozumizu" at Oshijo, which has been used as a setting for novels and movies♪ You can make it with your favorite flowers! You can take a commemorative photo with your own work! Let's enjoy together a valuable experience that can only be done here! For customers from foreign countries, an English-speaking guide will accompany you. [What is Hanachōzu? ] A chozubachi with flowers floating in it before worship.

• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 5～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 14:00

Experience traditional ceremonies and meals at Kanda Myojin, which has a 1,300-year history as the guardian deity of Tokyo. The current building was rebuilt in 1934, and you can enter the precious building designated as a nationally registered tangible cultural property, and experience a ritual performed by Shinto priests and shrine maidens called Shoden Sanhai. After the ceremony, it is time for a meal called Naorai. This meal is also included in the traditional ceremony, and you can have a delicious meal while having a valuable experience.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 80
• 1～2 hours

It is a work made by three-dimensionally combining flowers and animals using kimono fabric and cotton. Kits and tools will be prepared here in advance, so you can participate empty-handed on the day. If you have a request, we will also hold a business trip class at your accommodation.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 75
• Within 1 hour

We offer a simple and informal "table tea ceremony experience". In this experience, you can actually make matcha by yourself while learning the basics of the tea ceremony in one hour. ~ Flow of the day ~ ① Demonstration and hands-on experience (30 minutes) First, you will see a demonstration by the instructor. I will explain the specific steps and manners while demonstrating. After that, participants will move on to the experience of actually making matcha. The feature is that you can easily enjoy it using things you have at home, such as handkerchiefs and spoons. ②Enjoy dried sweets (15 minutes) Enjoy dried sweets with matcha green tea. Enjoy a table tea ceremony to your heart's content while enjoying flavorful sweets. ③ Exchange of impressions and opinions (15 minutes) After the experience, we will set aside time to exchange impressions and opinions with the participants. Let's share the memorable moments, what kind of realizations and impressions you had. It is also attractive to be able to freely exchange opinions in an atmosphere that is not formal. The Aime-toi Cooking School's "Table Tea Ceremony Experience" specializes in promoting table tea ceremony that can be easily enjoyed at home. You can use familiar tools such as paper towels, handkerchiefs, and spoons instead of kaishi, chashaku, chakin, and fukusa. While learning the basics of the tea ceremony, enjoy an experience that emphasizes ease and ease.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 13～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 09:00

At "Experience-based old private house inn Tabinosha", we will guide you through the seasonal Shizuoka mountain village experience! This plan learns from tea farmers who practice SDGs! Farm work help plan! Let's sweat a good day by helping the tea farmer's work for a whole day! It is a plan where you can experience [contribution to the global environment] and [practice of SDGs] through helping the work of tea farmers who make tea using the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System Chagusaba farming method.

• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 13:00

At "Experience-based traditional Japanese inn Tabinosha," we offer you a mountain village experience that is unique to Shizuoka throughout the four seasons! Located in the northeastern part of Kakegawa City, one of the leading tea producing areas in Shizuoka, this area is loved by locals as the mountain of the tea characters, and the tea plantations spread across the large hills at the foot of Awa-ga-take, a mountain that has been certified as a World Agricultural Heritage site, and high-quality tea has been produced for over 150 years using the Chagusaba farming method. In this plan, you will enjoy a tea picking experience in the tea fields that the tea producers have carefully cultivated. The first tea is picked from late April to mid-May, the second tea is picked in June, and the fourth tea is picked from late September to early October, which are the tea seasons for the producers, so you can enjoy tea picking according to the season. In addition, from late April to early November, you can enjoy tea picking even outside of the tea season, depending on the growth of the tea leaves. However, from late autumn to winter, until around mid-April when the tea season begins, there are no tea leaves to pick, so you will have to roll the tea using tea leaves that you have prepared in advance. Even in that case, we will still guide you to the tea fields and show you the state of the tea buds and how to make tea. You will try your hand at making kettle-fried tea using the tea leaves you picked, by heating, frying and rolling them in an iron pot. Let's make your own delicious, one-of-a-kind original tea!

• Age 3～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 11:00

At "Experience-based old private house inn Tabinosha", which was renovated from a 70-year-old old house and opened in 2017, we will guide you through the seasonal Shizuoka mountain village experience! In this plan, you can enjoy BBQ using seasonal ingredients along with picked tea. Limited to one group per day! Enjoy a charcoal-grilled BBQ lunch at an old private house in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, one of Japan's leading green tea producing areas! In the verdant backyard surrounded by bamboo groves and streams, you can enjoy a charcoal fire, a BBQ using seasonal ingredients, and delicious local tea! You can also add a "Goemon bath experience" as an option ♪ Why don't you forget the hustle and bustle of everyday life and have an extraordinary experience like living in a tea village? The ingredients and equipment are prepared, so it's easy to come empty-handed! !

