Chiba Reservation for Cooking class | Activity Japan

• Age 8～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

●You will experience this at the Soba Making Salon Miyabi-an in Goi, Ichihara City. ●You will make your own soba noodles and eat the finished soba noodles. ●Each person will make one bowl of 500g (approximately 5 servings) and take home about 4 servings as a souvenir. (Homemade soup included) ●Feel the fun of making soba noodles and the deliciousness of freshly made and boiled soba noodles that you have made yourself. You will develop an attachment to the soba noodles that you have made yourself and they will taste even more delicious. ~Experience process~ 9:55am/1:55pm Meet at the Soba Making Salon Miyabi-an. Please come directly to the shop. 10:00/14:00 Explanation of the process of making soba noodlesExplanation of preparation/sifting/water circulation/kneading/rolling/folding/cutting10:15/14:15 Soba making experience beginsExperience begins with sifting11:30/15:30 Soba making "cutting" endsSoba making process ends11:40/15:40 Taste freshly made sobaTaste freshly made and boiled soba

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 3～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 15:00

[Early dinner included, greedy Satoyama experience] ~ Make hot chicken hotpot & bamboo pot rice with bamboo crafts and homemade bamboo pot ~ It also leads to social contribution of bamboo forest regeneration! Scoop Farm, which wants to pass on the beautiful Satoyama to future generations, is working on bamboo forest regeneration. You will experience Satoyama life through the bamboo materials generated in the process. [Bamboo craft production experience] Make a bamboo pot using bamboo. In addition, you can experience making various bamboo crafts as options! ☆ Additional options ☆ ・ Cup (500 yen / piece) ・ Bamboo Kappo (1000 yen / piece) ・ Stilts, bamboo lantern (2000 yen / piece each) ・ Bamboo speaker, Kappo sake sake vessel making (1500 yen / piece) etc. You can take home the chopsticks you made ♪ If you wish, please let us know when you make a reservation. Each will add about 5 to 30 minutes to the production time. *We may not be able to accommodate without a reservation. [Making rice in a bamboo pot] Using thick bamboo from the mountain behind "Farm Restaurant and Cafe Zeze," owned by Scoop Farm, we will make a "bamboo pot" for cooking rice and making chicken hotpot. First, cut the bamboo to make the pot, then put the prepared rice and ingredients in it and put it on the fire. If you wish, you can also experience lighting the stove. In addition to rice and hot pot, we will have an early dinner with a dish using vegetables from the farm and a dessert using vegetables from the field. If you would like to make bamboo crafts as an option, you can make your own chopsticks, chopstick rests, and cups while the pot is on the fire and wait for the rice and hot pot to be completed. In addition, you can order additional meals, side dishes, and drinks on the farm restaurant's business days (LO 14:30). You can add sake (600 yen / 1 cup) for Kappo sake. (This is not available to those who drive a car.) [An experience that also contributes to society] Abandoned bamboo forests are a problem all over the country. Problems such as forestry control, animal damage, and landscape deterioration are occurring. Bamboo crafts and bamboo pot experiences will help solve these problems that are spreading all over Japan. Let's have fun interacting with bamboo and incorporating it into our lives!

• With Pets
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 8～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 10:30 / 16:30

Make your own soba noodles and enjoy the finished soba noodles and dishes (6 or 8 dishes) centered around local vegetables and other ingredients. ●Soba making: 100g per bowl per person (only the amount to eat on the spot) ●Suitable for inbound tourists. ~Experience flow~10:25/16:25 Meet at the soba making salon Miyabi-an. 10:30/16:30 After an explanation of the soba making process, the soba making experience begins. Explanation/preparation/sieving/water turning/kneading/rolling/folding/cutting11:10/17:10 Enjoy Japanese food made with fresh ingredients from Chiba. Please take your time to enjoy about 6 dishes made with Japanese dashi (salad, appetizer, sashimi, boiled seasonal vegetables, tempura, soba, coffee, etc.).

