Tohoku in Hobby / Cultural experience Page 3

• Age 6～Age 99
• 1 Day or more

Farmer's vacation rental and farming experience in Tohoku's satoyama surrounded by nature in the "prefecture north region" of Fukushima Prefecture * Farmer's vacation rental cannot be specified. Please understand that it will be accepted as a request. A two-night, three-day plan that fosters the blessings of nature and gratitude for food and agriculture through seasonal village forest / agricultural experiences and interaction with people at the guest house ★ Experience plan at the farm house-winter Season- ★ Example (1st day) 15:30 Nihonmatsu Station (for pick-up and drop-off) ↓ 16:00 To each farmer ↓ 17:00 Breakfast preparation ↓ 18:00 Dinner / bath Interact with farmers ↓ 21:00 Go to bed (2nd day) ) 7:00 Wake up / Breakfast ↓ 9:00 Agricultural experience (contents vary depending on the season) ↓ 12:00 Lunch break ↓ 15:00 Agricultural experience (making local dishes) ↓ 18:00 Dinner / bath Interact with farmers ↓ 21:00 Go to bed (3rd day) 7:00 Wake up / Breakfast ↓ 9:00 Roadside station Fukushima Towa Souvenir purchase ↓ 10:30 Nihonmatsu station dissolution * The above course is a model course when you come by train increase. * If you come by car, you will meet directly at "Roadside Station Fukushima Towa" at 15:30. Note) It is not possible to specify an experience farmer. We will contact you at a later date to inform you of the farmer you are accepting.

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• Age 3～
• 1～2 hours /3～4 hours
• 08:00

Historical cosplay also available! Highlights ✔ Have your photo taken in fields of purple Irises ✔ Dress-up like Nara Period aristocracy in Tohoku's old capital ✔ Create a lasting momento of your Spring adventure in Japan Just a 14 min train ride from central Sendai Station lies the city of Tagajo, once a sprawling fortress and bustling capital city of the Mutsu Province. Whilst the physical presence of the castle buildings has disappeared over the centuries, the town still remains an important historical hub for the Tohoku region. By far the best time to visit is during the annual'Ayame Matsuri '(Iris Festival) in mid-late June (this year, from June 15 – 29), when the former castle grounds transform into a carpet of every shade of purple you can imagine! An incredible 3 million (!) irises of over 600 different varieties will bloom across the park to be enjoyed alongside a plethora of fun interactive activities and live entertainment. There will also be Nara Period traditional costumes available for you to try on and create some historical cosplay scenes.

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• Age 5～
• 1 Day or more
• 08:40

Two of Japan's largest summer festivals in two days ✔ Watch as festival performers balance 15m bamboo poles adorned with paper anterns ✔ Wear traditional 'Yukata' and walk through forests of Tanabata decorations ✔ Find your inner peace during Zen meditation at a UNESCO World Heritage temple ✔ Dine on local food cooked by a private chef and taste local Japanese sake Experience first-hand two of Japan's largest summer festivals – Akita's Kanto Matsuri and Sendai's Tanabata! Both festivals share their origins in the ancient Chinese star festival, but each has developed into its own unique and exciting personality over the centuries. First up is the incredible acrobatic performance of Akita's 'Kanto Matsuri' (pole lantern festival). Kanto performers carry long bamboo poles (some up to 15m) adorned with lanterns, balancing them precariously on their palms, shoulders, foreheads – you name it – all to the sound of traditional music and taiko drumming. In contrast, Sendai's Tanabata festival is much more subdued but certainly no less colorful! Hundreds of giant 'Fukunagashi' decorations made from traditional rice paper are displayed throughout the city, turning the busy shopping arcades.

