At the Miyako City Shigemo Fisheries Experience Exchange Center, you can experience three things.
basic information
Access: 30 minutes by car from JR Miyako Station
Contact: Miyako City Fisheries Experience Exchange Center (7-33-5 Shigemodai, Miyako City)
Phone number: 0193-68-2301
FAX:0193-68-2206
Experience menu
| Experience menu | Content | period | Number of people | Time required | Fee |
| Salted seaweed core removal experience | The center of salted wakame is removed and made into a product. | Mid-May to mid-December | Up to 4 to 15 people per group | 60 minutes | 2,000 yen per person (1 kg of natural product, seaweed to take home) |
| Spring first (early harvested wakame) shabu-shabu experience | Enjoy shabu-shabu with Haru Ichiban, a brand of seaweed produced in Shigemo. | Late January to late April | 4 to 15 people per group | 60 minutes | 1,000 yen per person (500g souvenir included) |
| Grilled sea urchin manufacturing experience | Experience making Shigemo brand “grilled sea urchin”. | Mid-June to late July | Up to 4 to 15 people per group | 120 minutes | 3,000 yen per person (approximately 7 raw sea urchins in the shell grilled in a charcoal oven) |