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Traditional Mochi (rice cake) Making by Pestle & Mortar - Half Day Tour
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Joined 2019
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 also see artisan's producing handmade knives or washi paper. Or even you can experience making those if you wish. It will be quite a unique experience and such fun!
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Echizen-Takefu Station
- meet at JR Echizen-Takefu station
Takefu Knife Village (50 min)
Learn about how a handmade knife is made by viewing craftsmen making it from the 2nd fl of a factory as well as a small museum. 14 different companies with over 40 artisans/craftsmen are producing beautiful knives and selling them at a shop in this village.
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.
Lunch
Enjoy eating your handmade mochi after making it! Explore backyard mountain to see eatable wild vegetable.
Echizen-Takefu JR station - finish
Ending Point
Echizen-Takefu Takefu Station
Want to personalize this tour?
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Inclusions & Exclusions
tour fee
-Mochi making fee: 2,500 yen/person for a group of 3 and above, 3,000 yen/person for a group of 2.
-transportation related to the tour:
taxis are required for this tour due to no trains and few buses which is approximately 12,000 yen.
Tour Important Information
*Tour duration and a place of lacquerware can be changed at your request.
*This tour requires taxis due to no trains and very few buses. (Please see taxis fares in Included/Not Include.)
*Please let me know in advance if you have any food allergies or other dietary restrictions.
For washi paper, an artisan will show you how the traditional washi paper is made using the bark of trees.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2019
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
Patricia C.
“Excellent tour!! Thank you Yoshie!”
Our clients had a great time with Yoshie in both Kanazawa and Shirakawago/Gokayama. They toured with her for two days and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. We will absolutely be booking with Yoshie again for future clients!!
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Yoshie K.
Hi Julia, than you so much for the review. I am very pleased to receive a positive feedback from you and your clients. I look forward to working with you again! Thank you again. Yoshie
Beat L.
“Excellent well tailored tour with our guide Yushi.”
The tour was well planned fully meeting our expectations getting all the information expected about paper making. All our questions were well answered also about the region and some facts about the Japanese culture. Yushi is an excellent guide speaking very well English and we would definitely do a tour again with her. We must especially mention the more than 80 year old Japanese lady working in the paper factory for more than 60 years who guided us through the paper making process highly motivated and making a lot of jokes with Yushi translating and explaing all the details very well. Finally this impressive lady was staying in street and greeting us until we disappeared around the corner - this was really a very very special unforgettable experience
Yoshie K.
Hi Beat, thank you very much for your thoughtful review on Echizen Crafts Tour. It was a beautiful sunny day and walking across the authentic washi making villages were peaceful. I am so pleased that you enjoyed a visit to see craftsmans' work in making washi paper as well as handmade knives. I would very much like to have you back in this town! Thank you again. Yoshie
Gail N.
“Everything tour with great english”
We wanted a tour of the crafts and artisans of the Echizen area and Yoshie-san fulfilled that wish. A pottery fair, washi paper making and lacquer making. Couldn’t have been better. Oh, and a delicious lunch. Because artisans are scattered rather far apart, the taxi fare was a bit steep in addition to the tour cost.
Yoshie K.
Hi Gail-san, thank you very much for your kind review. I am so pleased to hear that you enjoyed a whole craft tour in Echizen! There are many more exciting crafts tours seeing artisans' work/techniques. So you are always welcome back! Thank you again. Yoshie
$199/ per group
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