Things to do in Sanin / Sanyo Page 9

• Age 7～Age 80
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 09:00

This is a day tour that walks around Tadanoumi, Takehara City. Tadanoumi is closely related to the name of Taira no Tadamori (the father of Taira no Kiyomori). After climbing Mt. Kurotaki with a guide and seeing the beauty of the many islands in the Seto Inland Sea like a diorama, you can enjoy seafood rice bowls topped with plenty of fresh fish. After Zen meditation and sutra copying at Shoun-ji Temple, you will tour the history of Kagi Castle and Tokoura Shrine, which are closely related to the Kobayakawa navy. ~ Flow of the day ~ 9:00 Meet at Takehara City Tadanoumi Port 2nd parking lot (in front of Aohata Jam Deck) 9:10 Kurotakiyama hiking 11:30 Ajidokoro Sunrise Lunch 13:30 Winning Zen meditation and sutra copying experience 15:00 Town walk 16:00 Takehara City Tadanoumi Port 2nd Parking Lot

• Age 13～Age 100
• Over 6 hours on the day

Cleanse your soul and elevate your fortune with our 1-day tour in Hiroshima. Begin with a private Goma fire ritual and create a protection sachet at a historic temple. Then, explore local sake breweries and enjoy sake tastings.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 99
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 13:00 / 15:00 / 17:00

At "Sabo Fuwari", which opened in October 2022 by the long-established Japanese confectionery shop "Shokindo", which was founded in 2015 and has been in business for 156 years, you can rent out an elegant Japanese sweets making experience in a stylish store based on white. You can enjoy delicious matcha and original sweets. First, choose your favorite theme from the fresh sweets that change with the season, and enjoy the "Nerikiri experience". Even if it's your first time to touch namagashi, the staff will kindly and carefully give you a lecture, so you can enjoy making Japanese sweets without being nervous. After the Nerikiri experience, enjoy your handcrafted sweets with delicious matcha. Eating Japanese sweets with authentic Urasenke-style matcha will be the best luxury time together with making yourself. Lastly, enjoy cold tea and original sweets made only for the participants of the experience, “Otome no Yukigoromo”, which is made by wrapping Shokindo’s representative product “Awayuki” in baked sweets baked on the spot! If you ask questions about the etiquette of matcha tea, the history and culture of Shimonoseki and Shokindo, etc., Mr. Nishihara will teach you various things in a friendly and fun way. While feeling the history of a long-established local Japanese confectionery shop, enjoy freshly made Japanese sweets in a private space... Please enjoy such a luxurious hour.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 12～Age 99
• 1 Day or more

Day 1 evening: Experience sword-cutting at Jigen-in Temple. At the Bizen Osafune Sword Museum, the only public sword museum in Japan with a permanent swordsmith, you can observe and experience traditional forging, and enjoy a special guided evening "Sword Night Museum." Day 1 dinner: Enjoy a "Setouchi Premium Dinner" with plenty of Setouchi ingredients, mainly seafood, prepared by two Michelin chefs at the Nakazaki Family Residence Main Building, a nationally registered tangible cultural property completed around 1917. Day 2 morning: At the Safu Pottery Museum, a guidance facility at the Safu Kogama Site, a nationally designated historic site and the birthplace of Sueki ware, which is said to be the origin of Bizen ware, you will receive an explanation of the history of Bizen ware from the director, and then experience making Bizen ware. After the experience, you will stroll through Shiomachi Karakoto Street, which retains the atmosphere of the Edo period to the 1950s and is home to many nationally registered cultural properties. Day 2 lunch: Enjoy the local gourmet "Sailor's Jabu Jabu" served in Bizen ware. Day 2 Afternoon At the Okayama Castle Outer Square, watch a demonstration by the Okayama Bushotai and experience "Sword Testing". Day 2 Dinner After the demonstration, you can rent out Okayama Castle and enjoy a delicious meal made with plenty of Okayama's famous products, an inbound version of the "Kachidoki Meshi" banquet food of the Warring States period that Kenshin Uesugi, who loved Bizen swords, ate to pray for victory before going into battle.

• For Groups

• Age 8～Age 70
• 1～2 hours

Rental sauna 60 minutes Why not warm up and relax in a sauna in the great outdoors? ♪ Feel the open-air cold bath in the ocean ♪ You'll get addicted ☆

• Age 18～Age 65
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 13:00 / 15:00

Cultural experience in the Josai district, a designated important preservation district. You can experience zazen at Choanji Temple in the Josai district. The zazen experience starts with an explanation from the deputy chief priest and can be completed in about an hour. Even first-timers can enjoy the experience with peace of mind.

