See, Touch, Feel Hiraizumi

Hiraizumi Town

Southern Iwate

See, Touch, Feel Hiraizumi

Basic information➀

Access: 16 minutes walk from JR Hiraizumi Station

Contact: Experience Café + WA (91-4 Hanatate, Hiraizumi-cho)

Phone number: 0191-46-4031

FAX:0191-48-3977

Homepage: http://goldrenta.com/wa.php

Experience menu➀

Experience menu Content period Number of people Time required Fee
Hatto making experience It is a local Tohoku dish made by kneading and rolling out flour dough and adding it to soup. All year round (reservation required) 1 to 20 people (need to discuss) 90 minutes 2,000 yen per person (excluding tax)

Basic information ②

Access: Depends on each house

Contact information: Hiraizumi Town Green Tourism Council Secretariat (Hiraizumi Town Agriculture and Forestry Promotion Division) (45-2 Shirasan, Hiraizumi, Hiraizumi Town)

Phone number: 0191-46-5564

FAX:0191-46-3080

Homepage: http://www.town.hiraizumi.iwate.jp/site/

Experience menu ②

Experience menu Content period Number of people Time required Fee
Rural life experience Farm life experience such as rice growing experience in rice fields, meals and accommodation Spring to autumn Approximately 20 to 40 people Consultation required Consultation required

learning effect

Through experiencing rural life and interacting with people, students acquire a desire to learn and a richness of spirit.

message to teacher

At the host institution, we welcome all students as “family.” By leaving their parents’ homes and experiencing rural life with their friends, students can experience growth. Please come and experience “Hiraizumi-style green tourism”. We’ll be expecting you.

Basic information③

Access: 14 minutes walk from JR Hiraizumi Station

Contact information: Lantern shop Hiraizumiya (41-8 Hanadate, Hiraizumi, Hiraizumi-cho)

Phone number: 0191-46-2413

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Homepage: http://goldrenta.com/wa.php

Experience menu ③

Experience menu Content period Number of people Time required Fee
Lantern painting experience You can experience hand-painting on traditional Japanese lanterns. All year round (reservation required) 1-6 people 60-90 minutes Lantern Small 2,500 yen Large 5,000 yen (excluding tax)

learning effect

You can experience traditional crafts that have been passed down since ancient times.

Basic information ④

Access: 20 minutes walk from JR Hiraizumi Station

Contact information: Hyogu Kobo Oikawa (45 Yanagi Gosho, Hiraizumi, Nishiiwai-gun, Iwate Prefecture)

Phone number: 0191-46-2176

FAX:  0191-46-2176

Experience menu ④

Experience menu Content period Number of people Time required Fee
Karakuri folding screen making experience A mysterious mechanical folding screen where 4 pictures appear from a 2-panel folding screen. All year round (reservation required) 9:00-16:00 2 to 30 people 90 minutes 2,500 yen

learning effect

You can experience traditional crafts that have been passed down since ancient times.