Japanese crafts making / Japanese miscellaneous goods in Minami Uonuma/Tokamachi/Tsunan (Muikamachi)

• Age 5～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 09:00 / 10:00 / 11:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00

[Regional common coupon (electronic only) is available! ] It is an experience to make the traditional craft "Chinkoro" that is handed down in Tokamachi. [What is "Chinkoro"? ] "Chinkoro", which every Tokamachi citizen has made, is a colorful and small doll made of rice flour. The word chinkoro means "puppy" and is often made to imitate a puppy or the zodiac of the year. It is made around January every year and is displayed at home, but since it is made of rice flour paste, it breaks and breaks in a few weeks. It is said that the more broken pieces there are, the better the auspiciousness. It is said that the culture of making chinkoro started in the Edo period, but the original origin is not well understood. [What you can do with this experience] In this program, you will make traditional crafts of Tokamachi while being taught by local masters of making chinkoro. Instead of sticking to traditional puppies and zodiac signs, you can make your own original puppies such as anime characters, mascots, and animals. It is an experience that anyone, regardless of age or gender, can enjoy. Please make a souvenir of the lucky charm.

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 99
• 3～4 hours /Over 6 hours on the day
• 09:00

It is an experience of making original placemats, table centers, coasters, etc. using a loom. ["Kimono Town" Tokamachi] Tokamachi has been actively used for textiles since ancient times, and has been famous as a production center for high-class textiles to this day. In the past, weaving was a part of life for the locals, with women in the village gathering to spin and weave, especially during the snow-covered winter months. [What you can do with this experience] Let's experience weaving in Tokamachi while receiving guidance from textile craftsmen. In this experience, we will use a hand-woven loom that can be easily handled, and use a fine thread for the warp and a finely torn cloth for the weft. You can choose your favorite from the colorful threads that we have prepared and design your own color scheme. Why do not you create an original textile as a memory of your trip? * Lunch is also available as an option (1,200 yen)

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 13:30

It is an experience of making "Zori" which is a traditional sandals. [Snow country & rice field, straw work in Niigata prefecture] Since rice cultivation has been popular in Niigata prefecture for a long time, various straw work using rice straw has been actively performed. From now to 70 to 80 years ago, during the snow-covered winter period, each family made a pair of sandals made from rice straw and earned income. Nowadays, people who can make it are very valuable, and it is rare to see crafts made from straw. This kind of experience of actually making sandals has become rare, but the appearance of hand-made footwear is a masterpiece when viewed live. [What you can do with this experience] In this program, we will make such sandals with local straw craftsmen. You can choose either sandals made from rice straw or cloth sandals made from colorful cloth. You can choose your favorite cloth for the thong and cloth sandals from the cloths we prepare, so you can make your own fashionable sandals depending on the combination. You can wear the sandals you made as sandals in the river or the sea in the summer, or you can use them as slippers or interior decoration at home. Why don't you make your own handmade sandals to commemorate your trip? * Cloth sandals cost +500 yen as an option.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 16～
• 3～4 hours

Wear Echigo Jofu and Shiozawa Kaoru kimono and yukata, and stroll along “Mokuno Street” where the streets of Mikuni Kaido Shiozawa-juku remain. Echigo Jofu is an important local intangible cultural property and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Shiozawa Kaoru is an excellent local fabric registered as a traditional craft.

• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 120
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30

* About business on August 4, 18 and 25 Rafting tours will be held, but you cannot take a bath because the hot spring facility is closed. We will also temporarily prepare a changing space. Please apply after understanding. We are discounting the facility usage fee. [About measures against new coronavirus infection] Our efforts are posted on our website. Please also check. In addition, we will inform you about the restrictions on the use of hot spring facilities in the "Notes on participating in the course" below. Please be sure to confirm it. ☆ Request to customers ☆ ・ Please wear a mask when you come to the store.・ Please come to the store after measuring the temperature on the day.・ Please change your clothes as much as possible before coming to the store. Exhilarating rafting in the open Shinano River (to shorten the time to change clothes)! Full of play and recommended for families ♪ Enjoy the rafting tour held at the foot of Mt. Naeba, and the open rafting where you can enjoy the wide blue sky and the scenery that feels the eternal time! ☆ Is the Shinano River calm in the throbbing basin in many torrents? It is a popular rafting spot with a good balance between rapids and basins ♪ ☆ With hot spring bathing fee is included in the price, so you can refresh yourself at the hot spring after the tour!