• Age 18～Age 70
• 2～3 hours
• 13:00

Tsuyama Castle, which boasts over 100,000 visitors at the Tsuyama Cherry Blossom Festival and Tsuyama Castle Momiji Festival, was specially rented out to host the first ever Tsuyama Castle Dinner (cultural experience, historical lecture, and dinner party). Keiji Takeuchi, who has been awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand for 10 consecutive years, and Teruyoshi Saito, owner and chef of the French restaurant Hortensia, created a special menu for this dinner party using local ingredients. In addition to providing local foods such as Tsuyama's meat-eating culture (Tsuyama Wagyu beef), the event will also feature hospitality from the Sengoku period military commanders, including the first lord of Tsuyama Castle, Tadamasa Mori, as well as traditional Japanese dance and fireworks, making for a special event.

• For Groups

• 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 6～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 17:00

This plan includes a special dinner prepared by the chef of the restaurant "serenblue," which opened in Tsuyama in February 2024, amid the natural surroundings of the Kaminoyama rice terraces that spread across the Oashi Plateau at an altitude of 550m in Mimasaka City. You can enjoy art, food, and culture in the northern part of Okayama Prefecture, which is the venue for the Forest Art Festival. A Forest Art Festival viewing passport is included.

• For Groups

• Age 12～Age 90
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 10:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

【ハンドドリップ教室 初級編　おいしいスペシャルティコーヒーの淹れ方】 ウミノネコーヒー焙煎所は、山口県 下関市 の関門海峡を望むカフェ・コーヒーショップです。 ～食することに愛情を～をテーマに、日々、心を込めて焙煎した新鮮なコーヒー豆( 無農薬・減農薬を厳選 )をお届けしております。 デモンストレーションののち、お一人ずつハンドドリップを体験して頂きます。 淹れ方のコツを覚えれば、今よりも、もっと美味しいコーヒーをご自宅で再現できます！ 深煎りコーヒーと浅煎りコーヒーのハンドドリップの仕方が違うのをご存じですか？ ハンドドリップで、どんな焙煎のコーヒーも、おいしく淹れるコツをお教えします！ 淹れ方のコツを覚えれば、今よりも、もっと美味しいコーヒーをご自宅で再現できます！初心者の方も大歓迎です！ これからハンドドリップに挑戦したい方や、上手な抽出のポイントを知りたい方にぴったりの体験です。 【体験の内容】（※予定） ①座学 ドリッパーやフィルター、温度計、タイマーなどコーヒーを淹れるために必要なものの説明や選び方などを説明。 ⓶デモンストレーション 豆の量とお湯の温度による味の違い・抽出時間を測ることの大切さなど、おいしいコーヒーを淹れるポイントを聞いたうえで中村がデモンストレーション。 ③参加者がそれぞれコーヒーをハンドドリップ。 自分のイメージした味を引き出せるように挽き具合やお湯の温度、抽出時間を考えてもらいながら、自らハンドドリップ体験。 ④試飲 それぞれ試飲すると、同じコーヒー豆を使っているにも関わらず、挽き方や温度、抽出速度、また使うドリッパーなどで味に変化が生じることを体感。 ⑤参加者の皆様にお土産つき ご自宅でお楽しみいただけるように、ウミノネ オリジナルブレンド ２０ｇを お土産として差し上げております。

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 80
• 5～6 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00

Ride an electric bicycle and visit 2-3 farmers to buy ingredients! This is a hands-on tour where you can gather the seasonal ingredients of the day and make an original pizza full of local flavors. The setting is the suburbs of Tsuwano, in the scenic Satoyama area of ​​Hatasako. Meet the locals, laugh, and enjoy a full day in 5 hours!

• For Rainy Days

• Age 12～Age 90
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 10:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

[Taste 5 types of specialty coffee and experience creating your own original blend] Uminone Coffee Roastery is a cafe/coffee shop overlooking the Kanmon Straits in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. With the theme of ~Love in eating~, we deliver fresh coffee beans (selected with pesticide-free and reduced pesticides) that are roasted with care every day. The lunch served at the cafe is made with pesticide-free vegetables and local ingredients, and you can enjoy a healthy meal that incorporates medicinal ingredients! How about experiencing your own original coffee blend as a souvenir of your trip? You can sample 5 types of coffee and create your own original blend as a souvenir according to your preferences ♬ You can take home the coffee beans and enjoy Shimonoseki's coffee even after you return home. Remember your trip ♪ Please feel free to stop by during your sightseeing!

