Kansai in Old-house experience

• Age 13～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

Why not try wearing a kimono and taking photos in a small photo studio renovated from a historic old house near Nijo Castle in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan? We are a photo studio founded in 1932, and Kyoto Salon is one of our many photo stores. We have entrusted the thoughts of many people to photos, and have delivered happy moments to everyone while further evolving our honed photography techniques and hospitality to customers. This time, we would like to help people who come to Kyoto for a trip to create wonderful memories by capturing their shining smiles and happy moments. If you wish, you can also experience calligraphy after the photo shoot and after taking off the kimono before the photo data is ready. At that time, you can take photos freely with your own smartphone or other device!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 3～Age 80
• 1 Day or more
• 15:00

We will spend one night in an old house where chickens are raised, and experience raising chickens, observing egg-laying, and a Finnish-style louryu wood-burning stove sauna. Egg-fried rice prepared by a professional chef and BBQ using local ingredients. The ultimate rural experience tour with a guided sightseeing tour of local natural and historic sites. Please check in at 3:00 pm and enjoy some cafe time. We started BBQ (shrimp, beef, shellfish, yakitori, vegetables, etc.) towards the evening. Once your stomach has calmed down, turn on the fire in the wood-burning stove sauna. The night in the countryside goes by as you drink and eat while enjoying the sauna. In the morning, I wake up to the sound of chickens chirping. Breakfast consists mainly of freshly cooked rice and egg-cooked rice, with the eggs removed from the egg-laying box. After relaxing and enjoying the cafe, we will guide you on the Heki River tour, including the geopark, Torige Cave, Heki River clear stream, and prawn farm according to your request. You can also visit nearby Rivage Spa and Ebine Onsen.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 18:00

Kairi is a renovated old house located in the inland scenery of Awaji Island, where the traditional scenery remains. You can enjoy dishes that are carefully prepared one by one using local ingredients, tableware, and space that the owner is particular about, and the scenery will relax your mind. The owner is particular about using seasonal ingredients that correspond to the seasons of Awaji Island! As much as possible, he uses locally grown and locally harvested ingredients. He takes the time and effort to carefully arrange each dish with delicate care, using crops that have been grown with love and seafood that have been harvested with great effort and hard work. If he cannot get them, he himself goes to pick wild vegetables and makes tea. The owner's attention to detail can be felt not only in the ingredients, but also in the tableware, forks, knives, chopsticks, temperature and space to suit the dishes served. Also, Kairi does not have a set menu. He thinks about the local ingredients that are available at the time, so the menu is handwritten by the owner and posted at the entrance of Kairi every day. Looking out from the entrance, you can see the unspoiled scenery of the past. The interior of this old-fashioned house blends in with the scenery, and you can enjoy a relaxing time in a space that exudes the beauty of traditional Japan, with an irori hearth, a veranda, nostalgic yet beautiful patterned glass windows, and a transom at the top of the room that acts as a partition while letting in air and light.

• For Rainy Days

• 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.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 13～Age 80
• 3～4 hours

"Japanese culture experience & nature experience" where you can fully enjoy the private Kayabuki old folk house in the Yamato plateau of the ancient city of Nara A luxurious experience where you can reset your mind and body while enjoying the activities unique to the old folk house

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 13～Age 80
• 3～4 hours

It is a "day trip glamping experience" where you can fully enjoy the private thatched roof house in the Yamato Kogen of the ancient city of Nara. A luxurious experience where you can reset your mind and body while enjoying the activities unique to an old folk house and the hearth pot. Sit on the porch, lengthen the seasonal trees, listen to the birdsong and have a great time smiling with your loved ones.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 13～Age 80
• 3～4 hours

It is a "day trip glamping experience" where you can fully enjoy the private thatched roof house in the Yamato Kogen of the ancient city of Nara. A luxurious experience where you can reset your mind and body while enjoying the activities unique to an old folk house and the charcoal grilling of a shichirin. Sit on the porch, lengthen the seasonal trees, listen to the birds singing and have a great time smiling with your loved ones.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups