【Activities in Summer】 Things to do in Suwa/Okaya/Mt.Kirigamine/Utsukushigahara Kogen

• Age 5～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

This is a music box assembly experience at the Music Box Museum Suwanone. Located in front of Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya, it can be enjoyed by everyone from small children to adults. You can choose your favorite song from about 700 songs and enjoy making only one music box in the world. Fixing the drum, inserting the mainspring, and engaging the diaphragm, which greatly affects the tone, will be a valuable time that you cannot experience anywhere else. Once you have decided on your favorite case, your one and only music box in the world is complete. The Suwanone staff will be there to explain. By all means, why not make your own music box?

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 3～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 08:00 / 10:30 / 13:30

The Suwako kayak tour is a 2-hour journey! The instructor will carefully lecture on how to ride! Even those who ride a kayak for the first time can enjoy it with confidence. The kayak used is highly stable, light and easy to handle, so even women and children can operate it. In the middle of the tour, let's approach the isolated island [Hatsushima] floating in Lake Suwa! The cityscape of Suwa seen from the surface of Hatsushima and the lake, which you can't usually get close to, will surely be a good memory of your trip to Suwa! Enjoy a guided, safe and secure kayak tour. Equipped with equipment (kayak, paddle, life jacket) necessary for kayaking experience!

• For Groups

• Age 0～Age 99
• 1 Day or more
• 14:00 / 16:00

At the farmer's house in the Yatsugatake area of Nagano prefecture, which runs in a rural area with an altitude of 800 m or more, you can experience farming and living in each season for 2 days and 1 night. By spending a warm time like a family member, more than just a customer, you can get a glimpse of the unique life of this land where you live while being grateful for the blessings of nature. Experience the nostalgic activities of people, such as harvesting highland vegetables, making preserved foods such as dried persimmons, pickled Nozawana, and miso, picking edible wild plants, experiencing a wood-burning stove, and making shime rope. I can. Also, you can cook dishes using local ingredients together and talk with the farmers around the table. Recommended experience for families with children and groups of friends! An English-speaking guide will accompany you during the meeting, so you can have a smooth conversation with your family before the start. We will also hand out an interpreter that you can use during your stay, so you don't have to worry if you don't speak Japanese. You can choose from a plan from 14:00 to 9:00 the next day from 9:00 to 11:00 the next day. ～ Flow of the day (14: 00 ～ 9:00 of the next day) ～ 14: 00 Meeting → Introduction (self-introduction & house tour) 14:15 Agricultural experience → Farmer's seasonal work experience (agricultural work and preserved food) Seasonal handicrafts such as making) 15:15 Cooking experience → Making rice together using seasonal ingredients 17:00 Dinner → Rice time while talking around the table 7:00 Meteorology and breakfast → Waking up and making breakfast together

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

• Age 0～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

A small tofu shop that challenges new tofu making methods while inheriting the local traditional "frozen tofu" production technology in the highlands of Yatsugatake, Nagano Prefecture, at an altitude of 1100m. We are particular about the ingredients and use only delicious local water and soybeans. Why don't you see the craftsmanship at the small tofu factory "Sennen Tofu" in the village and make tofu with your own hands? Children can enjoy the experience of making tofu because it uses a small wooden mold. Finally, in addition to the tofu made by yourself, you can sample various dishes using tofu made by craftsmen. (Example: Okara salad, soy milk tempura, stewed frozen tofu) We usually make cotton tofu from March to November, but you can make local specialty "frozen tofu" from December to February. * Frozen tofu is a traditional preserved food that is cut and frozen overnight. An English-speaking guide will accompany you to facilitate conversations with the craftsmen. ～ Flow of the day ～ ①Meeting: Meet at the shop. Ask the craftsmen about the history and commitment of the shop. (2) Tofu making tour: At the craftsman's workplace, observe the tofu making while listening to the commentary. ③ Experience time: Move to the experience area. Let's make tofu yourself! ④ Tasting: Tasting time while listening to the local stories from the craftsmen. ⑤ Dissolution

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• In Door Activity
• For Family

• Age 13～Age 75
• 2～3 hours
• 09:00 / 13:00 / 14:00

The world's most dangerous (?) Tea room "Takasugi-an" is located on a tree with a height of 6m. A pyramid-like tea room buried in the basement, "Hikusugi-an". And the "flying mud boat" that is hung by a cable and floats in the air. Near Suwa Taisha Shrine in Chino City, there is a strange building that you will never forget once you see it. Its true identity is the tea room of Terunobu Fujimori, an architect known worldwide for his original architecture. With special permission from Dr. Fujimori, this is a special program only for a trip where you can make tea by putting it inside the "tea room" that you can't normally enter. Along with an English-speaking guide, first of all, I went around the Suwa Taisha Maemiya, which is the origin of Mr. Fujimori's idea, and realized the "feelings for nature" that are constantly transmitted to this area. Then, after visiting the first building built by Professor Fujimori, "Jinchokan Moriya Historical Museum," we will climb the "Flying Mud Boat" and "Takasugi-an" to see the inside. In addition, you can experience making matcha while being taught by a local teahouse in "Hikusugi-an". 5 minutes by taxi from JR Chino Station. ～ Flow of the day ～ ① Worship at Suwa Taisha Maemiya: Tour started. First of all, I would like to introduce you to the origin of the idea of Professor Terunobu Fujimori, the front shrine of Suwa Taisha Kamisha. ② Walking: Walking on the ancient road behind the front shrine. ③ Visit to Jinchōkan Moriya Historical Museum: We will guide you to Jinchōkan Moriya Historical Museum (the first building built by Terunobu Fujimori). ④ Tour of Tea Room County: Visit three "Fujimori Tea Room". The guide will guide you inside and explain. 1) Climb the ladder to the inside of the "flying mud boat". 2) Climb the ladder to the inside of "Takasugi-an". 3) To the inside of the pitch-black "Hikusugi-an". After experiencing the darkness for a while, I opened the roof. I feel the brightness of the sky. ⑤ Tea experience: In Hikusugi-an, entertain with a simple “Matcha experience” by a local tea shop.

• In Door Activity

• Age 3～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30

"Suwa side soba dojo" is a full-scale soba dojo with 36 bowls. A lively soba making experience and tasting at a face-to-face meeting where the conversation boils happily. Because you use the preeminent "Shinshu Nyuka Soba flour", even those who have experienced for the first time can eat soba that has been connected for a long time. The left side is a souvenir. The soba making experience that you can enjoy with your family and friends is perfect for creating memories!

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Such as animal skulls and fur, let's learn about animals while or touch or look at the more than 20 points the real thing. It is also supported on a business trip.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 3～4 hours

It is famous for having many flowers. Guides plan the course according to your fitness level and interests. Please feel free to contact us.

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