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• Age 5～
• 3～4 hours
• 18:00

The best view, minus the crowds! ✔ View the fireworks action up-close from a local boat on the water ✔ Local 'Obento' style picnic dinner and local sake included ✔ Avoid fighting the crowds on the shore for the best view! Every year on the third Sunday of July, the summer sky lights up with hundreds of fireworks over the port city of Shiogama.The event marks the evening before the annual 'Minato Matsuri' festival of Shiogama Shrine, one of the 'Three Great Boat Festivals 'of Japan. Thousands of locals and visitors from around Japan will gather to watch the exciting fireworks display and enjoy some local food and sake! Whilst the atmosphere on the shore is certainly buzzy and exciting, by far the best view of the fireworks in from the water! On this tour you'll have a chance to experience the best of both worlds! After exploring the festival action on the shore you'll head to nearby Shichigahama where a local boat will be waiting to take you and your friends out on the water. Along with the incredible view, enjoy the taste of the region with a local 'obento' style picnic dinner washed down with some local Japanese sake! Experience summer festival season like the locals!

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• Age 5～
• 3～4 hours
• 10:00

Watch the colorful boat parade from the water! ✔ Watch the colorful ocean parade from a private local boat ✔ Avoid fighting the crowds for the best view ✔ Local 'obento' style lunch and local sake included ✔ Experience a Japanese summer festival like the locals Shiogama's' Minato Matsuri 'festival has been named one of'Three Great Boat Festivals' of Japan, and is one of the most exciting summer events along Miyagi's coastline. Every year on the 'Umi-no-hi' (Marine Day) public holiday in July, sacred omikoshi (portable shrines) are carried from Shiogama Shrine through the streets to Shiogama Port, where they are loaded onto colorful festival boats called 'Ryu- maru '(dragon boat) and'Hou-maru' (pheonix boat). Accompanied by traditional music and a huge display of colorful flags, the festival boats lead a massive parade of over 100 local fishing boats around the port and out into Matsuhima Bay . On this tour, you can experience the highlights of the festival as the locals do! After exploring the festival action in town and watching the heavy omikoshi be carried down the 200+ front steps of Shiogama Shrine, you will board a local boat to watch the exciting boat parade up-close from the water!

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• Age 5～
• 1～2 hours
• 12:30

You observe the traditional performing arts: Kenbai literary means dance with a sword. Kenbai has a long history.In the Edo-period it was performed in order to pray for dead Samurai. Now, local residents including children take over the performance.You can feel the spirit of the local history and interact with dancers. Tour Highlights: ✔ Chance to experience traditional performing arts ✔ This dance was performed in order to pray for dead Samurai in Edo period. ✔ Now, local residents including children take over the performance. ✔ You can feel the spirit of the local history and interact with dancers.

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 12:30

You can observe professional Japanese Sword-smith craft center.You feel the heat and watch sparks in the process of making the sword.Also, you have a lesson from the sword-smith how to make the sword and actually make a knife for cutting paper . Tour Highlights: ✔ Rare chance to observe professional Japanese Sword-smith craft center! ✔ Feel the heat and watch sparks in the process of making the sword! ✔ Have a lesson from the sword-smith. ✔ Make a knife for cutting paper!

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• In Door Activity

• Age 5～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00

'Fall' in love with the scenery, tastes and traditions of the seasonHighlights✔ Experience one of Japan's top lantern festivals✔ Trek around the multicoloured lakes of 'Goshikinuma' in Urabandai-Asahi National Park✔ Cycle through the countryside before a vineyard picnic✔ Take in the Autumn scenery as you conquer Mt. Adatara✔ Refresh with an overnight stay in 'Dake Onsen' hot spring villageGet ready to throw yourself into the sights, smells, sounds and spirit of Autumn in the Japanese countryside! ~ 'Kampai' with the locals as you dance behind festival floats at one of Japan's best lantern festivals – the Nihonmatsu Chochin Matsuri!~ Cycle through the countryside before rewarding yourself with a picnic in a local vineyard.~ Trek around vibrant volcanic lakes and conquer multi-coloured mountains.~ Indulge in local dishes made from freshly harvested veggies and fruit.~ After all that action and adventure – rejuvenate with a soak in a hot spring bath.Escape the city for the weekend and discover why there's no better season to 'fall' in love with Japan!

