List of Aka Island

• Age 6～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 15:00

At Senkoji Temple, which boasts a history of 1100 years and has a temple on the summit of Sakiyama, a sacred mountain on Awaji Island, you can visit the main hall while enjoying the view of Sumoto City, one of the eight scenic views of Sumoto, and experience a sutra copying experience in a mysterious silence, which is an extraordinary experience. If you wish, you can also visit Iwato Shrine after the experience. Sakiyama, also known as Awaji Fuji, is said to be the first mountain created in Japan in the legend of the creation of the world by the gods Izanagi and Izanami. At Senkoji Temple, which has a temple on the summit of Sakiyama, you can experience copying sutras. First, you can climb about 200 steps to tour the grounds of Senkoji Temple, learn about the origins of Senkoji Temple, and see the place where the Awaji Island custom of "Dango Korogashi", which is rare nationwide, is performed at the temple. You will also be greeted by a lion-like boar, instead of a lion-dog, enshrined in front of the main hall. Because it is a temple on the mountaintop, you can see the central and southern part of Awaji Island, and if the weather is good, you can see the Naruto Strait and Wakayama. Return to the temple office and go to the "Daishido" to experience copying sutras. In copying sutras, you will copy the general Heart Sutra. Place the paper on top of the model Heart Sutra and copy it with a brush pen. Beginners are also welcome. By copying the characters in a solemn space, you can spend a valuable time reflecting on yourself. You can donate the copy to the temple or take it home. After the experience, you can also visit "Iwato Shrine", a popular power spot that enshrines a huge rock where Amaterasu Omikami hid herself, about 10 minutes down from the temple. (Please note that this is a full-scale mountain path) Experience schedule (for example, if the tour starts at 13:00) Meet at 13:00 *Walk around the temple grounds, including visiting the main hall (guided by the head priest Okazaki) 14:00 Experience copying sutras at the Daishido (approx. 30 minutes to 1 hour) 15:00 Scheduled end *After the tour, you can walk around the temple grounds and visit Iwato Shrine (on your own). It takes about 10 minutes to walk one way up the mountain path to Iwato Shrine.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 12～Age 65
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00

The owner travels to coffee-producing regions around the world and carefully selects coffee beans that are thoroughly managed from cultivation to harvesting and transportation! In order to enjoy high-quality coffee with a rich original flavor called "specialty coffee," he roasts and brews the beans himself. The flavor changes drastically depending on the strength of the roast and the time, so adjust the roasting level to match your favorite flavor and aroma. Experience the profound world of coffee. A place in the Shitoori district of Minami Awaji City, where idyllic rural scenery spreads out. After getting off the car, walk for two minutes along a country road surrounded by trees to the Awaji Island Coffee Laboratory "BASE COFFEE," an annex to the premises of "Fuku Cafe," a quiet, hidden old-style cafe. If a cafe is a hideaway, this laboratory has the atmosphere of a "secret base." The owner, who is obsessed with the depth and unanswerable charm of coffee, is researching and studying every day to get to know coffee better and to pursue the creation of "coffee that makes you want to talk about it with others and makes you smile". The owner carefully selects coffee beans from producing areas around the world, including Central and South America, Africa, and Asia, and thoroughly manages the process from cultivation to harvesting and transportation. Using these top quality beans, you will experience roasting, the most important process that determines the taste and aroma of coffee. For the roasting process, we use a roasting pan called "mankashakasha", which is actually used in Ethiopia, one of the countries where we purchase beans. You can choose to roast lightly to bring out the fruity aroma and acidity of citrus fruits, or roast deeply to bring out the richness and bitterness of chocolate, or you can aim for something in between. In either case, it is difficult to conduct heat thoroughly to the inside of the raw beans in order to remove the moisture contained in them. In addition, even if you choose the same beans and roast in a hand pan, the heat transfer changes depending on how the beans roll and how the wind hits them, so even if the conditions are slightly different, the taste will not be the same and an original taste will be created. The staff will give you a thorough lecture, so please feel free to try it. When the roasted beans are cooled and ground in a coffee mill, a scent containing various elements, including the scent of nuts, caramel, and citrus, rises. This is the moment when the coffee beans emit the most aroma in their life. There are hundreds of elements of the aroma, which becomes a complex and rich coffee aroma that fascinates many people. Then comes the finishing process. Hot water is poured over the fragrant freshly ground beans to extract the maximum aroma and flavor, but there is also an appropriate way to pour the hot water. When you put the carefully extracted coffee in your mouth, your face will naturally break into a smile. *One cup of roasted and ground beans will be used for tasting, but you can take the remaining beans home with you.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 13:00 / 15:00

The west side of Awaji Island: Ayuhara district is the strawberry producing area of Awaji Island. The experience location, Hoshino Kajitsuen Bloom, is an experiential complex with a cafe run by a strawberry farmer in the Ayuhara district. You can learn how to make strawberry jam by talking with a craftsman. In addition to making jam, decorate a cake made in the cake studio with freshly picked strawberries as you like! After the experience, you can eat the decorated cake while having tea in the cafe space attached to the studio. You can take the jam you made home as a souvenir. Why not try making jam with freshly picked strawberries? Making jam in a cute studio is sure to be a special memory. The west side of Awaji Island: Ayuhara district is the strawberry producing area famous in Awaji Island. There, strawberry farmer Hoshi no Kajitsuen: Matsumoto-san was born in Tokyo and worked as an office worker in Osaka. He was fascinated by the nature and the slow flow of time on Awaji Island, and moved to Awaji Island. He has an unusual career history, thanks to his connection with local strawberry farmers. After that, together with Harima-san, who was his senior in Osaka, he opened Dessert & Confiture Studio Hoshi no Kajitsuen, which sells sweets made with strawberries picked at the farm. It has become a popular sweets shop in the local area. After that, they opened Hoshinokajitsuen Bloom, an experiential complex with a sweets cafe and experience workshop, where you can enjoy a relaxed space where you can enjoy the strawberries made by Matsumoto and the sweets made by Harima-san. When making confiture, the craftsman will carefully teach you from the beginning, such as the amount of sugar to use for the weight of the strawberries and the timing of adding the ingredients. Along with the confiture experience, you can also decorate a cake made by Arima with the freshly picked strawberries made by Matsumoto. Afterwards, you can have tea with the decorated cake. Cakes and drinks can be purchased separately on-site. Enjoy a fun time with friends, family, or as a couple. Below is the experience schedule (the schedule below is from 13:00, but if it is from 15:00, please read the time accordingly) 13:00 Meet (please come to the Hoshinokajitsuen Bloom store) 13:05 Move to the experience studio (2nd floor) to prepare, workshop on making strawberry jam from Hoshinokajitsuen ・Decorate a cake using strawberries from Hoshinokajitsuen 13:40 Move to the cafe space on the 1st floor and taste the decorated cake 14:00 End

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