【Review ranks】 Yokote/Yuzawa in Hobby / Cultural experience

• Age 0～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30

Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, is one of the snowiest areas in Japan, and the "Yokote Kamakura" is a traditional New Year's event with a history of about 450 years. We will guide you through the Kamakura in an efficient, detailed and fun way in just 30 minutes. After the guided tour, you are free to enjoy the Kamakura and the Snow Festival on your own. *English support available (additional charge) Please select from the options if you wish. Yokote city is one of the heaviest snowfall areas in Japan. Yokote's Kamakura is a traditional and new year event with a history of about 450 years. Efficient guide in 30 minutes. Please enjoy Kamakura in Yokote City. English speaking guides are available. (extra fee) ============================================================================================Please choose from the following departure times: 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30.

• In Door Activity
• For Family

• Age 0～Age 75
• 3～4 hours
• 13:00

A private snow play experience in Yokote, a famous heavy snow area! You can play in the snow to your heart's content in the fields near Cafeteria Hirajo, which is a 5-minute walk from Yokote Station. Have lots of fun making snowmen, sledding, making mini snow igloos, having snowball fights, and more. It's especially fantastic when you light a fire inside the mini snow igloo♪ ~Experience Schedule~12:30 Meet at Cafeteria Hirajo13:00 Start playing in the snow and making snow igloos15:00 Break and snack time15:30 Mini snow igloo lighting ceremony16:00 End and disband on site

• For Family

• Age 3～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00

Snow is fun! Experience making mini kamakura with high-quality snow in Yokote! You can also play in the snow if you wish. Anyone, such as families with children or those who want to experience the snow, can participate. Kamakura, a winter tradition in Akita Prefecture. In Yokote, as a small New Year's event to worship the water god, the "Yokote Snow Festival" is held on February 15th and 16th every year with a history of about 450 years, and there are about 100 kamakura with a height of about 3m throughout the city. It is famous for being made. In addition, about 2,000 "mini kamakura" are made by local people and children every year at the Yokote Minami Elementary School playground and the venue of Janosakigawara, and candles are lit inside at night. Let's make only one original mini kamakura in the world with the snow on the side of the heavy snowfall area, which is the home of such kamakura. After making a mini kamakura, take a hot drink with a hot drink. I will light a candle in the evening on the mini kamakura I made. Participants will also receive a "lighting corps" candle (with a case) and Yokote sweets!

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• 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.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 100
• 2～3 hours

Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, is a city of fermentation. In this city where fermentation culture is integrated into daily life, you can experience pairing fermented food with alcohol. You can also hear about sake from Yamauchi Toji, who has protected and woven the traditional sake brewing method registered as an intangible cultural asset by UNESCO, and about hard cider made from local apples. This plan allows you to enjoy the fermentation culture that is deeply rooted in Yokote's daily life, accompanied by music arranged specially for participants of this experience by EKAS+1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17:30 Reception begins18:00~ Fermented food pairing experience Talk event EKAS+1 special stage Tasting and sales event, etc.20:30 Disbandment

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 100
• 4～5 hours
• 09:00

The Junmai sake, brewed with locally harvested sake rice and the traditional Akita-style cold brewing method by Toji Yamauchi, is highly regarded as "the sake of the divine dance village." It won the gold medal at the 2023 New Sake Tasting Competition and the "Excellent Award" for the third consecutive year at the 2024 Akita Prefecture Sake Competition in the Akita Prefecture Rice Division. With the full cooperation of the brewery "Oonogawa" in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, you can experience sake brewing from rice planting to harvesting, fermentation, pressing, and bottling. The second part is an experience of "washing rice", "steaming rice", "making koji" and "making yeast starter"! After learning about the Akita-style three-stage brewing method and the mechanism of sake fermentation and multiple parallel fermentation, you can enjoy a tour of the brewery with the brewers. There will also be a tasting and sales event for precious sake! =====================================================The third installment is finally the "New Sake Pressing Experience" ★ Look forward to it! A special edition, "New Sake Enjoyment Party (scheduled to be held on December 19th)" will also be on sale! =========================================================9:00 Meet at Oonagawa Co., Ltd. (169 Omori, Omori-cho, Yokote-shi, Akita Prefecture), followed by orientation and changing clothes, etc.9:30-10:30 Experience sake brewing (contents change depending on application period)10:30-11:30 Tour of the brewery (until Oonagawa sake is made)11:30-12:30 Tasting and sales, then disband

• In Door Activity
• For Groups