When you arrive at our family’s 200-year-old farmhouse, you’ll step into a space shaped by generations of rural life. I will welcome you personally and introduce the history of our home, how it was built, and how it has supported our family and farming for centuries.

This is not a museum — it is a living home where tradition continues today.

You’ll have time to look around, settle in, and begin to feel the quiet rhythm of the countryside.

We begin with a relaxed conversation about the meaning of rice in Japan — not only as food, but as identity, history, and daily life.

As a working rice farmer, I share the annual rhythm of cultivation — planting, growing, harvesting, and preparing for the next season — along with the physical and economic realities behind it. You’ll learn why many farms remain family-run, the challenges we face today, and what continues to motivate us to carry this work forward.

This is an open and honest dialogue where tradition meets modern life. I encourage questions and cultural exchange, and many guests say this conversation becomes the most memorable part of their visit.

Next, we move into the kitchen for a hands-on cooking experience.

Using the rice we cultivate in our own fields, we will:

Prepare freshly cooked rice

Learn how to season and handle it properly

Shape traditional onigiri by hand

This is more than cooking — it is connecting to the land and understanding how food carries culture.

We will enjoy the onigiri and athor foods for lunch together in a relaxed setting.

To conclude, I will prepare matcha tea for you inside the farmhouse.

This quiet moment allows us to slow down and reflect. Surrounded by wooden beams and natural light, we share tea not as a performance, but as a gesture of hospitality and respect.

It is often in this final moment that guests say they feel most connected — not just to Japan, but to the people who live here.

If you wish, we may stop by the historic local sake brewery Kyokuhou Shuzo near the IR station.

Sake is another expression of rice culture — transforming the same grain into something shared in celebration and ritual. While the brewing spaces themselves are traditionally private and not always open for detailed viewing, visiting the brewery allows you to experience its atmosphere and long-standing heritage.

You will have the opportunity to purchase sake directly from the brewery as a meaningful souvenir — a bottle that carries forward the story of rice in a new form.