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• Age 5～
• 1～2 hours
• 12:30

Your own private cherry blossom picnic, Date style! Highlights ✔ Enjoy a private 'hanami' (flower viewing picnic) under the cherry blossoms in Sendai City Have the best spot in the park saved for you, and no clean up necessary! ✔ Eat a delicious local lunch paired with local sake and beer ✔ Enjoy a live performance of Sendai's traditional 'Suzume Odori' (sparrow dance)! ✔ Experience the legacy of 'Date culture' firsthand! Sendai City might be known as the 'City of Trees' but from mid-April to early-May it transforms into the city of pink! The local parks and surrounding mountains are come to life with the bloom of beautiful cherry blossoms, and where there are cherry blossoms in Japan, you will find a party! Enjoy the best of Spring in Sendai with a hassle-free private picnic at the best location in sakura hot-spot Nishi Park.Forget sitting on a blue sheet – a comfortable set-up of chairs and tables will be waiting for you under the trees, complete with an 'obento' style lunchbox of local cuisine and local sake, beer and soft-drinks! **

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• Age 5～Age 90
• 1 Day or more
• 12:30

Experience Four of Japan's Largest Summer Festivals Tour Highlights: ✔ Experience FOUR of Japan's largest and most exciting Summer festivals ✔ Join the parade at Aomori's'Nebuta Matsuri ' ✔ Private transport and English speaking guide ✔ Local Japanese cuisine (Vegetarian catering upon request) August in Tohoku is hot and the Summer festivals even hotter! Tohoku is home to some of Japan's most dynamic and exciting Summer events and traditions. Prepare to dance, chant and get lost in the hypnotic rhythm of taiko drums… Your adventure starts with the colorful ornate festival floats of Hachinohe City's 'Sansha Tasai' festival, the perfect warm-up for the next night of celebrations at Tohoku's most famous summer festival, Aomori City's Nebuta Matsuri! Forget watching from the sidelines, here you will transform into a local Haneto dancer and JOIN the parade with the Aomori locals. Next up is the incredible spectacle of Akita's Kanto Matsuri (Pole lantern festival) where festival performers balance 12 metre high poles adorned with close to 50 lanterns on their foreheads, shoulders, hands… you name it! Your summer festival journey will wrap up in Tohoku's capital city, Sendai, during'Tanabata '(Star Festival).

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• Age 5～Age 90
• 1 Day or more
• 12:30

Experience two of Japan's biggest summer festivals! Tour Highlights: ✔ See the colorful and vibrant floats of Hachinohe's 'Sansha Taisai' festival! ✔ Don't just watch, JOIN the incredible Nebuta Matsuri in Aomori City! ✔ Visit Japan's largest morning market! ✔ Enjoy local Japanese cuisine and sake tasting along the way! Forget whatever you've heard about the Tohoku locals being quiet and shy ... grab your dancing shoes and get ready to party at two of Japan's most exciting summer festivals! The tour will kick-off in Eastern Aomori Prefecture, Hachinohe City, known for the vibrant colorful floats of its'Sansha Taisai 'festival. But don't party too hard, as the next morning you'll be up with the sparrows to explore the 400+ stalls of local food and novelties at Japan's largest morning market, Tatehana Wharf Morning Market (as seen on 'Abroad in Japan'). Next you'll move to the prefectural capital, Aomori City, for the tour highlight: the world-famous Nebuta Matsuri! Here you won't just watch from the side lines ... you'll dress in traditional costume and join the hundreds of 'Haneto 'dancers, dancing behind the incredible 3D lantern floats.

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• Age 2～Age 90
• 3～4 hours
• 12:30

Learn stealth techniques from a Ninja master in the open forest! Highlights ✔ Train with a qualified Ninja at a natural'power spot ' Hear local stories and urban legends about local mountain priests, monks and ninjas! ✔ Taste delicious local cuisine (deep fried tofu!) At a retro cafe in the forest ✔ Take home your own handcrafted souvenir Just a stone's throw from Sendai City lies the beautiful Akiu hot spring district, home to some of Miyagi's most important spiritual properties and natural highlights, also known as'power spots' for their high-concentration of negative ions! In the open forest of one of these'power spots ', take a lesson in stealth techniques from a qualified Ninja! Be trained in special techniques like' shuriken '(ninja star) throwing and'fukiya' (blow-pipe arrows). ・ Visit the famous'Akiu Otaki '(Akiu Great Falls) and listen to ancient stories and legends that have been passed down the generations in the local area. ・ Visit Akiu Otaki's 'Fudouson Temple' which holds Japan's largest gold 'Fudo Myoo' statues. ・ Enjoy some tasty dishes made from handmade tofu at a retro cafe loved by locals. ・ Try your hand at some local woodcraft and take home your own hand-crafted souvenir.

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 12:30

Make your own 'moonshine' sake and customised sake cup! Highlights ✔ Learn how 'Doburoku' (unrefined sake) is made and experience part of the process ✔ Join a pottery workshop and create your own original sake cup ✔ Wait a few weeks and receive your sake and cup in the mail, ready to use! The ultimate local experience for sake lovers! Not only will you have the rare chance to experience part of the process of making 'Doburoku' or unrefined sake, you can further customise your next drink by creating your own unique sake cup to drink it out of! This experience can be joined as a stand-alone package, or combined with an overnight farmstay experience in the Izunuma area.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 5～Age 90
• 3～4 hours /4～5 hours
• 12:30

Support local tradition and reduce your plastic use! Highlights ✔ Visit a local lacquer-ware workshop and meet with the artisan ✔ Hand-decorate a beautiful lacquered bamboo straw with your favorite design ✔ Enjoy a lunch of local cuisine served in lacquer-ware bowls and dishes (Vegetarian available) ✔ Take your straw home with you to use as a portable, earth-friendly alternative to plastic disposables Traditional craft with an earth-conscious focus! On this tour you will have the chance to meet and talk directly with a local lacquer-ware artisan in Northern Miyagi Prefecture.After being invited into his workshop space, learn more about the history, tradition and techniques of his craft before trying your own hand at decorating a beautiful lacquered bamboo straw.With each use of this straw, not only will you reduce your use of plastic disposables, but you will recall a fond memory of your journey to the Japanese countryside.Included in the experience is a delicious lunch of local Japanese cuisine (vegetarian options available), also served in traditional lacquer-ware bowls and dishes.Support the local traditions and crafts of Tohoku whilst minimising your ecological footprint.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 90
• 1 Day or more
• 12:30

Connect with the local people and lifestyle in countryside Japan! Highlights ✔ Stay overnight with a local family at their home ✔ Prepare dinner together and learn traditional cooking ✔ Experience harvesting fresh produce to use when making dinner ✔ Choose from a range of optional experience programs the following day How much local experience can you fit into 24 hours? Challenge accepted! Start your memorable stay by exploring the local fresh produce center and wildlife sanctuary before you head to a local farm to experience harvesting some fresh vegetables! Stay overnight with a local farming family at their home in northern Miyagi Prefecture.Get to know your host family as you prepare dinner and learn how to make local dishes using the vegetables you've just picked. Exchange stories and culture as you bond over dinner and settle in for the evening.You might even be lucky enough to sleep in a traditional tatami-mat room on a Japanese futon!

