Yokote/Yuzawa in Guided tour

• Age 0～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 10:30 / 14:15

Take a tour with your guide through the quaint street lined with Japanese old houses! Masuda Town has prospered as a merchant town since the Edo period. Because this town has been the transportation hub, a variety of agricultural products gathered here. Merchants amassed wealth in their fields and created mansion towns. Inside these mansions, "Kura'' or a storehouse was built by wealthy merchants to store documents and household furniture. This storehouse is still inhabited and rare even in Japan. Feel the elegance in the detailed decorations such as white plaster, polished black plaster and lacquered interior. The townscape is home to many historic buildings of this area. Masuda town was designated as a National Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 2013. Find the storehouses of each mansion with its structure unique and decoration. In this guided tour, you will be able to visit two to three mansions with storehouse while receiving an explanation.

• For Rainy Days
• For Family

• Age 17～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00

Since you have come all the way to an unfamiliar town, why not take a leisurely walk with a guide? Let's learn about the history of life hidden in the ordinary townscape as we walk together. We will guide you through the streets of Yokote, which have developed around Yokote Station. During the walk, we will give you information on restaurants such as Yokote Yakisoba and other specialty shops, so please make use of it. After about an hour of walking around the town, it's teatime. Take a break at a cafe and reflect on your walk around the town. We will give you information on Yokote's specialties, so please use it to purchase souvenirs. ~Experience flow (morning session)~10:00 Meet at Yokote Station or Cafeteria Hirajo. Cafeteria Hirajo is a 5-minute walk from the east exit of JR Yokote Station. 10:05 Departure From Yokote Station, you will have an hour-long walk around the city while listening to the guide's stories and visiting various historical sites. 11:00 Arrive at Cafeteria Hirajo. The finish line of the Yokote walk is Cafeteria Hirajo. Refresh your tired body with a hot drink. Lunch is also available.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 0～Age 100
• 3～4 hours

Beginners to snowy mountains are also welcome - Enjoy Yokote in winter with this snow hike at Mt. Masato! - Enjoy hiking in the snowy mountains with a local guide who knows the mountains inside and out. Find animal footprints... dive into the fluffy snow... and soak up the cold with some warm sweet sake. Things you can only do in winter. Things you can't do in any other time of the year. A tour that lets you experience the charm of Yokote with all five senses. Includes free snowshoe rental. Receive a cute original commemorative badge as a gift♪--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Meeting place: Masato Park parking lotMeeting: 8:30AM Get ready, go through orientation and warm-up exercises before departing! ↓ Walk around the snowy mountains ↓ (Take a break with sweet sake)Disbanding: 11:45AM

• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 20～Age 100
• 5～6 hours
• 15:00

The Junmai sake, brewed with locally harvested sake rice and the traditional Akita-style cold brewing method by Toji Yamauchi, is highly regarded as "the sake of the divine land of dancing gods." It won the gold medal at the 2023 New Sake Tasting Competition and the "Excellent Award" for three consecutive years at the 2024 Akita Prefecture Sake Competition in the Akita Prefecture Rice Division. With the full cooperation of the brewery "Oonogawa" in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, you can experience sake brewing from rice planting to harvesting, fermentation, pressing, and bottling. In the special edition, you can experience new sake brewing with special guests and brewers, and tour the brewery, sample tastings, and sales! Then, move to the venue to taste the new sake. Enjoy the night in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture with delicious sake and talk events. ===================================================The third installment is finally the "New sake pressing experience"★ Stay tuned! ============================================================15:00 Meet at Oonogawa Co., Ltd. (169 Omori, Omori-cho, Yokote-shi, Akita) Orientation, changing clothes, etc.15:30-16:30 Sake brewing experience (contents change depending on application time)17:00 Movement and break (Sakuraso: 165 Mochimuki, Omori-cho, Yokote-shi, Akita)18:00-20:30 New sake tasting party*Please arrange your own transportation to and from the meeting place and venue. *After the new sake tasting party, we will provide a free bus for those who wish to use it. Please indicate that you would like a free bus when applying. *We strictly prohibit those who drive and minors from drinking alcohol.

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 100
• 4～5 hours
• 09:00

The Junmai sake, brewed with locally harvested sake rice and the traditional Akita-style cold brewing method by Toji Yamauchi, is highly regarded as "the sake of the divine dance village." It won the gold medal at the 2023 New Sake Tasting Competition and the "Excellent Award" for the third consecutive year at the 2024 Akita Prefecture Sake Competition in the Akita Prefecture Rice Division. With the full cooperation of the brewery "Oonogawa" in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, you can experience sake brewing from rice planting to harvesting, fermentation, pressing, and bottling. The second part is an experience of "washing rice", "steaming rice", "making koji" and "making yeast starter"! After learning about the Akita-style three-stage brewing method and the mechanism of sake fermentation and multiple parallel fermentation, you can enjoy a tour of the brewery with the brewers. There will also be a tasting and sales event for precious sake! =====================================================The third installment is finally the "New Sake Pressing Experience" ★ Look forward to it! A special edition, "New Sake Enjoyment Party (scheduled to be held on December 19th)" will also be on sale! =========================================================9:00 Meet at Oonagawa Co., Ltd. (169 Omori, Omori-cho, Yokote-shi, Akita Prefecture), followed by orientation and changing clothes, etc.9:30-10:30 Experience sake brewing (contents change depending on application period)10:30-11:30 Tour of the brewery (until Oonagawa sake is made)11:30-12:30 Tasting and sales, then disband

• In Door Activity
• For Groups