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

• 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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• Age 3～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00

[Around Atsugi / Annual owner plan for vegetable making! ] You can experience from seedling planting to harvesting by yourself throughout the year ♪ Making a lot of vegetables of about 20 kinds a year ♪ <Recommended by friends and family ♪> ■ Recommended points 〇 Years (half a year depending on the period) The owner raised it by himself Harvest vegetables ♪ ・ You can plant vegetable seedlings and harvest vegetables that you have grown yourself until harvest ♪ I hope that it will be useful for children's dietary education ♪ ・ Regularly for one year If you come, you will know what you need to grow vegetables.・ Recommended for those who want to rent a field near their home and grow vegetables with their family and friends in the future! (I'm telling you how to do it on weekends while working) ・ I want to eventually aim for self-sufficiency! Recommended for those who want to live in the countryside! If you experience it before you start living in the country, you will not be in trouble even if you move! There are activities at least once a month from planting seedlings and sowing seeds. (Activities will be held twice a month from May to November) * We will talk about the schedule from the next time onwards. Please be assured that we will adjust the schedule as much as possible. 〇Agricultural experience close to the city center and the city ♪ ・ Unlike ordinary tourist farms, you can work freely! Activities in the natural space can really be refreshed. It will also be an education through the five senses of children. ■ Experience date and time ・ 10:00 to 12:00 ■ Participation fee ・ 1 family: ¥ 150,000 * No additional fee will be charged. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

• Age 12～Age 90
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00

This plan allows you to walk around the town freely wearing a kimono or yukata. You can walk around Niigata Furumachi in a kimono, and there are shrines, temples, historical buildings, and Japanese gardens nearby. You can participate with friends or as a couple. Kimonos will be provided from October to May, and yukatas will be provided from June to September. There are more than 60 kimonos for women and more than 50 yukatas for women. For men, we have basic navy blue, gray, and dark brown kimonos in S, M, L, and LL sizes. Men's yukatas are also available in basic colors. We will be open for a special period on the Katakai Fireworks Festival on September 9th and 10th. Thank you for your understanding. For more information, please search for "Rental Kimono Shop Mayu" on Instagram, X, and Facebook.

• Age 5～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30

You can experience making Sasa-Mino sushi, a local dish born in the Myoko / Suginosawa area, while learning from the locals. With family, friends and couples! Would you like to experience making Sasa Mino sushi together?

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• Age 2～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 13:00

Why don't you experience making traditional Japanese food and rice cakes with your children? Myoko's grandma will teach you from scratch. Souvenirs include glutinous rice, perilla powder, and red beans. A recipe is also included, so you can reproduce it even when you go home!

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• Age 18～Age 60
• 2～3 hours
• 09:00 / 11:30 / 14:00

An outdoor sauna experience with a water bath in the Ota River, a clear stream whose water source is Nachi Primeval Forest, just like Nachi Falls, the best waterfall in Japan. The venue, Daitaiji, is a 1,200-year-old Yakushi sacred place where you can experience zazen and sutra copying. Listen to a staff sermon about the close relationship between Zen and the sauna, and write your wishes on a wooden stick. Throw the gomagi into the wood stove by yourself and make a wish to Jizo-san. A resurrection experience that looks at the state of mind through Zen. 30 seconds from the tent to the river. The shortest class comfort in Kansai! The river is so deep that you can soak up to your head, and there are shallows where you can lie down. No need to pour water because it flows. Dive directly from the sauna to the river surface is also OK. ~ Flow of the day ~ ① Check in at the reception at the main entrance 5 minutes before the meeting time. Confirm the location of the sermon and changing clothes. ② At the venue, receive a sermon on the deep relationship between Zen and sauna. ③ Write your wishes on the gomaki and visit Yakushido where the principal image of worship is enshrined. Change clothes and go to the river. ④ Throw the gomagi into the wood stove and make a wish to Jizo. ⑤ When it gets hot, dive into the river without pouring water. ⑥ Purify yourself in the Ota River, which has the same water source as Nachi Falls. ⑦ Once your body is in order, listen to the gentle breeze blowing and the chirping of birds, and prepare your mind together.