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 90
• 1 Day or more
• 12:30

Dance, Drink & Discover the Festival Spirit of Sendai! Highlights ✔ Take a lesson about how the Japanese celebrate the New Year ✔ Experience cooking and eating traditional New Year cuisine! ✔ Other activities include New Year traditions like mochi (rice-cake) pounding, New Year calligraphy and the first visit to a shrine. How would you like to spend New Year's like a Japanese person? Each event and tradition holds meaning of family and well wishes for the year ahead.We hope your New Year will be the happiest as you experience traditions like mochi pounding, decoration making, cooking New Year dishes and making your first visit to a shrine for the New Year.

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• In Door Activity
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• Age 5～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 12:30

Make your own fresh tuna sushi! Highlights ✔ Enjoy a local Japanese dinner at a traditional 'Izakaya' ✔ Watch the chef carve up a huge tuna right before your eyes! ✔ Use the fresh tuna to make your own nigiri sushi ✔ All you can drink menu including Japanese beer and sake Forget choosing your sushi off a conveyor-belt – why not make it yourself under the guidance of a trained sushi chef ?? This local dinner plan has it all! Enjoy a dinner of local specialties at 'Hesono-o', a traditional Izakaya in Sendai City.The chefs at Hesono-o have chosen a special menu to give you a taste of seasonal cuisine from Sendai and all around the Tohoku region.Pair each dish with the drink of your choice from an all-you-can-drink menu of Japanese beer, sake and mixed drinks. Take a break between courses to watch a professionally trained sushi-chef carve-up a huge freshly caught tuna in front of your eyes! Follow the guidance of the chef to make your own delicious 'nigirizushi' (sushi molded by hand) from the fresh cuts of delicious, fatty tuna. The ultimate dinner plan to satisfy both your stomach and inner culinary genius! ** Please be sure to list any dietary requirements in the comments section of the inquiry form *

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• In Door Activity
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• Age 5～Age 90
• 1 Day or more
• 12:30

Experience the local culture and flavors of Kesen in a traditional Japanese-style building. Tour Highlights: ✔ Enjoy a regional cuisine cooking class with local residents ✔ Taste the fruits of your labor around a traditional hearth fire ✔ Guided tour of traditional Japanese-style buildings ✔ Stay overnight at a traditional hot-spring inn The 'Kesenn Carpentry History Museum' is fascinating to visit in its own right, featuring three different buildings constructed using traditional Japanese building techniques.On this tour, not only will you have the chance to take-in the history and unique architecture, but you will enjoy a cooking class of regional cuisine led by local residents themselves.Once finished cooking, gather around the traditional hearth fire to enjoy the fruits of your labor for lunch! Your lodging is at Ofunato Onsen, overnight stay at a traditional hot-spring inn (ryokan) included (with Japanese-style course meal for dinner and breakfast).

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00

Discover Japanese tradition and good fortune at a local shrine Tour Highlights: ✔ Enjoy a traditional Japanese tea ceremony outdoors ✔ Learn about the cultural significance of the tea ceremony from your English speaking tea master ✔ Visit the mysterious 'snake shrine', 'Kanahebisui-jinja' ✔ Boost your good fortune and get rich (maybe) The coastal city of Iwanuma, just south of Sendai, is a popular destination for local business people, CEOs and other local residents hoping to boost their finance and business prospects! Why? It happens to be home to the mysterious 'Kanahebi-sui-jinja', a local shrine famous for its lucky 'snake stones' said to power-charge your wallet! After a guided tour of the shrine to learn about its fascinating origins, take your spiritual visit to the next level by also enjoying a traditional outdoor tea ceremony in the picturesque shrine grounds. Using the fresh water that runs through the grounds of the shrine, your English speaking tea master will perform a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, explaining the cultural significance and meaning behind each element. Time your visit in early-mid May and enjoy the incredible 'nine-headed-dragon' wisteria tree in full bloom!