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 0～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00

Spend your weekend in the countryside. A blissful food experience that will satisfy your body and mind. Forget about the busyness of everyday life and refresh your mind and body at Mushio's hearth, surrounded by rich nature. Harvesting and rural food experiences that you can enjoy with your family are also perfect for educating your children on food. Recommended for farm dates! Enjoy a blissful time that will satisfy your body and mind at Mushio's hearth, which is easily accessible from the city center. MenuEnjoy seasonal pesticide-free vegetable dishes and rice cooked in a hearth. Harvesting experience scheduleMay: Zucchini and new onionsJune: CornCooks: Umeo Kamikanda, Sayaka Hara[Important] As the harvest is greatly influenced by the weather, the menu on the day may be changed without notice. We ask for your understanding and cooperation in advance. The Mushio area of Yokoshibahikari-cho, Sanbu-gun, Chiba Prefecture, where the rural landscape of sparkling flames and dancing rice spreads out and the Buddhist play "Kiraigo" (a nationally designated important intangible folk cultural property) has been going on for 800 years. Milky Queen rice, which is produced here, won a gold medal at a rice contest. The best rice is cooked in a stove made from this soil. Experience the "world's best rice ball" in the best environment provided by Mushio's stove. Local grandmothers are also looking forward to meeting you. "Earth" The stove is made from clayey ground soil. Nearby is the Tonozuka Himezuka, where many haniwa clay figures have been excavated. Balance your mind and body with "earthing," a health method that involves walking barefoot on the soil. "Water" All locally grown crops are grown with water from Mushio. Mushio's groundwater is used for cooking rice. In spring and summer, water is spread over the entire rice paddy field. "Fire" The flames of burning fallen bamboo from Kosaiji Temple generate a large amount of heat, cooking the most delicious rice. Ema votive plaques are burned at the goma ceremony at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, and their wishes are fulfilled. "Wind" Try being blown by the comfortable wind of Mushio. Feel free to use the hammocks, reclining chairs and mats. "Empty" A healing spot that will lead you to a state of mindlessness. You can use it as a meditation space. "Smile" Enjoy the connections you make with the chefs, local ladies and everyone you meet.

• In Door Activity
• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 6～Age 75
• 1 Day or more
• 14:00

A 2-day, 1-night tour of Omikawa-tei, an old folk house with a history of over 150 years since the Edo period, located in Tako-cho, Chiba Prefecture, with overnight stay. On the first day, participants enjoyed sweets and coffee at a cafe in the town, followed by a tour of a Japanese temple and a Japanese sweets making experience. After checking in, guests will enjoy Japanese cultural experiences (tea ceremony, calligraphy, etc.), Tako rice rice ball making experience, and dinner at the accommodation facility, Omikawa-tei. The next day, we will stop at roadside stations and other places while touring the rural scenery of the town.

• Pickup Service
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 65
• 4～5 hours
• 10:00

A cycling tour around the town while enjoying the nature and rural landscape of Tako Town. By cycling, you will tour the town with a local guide, including the rolling farmland and the Kuriyama River, which can be described as the original scenery of Japan. You will also interact with the locals and make thick rolls using Tako rice, a specialty of Tako Town.

• In Door Activity

• Age 0～Age 100
• 2～3 hours

●We will visit your favorite place and have you watch a soba-making demonstration and eat the freshly made soba on the spot. ●1kg (about 10 servings) will be made on the spot, but you can add a soba meal. ●If you wish, you can also have a simple experience such as stretching the soba. ●We will borrow a kitchen to boil and wash the soba. ●You will need to prepare the venue, or if we prepare the venue, an additional fee will be charged. ~Experience flow~① Preparation Bring a set of soba-making tools and prepare them at the venue. (30 minutes) ② Soba-making demonstration We will demonstrate how to make soba while explaining it here. Water turning → Kneading → Rolling → Folding → Cutting (60 minutes) ③ Boiling the soba Boil the freshly made soba and wash it. (30 minutes for 10 servings) ④ Soba meal Everyone will taste the freshly made boiled soba in the order in which it is made. (30 minutes) *Soba soup and green onions will be prepared here. 5. If you wish, you can try out some simple experiences such as boiling and stretching soba noodles.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 5～Age 80
• 1 Day or more
• 15:00

You will be able to observe a special ritual called the ``knife ceremony'' at Japan's only shrine dedicated to the god of cooking. Using a knife and chopsticks, you can cook carp, red sea bream, etc. without touching them at all. His movements in accordance with ancient methods and his knife handling are the skills of a master. It is a solemn ceremony that conveys the traditions of Japanese cuisine to this day. In addition, please relax and enjoy the hot springs while enjoying representative Japanese cuisine such as sushi at the nearby Japanese-style inn "Ginrinso Kotobuki".

• Pickup Service
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups