Fruit-Picking Experience
To eat your fill of fruit, come to Kumamoto, an agricultural powerhouse! Depending on the season, you can experience picking a variety of fruit at Yuhoen Farmland. These include Japanese pears (early Aug. to early Oct.), grapes (mid-Aug. to late Sept.), mandarin oranges and persimmons (late Sept…
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Kumamoto Tasting Tour: Sushi Restaurant, Izakaya and Bar
Kumamoto is a treasure trove fostered by nature’s blessings such as clean underground water, the Aso mountains, and the Amakusa Sea. Look forward to tasting exceptionally fresh sushi made with seafood caught from Ariake Sea and Amakusa-Nada Sea. Enjoy Izakaya e…
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Kumamoto Samurai Experience Tour (4-Hour Charter Plan)
This tour lets customers learn about the Japanese spirit in Kumamoto, where the samurai history and tradition from a few hundred years ago remains palpable. This is limited to 1 group (2-4 people) per day. The tour is guided by a National Government Licensed Gu…
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Discover Kumamoto's Delicious Soy Sauce! Tasting Experience
The warehouse of this venerable soy-sauce manufacturer, founded over 200 years ago, is registered as a Tangible Cultural Asset of Japan. Try a soy-sauce tasting in this historic building, reborn in 2019 with a modern look under the supervision of world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma.
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Candle-Making
Experience making an original candle, the only one in the world! Cut a sheet for what will become your candle base, which will attach while burning. Playing with its clay-like texture, you'll lose track of time!
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Make a Beeswax Candle!
This experience uses the beeswax secreted by bees when making their honeycombs. While enjoying the moist, wet feeling of beeswax, you'll cut a sheet of this material, make a ball… and in about 20 minutes, you're done! This simple, cute candle emits a gentle, healing light not found els…
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Sake Brewery Tour & Tasting
Zuiyo is a sake brewery founded in 1867. After an introduction on the processes involved in making Japanese sake, shochu and akazake ("red sake"), you can sample 4 different kinds of alcohol. The chief brewer will tell you about their tastes and recommend the best ways to drink them.
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Kumamoto Castle VR Highlight Guide
Enjoy discovering Kumamoto Castle and its history at Wakuwakuza. With the latest VR (vitual reality) technology, you can feel the full impact of Kumamoto Castle and its history, from the Edo era of Japan's history to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. To get the most out of your castle tour, wh…
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Tabaruzaka, the Battleground of the Seinan Civil War
This was the site of the 1877 Seinan War, also known as the Satsuma Rebellion. The Tabaruzaka Seinan Civil War Museum exhibits the background and conditions of the last civil war fought in Japan. Visit to find out the surprising link between Kato Kiyomasa and this bloody battle. Please consult t…
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Make "Shio-Koji" with Natural-Bacteria Rice Malt!
"Shio-koji" is a seasoning you can make with simple ingredients like water, sun-dried salt, and rice malt raised from rare, natural bacteria on the warehouse. After your experience, savor a lunch made with lots of locally grown vegetables, cultivated without pesticides or fertilizers.
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Make Natural, Additive-free Miso!
In this experience, you will learn miso-making from a venerable soy-sauce maker with a history dating back to the Edo era. While processing it from a koji starter filled with the skills of the master, you'll learn all the secrets of miso. Let it mature for a few months at the company or in …
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Tour Kawashiri Historical Remains
From its origins in the Kamakura era to Kato Kiymasa's flood control work, Kawashiri prospered as a port town. Enjoy a slow stroll along its "Rekishi Road" lined with a number of historic cultural assets and important scenic structures, such as Kumamoto-Han Kawashiri Rice Warehous…
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Make Mini-Tatami Mats
At Ichijoya, a tatami-mat maker with a history of about 100 years, make a miniature square tatami mat (18 cm per side) using the same techniques as the master, in a process specially designed for this experience.
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Make "Magatama" Jewelry
"Magatama" are comma-shaped beads that have been made since the prehistoric Jomon era. In this experience, you will carve your hand-drawn magatama on a stone with a cutter or file, then color it with a craft dye.
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Make "Angin" Woven Coasters
"Angin" is a type of braided cloth that has been woven since the Jomon era. In this experience, you can try making a woven coaster. The weft is hemp and the warp is wool. Stretch the hemp to about 10 cm, weave it by repeatedly braiding it with the wool to stabilize it, and you're …
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