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• In Door Activity

• Age 18～Age 99
• 3～4 hours
• 09:30 / 13:00

The spirit house of Sendai founder Masamune Date. It was destroyed by air strikes and rebuilt in Year. Why don't you experience a wedding photo in the kimono culture of Kimono and the commemoration of the two at Zuihoden, which is fascinating for its vibrant colors that convey the gorgeous Momoyama culture? Wedding photo package details ・ Photography fee ・ Cost of clothes (Basic is first wear) -Dressing & hair makeup costs ・ Shooting accessories ・ Accessories such as hair ornaments ・ Photo data (100 photos) The schedule is Dressing, hair makeup ~ about 2 hours Shooting ~ 1 hour Change of clothes-30 minutes It takes 3 and a half Time required.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 0～Age 99
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 14:00

Experience harvesting vegetables, etc. in the field, and using the harvested vegetables, etc. at the old folk house “Zushi no Azume Kame Kare”, experience cooking local cuisine with local residents and stay in the old folk house! ~On the day Flow of ~ ①15: 00-16: 00 Harvest experience in the field (60 minutes) ②16: 00-17: 00 Local residents and local cooking experience using harvested vegetables etc. (60 minutes) ③17: 30-19: 00 Dinner with everyone (90 minutes) ④19: 00-11: 00 Stay in an old private house * Please enjoy the old private house and full starry sky until 11am the next day after checkout.

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• Age 5～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00

Hit local soju, cultivated in Kanata, with your own hands and eat freshly. ~ Flow of the day ~ ① Description (10 minutes) ② Buckwheat noodles (60 minutes) ③ Boil it (20 minutes) ④ meal (30 minutes)

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• Age 3～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

It is a plan to make a shape with clay using a technique called "hand shake" and attach a picture with four colors of black, blue, red and green. It is very easy to make even for beginners, as it is shaped by hand. If you're a beginner but want to do pottery, this is a recommended plan.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• Within 1 hour

It is a pottery experience of painting and painting your favorite picture on a unglazed dish. There is no need to knead the soil, so even small children can experience it. It is a plan that is perfect for making works of memories. You can enjoy it with your family.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Among the pottery experience, that there is the most popular, that using an electric potter's wheel. In Tendo grilled Wakamatsu kiln, we align the potter's wheel eight electric. Skilled staff, because it will guidance carefully, you will be able to experience with confidence even beginners. Why not make the work of the memories?

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• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Using 1 kg of soil, we will experience pottery by hand. Long Year A veteran instructor who is involved in pottery will teach, so even small children can experience it. I will advise you so that you can make a commemorative work.

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• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

It is a hand-kneading experience plan that stretches clay into a stick shape and piles it up little by little. You can freely make up to two hot water, mugs, small bowls, etc. Hand-made vessels have a handmade taste and are recommended for everyday use and as gifts made with all your heart.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

The oldest in the prefecture Hot spring Township "autumn palace Hot spring The Yuzawa area has many attractions, such as the “Kawahara House Hell,” one of Japan's three major spiritual sites along with Gokyo and Okoyama and Tateyama. At the Yuzawa Ichikawa Ren Lacquer Traditional Craft Museum, we used the “Romee” technique that has been used for many crafts since ancient times Japanese lacquerware making You can experience Anyone can participate, so please complete your original lacquer to commemorate your journey.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Here, at the Yuzawa Ichikawa Ren Lacquer Traditional Craft Museum, we used the “Shinkin” technique that has been used for many crafts since ancient times Japanese lacquerware making You can experience "Shin-Kin" is a technique that directly transfers glossy gold foil and other expressions to lacquerware, giving the product a taste. The design of seasonal flowers and birds on the surface brings out the beauty of the lacquer. Anyone can feel free to participate, so please experience it and complete the original lacquer.

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• Age 0～Age 99
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00

There are 9 kinds of tomatoes that you can experience harvesting! In the vast farm, delicious tomatoes of various colors and shapes are waiting for you. Please taste it and harvest your favorite tomatoes in a bag. The taste of freshly picked tomatoes is exactly Wonder ♪

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