• For Rainy Days

• Age 6～Age 99
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 14:00

Experience matcha green tea with Kutani ware in a tatami room in a townhouse full of culture. The current owner, Mr. Yukio Uchida, takes over the pottery shop in his parents' house, and he himself creates works by overglaze painting as a Kutani ware artist. In addition to being able to see and purchase Kutani ware at the shop on the 1st floor, the atelier on the 2nd floor of the machiya-style pottery shop is open to the public, allowing visitors to see Mr. Uchida painting. We also serve matcha green tea in Kutani tea bowls made by the artist. Come and experience the world of Kutani ware, which flourished in an elegant culture.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 12～Age 99
• Within 1 hour

============================================================= I, they, and I'm ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ Since the early Edo period, it has been known as the “tsutsumi” of the east, especially Kabuki and Ukiyo-e. The Tsutsumi doll factory has many elegant works based on the manners and customs of the Edo period. One person is responsible for a wide range of processes, and the one that pays the most attention is "coloring", where the delicate patterns are drawn by hand one by one to create a simple expression. Since the Edo period, the Haga family has protected the craftsmanship and spirit of the one family for generations. You can visit the factory and the exhibition room.

• In Door Activity

• Age 13～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 16:00

Why don't you wear kimono, which is Japanese culture, and take a stroll through the streets of Gyoda? ? You can choose from a wide variety of kimonos and yukatas to wear. You can also choose an original kimono with a pattern related to Gyoda City♪We can keep your luggage, so you can change into a kimono at "Fujiya Gofukuten" and walk around the Japanese heritage city empty-handed! For those who participate, we will present a set of 3 konpeitou (color is up to you) as a souvenir with the motif of "Hana Temizu", which is a new highlight in Gyoda City.

• For Groups

• Age 7～Age 75
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00

[Walk with the guide and discover! Charm of Awaji ～Izanagi Jingu Course～】Izanagi Jingu, which enshrines two gods, Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, is said to be the oldest shrine in Japan, and appears in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki. Experience a special formal worship at the worship hall of Izanagi Jingu. Main course Meet at "Izanagi Jingu-mae" bus stop of "Awajin Awahime Bus" ⇒ Special formal worship at Izanagi Jingu ⇒ Stroll around Izanagi Jingu ⇒ End

• For Rainy Days

• Age 0～Age 99
• 1～2 hours

You can enjoy afternoon tea elegantly in the tangerine field. Please enjoy coffee, mandarin orange juice, and Awa evening tea with sweets packed in a traditional craft of Tokushima prefecture. For Awa Bancha, "Shinobu-chan no Banchaya" in Kamikatsu-cho is a business trip service. Mandarin orange picking is also possible depending on the season. (Estimated season: October to December) *Varies depending on the year ~ Point ~ ・You can enjoy an extraordinary cafe in a tangerine field surrounded by nature ・You can taste both Japanese and Western sweets depending on the season ・Professional You can enjoy the evening tea brewed by

• For Family

• Age 7～Age 75
• 1～2 hours
• 13:15

[Walk with the guide and discover! Charm of Awaji ~Iwaya Course~] ``Eshima'', one of the traditional places of ``Onokoro Island'', which is said to be the first land in Japan, and ``Iwakushi Shrine'', which is said to be the home of Mr. Ebisu of Nishinomiya. and "Ebisu-sama", and the retro townscape of "Iwaya Shopping Street", which prospered as the gateway to Awaji Island, with a guide staff. Main course Meet at "Iwaya Port Terminal" bus stop of "Awagami Awahime Bus" ⇒ Eshima ⇒ Iwakusu Shrine and Ebisu ⇒ Stroll around Iwaya Shopping Street ⇒ End at "Awajishima Tacoste"

• For Rainy Days

• Age 0～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 12:00

Let's experience pineapple harvesting in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture! ■Do you know how a pineapple bears fruit? ■It's true that you can eat a ripe pineapple to the core! ? Let's experience harvesting and tasting the world's best pineapple with a farmer who has been growing it for many years on Ishigaki Island♬

• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 3～Age 99
• 3～4 hours

Why don't you take a photo with a samurai costume? [Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture] This is a guided tour around the land of Genko. We will guide you to [Kaneda Castle]! You can do "Drone shooting" and "Rental costume" services that are not available anywhere else! Kaneda Castle Guided Tour (required time: 3 hours) A round trip from the trailhead to the summit, as well as a guide to the stone walls, the remains of the battery, and the summit. If there are costumes and photography, the required time will increase. *We do not provide transportation. *Please use public transportation, taxis, rental cars, etc. to travel to each guide location on your own. You can lead by car. ★Points★ If you wish, you can rent samurai costumes, armor, yukata, swords, etc., and shoot with a 360° camera or drone. ★ Optional ★ If you wish, you can also take a tour of the Komodahama Shrine and the temple that became the model for the Golden Temple, and experience riding a Taishu horse (while wearing a costume). (Additional fee) [Experience fee] (Komoda Beach) Adults (junior high school students and above)/3,000 yen, children (elementary school students)/1,500 yen, infants and younger/1,000 yen (Kanada Castle) adults (junior high school students and above)/7,000 yen, children (Elementary school students) / 3,500 yen, infants and younger / 1,000 yen *Prices are per person. Rental costume (from 2,000 yen), still image/movie shooting (from 1,000 yen), drone photography (from 10,000 yen) We do not provide pick-ups, so please use public transportation, taxis, rental cars, etc. to get to the venue by yourself. please! We will have a meeting with the customer in advance, and we will decide the schedule, time, guide location, costume, whether or not to take photos, etc. according to the customer's request and itinerary!

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Would you like to make your own Kimekomi work? We will prepare the bare wood in a carved state in advance, so you can make your own product just by choosing your favorite cloth and applying the wood grain. Experience the "Paulownia Kimekomi Zaiku" that can only be experienced at Hakocho. We will prepare a box that has already undergone the "carving" process, so you can freely choose the fabric yourself, and then "color" and "kimekomi".

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 12～Age 80
• 2～3 hours

Would you like to experience home cooking and calligraphy while wearing an authentic kimono? You can choose your favorite kimono and get dressed in a typical Japanese home. Experience and enjoy home-cooked meals while wearing traditional sashes. (We will also give you a brief introduction to soup stock.) In the calligraphy experience, why not write your favorite characters on colored paper or a folding fan to create a commemorative work? Please feel free to join us. We also have a home cooking experience plan wearing a kimono, a home cooking experience and a tea ceremony experience plan wearing a kimono. Please take a look there too.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 12～Age 80
• 2～3 hours

You can choose your favorite kimono and get dressed in a typical Japanese home. Experience and enjoy home-cooked meals while wearing traditional sashes. Would you like to wear a kimono and experience home cooking in a typical Japanese home? Dressing experience Many authentic kimonos are available. Choose your favorite kimono and we will dress you in about 25 minutes per person. Cooking experience You can experience and enjoy home cooking while wearing traditional sashes. (We will also give you a brief introduction to the soup stock.) If the weather is nice, you can wear a kimono and take a walk or take pictures in a scenic park nearby.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 99
• 2～3 hours

This is a workshop where you can feel cacao closer, experience the fun and difficulty of making your own chocolate, and experience the charm of local ingredients. By becoming more interested in the food they usually eat, they develop a feeling of valuing food. What is the chocolate you usually eat made from? What is cacao? How can chocolate be made? You can solve such questions through a tour of cacao fields and chocolate making! Schedule 9:45 Reception starts 10:00 About cacao chocolate 10:20 Cacao field tour 10:40 Chocolate making start 11:15 Enjoy the finished chocolate with ice cream 11:45 Enclose chocolate to take home 12:00 Dissolution

• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 80
• Within 1 hour

This is a hands-on activity where you play the local traditional culture "Kanayama Taiko" in beautiful nature. Would you like to be healed by the drums echoing in the countryside and mountains? Kanayama drums have been carefully handed down locally for the prosperity of Okuzo Kanayama, which flourished during the Nara period. It is characterized by making big drums resound in the mountains. The echoing sound penetrates your body. We will take photos and videos of the experience with your smartphone or camera. Excellent access from nearby sightseeing spots such as Lake Towada, Appi and Hachimantai! Please come and visit us.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• Within 1 hour /1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

Using a miso-making kit (vacuum-packed boiled soybeans, salt, koji, and process instructions), everyone from children to adults can easily complete miso preparation in an hour at a workshop in Fujisato-machi using the tools of the workshop. To do! Please take home the miso you prepared and let it mature until it is ready to eat. Miso prepared by yourself is exceptional!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 1～Age 100
• Within 1 hour /1～2 hours

