Tour｜Special experience tour by Nagahama’s young masters

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All contents are held by young masters.
Through tour, you may touch the essence of flourishing Nagahama.
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Tour contents

Japanese sweets experience

Japanese tea ceremony

Secret city walk

Machiya stay & private sauna

Soy sauce brewery
guiding & tasting

Optional activity

●Optional activity

Hama-chirimen
Factory tour・Draper tour

Cha-kabuki

Ningyo-joruri

Bar hopping

●Choosable Special place for activity

Ando-ke

Daitsuji temple

Bunsendo

Wa no retreat Hitoiki

Tour contents

Taste seasons
Japanese sweets experience

In this activity, you can be individually taught how to make the flower of Chrysanthemum Nerikiri by Seitaro Ohashi, young master of Seikodo, established 1929. Nerikiri is type of Jo-Namagashi, Japanese sweets, especially made from white bean paste and used for expressing seasons. Through this experience, you may feel and learn Japanese sweets’s delicateness and craftsman’s skill. Of course, freshly made Nerikiri tastes amazing.

Seikodo

Seitaro Ohashi

Seitaro Ohashi is 3rd generation of Seikodo. He values selected materials and careful and polite mind to his work.

Required time／45min

Taste seasons Japanese sweets experience

The ingredients of today’s Nerikiri are 3 bolls (white, black, pink).

Put black boll to No. 1 and wrap black boll by No. 1.

Draw a line from down to top by triangle spatula.

Chrysanthemum Nerikiri making is done!

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Feel Zen atmosphere
Japanese tea ceremony

Let’s knock the door to Zen world through Japanese tea ceremony taught by Maki Hirose, young lady master of historical Japanese tea shop Chashin. She shows Otemae and serve Matcha for you, then, if you want, you can make Matcha by yourself too. For example, Bon-ryaku-temae is simplified Otemae and easily replicate after you back to home. Taste Matcha and learn Zen mind especially “Wa-kei-sei-jaku.”

Chashin

Maki Hirose

Maki Hirose is young lady master of Chashin. Chashin has over 150 years old history as a tea leaves and utensils of Japanese tea ceremony.

Required time／30min

Feel Zen atmosphere Japanese tea ceremony

Put utensils in position.

Shake boiled water with matcha pouder by whisk back and forth.

Put bowl to left hand, and turn clockwise twice.

Drink Matcha by 3 sips. ※Important thing is to enjoy drinking!

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Guiding by young masters
Secret city walk

This city walk is totally different from ordinary sightseeing. You may explore and meet real and pure Japanese culture and essence how flourishing Nagahama is. City walk is guided by Kohei Kawamura, young master of Cawaju, 200 years historical pottery merchant. He well knows about this area, like the back of his hand. Enjoy city walk and fulfill your intellectual curiosity.

Cawaju

Kohei Kawamura

Kohei Kawamura is 6th generation of Cawaju. He also takes on a role of “Wakasyu” the important member of Hikiyama festival.

Required time／90min

Guiding by young masters Secret city walk

Young masters know Nagahama like the back of their hand.

Beautiful, historical, fascinating and cute scenery are waiting for you.

Kurokabe-square, means black wall area, is popular townscape conservation and sightseeing area.

Few minutes walk, takes you to Lake Biwa, the largest and beautiful lake in Japan.

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Machiya stay
& private sauna

Staying at 200 years historic Machiya, renovated into Hotel. This Machiya hotel is situated in the front street of Daitsuji temple, one of the symbol of Nagahama, and remained beams and walls from Edo era for feeling its historical value. This Hotel has 2 types of private sauna, one is using Japanese herb, and the other is using Shiga’s tea aroma. Have a good rest and enjoy walk around town, of course, local restaurant, too.

Wa no retreat Hitoiki

Shimpei Maita

Shimpei Maita preserve and produce Nagahama’s traditional resources. He manage Albergo Diffuso, local laboratory, and Funazushi project in Nagahama.

Required time／1 night and 2 days〜

Every room is well equipped. Relax and enjoy to your heart's content.

Facade of Hitoiki.

Special herbal sauna is facilitated into 200 years old warehouse.

One building has 2 separated rooms. Private use available.

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Long tradition
soy sauce brewery
Soy sauce brewery
guiding & tasting

“Nabesho” is a long tradition, established 1869, soy sauce brewery in Nagahama.Its taste is sweet and mellow, adjusted to preference in Nagahama. In this tour, you can enjoy 4 different types of special soy sauce, “Soy sauce flavored sesame,” and “Wasabi flavored sesame for Sashimi,” his new product, in traditional and filled with scent of fermentation soy sauce cave. Feel and enjoy Nagahama’s local taste!

Nabesho soy sauce brewery

Kazutaka Yamamoto

Kazutaka Yamamoto is Nabesho’s 6th generation. He inherits taste and spirit, and try to generate something worth. He also has license of “Dr. Soy sauce”.

Required time／30min

Long tradition soy sauce brewery Soy sauce brewery guiding & tasting

Kazutaka Yamamoto will show you about soy sauce in Nagahama.

