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Fukui Private Tour - Rice is getting mochi?! Let's see..
Rice is getting mochi?! Let's see..
Fukui Private Tour - Preparation for steamed rice
Preparation for steamed rice
Fukui Private Tour - Steamed rice is ready
Steamed rice is ready
Fukui Private Tour - Using a pestle and mortar
Using a pestle and mortar
Fukui Private Tour - Need cooperation and speed
Need cooperation and speed
Fukui Private Tour - Making ball-shaped mochi
Making ball-shaped mochi
Fukui Private Tour - United!
United!
Fukui Private Tour - Handmade mochi! Awesome!
Handmade mochi! Awesome!
Fukui Private Tour - Hard work but fun!
Hard work but fun!
Fukui Private Tour - Fireplace
Fireplace
Fukui Private Tour - Local professional
Local professional
Fukui Private Tour - All kinds of lacquerware in a big hall
All kinds of lacquerware in a big hall

Traditional Mochi (rice cake) Making by Pestle & Mortar - Half Day Tour

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Fukui Tour Guide - Yoshie K.

Joined 2019

Yoshie K.
5.00 / 5
(40 reviews)
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Mochi is a Japanese rice cake that is chewy, very soft and delicious. This tour provides you a highly amusing experience where you can make the mochi on your own from steamed rice to round-shaped mochi filled with sweet red beans by a pestle and mortar in the Echizen classic farmer's house. You can make an intricate Chinkin pattern by carving with a knife and then gold/silver powder is inlaid into the surface to fix the design w/artisan. It will be quite a unique experience and such fun!

Itinerary

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09:30 AM

Meeting Point

Echizen-Takefu Station

- meet at JR Echizen-Takefu station

10:00 AM

Chinkin Technique Workshop at Lacquerware Hall (60 min)

Echizen is the lacquerware production center of Japan. Make Chinkin pattern on a lacquerware by carving with a knife and then gold/silver powder is inlaid into the surface to fix the beautiful design.You can learn a delicate and intricate Chinkin technique from an artisan. All kinds of lacquerware including chopsticks, bawls, plates, luncheon mats etc are displayed and sold at lower prices.

11:20 AM

Yamafutokoro Farmer's House (150 min)

Experience of making mochi (Japanese rice cake) from steamed rice by pounding with a pestle and a mortar. Then make round-shaped mochi by hand, filling with sweet red beans and also covered with crushed peanuts. It will be a great fun and memorable experience.

12:50 PM

Lunch

Enjoy eating your handmade mochi after making it! Explore backyard mountain to see eatable wild vegetable.

02:20 PM

Echizen-Takefu JR station - finish

Ending Point

Echizen-Takefu Takefu Station

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Inclusions & Exclusions

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What‘s included

tour fee

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What‘s not included

-Mochi making fee: 2,200 yen/person for a group of 3 and above, 3,000 yen/person for a group of 2.

-transportation related to the tour:

taxi is required for this tour due to no trains and less buses.

JR Echizen-Takefu sta. to a lacquerware hall: 1,000 yen using a taxi coupon subsidised by the governemnt

Lacquerware hall to Yamafutokoro: 1,000 yen taxi coupon

Yamafutokoro to JR Echizen-Takefu sta.: 5,700 yen

Tour Important Information

* Tour duration and a place of lacquerware can be changed at your request.

*This tour requires taxes due to no transportation or less operation of buses. (Please see tax fares in Included/Not Include.)

*Please let me know in advance if you have any food allergies or other dietary restrictions.

The lacquerware hall is closed every 4th Tuesday. When it is closed, washi paper museum is recommended to visit. Artisan will show you how the traditional washi paper is made using the bark of a tree.

Cancellation Policy

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Fukui Tour Guide - Yoshie K.

Joined 2019

Yoshie K.
5.00 / 5
(40 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Yoshie K.

Hi, I am Yoshie. I am a national government licensed English speaking Guide. I used to work for multinational companies and served as an interpreter for several years and travelled around Japan with coworkers. I love plants, nature, travelling as well as finding good places to eat! I am also a communicative person.

After having lived in Tokyo for some decades, now I live in my hometown, Fukui where you can have a great experience of Zen buddhism in the head temple of the Zen sect, Eiheiji which was founded in 1244. Fukui Dinosaur Museum is very popular regardless of age. It is one of the world's three largest dinosaurs. Echizen is also well known for Japan's handmade crafts including kitchen knives, washi paper, lacquer wares, Tansu chests and pottery. Seeing craftsmen's work right in front of you makes you excited and impressed.


I have been travelling Kanazawa since my high school age so I know well about the town to show you around as well as Shirakawago, a day trip from Kanazawa.


I am excited to meet you and coordinate what you are really interested in to make you the happiest memories in Japan.


I look forward to guiding you soon!

Reviews

Great time with Yoshie san

She introduced my guests to the history of Eiheiji Temple and a lovely café, creating wonderful memories of Japan for them. They experienced the natural beauty of Fukui and said they would love to come back again. Thank you, Yoshie-san – she is a highly recommended guide!

Aiko O.

Yoshie K.

Aiko-san, thank you so much for your kind review. I am truly pleased to hear that your guests had enjoyed the tour in Fukui. I look forward to seeing them again! Yoshie

Kanazawa Tour with Yoshie

We had so much fun today on our tour of Kawazana with Yoshie. Yoshie was instrumental in planning our day, researching options and offering sound advice and suggestions to tailor a fun day for us. We all had great time dressing up in Kimonos while Yoshie took photos and interpreted. It was a highlight of our Japan trip so far. Yoshie is knowledgeable and experienced. Highly recommend.

Lenore M.

Yoshie K.

Hi Lenore, thank you so much for your warm review. I am glad that you all enjoyed the tour in Kanazawa, in particular, the time you walked around the historical district wearing Kimono. You all looked gorgeous in Kimono! Thank you again. Yoshie 

Excellent Guide

Toshi was our guide for 2 full days. She contacted us online, well before we met, to arrange a tour that accommodated our interests. In Echizen, we visited the lacquer art area, had lunch, and learned how to make mochi in a local woman’s house, visited an art museum, and a knife making factory. The second day with her was spent in Kanazawa in the Samuri area,, the Kenrokuen Garden, and the Geisha area. We thoroughly enjoyed the time we spend with Yoshi. She was well informed, and provided us with in depth historical background. We learned a lot, had fun with her, and recommend her very highly.

Victor B.

Yoshie K.

Hi Victor & Stephanie, thank you so much for your warm and quick review. The 2 days were so quick and fun to be talking with you on all subjects during the tours. I am truly glad that you enjoyed all the experiences and visits in Echizen and Kanazawa. Thank you again, Yoshie

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