Kiritanpo-nabe and damakko-nabe are traditional dishes unique to rice-producing Akita Prefecture. In this plan, you can enjoy kiritanpo hot pot and damakko hot pot from a restaurant in Fujisato town at the foot of the Shirakami Mountains. What's more, the place where you can enjoy it is in the great outdoors at the foot of the World Heritage Shirakami Mountains! Enjoy an extraordinary meal outside with your family, friends, or work colleagues. A warm hot pot that can be used as a lunch for a drive to the Shirakami Mountains, as a setting for dinner at a camp, or during a relaxing river fishing trip. Perfect! We will prepare a hot pot + kiritanpo ingredients set (or a damakko hot pot ingredients set), a tabletop stove, a serving plate, and an instruction manual. Please choose A) Kiritanpo hot pot or (B) Damakko hot pot. Both are possible (for example, 1 pot for 2-3 servings of kiritanpo + 1 pot for 2-3 servings of damakko nabe) If you do not have a table or chair, you can rent them separately for a fee. is

• With Pets
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 5～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00

The length and thickness you like ... Original My Chopsticks! ! Only bamboo carefully selected from the local bamboo forest is used. Because you use it every day and put it in your mouth, you need something safe and secure ...

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 99
• 3～4 hours

An excavation experience using real earthenware and stone tools that can be done at the Jomon site (Kakinoshima site), which is a hot topic in the World Cultural Heritage registration. It takes about 40 minutes, and after learning about excavation in the experience building, each person in the experience area will dig up the earthenware and stone tools actually excavated at this site. Conducted daily from 11:00 and 14:00 during the period. Participation fee is free, applicants apply at the administration building on the premises, and when the time comes, they will meet in front of the experience building. Capacity is about 20 people at a time

• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 99
• 1～2 hours

Jomon cookies are made from acorn flour.

• For Groups

• Age 16～Age 60
• 4～5 hours

It is possible to leave a photo of the interior and exterior of a historic building that has been certified as a national registered tangible cultural property. You can take pictures of two people with a profound feeling in the Japanese garden that matches the innocence of white and the uchikake, and in the moist hall. The kimono looks even better with the wonderful production of cherry blossoms, fresh greenery, autumn leaves, and snowy scenery. There is also a historic shrine nearby, and you can take pictures there. It is also possible to get on a rickshaw and take a picture.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00

The ultimate eco bag "furoshiki" that Japan is proud of. Not only wrapping when delivering gifts to people, but also shopping bags, rucksacks, fukusa, etc. It is not well known that it can be used in various ways. In this hands-on course, we will explain from various perspectives, such as the history of furoshiki, its uses, actual wrapping methods, and how to use it. We propose a new lifestyle that only one piece of cloth weaves. * Comes with a furoshiki worth 2000 yen. You can also buy Japanese towels, Japanese pattern handkerchiefs, and Japanese miscellaneous goods using chirimen at the store.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30

Service perfect ceramic art experience! !! The amount of clay used is increasing from 500g to 600g! !! The size of the finished work will also be 1.2 times larger! !! And the original soy sauce bukkake ice cream (coffee or tea is also acceptable) is also available! !! Furthermore, for those who enjoy the original Bizen curry and Bizen burger, we also offer a 100 yen discount coupon! !! At "Sorakukan" in Inbe, Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, we hold a pottery experience class for Bizen ware. In a relaxed and calm space, children and adults can easily enjoy making Bizen ware by hand. In this plan, the work is fired in an electric kiln. It will take 40-60 minutes. After the ceramic art experience, it is a soy sauce bukkake ice cream service that has been introduced on overseas TV. Please enjoy it slowly while watching the work you made. You can also enjoy the original Bizen curry and Bizen burger from Sorakukan, which ranked 6th in the local curry grand prix nationwide. For those who have experienced ceramic art, all the menus at the Sorakukan will come with a 100 yen discount ticket, so please enjoy the local Bizen gourmet. As soon as the specified number of kilns is ready, we will fire the kilns one by one and send them after baking. Normally, it will be baked in about 6 months, but it may be significantly delayed due to corona damage. (Available for up to 20 people) Closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays (excluding holidays)

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 99
• Within 1 hour

It is a Japanese sweets experience that you make yourself. You can make 2 per person. (Take-out is possible) * What you make changes every month. All materials are available here. You can enjoy it on the spot, and we also have a takeaway pack available. Experience your own Neri-kiri Japanese sweets. As for the raw materials, we specially prepare the materials of the long-established Japanese sweets shop in Mie prefecture. No preservatives are used, so it is safe and secure. There is also a shooting time, so you can shoot your own Neri-kiri. *… *… *… *… *… *… *… [Request to customers] ・ Disinfection (inside the salon) ・ Wearing a mask Please refrain from. *… *… *… *… *… *… *… [Staff implementation measures] ・ Daily physical condition management, temperature measurement, mask wearing, hand disinfection, ventilation for each lesson, tools, thorough disinfection in the salon

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