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• Age 10～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 12:00

You can enjoy a slightly rich lunch while watching Maimusume's dance. There are many discoveries in the museum where you can feel the romance of the Takehisa Yumeji Museum and the Taisho romance, and you can enjoy it with your family, friends, and anyone! You can also take a commemorative photo with Maimusume. ～ Flow of the day ～ 12:00 Lunch) Please enjoy your meal in the large hall on the 2nd floor of the table. 12:30 Video viewing) Watch a video of the history of Sakata City and Somaro. 12:40 Dance appreciation) You can see the dance appreciation of Maimusume. 12:55 Commemorative photo with Maimusume / Senjafuda present) You can take a commemorative photo with Maimusume with your own camera. Finally, Maimusume will give you a Senjafuda. 13:00 Closing / Visiting the museum) You can visit the Takehisa Yumeji Museum. You can take pictures in the hall except for some areas.

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• Age 0～Age 99
• 1 Day or more
• 14:00 / 16:00

At the farmer's house in the Yatsugatake area of Nagano prefecture, which runs in a rural area with an altitude of 800 m or more, you can experience farming and living in each season for 2 days and 1 night. By spending a warm time like a family member, more than just a customer, you can get a glimpse of the unique life of this land where you live while being grateful for the blessings of nature. Experience the nostalgic activities of people, such as harvesting highland vegetables, making preserved foods such as dried persimmons, pickled Nozawana, and miso, picking edible wild plants, experiencing a wood-burning stove, and making shime rope. I can. Also, you can cook dishes using local ingredients together and talk with the farmers around the table. Recommended experience for families with children and groups of friends! An English-speaking guide will accompany you during the meeting, so you can have a smooth conversation with your family before the start. We will also hand out an interpreter that you can use during your stay, so you don't have to worry if you don't speak Japanese. You can choose from a plan from 14:00 to 9:00 the next day from 9:00 to 11:00 the next day. ～ Flow of the day (14: 00 ～ 9:00 of the next day) ～ 14: 00 Meeting → Introduction (self-introduction & house tour) 14:15 Agricultural experience → Farmer's seasonal work experience (agricultural work and preserved food) Seasonal handicrafts such as making) 15:15 Cooking experience → Making rice together using seasonal ingredients 17:00 Dinner → Rice time while talking around the table 7:00 Meteorology and breakfast → Waking up and making breakfast together

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• Age 13～Age 75
• 2～3 hours
• 09:00 / 13:00 / 14:00

The world's most dangerous (?) Tea room "Takasugi-an" is located on a tree with a height of 6m. A pyramid-like tea room buried in the basement, "Hikusugi-an". And the "flying mud boat" that is hung by a cable and floats in the air. Near Suwa Taisha Shrine in Chino City, there is a strange building that you will never forget once you see it. Its true identity is the tea room of Terunobu Fujimori, an architect known worldwide for his original architecture. With special permission from Dr. Fujimori, this is a special program only for a trip where you can make tea by putting it inside the "tea room" that you can't normally enter. Along with an English-speaking guide, first of all, I went around the Suwa Taisha Maemiya, which is the origin of Mr. Fujimori's idea, and realized the "feelings for nature" that are constantly transmitted to this area. Then, after visiting the first building built by Professor Fujimori, "Jinchokan Moriya Historical Museum," we will climb the "Flying Mud Boat" and "Takasugi-an" to see the inside. In addition, you can experience making matcha while being taught by a local teahouse in "Hikusugi-an". 5 minutes by taxi from JR Chino Station. ～ Flow of the day ～ ① Worship at Suwa Taisha Maemiya: Tour started. First of all, I would like to introduce you to the origin of the idea of Professor Terunobu Fujimori, the front shrine of Suwa Taisha Kamisha. ② Walking: Walking on the ancient road behind the front shrine. ③ Visit to Jinchōkan Moriya Historical Museum: We will guide you to Jinchōkan Moriya Historical Museum (the first building built by Terunobu Fujimori). ④ Tour of Tea Room County: Visit three "Fujimori Tea Room". The guide will guide you inside and explain. 1) Climb the ladder to the inside of the "flying mud boat". 2) Climb the ladder to the inside of "Takasugi-an". 3) To the inside of the pitch-black "Hikusugi-an". After experiencing the darkness for a while, I opened the roof. I feel the brightness of the sky. ⑤ Tea experience: In Hikusugi-an, entertain with a simple “Matcha experience” by a local tea shop.

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• Age 3～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 16:00 / 16:30 / 17:00 / 17:30 / 18:00

Why don't you experience making soba noodles at Village IRORI, an old folk house built in the Meiji era with a hearth? Ina City, Nagano Prefecture is the birthplace of Shinshu Soba, and local soba noodle masters teach traditional handmade soba noodles that have been around for a long time. You can enjoy the struck soba on the spot. Please leave it to the soba noodle making master to boil delicious soba noodles and soba noodles! We will teach you how to boil delicious soba that you can enjoy at home. Shinshu soba craftsmen will teach you authentic handmade soba noodles made from buckwheat flour. Approximately 2 hours from arrival time to the end of meal (about 2.5 hours for a large number of 10 or more people) ◆ Start time is between 9:00 and 17:00, according to customer's request increase. As a guide: ・ For lunch, start at 10:30 to 12:00. ・ For dinner, start at 17:00 to 18:30.

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• Age 6～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 09:00 / 14:00

Enjoy Kutani and the stylish tradesman culture in a retro-modern townhouse. Komatsu's old town area was formed around Komatsu Castle, which used to be here. The artist, Yukio Uchida, is the only artist in this area where the stylish tradesman culture, including Kabuki and Hikiyama, still remains, and is the only person involved in the production of Kutani ware. He is also the owner of "Toraya Ceramics Store", which has a store in a renovated building of the traditional architectural style "Komatsu Machiya". In this program, under the guidance of Mr. Uchida, Kutani ware painting of "Kutani style" will be performed in a retro-modern Komatsu Machiya. After the experience, enjoy the many furnishings and tasteful atmosphere stored in the tea room with all five senses while tasting the matcha tea that Mr. Uchida himself makes in the tea room. * For foreign nationals: Information on the day will be in Japanese only.

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• Age 1～Age 85
• 1～2 hours

Feel the eternal Kumano with your skin. You will be asked to wear a Heian costume and take a walk around the main shrine. Why don't you go to Kumano Hongu Shrine and Daisaihara? ～ Flow of the day ～ ①Costume dressing 15 minutes ②Experience time 60 minutes ③Change of clothes 10 minutes

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• For Groups

• Age 0～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00

For making memories of your trip? Or is it in earnest? Experience making soba noodles on a variety of courses according to the Number of participants Using homemade buckwheat flour, a dedicated buckwheat craftsman will carefully guide you. The "soba" you hit yourself is exceptional! You can boil the struck soba at the shop and enjoy it. All tools and materials are available here, so feel free to come empty-handed.

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• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 0～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00

For making memories of your trip? Or is it in earnest? Experience making soba noodles on a variety of courses according to the Number of participants Using homemade buckwheat flour, a dedicated buckwheat craftsman will carefully guide you. The "soba" you hit yourself is exceptional! You can boil the struck soba at the shop and enjoy it. All tools and materials are available here, so feel free to come empty-handed.

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• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 6～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

Snowy winter in Tohoku and Akita. "Straw work" has been done for winter handicrafts every day when I lived with my family in the hearth. Let's make "Shimenawa" used for special ceremonies from daily use such as pots.