• Pickup Service
• With Pets
• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 75
• Over 6 hours on the day

When you enter a river that cannot be reached without a guide, you will enter the paradise of Iwana Yamame, where you can hit the fish on your feet. In such a paradise-like mountain stream, we aim for wild native species that originally existed in the river, not the fish released by the fishery cooperative. Set in the wilderness where few people enter, you can enjoy the fishing line itself with all five senses, not "whether you can fish?" A completely private extreme tour.

• Pickup Service

• Age 0～Age 99
• 3～4 hours /4～5 hours
• 09:00

[Overview] Learn traditional Tokamachi cuisine from local mothers. Let's enjoy not only cooking but also harvesting and procuring ingredients, and enjoy a feast using fresh ingredients! [Flow of the day] At 9:00 in the morning, we will meet with the tour conductor and local mother at a designated place in Tokamachi city. Then, head to the local field or the direct sales office of freshly picked vegetables to procure the fresh ingredients to be used today. After procuring the ingredients, we will move to the cooking venue and cook while being taught by the instructor's mother. The menu is basically 3 side dishes + rice + miso soup. Because we use seasonal ingredients, we can enjoy the menu until the day of the event ♪ Also, you can rest assured that the recipe will be included so that you can make it at home when you return home. When the cooking is complete, let's enjoy the cooking while chatting with the teacher's mother! (* Please note that the response may change due to new virus countermeasures.) You may come across a new taste. Around 13:00, we will send you to the dissolution place and the tour will end.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Family

• Age 5～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

Experience rowing canoeing (pack craft) with a wife with abundant nature where culture and nature coexist! Lightweight and stable, the guide will carefully explain how to row and safety, so even beginners can enjoy it. From the starting point, you can relax on the surface of the lake in the natural scenery, and you can feel the nature with your whole body, such as the voices of birds and insects, the sounds of water and nature, and the wind stroking your cheeks. The irreplaceable time on the lake will surely be instant. From spring to summer, lush trees grow thick, and in autumn, you can see different scenery every day surrounded by red and yellow autumn leaves. ～ Flow of the day ～ 9:45 (13:45) Reception (Meet at "Mion Nakasato" 2nd parking lot rafting BASE) 10:00 (14:00) Change clothes 10:15 (14:15) Move to the lake 11 : 00 (15:00) Safety explanation and rowing practice 11:15 (15:15) Departure 12:30 (16:30) Arrival at goal point, move to Mion Nakasato 13:00 (17:00) Dissolution / Bathing Go to the hot spring as soon as you take off your wet clothes! The flow and tour time may change depending on the conditions of the day. * About business on August 4, 18 and 25 Rafting tours will be held, but you cannot take a bath because the hot spring facility is closed. We will also prepare a temporary changing space. Please apply after understanding. We are discounting the facility usage fee. [About measures against new coronavirus infection] Our efforts are posted on our website. Please also check. ☆ Request to customers ☆ ・ Please come to the store wearing a mask.・ Please come to the store after measuring the temperature on the day.・ Please change your clothes as much as possible before coming to the store. (To shorten the time to change clothes)

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 09:30 / 13:30

The most beloved traditional food in Niigata prefecture, "Sasa Dango". The mugwort dumplings wrapped in sweet bean paste wrapped in fragrant bamboo grass are a taste of hometown that Niigata residents will never forget. However, the number of creators is decreasing now, and eating steamed squirrels is a very valuable experience. Local masters will teach you how to make such bamboo dumplings. Local masters will carefully teach you how to knead the dumplings, how to wrap the bean paste beautifully, and how to wrap the dumplings with the most difficult bamboo grass and igusa, so anyone from children to adults can enjoy making it. .. Sasa dumplings can be preserved for a short period of time due to the bactericidal component of bamboo grass, making them ideal as souvenirs for travel. While traveling, please experience and enjoy the handmade bamboo dumplings in Niigata.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 13～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 09:00 / 14:00

This is a cooking experience where you can remake the dish "sushi" into a vegan dish using local ingredients, and learn how to make it from a professional. Generally, the image of sushi is fish sushi, but in the past, vegetables and edible wild plants were used as sushi ingredients in mountainous areas. A valuable experience where a sushi chef teaches you how to make sushi using fresh vegetables and traditional preserved foods from Tokamachi, a snowy country. Why don't you make vegan sushi together that is delicious, healthy and beautiful to look at?