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 12～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 09:00 / 10:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

The popular café in Shimonoseki City, Uminone Coffee Roastery, offers a new experience that combines massage and coffee to refresh your body and mind. Refresh the fatigue of everyday life with a massage! After the treatment, you will experience your own original coffee blend. We want you to take home the original coffee beans, and even after you return home, you will remember the healing experience of Shimonoseki and continue to heal your body with delicious coffee! With that in mind, we hope that as many people as possible will participate in this experience. Uminone Coffee Roastery is a cafe and coffee shop overlooking the Kanmon Strait in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. With the theme of ~love to eat~, we deliver fresh coffee beans (selectively pesticide-free and reduced pesticides) that are wholeheartedly roasted every day. The lunch served at the cafe is made with organic vegetables and local ingredients, and you can enjoy a healthy meal that incorporates the elements of medicinal dishes!

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 80
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00

A cruising course that goes from the Mihonoseki Lighthouse at the eastern end of the Shimane Peninsula National Park to the Oki Islands far offshore and around the cliffs! When you return to the port, a delicious local seagull set meal is waiting for you! It is a lot of plans that you can enjoy visiting Miho Shrine!

• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 70
• 1～2 hours

This is a fresh fruit Daifuku making experience by a cook who has experience teaching not only Japanese but also Indonesians, Japanese Brazilians, Vietnamese, and Taiwanese. Matcha is also served after the sweets are made. Basically, we will explain in easy Japanese (we may use tools such as translation apps as a supplement) and we will also give you recipes, so even those who are studying Japanese can participate with confidence.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 0～Age 99
• 1 Day or more

The Hagi City and the surrounding area in Yamaguchi Prefecture offers a wonderful blend of traditions, history, scenery and flavors. Enjoy a 2-day tour in the area and dive into the Japan of the past. Thread the path of the samurai, visit quaint temples, enjoy local cuisine and more. Day 1Meet with the private driver and English-speaking guide at Shin-Yamaguchi StationVisit Hagi Meirin Gakusha Visitor center, now a museumLunch at Hotori Tei or similar ↓ In the afternoon visit Hagi's Castle Town District, with Kikuya Former Merchant ResidenceVisit Shoin Shrine ↓ Accommodation at Hagi HonjinHaginoyado Tomoe is available at additional cost ↓ Day 2Visit Tokoji TempleVisit Unrinji Temple ↓ Transfer back to Shin-Yamaguchi Station

• For Rainy Days
• For Family

• Age 0～Age 99
• 1 Day or more

Hagi, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, brings you Japan as it once was: samurai residences, a feudal castle town, wonderful local flavors and crafts. Get ready to explore the Hagi City area and discover the past well preserved. Explore the area on 2-day tour, filled with cultural and scenic highlights.Day 1Arrive at Hagi (airplane, or train) rent a car ↓ Visit Hagi Meirin Gakusha Visitor Center, former school now museum ↓ Have lunch at the Center, or at Kimono Café Visit Hagi Castle Town in the afternoon Optional activities: kimono experience, rickshaw ride, green tea experience, rental bicycle, sightseeing boat tour ↓ Accommodation at Hagi Royal Intelligent Hotel or Hagi Honjin ↓ Day 2 Visit Unrinji Temple and Tokoji Temple ↓ In the afternoon: Shoka Sonjuku Academy, Shoin Shrine, Former Yukawa Residence ↓ Return rental car at Yamaguchi Ube Airport or Shin-Yamaguchi Station

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Family

• Age 0～Age 99
• 1 Day or more

Discover the charms of traditional, scenic Hagi, create your own piece of Hagiyaki pottery, wear kimono, join green tea experience and much more. Visit Hagi Castle Town, preserved in time and witness Japan as it once was. Let a 3-day tour Take you around the area that brims with history, culture, traditions and amazing scenery.Day 1Arrive at Hagi (airplane, or train) rent a car ↓ Visit Hagi Meirin Gakusha Visitor Center, former school now museum ↓ Have lunch at the Center, or at Kimono Café Visit Hagi Castle Town in the afternoon ↓ Acquisition at Hagi Royal Intelligent Hotel or Hagi Honjin ↓ Day 2 Visit Tokoji Temple ↓ Visit Former Yukawa Family Residence, optional: Hagi Uragami MuseumIn the afternoon: Hagiyaki pottery making experienceAccommodation: same as above ↓ Day 3Free in the morning, optional: kimono rental, rickshaw ride, green tea experience, Unrinji Temple, sightseeing boat tourIn the afternoon: Shōka Sonjuku Academy, Shoin ShrineReturn rental car at Ube Airport or Sh in-Yamaguchi Station, end of tour

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Family

• Age 16～Age 60
• 2～3 hours

It is Bicycle rental of Akiyoshidai operated by Mine City Tourism Association. Yamaguchi The most popular cycling course in the prefecture, "Akiyoshidai Quasi Road". Bicycle rental makes it easy to run and have a pleasant experience.

