There is an important meaning in having an experience of learning about ``heart'' and ``life'' in Hanamaki City, where the spirit of Kenji Miyazawa, who died at a young age while wishing to live for farmers, lives on.
basic information
Access: 10 minutes by car from JR Shin-Hanamaki Station
Contact: Hanamaki Tourism Association (3-183-1 Kuzu, Hanamaki City)
Phone number: 0198-29-4522
FAX:0198-29-4447
Homepage: http://www.kanko-hanamaki.ne.jp/
Experience menu
| Experience menu | Content | period | Number of people | Time required | Fee |
| day farm | While staying at a hotel in Hanamaki Onsenkyo, you will experience farming while interacting with farming families in Hanamaki City during the day. | Late March to early October | 4-110 people | 6 hours | 4,400 yen |
| farm stay | You will stay overnight at a farm in Hanamaki City and experience farming while interacting with the family. | Late March to early October | 4-110 people | 24-30 hours | 9,900 yen |
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Learning effect: By interacting with farmers and doing farm work together, you will reaffirm the importance of the “heart” and “life”. Message to teachers…Why not incorporate it into your curriculum as part of your dietary education? |
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| Rice planting experience | Rice seedlings about 10 cm long are planted by hand. | Early May to mid-May | 4-100 people | 2 hours | From 1,650 yen |
| Learning effect: You will feel a sense of accomplishment as the unreliable rice seedlings you planted grow into delicious rice. |
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| Flower thinning and fruit thinning of fruit trees | We pick flowers and other flowers to grow good fruit. | Early May to late June | 4-100 people | 2 hours | From 1,650 yen |
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Learning effect: Learn about the hard work and ingenuity of farmers to produce delicious fruit. Message to teachers: Why not incorporate it into your curriculum as part of your dietary education? |
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| Making konkon pickles | Vegetables such as carrots and burdock root are wrapped in kelp and stuffed into the holes of the melon pickled in miso. | All year round | up to 20 people | Approximately 60 minutes | 1,650 yen |
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Learning effect: Enjoy the sense of accomplishment in creating your own creations while learning about the background of times when preserved food was valuable. A message to the teacher…A souvenir for the family along with stories of the students’ hardships. |
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| Making snacks | Using readily available ingredients such as flour, grains, and beans, we make dango, kirisensho, manju, and ganzuki that were made on farms. | All year round | up to 40 people | Approximately 2 hours | 1,650 yen |
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Learning effect: Enjoy the sense of accomplishment in creating your own creations while learning about the historical background in which elaboration was necessary. Message to the teacher…It’s an experience that deepens communication by listening to the stories of farmers’ hardships and the origins of their worries. |
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| Kitakami River field experience | While observing the creatures and plants of Junichome Swamp, you will learn about the environment on the Kitakami River and experience outdoor activities such as riding a Japanese boat, canoeing, and fishing. | April to October | ~150 people | 2-3 hours | 3,300 yen~ Kitakami River sightseeing experience requires separate insurance of 520 yen |
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Learning effect: Develop the ability to live in nature and the spirit of coexistence with nature and friends. Message to teachers: As part of environmental studies, this is an experience to learn about the important role of rivers. |
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| ECO Hanamaki forestry experience | Under the guidance of an instructor, you will experience pruning, thinning, log cutting, etc. | May to November | Less than 100 people | 3 hours | 4,000 yen |
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Learning effect: This is an experience where you can enjoy the learning effect as part of environmental learning and the sense of accomplishment of using a saw safely. Message to teachers: We recommend this experience as an opportunity to think about the global environment while learning about the natural environment. |
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| Kokeshi doll painting | A plain wood kokeshi doll with a height of 18cm is painted in 3 to 5 colors. Each participant can take home their painted work as a souvenir. | All year round | 10-50 people | 1 hour | 1,650 yen |
| Pottery making/pottery painting | You can experience making pottery by hand by stacking clay into strings, and painting letters and pictures on unglazed teacups. The finished product will be sent in about 2 months. | All year round | 4-100 people | Pottery making: 1-2 hours Painting: 60-90 minutes | Pottery making: 2,200 yen Painting 1,650 yen |
| Making a wall-hanging umbrella | A bamboo frame with a diameter of 30cm is placed on a tension stand, glued, and covered with washi paper, left to dry for about 30 minutes, then creased to create a mini-Japanese umbrella. | All year round | 10-50 people | Approximately 60 minutes | 1,650 yen |
| Making ninja pieces | Assemble a ninja piece approximately 20 centimeters in height using materials such as the processed rice straw for the main body, the ears, the rope for the mouth, the tip of the tail, the bell, and the tricolored cloth. Bring scissors. | All year round | 4-20 people | Approximately 2 hours | 1,650 yen |
| Making handmade Japanese paper | The paper is made under the guidance of Mr. Aoki, the representative of the Narushima Washi Production Association, who inherited the traditional Narushima Washi techniques. | All year round | 20 people at a time | Approximately 60 minutes | 1,200 yen per piece |
| glass making | In the kiln, the glass is melted like candy, then wound around the tip of a rod, and breath is blown into it, shaping it as the rod is turned. | All year round | up to 20 people | 60 minutes | 2,200 yen |
| Sakiori | The old cloth is torn into thin strips and made into strings, which are threaded on a loom while enjoying the color scheme.Finally, the finished coaster is completed using a sewing machine. | All year round | 10 people at a time | 60 minutes | 1,650 yen |
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Learning effect: Experience the sense of accomplishment in creating your own creations while learning about the historical background in which traditional crafts were born. Message to teachers…We recommend displaying the works you brought back at cultural festivals, etc., so that people can see the results of your trip. |
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| Local performing arts (deer dance/kagura) | You will experience local performing arts under the guidance of a group that has inherited the traditional performing arts. | All year round | ~100 people | 2 hours | 1 group 55,000 yen~ |
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Learning effect: This is a program that fosters a rich sense of humanity while having fun learning about the history and culture of the region that gave rise to local performing arts. Message to teachers…Why not have them announce it at a school festival or something like that? |
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| Career (nursing care at accommodation facilities, special nursing facilities, sales staff, catering, etc.) | From veteran instructors, you will learn through practice the knowledge and techniques of a professional, as well as the rigors that come with being a professional. | All year round | ~200 people | Nursing care: half day to 1 day Other: 1 to 3 hours | From 1,100 yen |
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Learning effect: Students will learn from rigorous practice that a “spirit of hospitality” is commonly required in all professions, and develop a professional outlook. Message to teachers…We provide original, custom-made items for each school. |
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