Inside of brewery, well aged wooden barrels remained and give off a good aroma.

Soy sauce tasting. Which one do you prefer?

Taste and feel Nagahama’s soy sauce culture.

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Optional activity

More about deep Nagahama Optional activity

Optional activities.

More about deep Nagahama.

Hama-chirimen
Factory tour

Nankyu-chirimen

Nankyu-chirimen has been produced Hama-chirimen from 1877, and its proceeds developed modern Nagahama’sfoundation. You may watch the procedure of Hama-chirimen, and meet its essence of quality.

Required time／60min

Hama-chirimen
Draper tour

Maruman-nakao

Maruman-nakao takes on a role to stock Hama-chirimen roll and coordinate craftsman by its colors and patterns. You may watch and touch some of beautifully dyed Hama-chirimen.

Required time／30min

～What’s Hama-chirimen?～

Hama-chirimen is Japanese finest quality silk created 500 years ago at Nagahama. It has unique texture called “Shibo” so as to have smooth touch and be easily dyed. It is dyed by craftsman and become famous Japanese silk role like “Kaga-yuzen” and “Kyo-yuzen,” then, tailored to beautiful Kimono.

Cha-kabuki

Cha-kabuki is traditional tea tasting. Like a sommelier, watch the colors and leaves, smell the flavors, taste various types of teas and guess the answer! Teas are prepared from usually one to rarely one by Chashin.

Required time／30min

Choosable Special place
for activity

Some activity can be held
at special historical place.

Ando-ke

Ando-ke (house of Ando family) is the representative building in Nagahama. Rosanjin Kitaoji, one of the most popular artist in Japanese history, stayed and left his calligraphy art.

Choosable activities

Japanese sweets experience

Japanese tea ceremony

Cha-kabuki

Ningyo-joruri

Daitsuji temple

Daitsuji temple is the most famous and be worshiped temple in Nagahama. It inherits “Fushimi-castle” structure, you may try activity as if being king or queen.

Choosable activities

Japanese sweets experience

Japanese tea ceremony

Cha-kabuki

Bunsendo

Bunsendo is established 1877 book store. Watch beautiful Japanese garden and surrounded by modern arts during activity.

Choosable activities

Japanese sweets experience

Japanese tea ceremony

Cha-kabuki

Ningyo-joruri

Wa no retreat Hitoiki

Machiya renovated hotel situated in front street of Daitsuji temple. This merchant’s characteristic building is called “Unaginonedoko.”

Choosable activities

Japanese sweets experience

Japanese tea ceremony

Cha-kabuki

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Access

１.　Seikodo
２.　Chashin
３.　Cawaju
４.　Wa no retreat Hitoiki
５.　Nabesho soy sauce brewery
６.　Nankyu-chirimen
７.　Maruman-nakao
８.　Ando-ke
９.　Daitsuji temple
10.　Bunsendo

By train

From
eastern
Japan

Approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes by the Shinkansen Nozomi from Tokyo Station to Nagoya Station. From Nagoya Station to Maibara Station, it takes about 25 minutes by Shinkansen Hikari or Kodama. Then, from Maibara Station to Nagahama Station, it's approximately 10 minutes on the JR Hokuriku Main Line.

From
western
Japan

Approximately 35 minutes by the Shinkansen Hikari or Kodama from Shin-Osaka Station to Maibara Station. From Maibara Station to Nagahama Station, it's approximately 10 minutes on the JR Hokuriku Main Line.

By car

About 10 minutes from the Hokuriku Expressway Nagahama Interchange.

１.　Seikodo
２.　Chashin
３.　Cawaju
４.　Wa no retreat Hitoiki
５.　Nabesho soy sauce brewery
６.　Nankyu-chirimen
７.　Maruman-nakao
８.　Ando-ke
９.　Daitsuji temple
10.　Bunsendo

Slideshow movie

About tour contents

Tour contents

Optional activity

●Optional activity

●Choosable Special place for activity

Tour contents

Taste seasonsJapanese sweets experience

Feel Zen atmosphereJapanese tea ceremony

Guiding by young mastersSecret city walk

Machiya stay& private sauna

Long traditionsoy sauce brewerySoy sauce breweryguiding & tasting

Optional activity

More about deep Nagahama Optional activity

Hama-chirimenFactory tour

Hama-chirimenDraper tour

～What’s Hama-chirimen?～

Cha-kabuki

Ningyo-joruri

Bar hopping

Choosable Special placefor activity

Ando-ke

Choosable activities

Daitsuji temple

Choosable activities

Bunsendo

Choosable activities

Wa no retreat Hitoiki

Choosable activities

Access

By train

By car

Taste seasons
Japanese sweets experience

Feel Zen atmosphere
Japanese tea ceremony

Guiding by young masters
Secret city walk

Machiya stay
& private sauna

Long tradition
soy sauce brewery
Soy sauce brewery
guiding & tasting

Hama-chirimen
Factory tour

Hama-chirimen
Draper tour

Choosable Special place
for activity