• Age 10～Age 45
• 3～4 hours
• 08:00

Let's experience the charm of the sea by experience Diving! Even if you do not have a license, we offer an experience Diving course where you can experience the charm of the sea. Even if you are a beginner or can not swim, it's okay! Take a little lesson and go into the sea! ! Anyone more 10 years old can participate. Let's experience Diving in Yamaguchi Prefecture!

• Pickup Service
• For Groups

• Age 18～
• Over 6 hours on the day

From Hiroshima bound for Setouchi.Cross the beautiful bridge again and again, we visit a lot small island.It's Just 1 day experience but you can feel beautiful wind of Setouchi.

• For Groups

• Age 18～
• Over 6 hours on the day

From Hiroshima bound for Setouchi. Cross the magnificent bridges and you land in Shikoku.Please relax in the historic hot springs “Dogo Onsen”. Then, across the Setouchi sea by ferry boat. Visit Kure-the largest military port in the Orient and go back to Hiroshima.

• For Groups

• Age 18～
• Over 6 hours on the day

Visit Iwami-ginzan – it's a historic silver mine, world Heritage.Please feel the mysterious atmosphere at Izumo Taisha (grand shrine) and relaxing at historic hot springs. we will go to the Setouchi in a poetic landscape.

• For Groups

• Age 18～
• Over 6 hours on the day

Can you believe that such a beautiful place is just off Hiroshima? Only a few hours later you leave Hiroshima, you are in another world.Stay in the historic city – the world heritage, Hagi. Relax at the hot spring. The next day, return to Hiroshima while enjoying the country road and mountain winding in Japan.

• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 20:00

This is a private kagura performance where a small group of 1 to 10 people can enjoy Iwami Kagura, a traditional performing art that has been passed down in the western part of Shimane Prefecture since ancient times, at Ryugozen Shrine in the hot spring town of Yunotsu, Shimane Prefecture. Iwami Kagura is a dance that has been practiced since ancient times in the Iwami region of western Shimane Prefecture, mainly based on Japanese mythology, and is danced to lively music while wearing gorgeous costumes woven with gold and silver threads and expressive masks. It is a traditional performing art that has been passed down. With this plan, you can enjoy a local sake pairing from ``Wakabayashi Sake Brewery,'' a sake brewery in Onsentsu that has been in business for over 100 years, in a private space limited to one group per day and a maximum of 10 people. After the performance, you can also get to know the behind-the-scenes aspects of traditional performing arts, such as interacting with dancers, trying on costumes, playing music, and taking photos. In addition, the ``Kagura Cup,'' the cup into which sake is poured, is handmade by ``Kameya Ceramics,'' a company that manufactures the stone tiles that decorate roofs in the Iwami region, and you can take it home as a souvenir after viewing it. (For customers who prefer non-alcoholic drinks, we use Iwashimizu, Wakabayashi Sake Brewery's brewing water, and also enjoy ``mulberry tea,'' a material used to make Sekishu washi paper used in the production of Kagura masks. *Seasonal) (The tea leaves may change depending on the situation) If you like tradition, history, and theater performances, you can enjoy it regardless of your age or nationality.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 7～Age 89
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours
• 10:00

It is a townscape walking tour of the world heritage Iwami Ginzan. On this tour, you will walk around the historic townscape of the World Heritage Site with a local guide from the Iwami Ginzan Guide Association. *Please note that this tour does not visit the mine shaft where silver was mined. The people of the town have continued to live in consideration of the landscape while protecting the ruins. As you walk through the town, you can feel the way of life that unites the community and values the town. During the tour, you will stop by a long-established confectionery shop that has been around since the Edo period and enjoy interacting with the locals. At Kanzeonji Temple, you can see the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine ruins and the townscape lined with red Sekishu tiles. Enjoy a leisurely stroll with your guide. One bottle of mineral water is provided for each participant. After the tour, you will receive a souvenir of your participation.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 12～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 13:30

This is a tour where you can experience the Japanese way of life at the Kumagai Family Residence, a nationally important cultural property, located in the townscape of the World Heritage Site Iwami Ginzan.On this tour, you will experience making wildgrass tea with a local English-speaking guide from Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine at the Kumagai Family Residence, a mansion built in the 1800s for an influential merchant family. This tea is made from local wildgrass and has been drunk since ancient times with everyday meals. It is a culture that still continues in the region as "the tea of ​​the common people".

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