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 6～
• 1～2 hours

"Ambo" is a dumpling that is steamed by wrapping Nozawana or anko with rice flour. Niigata The Chuetsu region of the prefecture and Nagano northern part were eaten as staple foods and snacks. In the old days, it was said that it was made by processing crushed rice, and it is part of Japan's wasteful culture. Now, using “Uonuma Koshihikari”, delicious “anbo” is made. In this experience plan, we will make a rice ball together while being taught by local mothers.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～
• 2～3 hours

The work made by hand is baked that day and on the spot using seven wheels. It's powerful to send a breeze to a charcoal fire and burn it all at once! You can use your work for dinner that day! !

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 65
• 2～3 hours
• 09:00 / 13:00

Canyoning held in the morning and afternoon, climbing a valley that pours into Lake Shakunage of Mikunigawa Dam, Minamiuonuma City half-day It is a tour. A wonderful sight awaits you after playing a lot of bright valleys like Uonuma. It can be enjoyed by friends, family and English-speaking people. Wet suit, life jacket, shoes, etc. Rental There is also a full river experience for peace of mind. Niigata of travel option Activity Please also use it.

• Pickup Service
• For Rainy Days

• Age 15～Age 79
• 3～4 hours
• 06:30 / 09:15 / 13:15 / 15:30

We will trek through the rich historical, cultural and rich scenery that is like a picture of real Japan. You can enjoy warm exchanges, such as walking from village to village with your own guide and sometimes going up to the villagers' homes. On this tour, we will stop at a special place overlooking one of Japan's most famous rice terraces, "Hoshitoge Rice Terraces". You can relax and enjoy the scenery from an area that is not accessible to ordinary tourists. [Flow of the day] Walk from Hokuhoku Oshima Station to the rice terraces of Hoshitoge for about 3 hours with your own guide. At 9:15 in the morning for the morning schedule and 13:15 for the afternoon schedule, we will meet with the guide at Hokuhoku Oshima Station and start trekking. (* Please contact us for the meeting time.) There are ups and downs on the old Samurai road, but you can proceed while looking at the beautiful mountains. Along the way, listen to various stories from your guide about the history of ancient roads and local life. You will also have the opportunity to interact with the people of the village. Occasionally, you may have the opportunity to go home and hear stories about old tales, history, and life in a snowy country. In the middle of the course, we will take a break at a spot overlooking the rice terraces of Hoshitoge, which is not accessible to ordinary tourists. We offer seasonal snacks that are handed down to the region, as well as delicious tea and coffee. You can relax and enjoy the scenery in a private landscape. After trekking, we will drive you to Matsudai Station or Hokuhoku Oshima Station. The morning course will end around 12:15, and the afternoon course will end around 16:15 (may be slightly different).

• Pickup Service

• Age 12～Age 120
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30

To put it simply, it ’s a “sluggish sled” that slides down the slope. Operation is not difficult, it is attractive to turn, stop and enjoy easily! Ski & snowboard Even if you can't, you can play plenty.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 80
• 1～2 hours

Let's go to the farmer's field and harvest the popular Tsunan-cho vegetables! Please feel free to join us as it is a completely private system and limited to one group. In summer, we harvest mainly sweet corn. Why is it so delicious? ! Please feel the deliciousness while biting into a whole round of raw corn. Please taste the difference of freshly picked. □Holding period ・Scheduled until August 28 (Sunday) □Application method ・We will formally apply after receiving the date you wish to participate and after coordinating with the farmers. □We will harvest about 1,000 yen worth of vegetables. □ Course 10:00 Meet → Meet at Ryugakubo Onsen Ryujin no Yakata → Move (taxi, etc.) 10 minutes 10:10 Harvest experience at farmer's field 11:10 Leave field → Move to Ryugakubo Onsen Ryujin no Yakata 11 : 20:00 Dissolution *Time is tentative *Minimum number of participants: 1 person (accompanied by a tour guide) *Day trip product (no meals/accommodation) *Usable! If possible, eligible people will receive a discount. You will need to have been vaccinated against the new coronavirus or have a negative proof, so please check the prefecture website for details. * No presentation required for children under the age of 12 who are accompanied by a parent or guardian https://niigata-kankou.or.jp/ngt/tukatoku/ □ Planned and operated by HAPPY COMPANY Co., Ltd. Travel agency registered with the Governor of Niigata Prefecture Area-444 Niigata Prefecture 694 Hei Imozawa, Tokamachi City Travel Business Manager Yoshiaki Oshima

• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 79
• 1～2 hours
• 09:15 / 14:15

Why don't you wear snowshoes and walk in the snowy mountains or do a day camp on the snow and experience the winter in a snowy country? I'm not confident in my physical strength, I'm not good at sports, I'm worried about being on the snow for hours ... Even those who are okay! While a short tour that anyone can enjoy, we will walk with a dedicated guide on a luxurious course where you can see the best scenery and the mountains of Echigo if it is sunny. Let's enjoy one of the most heavy snowfall areas in Japan while observing the footprints of rabbits, foxes and ten, which can only be found in the mountains, mantis eggs, and natural silk moths. Even during a snowstorm, please experience the harshness of nature and participate. The guide will guide you according to your physical strength and weather, so you can have a good time with peace of mind. At the end of the tour, bonfire on the snow and enjoy a day camp. Surround the bonfire and enjoy delicious hot coffee and delicious sweets. It should be a special memory of this winter.

• Age 4～Age 79
• 3～4 hours
• 09:00 / 13:00

[Maple hunting in Japan's snowy country] Let's collect and taste maple syrup in the snowy Japanese forest. In this program, you will walk through the snowy forest with snowshoes to collect the sap that is the source of maple syrup. A tree called "Itaya maple" protects itself by producing a lot of sap so that it will not freeze when the temperature is low in winter. Have the sap divided a little and make maple syrup. Please actually check what kind of tree you can get maple syrup from and whether the taste of the sap as it is is sweet. It looks like there are only snow and trees in the forest, but if you look carefully, you can actually feel the activities of various creatures and plants. A dedicated guide will guide you, so anyone can enjoy the snowy mountains in winter with peace of mind. * If you do not have snow boots, you can rent them for free. Please let us know your foot size in the remarks column of the application. [Enjoy maple syrup and pancakes on the snow] When the sap is collected and returned, this time it is a day camp while bonfire on the snow. We boil down the sap we collected to make original maple syrup, and bake pancakes using pesticide-free local Uonuma Koshihikari rice flour. Sprinkle on freshly baked pancakes and homemade maple syrup for a luxurious taste. Experience a new way to enjoy the winter forest while hitting a bonfire at a day camp.

• Pickup Service
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 120
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30

Of the stage is Sun known as the one of the largest heavy snowfall Niigata Prefecture ten Sun the town City. There are lots of scenery that can be seen only in winter. Usually to areas that do not intrude a person, let's go out to explore wearing snowshoes. Everyone can walk crisply. Let's enjoy snowboarding on snow while enjoying snow scenery and nature in winter. The nature bred in the time of eternity, the activities of people who have been passed down through generations in that, The idyllic satoyama where the signs of the living creatures living there are felt. It's a tour that you can experience as this is a period of plenty of snow.

• With Pets
• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 11～
• 2～3 hours

Nature symbiosis type outdoor park which enjoys air movement from tree to tree using standing tree of nature! Please enjoy unknown experiences and adventures in the forest of Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort.

• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 80
• 2～3 hours

What about living in a snowy country? I don't know that I have to experience it anymore! Coordinating Activity unique to the snow country, such as kanjiki, sledding, snow statue making, snow shoveling, etc. according to the customer's wishes. Do you not get close to snow at this opportunity?

• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 90
• 1～2 hours

You can enjoy sweets and sake in “Kamakura”. In the evening, candles and fireworks add to the beautiful snow scene. * Sake and fireworks are option.

• In Door Activity
• For Groups