Things to do in Sanin / Sanyo Page 4

• Age 18～Age 99
• 2～3 hours /3～4 hours
• 16:00

After closing time, Okayama Castle will be rented out for the night. A "Sword Trial Experience" will be held at a special outdoor venue. In addition, "Kachidoki Meshi," a banquet dish from the Warring States period that Uesugi Kenshin, who loved Bizen swords, ate to pray for victory before going into battle, will be arranged for inbound tourists. Gastronomy using an abundance of local Okayama products will be served in the castle tower.

• For Groups

• Age 18～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 09:00

At the Kanfu Pottery Hall, a guidance facility for the Kanfu Ancient Kiln Site, a nationally designated historic site where sueki, said to be the origin of Bizen ware, was fired, a Bizen artist will explain the history of Bizen ware, followed by a Bizen ware making experience. After the experience, you will have the opportunity to stroll through Shiomachi Karakoto Street, which retains the atmosphere from the Edo period to around 1955 and is home to many nationally registered cultural properties, eat the local dish "Suifu no Jabu Jabu" served on Bizen ware, and interact with local people.

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 1～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 17:00

A swordsmith from Bizen Osafune Sword Museum, the only public sword museum in Japan with a resident swordsmith, will give a lecture on the history, culture, and origins of swords, including the unique Japanese values hidden in Japanese swords as weapons. Participants can try out sword-cutting, observe and experience traditional forging, and take part in the "Sword Night Museum," a special overnight reservation of the museum with a guide.

• For Groups

• Age 12～Age 99
• 2～3 hours /3～4 hours
• 18:45

A "Setouchi Premium Dinner" will be served by two Michelin chefs, using plenty of Setouchi ingredients, mainly seafood, at the "Nakazaki Family Residence Main Building," a nationally registered tangible cultural property completed around 1917. There will also be an explanation of the history, culture, and origins of swords, including the unique Japanese values hidden in Japanese swords as works of art, and an opportunity to actually hold and appreciate a real sword.

• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 100
• 4～5 hours

Okayama The Oyama-do in Manzan City, Maniwa City, begins at Oyama Shinmon. It is about 9km from the village of Gohara and Ensuke to the Yokomakura plateau at Tottori through Hatogara and Jizo Kawakami. The walking path is almost flat and not very difficult. I would like to add a quiz to the commentary at the point, and look back on the situation at that time.

• For Groups