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• Age 6～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

Kakunodate, a small Kyoto in Tohoku, famous for its samurai residences. Let's make a "charcoal bale" to be used at the "Fire Swing Kamakura" event that is held every winter during the First Full Moon Festival. For the work of knitting, select straw and stack it in order. After knitting, roll it up, arrange it, and attach a rope string to swing it around.

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• Age 6～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

One stage requires props, props, costumes, lighting, sound, and more. A new tool is made for each performance. Everything, including the actors who perform, will be united on the stage to deliver the work to our customers. Why don't you take a look at the work behind it? The staff of the props will help you to make souvenirs such as crafts using the wood edges left over from the tool making.

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• Age 6～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

Let's master the dance of the New Soran Bushi with the actor of the theater company Warabi-za ♪ Finish while checking each movement like lowering the position of the legs and lowering the waist and pulling up the net. At the end, let's play with the actor. Comes with a coupon (550 yen including tax) that can be used at Akita Geijutsu Village and facilities in the village

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• Age 6～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

The actor of the theater company Warabi-za will teach you the basic pattern of sword fighting performed on the stage. Wearing a hakama (the actor will help you) will make you feel like a samurai. At the end, let's decide the role and play the scene of sword fighting with the actor. Comes with a coupon (550 yen including tax) that can be used at Akita Geijutsu Village and facilities in the village

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• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

Let's master one of the performance songs of Japanese drums with the actor of the theater company Warabi-za ♪ You can just hit the drums with a drumstick, but no good sound will be produced. Let's play the sound of the drum that resonates in the center of the body and the heart! Comes with a coupon (550 yen including tax) that can be used at Akita Geijutsu Village and facilities in the village

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• Age 6～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 11:30

Smile at the traditional performing arts! Eat delicious food and smile! "Umemonke" is an Akita dialect that says, "Please eat a delicious treat." The stage actors of the theater company Warabi-za sing and dance traditional performing arts in Akita, Tohoku, and various parts of Japan. Matsukado bento is prepared with the theme of fermented foods in Akita. * It will be a meal after the show, but it may be a meal after the show. In that case, we will inform you in advance.

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• Age 3～Age 70
• Within 1 hour

It is a plan that you can experience farming while interacting with farmers. You can experience seasonal farming with farmers, such as making seedlings in spring, planting seedlings in May, and harvesting vegetables in summer. The crops you can experience and harvest depend on the farmer you are experiencing and the crops at that time, so please look forward to it. We will tour the farmer's fields and houses and work while having the farmer teach us. From spring to autumn, you can experience according to the season. ～ Plan example ～ 10:00 Roadside station "Fukushima Towa" set. Move to the experience place by picking up from the experience destination farmer. ↓ 10:20 Arrive at the farmer's inn, explain the work contents, and experience ↓ 11:30 Finish the farming work experience (about 1 hour) ↓ 11:50 Move to the roadside station "Fukushima Towa" by the farmer's pick-up. ↓ 12:00 Michi-no-Eki "Fukushima Towa" disbanded * Enjoy shopping and dining at Michi-no-Eki. * Although it is not possible to specify a farmhouse inn, please understand that it will be accepted as a request. * Depending on the season, the content of farm work and the content of crops for harvesting experience will change. * Depending on the season, you may not be able to experience harvesting, so you will only have to experience farming. * If you come by car, please come to the roadside station "Fukushima Towa" by 9:50.

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• Age 0～Age 120
• 1 Day or more

Why don't you stay in a house with a warehouse built in 1897, where a merchant of silkworm seeds and raw yarn once lived, and experience the culture of Yao? You can rent a whole building of the warehouse as a travel inn, a dining room where you can enjoy meals, and a space where people can gather. (Limited to one group per day) Enjoy a relaxing time with your loved ones.

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• Age 10～Age 120
• 2～3 hours
• 09:30 / 13:00

We heat the five-inch nail to actually make an original paper knife. In addition, we will give a lecture on the museum and how to appreciate the actual Japanese sword. It takes about 2 hours.

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• Age 10～Age 120
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00

Visit the swordsmith with commentary directly from the swordsmith and swordsmith, and actually experience the swordsmith with a mallet. After that, you will appreciate the actual Japanese sword. In addition, the experience is a part of the folding, the process of hitting the ball steel, and the actual experience of bellows.

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• Age 6～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 09:00

書道の経験がなくても大丈夫です！ アート書道とは日本人が初めて習う楷書体という字体とは違い、字の形や筆の運び方のルールがなく、形にとらわれず、字のイメージや想いなどを線に表し表現していくので初心者の方でも楽しんで書道体験できる新しい書道です。体験では書家直接指導します。 絵具や筆を使って絵や漢字を書き、アート書道作品を作成していただけます。 インテリアにもおすすめです。 ～当日の流れ～ ①挨拶・自己紹介　5分 ②レッスン内容の説明・アート書道の説明　5分 ③道具の説明　5分 ④（漢字）なぞり手本をつかっての練習・各自練習（質疑応答）　30分 ⑤本番用紙に絵具で絵を描く　15分 ⑥漢字の清書　5分 ⓻みんなの作品披露(感想など）　10分

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• Age 18～Age 70
• 3～4 hours
• 15:00 / 18:00

In this plan, Tokushima 's sake (local sake) and Tokushima ramen, mainly to enjoy the dance experience of "Awa Odori", which can be said to be a traditional performing art that Tokushima It is a tour that combines not only experience but also bar hopping, and both entertainment and gourmet genres are made in Tokushima. From the beginning to the end, it is a tour where you can fully enjoy Tokushima

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• Age 12～Age 100
• 1 Day or more

This plan is a plan with accommodation + experience. Eihei-ji Temple Shinzen no Yado Hakujukan is a place where you can experience the world of Zen, such as zazen like a shukubo and authentic shōjin ryō, in a comfortable facility and service like an inn. (It gets cold in winter, so it is recommended to wear warm clothes.) After the experience, relax in the large communal bath. At the restaurant, enjoy the ingenious devoted cuisine and Echizen's famous sake. Eiheiji Hakujukan is an inn where you can experience Zen, get familiar with Echizen's hospitality, and heal your mind. Check-in: 14:00 / Check-out: 10:00

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• Age 10～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 09:00

In this plan, you will be able to enjoy the performance of congratulatory words by the priesthood, the shrine maiden dance, and the Kagura drums in the Kagura hall. You will also experience Tamagushi worship. * This plan is not baptism. It is a prayer for your own health and a ritual to cleanse yourself. Comes with an English pamphlet. (We will pray at the same seat as ordinary worshipers who receive normal prayers.) * The priest will perform the above Shinto ritual at the Kagura-den together with the general public, so the waiting time is up to 30 minutes due to circumstances. It may occur to some extent.

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• Age 6～
• 1 Day or more

★★ Tom and Rimi's English Homestay has an educational program for children using the nature and English of Kumejima ★★ Take advantage of long-term vacations such as weekends, spring breaks, and summer breaks to enjoy homestays and studying abroad in Japan ♪ Have you ever wanted to be confident in speaking with foreigners using English conversation? When you fly abroad, it is difficult to take a break from school or it costs money, but with this program you will be able to improve your English conversation skills and increase your confidence while staying in Japan! Not only will you be exposed to English and different cultures while in Japan, you will also have the opportunity to go to places that you have never been to in the southern part of Japan and encounter nature and Okinawa culture you have never met! If you are considering studying abroad, it is recommended to participate as a dry run ♪ ◆ Target: Elementary school students-junior high school students-high school (Country) ◆ Tour Dates: 2 nights 3 days course Departure on Friday, return home on Sunday (will be on weekends)

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